Singers: The Emotional Factor

          There are people who learn how to sing (i.e. they learn the technique) but aren't singers. And then there are people who don't know the technique of singing but are great singers. Am I saying that a singer is born? hmm... YES! 😀 - blunt me! (even if sometimes they don't know it…

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Singers: The Cardio Factor

The random days that I feel in 'low singing form' because I haven't had the time to warm up my voice, I so often find myself starting the gig with a few glitches and unwanted (involuntary, uncontrollable) sounds that disappear gradually as my core muscles warm up during the gig. This means that 15-20 minutes…

The Six-Pack Abs Singer

If you are a singer of worth, you will know about the popular belief that singers - specially classical singers - cannot develop a six-pack figure, because the hardening and tensioning of the abdominal muscles will impede the flexibility to breath deep and therefore sustain the notes steadily for a long time. Also stiffness in…

Posture: Your Hips don’t Lie

"My Hips Don't Lie" - says Shakira. And neither do yours! 🙂 Our most powerful energy center is located in the pelvic floor area. Coincidentally (oh, human body, you couldn't be any more perfect!) that is where we come from and where we are created: in the womb, the pelvis, the hips. Yes, sexual energy is our creational energy (have you ever thought about it? we have the power to create life!). Our drive, our desires, our movement, our anger and our laughter... it all comes from the pelvic floor (aka chakras 1 and 2, red chakra/root chakra & orange chakra/sacral chakra - our very wise ancestors knew).