What if there was a system of electrical currents that created a network throughout your body? What if those currents had the power to activate movement and expansion through the body? What if breathing fully into your body provided your…
Your lips are great multitaskers. Showing expression, kissing, and helping make language sounds all day long. I want to dedicate today to those sounds that require both of the lips to press together in order to come into the world.…
There are 43 muscles in your face. 43. And contrary to popular belief no one knows how many are firing when we smile or frown or anything else. Here is what we know. They can be isolated for expression, to…
In improvisation there is a tool called "yes, and..." The concept is easy enough to understand. When working with a partner or a group you accept the premise of whatever has just been said, or done, and expand the idea…
Resonance: the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating. Resonance can seem like an abstraction. What does it mean that a voice is deep, full, and reverberating? And, how do you acquire these attributes? Resonance is about…
English is a pretty efficient language. It demands little of us and allows all sorts of diction before it becomes unintelligible. It is perhaps for this reason that we neglect the elegance possible in this language. The beauty of the…
Today is about remembering that your hips are a joint. That your leg connects with the pelvis at this joint and that it helps support the weight of the body. This is not just a set support but a dynamic…
Moving from one place to another. From a one-on-one meeting, to a conference room or call, presenting to a client, or stepping onto a larger stage. All of these are speaking situations with their own requirements, their own techniques and…
Arguably the most important component of the breathing cycle is the release. We inhale, we exhale (use the air), and then we release so that the cycle can begin anew. An insufficient release makes for tension in the inhalation, an…
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I exhibited at a convention this week. I did over 100 quick voice assessments and interacted with many more people. The beauty of that environment was the wonderful opportunity that giving hundreds of pitches…