Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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A Voice Like Honey -3
Stephen Fry - Voted in the Radio Times survey to have a beautiful voice.
Changing the sound of our voice is something can all do if we choose. It just takes a little thought and practice. And as the sound of a voice can have such a dramatic effect on how we are perceived, it's worthwhile making the most of ourselves. Apparently around 40% of the population rely on their voice for their work...that's quite a lot of us!
Our vocal mechanism is something that we use just as much as our legs to walk or our hands to write. It is a part of our body and it needs to be used appropriately for it to perform at its best and will not do so if we misuse it. If we don't have a good voice, it is because we don't make it well. And if we change the way that we do it, we will enjoy a change in the way it sounds.
Fiona Bruce, a smouldering and seductive voice.
Many of us are restricting and detrimentally affecting our voice by excessive tension in the throat, neck, shoulders and chest. Tensions here can make our voice sound tight and strained, thin or squeaky, or even husky and breathy. But it's likely that such habits of tension are not restricted to just when we speak, but are with us all of the time. It would be a good idea if we could see if we can release tensions in our neck, shoulders and generally through our body as often as we can. As that way we are undoing some of our habits. That can affect everything we do....including speaking.
It doesn't take a lot of effort to speak...
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