Breath A Sigh Of Relief

 Breathe a Sigh Of Relief


I am currently reading ‘Freeing The Natural Voice’ by Kristin Linklater. 


She gives an incredible amount of detailed guidance to breathing in a way that frees you into your most authentic, expressive self. She talks about inspiration and expiration (breathing in and breathing out) and teaches an exercise where the small, simple, honest expiration (outward breath) should be focused on as a ‘sigh of relief’


I want to encourage you to think of as many things as possible that you can free yourself up from by giving them a metaphoric and literal sigh of relief. 


Do you have tension in your shoulders? Give it a sigh of relief and let it go.

Has your day been challenging and made you feel stressed? Give it a sigh of relief and let it go. 

Do you have a bunch of thoughts racing around your mind right now? Give them a sigh of relief and let them go. 

Do you have someone in your life who no longer SHOULD be? Give them a sigh of relief and let them go. 


We can mindfully use our breathing to actively affect our experience in any given moment. 


Breathing keeps us alive but it can also help us LIVE……if we learn to understand it. 


Free yourself up from learned constraints and bad habits and find a way to work WITH your breath to find more freedom in your voice and in your speaking and singing. 


Reading ‘Freeing The Natural Voice’ by Kristin Linklater will help. 


Keep up the great work


Mark 


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