Yoga Instructors
Yoga Instructors
Teachers are the NUMBER ONE demographic for vocal injuries, both acute and chronic, which is due to lack of sufficient knowledge of how the voice is designed to work and using the voice accordingly.
Yoga teachers have a unique challenge in that they wear several hats all at the same time: They are professional voice users, athletes of a unique nature and spiritual teachers and therefore it is vital they learn to speak clearly, on the resonance with no strain.
It is also important to understand the requirements for healthy voice use and when it is and ISN’T appropriate to speak, depending on the asana, to protect your voice during teaching and for the long-term health of your voice.
In order for students to be able to relax, connect within and make a spiritual connection to their physical bodies, a Yoga Teacher’s voice must be clear, relaxed, resonant (regardless of volume) and authentic, so that any spiritual message can come through and invite the student to connect with their own inner experience.
Learn to allow your authentic voice to speak or chant. A voice that is tight or strained is not only potentially damaging to the Yoga teacher, but is irritating to the students and pulls them out of the relaxing and/or spiritual nature of the session. Lack of repeat class attendance can often be attributed to this. Finding your voice will also help you find your own style of communication and teaching and that’s a good thing! Only by expressing with your unique voice will you be able to stand out in the crowd.
Learn the concept of through lines: The physical relationship of alignment of the body and voice and how maintaining these relationships will allow for optimum voice use during an asana.
Also learn when NOT to speak because the asana displaces the body-voice alignment too severely to speak without injury and how to adjust teaching and demonstration accordingly.
Learn how to speak on the resonance to project your voice without any force or strain using the physics of sound and how the voice is designed to work! Learning how to use your voice properly will eliminate vocal fatigue, hoarseness, and strain and reduce or eliminate chronic laryngitis.
Teachers are the NUMBER ONE demographic for vocal injuries, both acute and chronic, which is due to lack of sufficient knowledge of how the voice is designed to work and using the voice accordingly.
Yoga teachers have a unique challenge in that they wear several hats all at the same time: They are professional voice users, athletes of a unique nature and spiritual teachers and therefore it is vital they learn to speak clearly, on the resonance with no strain.
It is also important to understand the requirements for healthy voice use and when it is and ISN’T appropriate to speak, depending on the asana, to protect your voice during teaching and for the long-term health of your voice.
In order for students to be able to relax, connect within and make a spiritual connection to their physical bodies, a Yoga Teacher’s voice must be clear, relaxed, resonant (regardless of volume) and authentic, so that any spiritual message can come through and invite the student to connect with their own inner experience.
Learn to allow your authentic voice to speak or chant. A voice that is tight or strained is not only potentially damaging to the Yoga teacher, but is irritating to the students and pulls them out of the relaxing and/or spiritual nature of the session. Lack of repeat class attendance can often be attributed to this. Finding your voice will also help you find your own style of communication and teaching and that’s a good thing! Only by expressing with your unique voice will you be able to stand out in the crowd.
Learn the concept of through lines: The physical relationship of alignment of the body and voice and how maintaining these relationships will allow for optimum voice use during an asana.
Also learn when NOT to speak because the asana displaces the body-voice alignment too severely to speak without injury and how to adjust teaching and demonstration accordingly.
Learn how to speak on the resonance to project your voice without any force or strain using the physics of sound and how the voice is designed to work! Learning how to use your voice properly will eliminate vocal fatigue, hoarseness, and strain and reduce or eliminate chronic laryngitis.