Donate to WERU Today!Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
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This month:
What is the Alexander Technique?
How can our physical structure be affected by the way we breathe? What does stress have to do with it?!
What are a couple of simple examples we can try, to practice the Alexander Technique?
What is the difference felt in our body when we gently allow our lungs to inhale and exhale, versus straining to take a deep breath?
How do our physical and emotional habits inhibit or enhance our posture & poise, and the ways we move?
How can we become aware of our natural breathing so we can be more relaxed as we move through our day?
How might these techniques help us to be more confident and productive, in performing and/or other areas of our lives?
Guest/s:
Tracy Van Fleet is a Grammy Award winner, mezzo-soprano and voice teacher based in the Los Angeles area. As a soloist, she performs with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and has appeared with some of the most prestigious orchestras around the world. She is a Level 3 Total Vocal Freedom coach, and is in the process of qualifying for certification as an Alexander Technique Teacher.
Lisa Rogers Lee is a chamber singer, oratorio soloist, and voice teacher with a private studio called Voice for the Whole Singer. She has appeared with numerous opera companies throughout the United States, and is an educator and mentor of singers of all ages. She recently became a Level 2 Total Vocal Freedom coach, teaching Alexander Technique principles to singers.
Lisa Lee and Tracy Van Fleet are the founders of the Ageless Singer, a program designed to support and empower female singers over the age of 50.
More information on The Alexander Technique.
About the host:
Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition.
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