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Simple Singing Mindset Hack
Quickly quiet the negativity and give your voice some love with this one great trick the next time you practice.
Fill your beautiful inner tube up with air – give it a color if you like – and then, when you start to speak or sing, it will slowly deflate.
It really can be that simple!
Remember to start SLOW: many of us don’t breathe properly… We tend to breathe shallowly most of the time (unless you’re an avid meditator / yoga connoisseur), so breathing can feel like unchartered territory).
Just start by filling up that inner tube with your mouth closed, inhaling through your nose. And really connect to it and feel it deeply.
If you’re a visual person and need to really SEE this process (with fun animations) and be guided step-by-step, I created a micro-course all about breathing. Learn more about it here.
You might notice that connecting to this deeper breath can bring up emotion, a feeling of vulnerability, and loss of control. And if you’re feeling that, that’s OK!
Because guess what? …That is the spot where you need to bring the breath to. That deeper place where the breath, on the exhale, can really propel the sound.
It’s not enough to do this kind of “inner tube” breathing once. Like anything, it takes practice, practice, practice.
Here are 3 steps to help you connect to your breath throughout the day:
1) When you wake up and YAWN feel your inner tube expand, and put your hand on your belly to feel the expansion. Yawn and connect to the breath 3 times
2) When you are walking or driving to work, take 3 inhales from your inner tube (3 through the nose / 3 through the mouth). Connect to your breath and exhale slowly!
3) Before you nod off to sleep, put one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest and inhale deeply feeling the expansion in your belly, sides, and back.
This practice of connecting to your breath daily is going to make breathing for singing (and speaking) feel SO much easier and way more accessible.
Want to transform your breath even more? Check out Big Bold Breath!
Quickly quiet the negativity and give your voice some love with this one great trick the next time you practice.
My tried-and-true approach to warming up will get you motivated to practice. Plus, you’ll work on your singing technique too!
Technique happens in your warm ups. When you warm up your voice, you naturally focus on breathing, agility, stamina, pitch, tone, resonance, etc. And then, when you go to your songs, hopefully a lot of this technique will start to fall into place and you don’t have to think about it so much!
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