Judy Rodman's Blog – October 2008 Archive (3)

Finding Your Voice... How it can help you psychologically

The human voice communicates from the inside out. As a vocal coach, I have discovered that when I help someone "find their voice"- the full instrument - this is often accompanied by a fullness and wholeness in the human psyche.



Many times it is psychological blocks that keep the voice small, thin, strained and weak. When a person discovers and feels the vibrations of vocal resonance they never knew or had forgotten they could create, it can be quite freeing for the spirit. The… Continue

Added by Judy Rodman on October 20, 2008 at 6:08pm — No Comments

Ribcage stretch for the voice

I just love Twitter- I recently happened to mention that I found a great stretch for the upper back for singers and I got several "tweets" back asking about it... so here goes!



Why we need this stretch:

In the middle of your upper spine is a point which is very important to the voice because of what it does for your breath and your open (or not) throat. It is a physical pivot point. It's about an inch or so below the bottom points of your shoulder blades.



My… Continue

Added by Judy Rodman on October 17, 2008 at 8:50am — No Comments

Should Singers Lift Weights?

Weight lifting, like many other vocally-related issues, is controversial. I got an emailed question about it this week:



"Dear Judy,

Out of interest, just why is weightlifting bad for singing? Is it just the grunting or is it more?

Best wishes

Andrew Hawcroft"



Funny - the last time I wrote a blog post about weightlifting was about this time last year! This post was in depth, you might… Continue

Added by Judy Rodman on October 3, 2008 at 11:36pm — No Comments

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