Your voice is a very important tool of communication. The tone, the volume and the pinch off your voice communicate a lot more than your words. A baby attracts much more attention by crying aloud ‘Wah’. The baby’s power of ‘wahs!’ is greater than an adult’s power of words.
Your voice conveys a lot when it is deep and deliberate. By the force of our habits and social conditioning we begin to believe that we can speak in only one type of voice. As a matter of fact you can vary your tone and voice-type with a little practice. In the privacy of your study you can deliberately change your voice by imagining you are a different person. Movie actors often practice speaking in different voices. Here is a voice-enhancing exercise prescribed by my teacher Justin Cohen that will help you develop your voice:
- Sit in a relaxed upright position or lie down
- Breathe deeply and slowly. While breathing in, your abdomen should expand. As you breathe out, it should contract. Your chest and shoulders should remain still.
- Now, each time you inhale, allow the air to slightly vibrate your vocal chords so that they let out a soft deep sound like-Ahh!
- While remaining relaxed, push the air out a little harder allowing the sound to grow louder and longer.
- Now close your mouth and feel the air vibrate against your lips in a humming sound. If you are relaxed enough, your lips will tingle.
- Finally, open your mouth and let the voice out with a little more volume. You can notice your body vibrating faintly like a washing machine.
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