0920 – Rest and Relax

2023.07.09 – 0920 – Rest and Relax

Preparation – Your Voice

We have covered plenty of exercises to help you have a strong, healthy and agile voice, both in how it sounds and also how it sounds with particular words, scripts, the intonations and emotions.

Remember two of my philosophies on this topic:

·        Breathing is the key thing – belly-breathing will help calm you

·        Hydrate, mate

o  And linked with this, steaming, which we looked at before (ep 767).

Rest and Relax 

Part of the reason we get tense and stressed is because we are on the go all the time. Make sure that you get time to rest and relax and when you do, fully commit. That may be a good night's sleep:

·        Rest will help your voice, at least 7 hours a night is good

·        Not only will it rest your folds, relax your frame, it also increases your ability to concentrate, and give your body chance to rest and repair itself – leading to long-term wellness

·        And of course, when you are sleeping you have your skeleton in a restful state (obviously) and not slumped in front of the TV, hunched over the laptop, or shouting in a bar…

A few minutes of meditation:

·        Mindfulness meditation

·        Breathing techniques

·        Pilates

·        T’ai Chi

·        Yoga

·        Massage.

Or, don’t calm down! Instead of keeping your energy pent-up and suppressed, turn it into something useful. Even walking alone or with a dog, you breath fresh air, stretch legs, and see the colour green; organised sports mean you are socialising with others, conversing and laughing – all of which are mood-boosters.

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