Harmony Is in Your Hands: Jin Shin Voice® eBook for Singers

Your technique is fine. Your voice still tightens when it matters.

You’ve done the warm-ups, and you know the exercises. Then the pressure arrives, in a solo, an audition, or the fourth carol of the night, and your throat closes up anyway.

Another round of scales won’t reach that, because the tightness starts before the first note: in how you’re standing, how you’re breathing and what you’re feeling.

The Jin Shin Voice® SING Check

Four things to check before a difficult passage:

• S – Stand: how are you holding yourself?
• I – Inhale & Exhale: where does your breath stop?
• N – Name the feeling: is it Worry, Fear, Anger, Sadness or Trying-to (pushing too hard)?
• G – Give voice: what is the phrase asking of you?

Each step comes with a simple finger hold you can do anywhere, even while you sing.

Try it now

Before a phrase that makes you nervous, gently hold your index finger with your other hand. Breathe for one minute, then sing the phrase again and notice what changes.

That’s one hold from Chapter 6. The book covers more, from posture to pitch.

Why I wrote this book

After a stressful student recital, I couldn’t shake my anxiety. A friend suggested Jin Shin Jyutsu®, a gentle Japanese hands-on practice. In my first session, I noticed that holding each finger changed how deeply I breathed and how my voice sounded. I trained as a practitioner and spent years bringing it into my voice studio alongside functional voice training. This book puts what I learned in one place.

Grace Ng Ee Wern, founder of Vocalogy. Teaching voices since 2006 and developer of Jin Shin Voice® and NeuroVoice®.

Inside the book

• What your posture and breathing show about how you’re feeling
• Five finger holds for the five feelings that tighten your voice
• How to find where your breath stops, and how to let it move again
• How pitch, rhythm, and registers connect to body and mind
• A step-by-step checklist for every practice session

This book is for you if…

You’re a singer or voice teacher who senses there’s more to the voice than technique, and you’re curious enough to try something new. Use it alongside your voice lessons and any medical care you need.

What you get

• Harmony Is in Your Hands (PDF ebook)
• A one-page “Start here” guide with the SING Check
• Bonus: Rise Above: The Vocalogy Guide to Vocal Trigger Mapping

Download it now for S$4.99 (regular price: $15) and try the SING Check before your next rehearsal.