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#999. Singing, Speaking, and Personal Power

Sing like no one is listening.

"Like many people, I thought breathing was just something we did naturally....until I took some voice lessons, and learned a little about breathing correctly. Your Optimal Breathing Kit is teaching me much more. Trying to breathe deeper just kept getting in the way." Ann Hurt

In everyday communication, only 8% is based on the words we speak. 38% is based on the sound of our voice, 54% on body language." When you consider the time spent on the phone, 92% of the information is communicated by the sound of our voice.  Your voice is your second face. See that is gets the very best of care.

This program is unconditionally guaranteed to improve your voice whether you are a professional or never took a speaking or singing lesson in your life. So much so that your friends will ask you "what have you been doing?"

SINGING
"Since last year I invested a lot of energy observing and working on my breathing rather than vocal lessons.  Last Saturday was the first time in fifteen years I worked with a voice coach and she was gobsmacked.  She could not believe my voice is in such good shape.  The tone, range and flexibility is all there.  She literally could not believe I had returned to singing without a vocal coach, but I told her about you and told her my only concern was getting my breathing right." Catherine W. Sidney Aus

Mike with Sherrill Milnes, world class Verdi Baritone, retired.

Mike singing "Tenderly"

SPEAKING

Has your voice ever let you down?
You know what I mean...
You get to the meeting with your boss to ask for that long overdue promotion,
a raise or perhaps just present a new money saving idea for the company.
 
And then it happens- just as you start to speak...
 
All of a sudden you feel out of breath, panicky and can't believe your voice is cracking like a pimple faced 13 year old boy. You sound as if you're inhaled a helium balloon and you notice your boss is no longer making eye contact with you.
You're unknowingly speaking faster and faster and higher and higher - unconsciously trying to finish a race you've already lost.
 
Bye, bye raise.  Bye, bye promotion.
 
It happens intermittently or all the time - it doesn't happen just at work.
 
The same thing can happen when you're trying to speak to a loved one about a difficult subject like finances. Or, when trying to talk to your parents or your children about a difficult family  matter. Or when a leader wants to connect with her team and yet seems to always come across domineering, aloof and cold.
 
When you think of it, there are hundreds of examples of times when our voice betrays us. You're not alone it happens to just about everyone.
 
But it doesn't have to happen- to anyone.
 
There's a way to train our voices and ourselves to come through for us when it matters most.
  1.  Does the sound of your voice played back on your answering machine
     make you cringe?
  2.  Do you find yourself short of breath when you talk on the telephone?
  3.  Do people have difficulty hearing you and constantly ask you to
     repeat yourself?
  4.  Does your voice tire at the end of the working day and sound raspy
     and weak?
  5.  Do you find yourself constantly clearing your throat with a
     vengeance?
  6.  After talking all day, does it feel as though there is a lump in your
     throat?
  7.  Do people constantly misunderstand you?
  8.  Does your voice have a nervous quiver and shake when you talk? Does your   voice feel weak when you try to loudly express yourself?
  9.  Do you have frequent colds that always settle in the throat area?
  10.  Do you hear your voice as high-pitched and irritating?
  11.  Do strangers on the telephone think you are a child? (That's a little problem.)
     Do strangers on the telephone think you are the opposite sex? (That's a
     big problem.)
  12.  Does your throat feel rough and dry when you are speaking?
  13.  Do you hear your voice as "lifeless" and dull?
  14.  Does your voice quality sound weaker in the morning and seem to
     improve as the day goes on?
  15.  Are you a heavy breather?
  16.  When faced with a confronting situation does your voice feel tight and
     "squeezed" causing the pitch to go up?
  17.  Does your voice sound nasal and thin?
  18.  No major problems to "speak" of. You would simply want to improve

Includes an instant downloadable SONG LIST of 60 of Mike's favorite Karaoke albums from the 40s, 50, 60, 70s and a few after that totaling approximately 900 songs. A few song duplications.

This program is VERY powerful and it may help with spasmodic dysphonia, laryngitis, stuttering and other speech improvement goals. If you have a speech issue PLEASE try it or a private consultation with Mike. Realize that our SD clinic may be very necessary. If it does not help, we will refund the $75.00. You have nothing to lose.

"More than three decade of working one-on-one with university students has convinced me that the average person has little concept of the visual assessment of their individual posture profile and the sound of their voice.  How they do what they do when they do it.  For example, can you see yourself without a mirror? It is truly astonishing how many people are dissatisfied with the sound of their own voice and shocked when they hear it reproduced.   There is not enough time or space to pursue this observation for now, perhaps in another article.  In The meantime, ask yourself this question- Can one’s life be as productive as possible if one has only a vague awareness of what one looks like and what they sound like?

