017 How To Use Your Breath Part 4: Connecting With Breath Support For Speaking

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we are continuing with our breathing for voice journey. Today we will talk about connecting breath support with speaking, and we will perform a few exercises to explore and understand which body parts participate in breath support.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What You Will Learn In This Episode:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Is it hard to implement breath support? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How to avoid creating tension when we practice breath support</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- The parts of our body that react first when we need vocal support</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How to connect our voice with a support action through popping vocal fold vibrations</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are using vocal support all the time while we speak, even if we are not aware of it. But working too much on generating support might create unnecessary tension. The more we practice an easy release of the air in the out-breath, the more we develop flexibility in the muscular system, required to keep the voicing support with low effort. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Finding You Voice by Barbara Houseman</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3rz3VEF"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/3rz3VEF</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- This is a Voice by Jeremy Fisher & Guillyanne Kayes</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3m9qm25"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/3m9qm25</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Voicework by Christina Shewell</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3d2oGot"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/3d2oGot</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- The Voice and Accent Hub</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevoiceandaccenthub/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevo