Practice 1/11/17

Running off of 4.5 hours of sleep. As usual. Also, since last night, I've felt a bit of chest congestion/urge to cough with some phlegm coming up. However, I can immediately feel that my soft palate is lighter than the beginning of yesterday.

• Lesson 12/2/16 (because this was also a sleep-deprived lesson)
• Back panting + release in area right next to upper molars. 
• It feels like a soft ball that rests just behind the arch of the tongue. If that makes sense
• also, don't think too far back. Look inside and see what your throat looks like. Don't try and make it deeper than it is. Just let it be. 
• Sneezing sensation. 
• Everything external is soft, with internal smile!
• LOOK and be aware of the space that you want, but don't make it. 
• you'll feel it in the way the cool air touches the top outer edges of the mouth when you inhale. AGAIN, DO NOT make the space. Just look for it!
• Seem to want to default to swallowing [a], and default to closing jaw for [i]. 
• "raj-aj-aj-king"
• perhaps think [ae] instead of [a]
• experiment with diphthongs. 
• Watch breath; the whole body is resonating, so the whole body needs to be released. 
• top-down release. If the soft palate is up and released, the tongue and jaw are much easier to follow suit. 
• The jaw (tip) is DEAD when you ascending. THINK. 
• ~37 minutes.