This past Tuesday was Guru Purnima, one of the most special days in the Vedic tradition. It is a day marked on the full moon in July which celebrates our teachers, our gurus. As a Vedic meditator, I was really thrilled to be able to observe it in the company of a huge group of fellow meditators here in New York City. We gathered together to make puja (a beautiful ceremony with fruit, flowers, and chanting that pays homage to the lineage of teachers), ask for a wish for the coming year, and to me...
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A Belly Massage For Your Voice (Body)
Dec 01, 2017
I LOVE todayâs How To Warm Up exercise, and Iâm so excited to share it with you. Learn how a belly massage can help you release your guts and breathe more freely. Though I originally learned this practice as a technique for better digestion from my studies of Ayurveda (Indian medicine), Iâve found itâs incredibly beneficial for your voice too! Check it out, and as an extra bonus weâll play with a water balloon too (youâll get it when you see it! đ)
Watch the Belly Massage For Your Voice (Body)e...
How to Steam Your Vocal Cords
Nov 25, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving all! Coming at you with a special edition video straight from my parentâs kitchen in Northern California. Itâs that time of year where a lot of us get sick, get laryngitis, feel vocally dry because our heaters are on, etc etc. My top vocal health recommendation always is to steam to lubricate your vocal cords, and itâs extra important at this time of year! So in order to encourage you to steam, Iâve filmed this instructional video. I hope you enjoy, and of course let me know i...
The Roll Down (Body)
Nov 08, 2017
If youâre like me (coming from a theatre/singing/yoga background), Itâs very possible youâve done todayâs exercise about a gagillion times. But itâs also totally possible that youâve never done the roll down! Whatever your experience, I promise youâll learn something new in todayâs How To Warm Up video. Adding this Body exercise to your warm up is a fabulous way to be sure youâre bringing your full body into your vocalizing. So check out my interpretation of the classic warm up, rolling down and...
Facial Muscle Warm Up (Impulse)
Oct 26, 2017
In todayâs How To Warm Up video, weâre going to learn how to warm up your facial muscles so that all of your impulses can make their way into full expression! Iâve put this exercise under the Impulse category for that reason, though of course a facial warm up improves your articulation too! So join me for this fun, goofy sequence of exercises that will conclude in some totally ridiculous faces (yes, Iâm fully aware of the screen captures that could now exist on the world wide web⌠but itâs worth...
A Vibrator For Your Voice (Sound)
Oct 19, 2017
Hi All,
The How To Warm Up video series is BACK and better than ever!! WAHOO!! Youâll notice that the videos look sharper and more professional now. Why? Because youâve been liking them, so Iâve invested in making them even more awesome and fun/helpful to watch! HUGE thank you to cinematographer Carlos Chiossone who Iâm shooting them with. You can connect with him at www.photostudio.com.
In todayâs installment weâre skipping along to another Sound video. Why? Because the Vibrant Voice Techniqu...
In honor of our teachers, and today especially my teacher Paul
Oct 10, 2017
This past Tuesday was Guru Purnima, one of the most special days in the Vedic tradition. It is a day marked on the full moon in July which celebrates our teachers, our gurus. As a Vedic meditator, I was really thrilled to be able to observe it in the company of a huge group of fellow meditators here in New York City. We gathered together to make puja (a beautiful ceremony with fruit, flowers, and chanting that pays homage to the lineage of teachers), ask for a wish for the coming year, and to me...Elissa on the cover of Psoriasis Advance magazine
Oct 06, 2017
Friends, Clients, and Colleagues,
I am beyond honored to be featured and on the cover of the Spring 2017 issue of Psoriasis Advance magazine. I have had psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that manifests as a skin condition, my whole life. In recent years I have become more outspoken about my struggles with it and my path to healing holistically. This article is a rare and exciting feature about natural remedies for psoriasis sufferers. I am thrilled with how the article turned out and how helpful...
The 4 Most Important Things To Work On To Improve Your Articulation
Aug 11, 2017
Do you wish your articulation was clearer? Do people often ask you to repeat yourself? If youâre looking for clearer articulation, here are the four most beneficial steps you can take:
1. Explode your plosives at the ends of your words.
Letâs start with the definition: a plosive is a type of consonant in which the articulators touch and then explode apart. The plosives in the English language are p, b, t, d, k, and g.
To understand why the explosion in important, take for instance a âpâ or a ...
Tongue Twisters with Fricatives (Language)
Aug 03, 2017
Last lesson we learned our fricatives â the consonants we make by creating friction between our articulators. This week weâre putting them into Language context in tongue twisters! Two of them are intermediate and the other one is ADVANCED â so check them out and see if you can become a master and how fast you can get!! (Hint hint: the hard one is from the movie âThe Kings Speechâ)
Check out the Tongue Twisters with Fricatives (Language) exercise here:
The tongue twisters so you can follow a...
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