http://iansidden.com/2009/06/playing-with-support/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Wed, 09 May 2012 10:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://iansidden.com/2009/06/playing-with-support/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Sophia Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:33:37 +0000 http://iansidden.com/?p=872#comment-247 I have been working TONS on breath support techniques and, since I haven't had the opportunity to have lessons, since May, I never really know when I'm doing things right or not. I just kind of experiment and figure out what feels ok and seems to help and what doesn't. Luckily, I did just get a digital voice recorder that can, at least, give me some idea of how I am sounding and I have also asked a couple of people I trust (including Emma Rosenthal) what sounds better. As far as ribs, I have just been focusing on not collapsing and keeping them open. I have not yet been able to gain the coordination or awareness, so to speak, to be able to isolate different movements/feelings/separation between the parts and the whole. What I found is that I either tended to significantly raise or significantly depress my larynx. So, I've been trying to focus my breathing downward, in a way that doesn't lend itself to the larynx going down and vice versa. It's a slow process and it still takes a lot of trial and error to breathe just right, without adding a bunch of unnecessary tensions. Thinking of releasing down was helpful to me...but, it has been very hard to have my body do it, involuntarily. Once I was able to do that, I discovered back breathing a little bit. I have tried not to get *too* focused on producing a sensation in the back...because, then, it creates unwanted tensions, all over the place...but, when I am able to release, all the way, that part above the hip bone that you were talking about...does WONDERS. Sorry this is so incoherent. Haha. I am so new to all of this and am totally overwhelmed. For years, I have understood everything, intellectually, and always thought I was doing it, since everyone thought my breathing was ok. Now, my body is FINALLY understanding what my brain understood, long ago. :) P.S. If you have any other tips, let me know! I have been working TONS on breath support techniques and, since I haven’t had the opportunity to have lessons, since May, I never really know when I’m doing things right or not. I just kind of experiment and figure out what feels ok and seems to help and what doesn’t. Luckily, I did just get a digital voice recorder that can, at least, give me some idea of how I am sounding and I have also asked a couple of people I trust (including Emma Rosenthal) what sounds better.
As far as ribs, I have just been focusing on not collapsing and keeping them open. I have not yet been able to gain the coordination or awareness, so to speak, to be able to isolate different movements/feelings/separation between the parts and the whole. What I found is that I either tended to significantly raise or significantly depress my larynx. So, I’ve been trying to focus my breathing downward, in a way that doesn’t lend itself to the larynx going down and vice versa. It’s a slow process and it still takes a lot of trial and error to breathe just right, without adding a bunch of unnecessary tensions. Thinking of releasing down was helpful to me…but, it has been very hard to have my body do it, involuntarily. Once I was able to do that, I discovered back breathing a little bit. I have tried not to get *too* focused on producing a sensation in the back…because, then, it creates unwanted tensions, all over the place…but, when I am able to release, all the way, that part above the hip bone that you were talking about…does WONDERS. Sorry this is so incoherent. Haha. I am so new to all of this and am totally overwhelmed. For years, I have understood everything, intellectually, and always thought I was doing it, since everyone thought my breathing was ok. Now, my body is FINALLY understanding what my brain understood, long ago. P.S. If you have any other tips, let me know!

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