If you love singing and want to improve your voice, you may have wondered what are singing lessons and how do they work. Singing lessons are sessions where you learn how to sing better with the help of a vocal coach. A vocal coach is a professional who has the knowledge and experience to teach […]
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Are you wondering if singing lessons are worth it for you? Do you want to improve your voice and technique, achieve your musical goals, overcome your vocal challenges, learn new skills and styles of singing, and have fun while doing it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then singing lessons can definitely
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Stage performers, from actors to musicians, often face unique psychological challenges that can hinder their artistic expression. Clinical hypnotherapy emerges as a transformative tool, offering a pathway to overcome these hurdles and unlock their full potential. Overcoming Performance Anxiety Performance anxiety, or stage fright, is a complex phenomenon that affects performers in various ways. It’s
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Actor can be very dispassionate people*. Analysis is a crucial part of each actor’s preparation process for the character. The Preparation We teach our students that they have to research: A. The character’s personality, which is based on: the character’s deeds: what the character does in the play; and what other characters do to or
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The Spleen Flow helps performers feel by making them feel safe. Its astrological sign is Cancer- the crab . A cardinal water sign, the Spleen flow is about going within, into the deep waters of oneself for understanding and for emotional resources. In Jin Shin Energy healing, Spleen is also related to element Earth. Spleen
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‘Sing as you speak’ is regarded as highly desired in voice teaching. After all, wouldn’t it be nice to open your mouth and have that mellifluous tone of your singing voice when you speak? The body produces sound in the same way with the same apparatus whether you’re singing or speaking so why do we
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‘I want to be able to play my emotions like a piano.’ -Tom Hiddleston, actor This article examines emotional management in the context of acting from the neurological, therapeutic and metaphysical perspective. Acting From a perspective of a clinical hypnotherapist, acting is a dissociative state no different from going into a trance. The actor dissociates
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Foreword This is my essay for the Psychotherapy studies module of the Specialist certificate in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the London College of Clinical Hypnotherapy. It explores the role of psychotherapy in chronic pain management and how hypnotherapy can assist the process. Introduction Pain is ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential
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This post is for the folk who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and have been turned away at Hospitals because the health service is understaffed and overworked. If you’re desperate or if you know anyone who is desperate for help, please share this post. This post is originally from the Vocalogy Facebook account where I’ll be
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‘Higher, Faster, Stronger’ marks the pinnacle of glorious human physical achievement in the Olympics. ‘Slower, Lower, Weaker’ marks the way up. When we go slower, we become mindful of what we are doing. We become fastidious in our demand for excellence. We become detail oriented. If precision is the goal, slowness is the how we
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