If you are habitually unconscious of the environmental impact of your daily life performance then your individual effectiveness is unconsciously compromised because of inattentiveness to yourself.  That means that your unconscious mind-set or attitude is in control and not your conscious self.  You fail to ‘catch your own act.’"  John Lennon, Retired University Professor of Voice

Benefits:

  • Rapid chest expansion and increased volume and ease of breathing

  • Expand vocal dynamic range

  • Reduce residual volume for longer exhales and sustains

  • Loosens the muscles in the area around the lungs and mid section, allowing for better flexibility of the breathing muscles

  • Speak and sing stronger and with less effort

  • Breathing sequencing, patterning and coordination quickly retrained

  • Developing a more even flow of exhaled air

  • More efficient tongue function

  • Postural and breathing musculo-skeletal balancing

  • Respiratory health assessing

  • Lengthen phrasing in a certain piece of music

  • Reduce or eliminate pre-performance anxiety

  • Enjoy health benefits of better breathing

  • You will notice improvement immediately

  • Singing helps COPD

  • In spite of everything some are simply unstoppable

This program automatically includes everything in the blue box:
 

1. The Optimal Breathing Kit
a
. The Art, Science, and Fundamentals of Optimal Breathing Development DVD
Optimal breathing skills and diaphragm development techniques to rapidly improve one's breathing ease, strength, depth, and freedom. The most basic yet inclusive/comprehensive place to begin.
DVD plus breathing improvement strap. Includes free CD.
b. Diaphragm Strengthener
Strength is only part of breathing development but an important part. A compact mechanical device you can carry around with you or use several times daily to strengthen your voice.

c. 37 page adjunctive program workbook called
Optimal Breathing and Voice (OBV).

2. Article.
"Science Looks at Singing". Both hardcopy and optional download you can read while you are waiting for the balance of the program to arrive in the mail.

                           3. Free download  pdf of more than 1,000 of my favorite   Karaoke titles.

All above items together are $89.00

Recommended optional items to enhance this program:

HearFones for Speakers and Singers
Hear what you really sound like.
Choose separately in the cart for an additional $30.00

Cervical Collar
For maintaining consistent head and neck mobility for evenness of vocal tract during appropriate exercises.
Choose separately in the cart for an additional $17.95

Building Healthy Lungs Naturally
Biochemical and environmental aspects of the Optimal Breathing Development System.
Choose separately in the cart for an additional $15.95

#179. Sleeping and Snoring
Addresses insomnia, fatigue, apnea, stress reduction, thoughts running amuck, preparation and recovery related to surgery, deepened sleep, snoring, and more.

Paper booklet or digital download
$7.95
#910. Blue Velcro Strap
Helps to maintain the foundation/support.
$29.00

Hi Michael,
 
I have just started using your breathing program and the blue velcro strap. My primary concern is a voice disorder which my speech therapist believes is muscle tension dysphonia, although it hasn't been officially diagnosed by a doctor. The horrible side effect I get from this disorder is a lot of pain in my neck muscles, shoulder muscles, upper back muscles, and upper neck muscles. I feel like I have a long ways to go in my speech therapy to improve my voice disorder. In the meantime, though, I want to thank you for this blue velcro strap. To relieve my pain thus far, I've tried heat therapy, massage, stretching, topical pain relievers, and even acupuncture. All of those measures help to alleviate the pain. However, the blue velcro strap somehow miraculously prevents the pain from occurring in the first place. It is simply amazing! This has been the case regardless of the quality of my voice. It's as if the strap somehow prevents the muscle tension from rising up into my neck area.  Thank you,   Cheryl H.

#130. Better Breathing Exercise #2
Use the CD for timing and a special rubber strap for pressure in the exact area needing it. 

79 minutes.
$24.00

ASSISTANCE?
Some may wish a little bit of technical guidance to choose or get the most out of this program.  Therefore, we offer a free few minutes of phone consultation before and/or after you receive the program. Call 704.597.6775 Eastern Time Zone or email.

Your price: $89.00
Plus any of the above options that you choose in the cart

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Toll Free (USA): 1-866 MY INHALE (1-866 694-6425)
International: 001 704.597.6775

To order by fax: 704-597.3927

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Satisfaction guaranteed. No risk guarantee. If not satisfied return within 30 days for a full refund less S & H.

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