Practice 1/9/17

• Lesson 1/28/15
• Find ease in the body/breath before anything!!
• Watch breath pressurization on upward leaps
• You know your breathing is released when you don't have to think about how much air to take in. THINK --> Sing. NOT think --> breathe --> sing. Think/breathe are one and the same. 
• Doing the "blip blip" exercise in quick succession really helped me to release into the breath without having to force myself to breathe a certain way. Air comes in and leaves naturally. 
• Watch that you abdomen doesn't punch inward upon initial start of sound/onset. 
• Once you have the onset down, let the sound spin after that. The larynx can regulate airflow much easier if the onset is correct. Takes no effort. 
• Let the air travel up the back of the pharynx, like a snake is sliding up the back of your throat. (Sounds weird, but the imagery works for me.) 
• Think opposite for vowels (i.e. a/o/u are forward)
• Watch descending phrases; don't get lazy. 
• watch your shoulders. They tend to go up towards the ears
• ~26 minutes (Woohoo! Improved from my 1.5 hours of yesterday.....) 
• Watch that you don't get lazy with the back molars! Don't think frown! Think SMILE