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From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)"
Subject: Re: Yoga and Breathing
To: vocalist
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Jessica wrote:

>>Remember, during your yoga
study, that yoga is not about the guy next to you or he woman across the
room, it's not about trying to go as deep into the poses as anyone else.
It's all about what your body can do and what your body needs that moment of
that day. Start slowly and enjoy. It's a wonderful practice.

The key words there are "what your body needs that moment of that day." So trueboth in yoga practice and in singing practice. Sometimes we singers get a bit
panicky when the voice doesn't respond the same from one day to the next. Yet
why should it? How could it? It is our body, after all. If we can just
learn to tune in -- be aware -- our bodies will tell us exactly what they
need. And, indeed, this is why yoga is such a wonderful practice, because it
helps to teach us that awareness.

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