You know you should be warming up...
So that your voice comes across authoritatively during your important meeting. So that you sound tip-top during your audition. So that you carry your whole, authentic self into your presentation.
But you skip it.
It feels like there’s not enough time. You’re not sure what to do. Or maybe you know too many exercises and feel stuck about which to choose.
And when you do warm up,
You second guess that you’re doing the best exercises. You always feel like you should be doing more, and you worry you may be tiring yourself out before you even start your vocal demands for the day.
There’s no one perfect way to warm up.
But there is an intelligence to understanding what your body and voice need on any given day.
When you learn the seven key elements of a complete voice and body warm-up, you can easily get primed and ready for the vocal demands of your day.
And the best part?
You can warm up your body & voice in just 5 minutes.
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Hi! My name is Elissa, and I’m the founder of Voice Body Connection.
I’ve been teaching voice and movement since 2011. I came to this profession out of my own need - when I was 21 years old, I lost my voice due to overuse and abuse. My vocal stamina was shot, and I had to learn how to rebuild both my speaking and singing abilities.
My own healing led me to study many theatre and singing voice methods, as well as yoga & Ayurveda, meditation, anatomy, somatics, Polyvagal Theory, and speech science. Over the years, I’ve become certified in Hatha Yoga (RYT 200), Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and Body-Mind Centering®, and earned an MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy. Across my experience in these various disciplines, there’s been a uniting message: Moving our bodies and making sound are two great privileges of being human. Taking time for embodiment and vocalization practices allows us to experience health, joy, and wholeness.
The exercises in How To Warm Up are informed by many disciplines. No matter your profession or way of using your voice, you can benefit from a warm-up!
When you dive into this course, you’ll have access to:
Clinically-backed practices to improve your vocal health.
Scientifically studied exercises to regulate your nervous system so you can access the full breadth of your body and voice.
Easy-to-follow warm-up routines tailored to your unique demands.
Downloadable PDFs for self-guided practice.
A portal where you can ask Elissa your questions about warming up and share your experience with others.
Why is it important to warm up?
A warm-up teaches your body how you want it to behave. You might expect to step on stage or turn on your camera and go from zero to 60 in nothing flat. While that may work some days, it’s not likely to most of the time. (Real talk: as we get older we need more time to lubricate the tissues of our body and voice, and I know you know this!)
When you spend 5, 10, or 15 minutes getting your body and voice up to optimum function, you’re much more likely to nail your presentation or feel present while you audition, work, or teach.
Plus! You can use these exercises as a pre-warm-up before other practices, or as a cool-down after intense vocal demands.
ENROLL NOWWhen you watch the Intro video below, you'll learn how you can assemble the exercises in a choose-your-own-adventure type way to design your own warm-up.
The course consists of 42 unique exercise videos, spread across these seven categories. Pairing them with the Intro video, you can play a choose-your-own-adventure game to design your own warm-up.
Impulse
Connecting your nervous system to your body and voice so you can follow inspiration.
Body
Visiting a full range of motion so that you have access to your body’s entire capacity.
Breath
Freeing your lungs, diaphragm, and visceral organs while using the power of your abdominal muscles so you can have full respiratory function and support your voice.
Sound
Vibrating your vocal folds to create sound with ease and freedom.
Resonance
Shaping your vocal tract to generate a powerful voice with minimum effort.
Articulation
Moving your lips, teeth, and tongue with dexterity to make clear speech sounds.
Language
Combining it all to communicate with clarity and potency.
The course also comes with 24 PDFs that outline 5 and 15-minute suggested step by step warm-ups for:
Singers
Actors
Voice Actors
Public Speakers
Podcasters
Business Professionals
Yoga Teachers
Classroom Teachers
Lawyers
Non-Native English Speakers
Folks with Vocal Fatigue and Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD)
People who want to attend to their Everyday Vocal Health
These sequences are:
Tailored for your unique needs
Jumping off points for self-exploration
Opportunities to follow a routine that will deepen your understanding of which exercises work best for you
These sequences are not:
The one end-all-be-all way you should be warming up
Something you should follow by rote
Boring! (Many of the exercises are actually so fun and goofy)
Just like the great metaphor, this course is here to teach you to fish! Not to go fishing for you.
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“Thank you for this information. I’m new to acting and my coach is constantly telling me to relax my face. This makes so much sense - things you don’t necessarily think about but are so necessary.”
—Wendy
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"Elissa, I’m glad I discovered your videos! I’ve been conducting training for customer service reps who interact with customers via video - for them facial expressions and vocal quality are of heightened importance, and your videos have been an invaluable source of ideas for training activities. Thanks much!”
—Jerry
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“You are a grrreat teacher!!! I love your anatomical descriptions of the parts of the tongue and throat during your exercises! I’m changing my voice thanks to your teachings = MAHALO NUI LOA!!!"
—Blues Gypsy
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I’ve come across some of these exercises before and do them regularly, almost daily. But, you are the first person I have found that explains why they work. Thanks!
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