Breatheasy

Breathe easy, sing easy.

Optimize the Breath.

Transform the Voice. Simplify the Teaching.

What if better breathing didn’t just support your singing but could radically transform it?

This summer, singing teachers and voice nerds alike are invited to join me on a deeper dive deep into one of the most discussed and controversial topics related to singing: the breath, and its role in support.

Over 8 1-hour sessions on zoom this July & August, we’ll explore and experience how optimizing the breathing system can unlock surprising improvements in singing without effort or thought.

You are whole. Stay whole.

No talk of muscles or mechanics.

This unique perspective will blow your mind and light up your senses! We will work with the entire breathing system without metaphorically breaking it into parts and pieces, and instead awaken our mind’s eye to see the exquisite orchestrations already within. These experiential lessons draw from, and improve the body’s natural intelligence and from that clarity, ease, and freedom in singing emerge.

When one system improves, all systems improve.

In each session…

  • Sing easier

    Why bother to improve your breathing if it doesn’t have an impact your singing?! We will use the breath to connect to every system that combines in singing to bring your singing to life in new ways. When learning experientially, people often get surprised by the various ways their singing became more free.

  • Sharpen the mind’s eye

    Getting a clearer interoceptive sense organically improves how the brain recruits muscles into action. It’s a virtual ‘turning on’ of the lights to see your body’s internal orchestrations in higher definition, which makes everything so much easier!

  • Improve your Self-Image

    We often have gaps in our awareness and sense of ourselves, and where there are gaps in your self-image there will be gaps in your abilities. When we fill in the gaps, our abilities improve.

  • Get to know your body's learning style

    We often use logic and reason to teach voice, but that’s the language of the mind. The language of the body gets you into your senses, and when they come alive they can start to lead the way vocal improvements happen on their own.

  • Learn what's not in any voice books...yet

    Voice science has provided the map, but the map is not the terrain. Alongside the experiential aspects of learning, you’ll learn some fundamentals about fascia, biotensegrity, and how we can use complexity theory as the foundation for our practicing and teaching.

  • Feel the difference

    Your body is already brilliant and knows far more than you might give it credit for. We’re going to draw it out, and you will feel the difference between receiving instructions on how to do something (an outside-in process) and receiving an invitation to learn from within.

What You Can Expect

Mondays in

July & August

Every Monday, we’ll gather on Zoom from 1–2pm EST for a unique experience, guided by a compassionate and knowledgeable movement & voice pedagogue.

No two lessons are the same, and each one offers a new way to sense, perceive, and support the voice from the inside out.

And you’ll learn some of the science behind the different approach and get any questions answered.

Fix problems

without trying to fix problems

The symptom is rarely the cause of the problem. A wilted leaf has little to do with the leaf, right? This is about creating conditions where problems can dissolve on their own - and the do! Working with the whole system is a game-changer! Instead of identifying vocal faults and correcting them one at a time, do some WHOLE-istic breath work and see what’s left over that needs attention.

For voice teachers

singers, and voice geeks!

Get ready to explore the picture bigger than methods, models, and styles. These experiential lessons optimize the breathing system leading to reduced local tensions and increased vocal freedom so that you can make whatever choices are in your heart!

The Details

  • Program Length: 8 Sessions

  • Start/End dates: July 7-August 25

  • Live on Zoom: Mondays, 1–2pm EST
    or work through the replays asynchronously

  • Full Price: $199 USD

  • Early Bird until May 30: Only $169 USD

Recordings will be available for all registered participants. Whether you come live or catch the replay, your nervous system (and your singing) will thank you.

FAQ

  • It’s more like we will be using the breathing system to improve the whole singing system. Though we will target the torso and breath, we will also widen our mind’s eye and see how the torso can optimize resonance as well.

  • Absolutely not! If you’d like to feel your voice improve through enhancing your breath, you will get that no matter how much you know about the voice already.

  • No worries - everything will be recorded and available within 24 hours of the session. The replays are yours to keep.

  • You can expect 3 parts in every 60 minute session:

    A few minutes to say hello and share any singing or teaching wins along with new insights.

    An experiential breathing lesson.

    An open discussion that will answer questions and unpack the various sciences within the lesson.

    We will nourish our intellect as well as our sensory system!

  • Every kind!

    This is a style-agnostic approach that will make anything you sing fuller and easier and expand artistic options.

    These are more than techniques you apply when you’re singing. They are more like taking your car for a tune-up - it’s easier to drive and a smoother ride.

  • It’s a good question. Why should you put your faith in me?

    There’s a lot of information about my perspective on other pages of this website if you are curious, but the perspective that I share in with other teachers in Body Based Voice Ped, in online webinars and workshops, for masters level vocal pedagogy classes in various academic institutions, national and international presentations for organizations like The Voice Foundation, Pan-American Vocology Association, and one upcoming at NATS’ International Congress of Voice Teachers in Toronto this summer, is from learning about the body in the most WHOLE-istic way.

    This shift in perspective in general is about how we can understand the body as an organism instead of machine, how to get to specific outcomes without breaking it down into separate parts, and how to facilitate its ability to self-organize.

    Many methods speak to the intellect, however behavior is not intellectual, nor is it consciously controlled. We’ve got to go down into the root system instead of breaking off the stem, so to speak.

    Instead I teach the body in its own language which is experiential - and the mind learns through observing the way the brain and body orchestrates movements through expressive intentions.

    If you have concerns after the first session, I will gladly refund your money with no ill will.