I keep having a recurring problem in practicing at home -- my back simply refuses to be free/relaxed and as a result I'm finding it hard to support my voice properly. It usually takes my teacher less than 5 minutes to straighten me out at the beginning of my lesson, but I can't seem to replicate what he does when I'm practicing at home.
He has given me a "visualisation sequence" which works well when he takes me through it, but has little effect when I do it by myself. I've noticed that my problem gets worse as the week goes on. My lessons are generally on Saturday, and by Tuesday I am usually holding quite firmly in my lower back. I realise that I'm holding a lot of my tension in my back.
Can anyone suggest a stretching exercise, visualisation technique, etc. which might help me? I'm finding that my lower back is pretty important to producing my voice and I'd love to find a key to unlock my back.
Cheers, Ingo
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