Practice With Me

Practice With Me

Hosted by: Claudia Friedlander

The practice of singing can serve beautifully as an object of meditation. Music unfolds in real time and can center us in the present moment. Singing involves the flow of both imagination and movement, and helps to...

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Guided Singing Practice #4

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore vocal onsets, the way we initiate sound. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio...
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Coordinated, Uncomplicated Onsets

The simplicity with which we initiate vocal sound in conversation can inform the way we initiate each phrase we sing. Sung onsets require somewhat more complex coordination than spoken onsets, but the structure that...
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The Problem of Infinite Potential

The practice of singing is an open-ended endeavor—the more you learn and the greater your skill, the more you are able to see the unlimited possibilities of what your voice can do. Paradoxically, the sooner you...
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Divas & Deities

The practice of singing enables us to embody and give voice to characters who are living the way we would like to live, and experience the kinds of things we would like to experience. These characters also invite us...
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Waiting for Maitreya

A posture of waiting is inherently antithetical to the experience of continually living in the present. Be your own Bodhisattva, rather than waiting for an exalted teacher to arrive. Shinzen Young, The Science of...
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You’re Always Practicing Something

You're always practicing something. Here are suggestions for how to ensure you are practicing in a way that yields the results you desire. Vocal Fundamentals online course:...
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Gratitude (?)

There is genuine gratitude, and there is performative gratitude. Hold space for yourself, and whatever feelings arise for you this Thanksgiving. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe...
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Guided Singing Practice #3

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore the connection between your breath and your voice. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me:...
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Support Versus Pressure

When our voices and our lives flow in balance, there is no felt sense of pressure, internal or external, and we feel supported. When there is an uncomfortable sense of pressure, in both our voices and our lives, it...
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Working with Dissatisfaction

Dissatisfaction is just an inherent component of our life experiences. Our ability to feel and work with the emotions that arise for us when we experience dissatisfaction, will determine the degree of agency we feel...
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Meditation & Alignment

While physical discomfort can be useful as an object of meditation, so can the process of promoting a sense of flow that resolves physical discomfort. New York Insight Meditation now offers both in-person and online...
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Guided Singing Practice #2

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore and improve breath coordination. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga...
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