by IVS Dev | Feb 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
How many of these sound like you? Is this you? When you go to speak up in a meeting, your voice just won’t come out. Five minutes ago you felt fine, but now you feel like you have no control over the volume or tone of your voice. Your throat feels tight and dry and...
by IVS Dev | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
90's sci-fi reference inside. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot – like a lot – about the idea of conscious communication. It’s always been the undercurrent of my work, but lately, I’ve been trying to define it more clearly and bring it to the foreground....
by IVS Dev | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Notes from the field. This post was originally shared on February 7, 2020. This was in 2015 at our final teacher showcase for OpenVoice Studios. I was in the middle of selling off the equipment and furniture and finding someone to take over the lease, and a gazillion...
by IVS Dev | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Open hips, open voice, open life. This post was originally shared on Facebook on February 7, 2017. There are so many ways in which yoga and singing and life overlap for me. From the foundational components like posture and breathing, self-care and...
by IVS Dev | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Building strength through self-awareness. I received two back-to-back emails this morning from two completely different organizations with subject lines that began ‘Start the new year strong…’ and then implied that all I needed to do was purchase a new dishwasher or...