DAILY
WARM UP

BODY ALIGNMENT

NECK RELEASE
•        Stretch the back of your neck, head straight, neck really tensed
       up to the ceiling
•        Let head falls forward
•        Try this until the back of the neck feels relaxed.
CURLING OVER
•        Bend knees
•        Curl over from head to toes, let head, shoulders, chest and arms dangling
•        Let head bob.

VOCAL PASSAGEWAY

RELAX YOUR TONGUE
•        Gently hold an opened jaw with one hand (don’t let the jaw comes forward)
•        Smile with the upper lip (big phony smile)
•        Keep the tongue flat and out on the lower lip.
RELAX THE SOFT PALATE
•        Big yawn with opened mouth, several time
•        Big yawn with closed lips
•        Focus on the soft palate area including the uvula.

Increase the muscularity of the soft palate and the back of the tongue:
•        Slowly breathe in and out on a gentle "KEH" sound (non vocal)
•        Then breathe in and out on a "NG" sound (of "ring") (non vocal)
•        Try to alternate the 2 sounds, breathing in and out.
RELAX THE JAW
•        Move a relaxed jaw with one hand (very gently) and think about relaxing the back of your neck
•        Say "HUH" while gently moving the jaw (if it feels hard do this lying down).


VOICE/BREATH CONNECTION

CENTERING
•        Lie on the floor on your back, knees are bend
•        Breathe with the belly and up, with a natural rhythm
•        Do not force the breathing, let the muscles relax.
•        Sit up and practice same belly breathing, crossing the legs, place one hand on the belly to feel
       the relaxation.
•        Stand up, practice the belly breathing, think about the breath
•        Think about your emotions (later it will connect the voice to the emotional life),
        just acknowledge the present emotions.
VIBRATING
•        Practice a soft "HUH" sound coming from deep down the belly (like a sigh sounding
       like a boat siren)

THE RESONATING CHAMBERS

THE CHEST
•        Lift arms and let them drop
•        Sigh from middle pitch to low pitch, feel the resonating part of the chest
•        The sound must feel like the arms falling down.
THE HARD PALATE
•        Put a finger into the mouth without touching anything
•        Blow air onto the finger, feel the air going out
•        Say "HUH" and feel the vibrations inside the mouth (try different pitches).
THE SINUSES
•        Drain the sinuses massaging the sides of the nostrils with one finger
•        Sing higher pitches still massaging.
THE NOSE
•        Wrinkle up the nose and sing "NE-NE-NE" (send the sound into the nose area)
THE SKULL
•        Curl up the body and send a high pitch on "EEEE" to the top of the skull.

LIBERATING THE VOICE

BOUNCE
•        Bounce gently up and down with the whole body
•        Say "MY NAME IS…" see if the voice follows the body motions
•        Do the same exercise trying to tighten the muscles to keep the voice even
•        This is exactly what not to do.
FREE YOUR VOICE
•        Read the text of a melody while bouncing, jumping, rolling over, dancing…moving
•        Repeat the same exercise while singing a piece of music
•        The voice must follow the body motions to remain free
•        Alternate singing with motions and singing still