sandra wrote:
<< What I
need is the opposite-tips on how to forget about it, and get back to that
relaxed state of "nothingness" on every breath. >>
'pink elephant' is a very hard game to play. played on the honor
system, 'pink elephant' is a game where the object is to be the last player
not to think of 'pink elephant'. the problem, of course, is that trying not
to think of 'pink elephant' includes the words 'pink elephant'. the trick
is to think of something else so thouroughly that you forget anything to do
with 'pink elephant' including not thinking about 'pink elephant'.
as the above applies to your situation, it is not what you need to
forget that is important but, what you need to think of more. i'm sure you
know how to walk and i'm sure, as a student of anatomy, you know which
muscles are involved. when you get lost, do you concentrate on which
muscles to coordinate better? or, do you think about taking a better
route? as you know, your muscles can combine to do a variety of activities.
they are usually organized by 'what you tell them to do' not 'how you tell
them to do it'.
as singers, we often make the mistake of assuming that the desired
result is achieved by a similar action. this is often not the case. if
what you do produces a result different from what you intended, that action
isn't wrong. that action produces that result. if you intend that result,
that action is how you would do it. to attain your original intention, you
just have to intend to do something else. you have already found out
intending to be anal about the coordination of your muscles doesn't produce
the intended results either so, look elsewhere.
mike
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