Like many singers, I have had acid reflux for some time now and it continues to be a challenge for me. Since it is not healthy to stay on reflux medications for any length of time, I am always looking for other information/treatment. Courtesy of one of our members, Lisa Popeil, I have come across a new cookbook to reduce acid reflux. I have ordered it and will try it out. You will find the link to the book and website below. After using the book for a bit, I will report back. Meanwhile, if any of you have information, ideas or solutions, please be sure to comment!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Help for Acid Reflux
Like many singers, I have had acid reflux for some time now and it continues to be a challenge for me. Since it is not healthy to stay on reflux medications for any length of time, I am always looking for other information/treatment. Courtesy of one of our members, Lisa Popeil, I have come across a new cookbook to reduce acid reflux. I have ordered it and will try it out. You will find the link to the book and website below. After using the book for a bit, I will report back. Meanwhile, if any of you have information, ideas or solutions, please be sure to comment!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Getting Motivated after 50
I never expected to be where/what I am today. Like most young people, I had ambition, drive, ideas, energy and abilities. I was physically fit and assumed that I would remain so. Looking at women older than myself, I would often think, "I'll never be like that." I wouldn't gain weight or wear "matronly" clothing or give up on what I wanted. My attitude would remain positive and I would not give up on my goals. Yet, here I am in my mid fifties, looking and behaving in exactly those undesired ways. What happened? And more important, what do I do about it now?
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Importance of Pursuing Dreams
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Self Motivation Tips
Each of us has enormous, untapped potential. Here are several very effective strategies to help you get moving toward that fabulous potential.1. Be willing to leave your comfort zone.
The greatest barrier to achieving your potential is your comfort zone. Great things happen when you make friends with your discomfort zone.
2. Be willing to make mistakes.
Wisdom helps us avoid making mistakes and comes from making a million of them.
3. Practice empowering, expansive thoughts.
Don't indulge in self-limiting thinking.
4. Choose to be happy.
We often cannot control the events, circumstances or people in our lives. However, we CAN control our reactions to them. Happy people are more motivated. Make the conscious choice for happiness.
5. Finish what you start.
So many of us become scattered as we try to accomplish a task. Finish one task before you begin another.
6. Practice, "I get to...."
When you experience a setback or frustration, turn it around by saying, "I get to...". I get to take more voice lessons before I win that audition. Never quit because of a setback.
"We must be prepared, at any moment, to sacrifice who we are for who we are capable of becoming." - Charles Dubois
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Motivation
Teaching Children Singing
Teaching Children: Vocal Pediatric Research
The primary function of the larynx is to protect the airway from unwanted food and liquid. Because of this, the infant larynx is placed very high in the vocal tract and the rest of the vocal structures are also undeveloped and remain so until the onset of puberty.
Therefore, the following is recommended: if you can sing with your grown-up voice in a light adjustment and your children are able to match you, then that is the best. However, if you do need to go to a straight tone to help the children sing in tune, that is fine as long as you don’t do it for an extended period of time.
The timbre of the child voice should be even along the range of pitches the child can sing with no vibrato, no excessive dynamic changes, and no overt physical stress. They need frequent breaks.