This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore vocal onsets, the way we initiate sound. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

The simplicity with which we initiate vocal sound in conversation can inform the way we initiate each phrase we sing. Sung onsets require somewhat more complex coordination than spoken onsets, but the structure that singing provides can actually make sung onsets simpler than spoken ones. Vocal Fundamentals online course: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/vocal-fundamentals Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio...

The practice of singing is an open-ended endeavor—the more you learn and the greater your skill, the more you are able to see the unlimited possibilities of what your voice can do. Paradoxically, the sooner you embrace the reality of this, the swifter and more enjoyable your progress will be. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast:...

The practice of singing enables us to embody and give voice to characters who are living the way we would like to live, and experience the kinds of things we would like to experience. These characters also invite us to express powerful emotions and opinions, in ways that can empower us to communicate more passionately and effectively in real life. Gabrielle Oettingen & WOOP: https://mindfulambition.net/woop/ Shingon Buddhism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism Shinzen...

A posture of waiting is inherently antithetical to the experience of continually living in the present. Be your own Bodhisattva, rather than waiting for an exalted teacher to arrive. Shinzen Young, The Science of Enlightenment: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Enlightenment-How-Meditation-Works/dp/1683642120/ Here is the Wikipedia article on Maitreya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya If you do a search, you will find a variety of different tellings of the prophesy. Subscribe to my email...

You're always practicing something. Here are suggestions for how to ensure you are practicing in a way that yields the results you desire. Vocal Fundamentals online course: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/vocal-fundamentals Link to use for discount: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/offers/qPutiqAd Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast:...

There is genuine gratitude, and there is performative gratitude. Hold space for yourself, and whatever feelings arise for you this Thanksgiving. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore the connection between your breath and your voice. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

When our voices and our lives flow in balance, there is no felt sense of pressure, internal or external, and we feel supported. When there is an uncomfortable sense of pressure, in both our voices and our lives, it means that we are pushing against internal resistance, and it feels like the pushing *is* the singing, or the living. It is not. Join me on my YouTube channel on Monday, November 20 at 10:00am ET for a guided practice session focusing on the relationship between the breath and the...

Dissatisfaction is just an inherent component of our life experiences. Our ability to feel and work with the emotions that arise for us when we experience dissatisfaction, will determine the degree of agency we feel in responding to it. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

While physical discomfort can be useful as an object of meditation, so can the process of promoting a sense of flow that resolves physical discomfort. New York Insight Meditation now offers both in-person and online meditation groups, so you can join from anywhere in the world: https://www.nyimc.org I still love Shinzen Young’s recorded lecture series,The Science of Enlightenment. It includes a number of guided meditations that I continue to find really enjoyable....

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore and improve breath coordination. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

A singing practice is simultaneously an end in itself, and something you engage in with a sense of purpose and intention. A balance between these two facets is the key to ensuring your practice is both effective and satisfying. Join me on my YouTube channel on Monday, November 13 at 10:00am ET for a guided practice session focusing on breath coordination: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsIvgnIZdoA0NYkzXrRigg Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice...

The dichotomy of the carrot and the stick makes for a poor pedagogy, because when you're always reaching for the carrot and avoiding the stick, there is little awareness or energy left for pursing a skill as an end in itself, and enjoying the journey. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore alignment, breathing, and sound production. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

Anything that unfolds in real time can serve as an effective object of meditation. Traditional objects of meditation include the breathing process and the silent or audible repetition of mantras. Singing is practice that incorporates elements of both. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

The teaching modalities we are exposed to determine not only how well we learn, but what we learn from the experience. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

Desire and attachment are not the same thing. Desire is simply the healthy urge to move toward the things we prefer, and the urge to move away from the things we dislike. It is attachment that causes suffering, because we make our happiness and satisfaction contingent upon things that we cannot possibly control. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast:...

Welcome to the “Practice With Me” podcast.The practice of singing can serve beautifully as an object of meditation.Music unfolds in real time and can center us in the present moment. Singing involves the flow of both imagination and movement, and helps to integrate body and mind. It helps us to explore our inner world of feeling and to connect with others. Earlier in my career, I used mindfulness techniques to teach singing. Now I think of singing as an effective, enjoyable way to teach...