Lotte Janssen: Singer Skills (3) – Body Awareness and Releasing Tension

What you will learn in this module

I believe that our instrument is our entire body and us singers need to learn to feel it.

Lesson 1: Getting rid of jaw tension (free)

You’ll learn:

• why jaw tension is a problem for us singers that negatively impacts your singing.
• if your jaw is tense right now and how you can check yourself for jaw tension.
• what the main causes of jaw tension are in daily life and during singing.
• and you’ll learn all about the 6 ways to get rid of jaw tension

Lesson 2: Jaw relaxation

You’ll practice:

• releasing tension in the jaw in a guided manner
• the skill to move the jaw independently from the tongue, by doing guided vocal exercises

Lesson 3: Posture

You’ll learn:

• why posture is important for singers
• what correct posture looks like
• and how can you practice it
• how to do a check of your own posture
• how you can improve your posture

Lesson 4: Neck tension (Guided warmup)

You’ll do:

• some very effective exercises coming from Feldenkreis-method.
• stretching and massaging the SCM muscle
• vocalizing exercises and singing exercises for healthy neck posture.

Lesson 4: Shoulder tension (Guided warmup)

You’ll do:

• a short body warmup focusing on the shoulders
• a full voice warmup with exercises that are great for those singers who find it hard not to lift their shoulders when they inhale for singing
• tension release exercises for shoulders
• an exercise that helps to sing high notes more easily