1.2: Establishing your foundations

1.2: Establishing your foundations

Let's start with an exercise


The best place to start is to take a closer look at your posture.

To get the most out of this module, take a few minutes now to go through this exercise.

The exercise will explore how you habitually stand, sit and walk.


It will explain much about how you communicate and show up in the world, I promise!


This exercise will help you begin to become aware of how you sit and how you move.


And really starting to become conscious of this is the first step towards the mastery you're seeking.


Make sure to take some notes on your observations.

or be brave and give the following questions to someone else and ask them to observe you!

Exercise - Awareness Building

  • How do you enter a room?

  • Are you noticed?

  • How do you stand in a room with other people?

  • How would you describe your habitual stance?

  • Where in your body is there tension/restriction?

  • How do you walk?  Slowly? Fast? Cautiously? 

  • Is your body pulled back slightly, or pushed forward?

  • What parts of your body move first when you walk?

  • Do you drop your shoulders or hold them rigid?

  • When you're sitting, is your body pulled back, leaning forward, or collapsed?

  • do you make yourself bigger or smaller in the chair?


Make sure to take some notes on your observations.


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#1: The Hidden Enemies of Vocal Gravitas

  • Introduction to Lesson 1: The Hidden Enemies of Vocal Gravitas
  • 1.2: Establishing your foundations
  • 1.3: The 8 Steps to Perfect Posture
  • 1.4: Final comments on posture
  • 1.5: Saying goodbye to tension and strain
  • 1.6: Your 3-minute tension release workout
  • 1.7: Lesson Wrap and Reflection
  • 1.8: Recap: The Hidden Enemies of Vocal Gravitas1

#2: The Power of Your Breath

  • Introduction to Lesson 2: The Power of Your Breath
  • 2.2: Becoming aware of your breath
  • 2.3: Self-Awareness and Your Breath
  • 2.4: Building our Breathing Awareness Further
  • 2.5: Connecting your breath to sounds and words
  • 2.6: The role breath plays in "fight or flight"
  • 2.7: Lesson wrap, reflection and exercises
  • 2.8: Recap: The Power of Your Breath
  • 2.9: Helpful resources

#3: Volume and Power: Does My Voice Sound Big In This?

  • Introduction to Lesson 3: Volume and Power
  • 3.2: The "Candle in the Wind" exercise
  • 3.3: The "science bit"
  • 3.4: How to project your voice
  • 3.5: Breath support to create more volume and power
  • 3.6: A trip down memory lane
  • 3.7: Lesson wrap and reflection
  • 3.8: Recap: Volume and Power

#4: How to Make Every Word Sing

  • Introduction to Lesson 4: How to Make Every Word Sing
  • 4.2: Speaking from a place of intention and readiness1
  • 4.3: The power of emotional connection in your words
  • 4.4: All words are not created equally
  • 4.5: How to naturally introduce vocal contrast
  • 4.6: Understanding the role of the "power word"
  • 4.7: Understanding the role of pitch
  • 4.8: Lesson Wrap and Reflection
  • 4.9: Recap: How to Make Every Word Sing
  • 4.10: Helpful resources

#5: The Art of Silence

  • Introduction to Lesson 5: The Art of Silence
  • 5.2: The honesty in a pause
  • 5.3: Taking your pause, taking your breath
  • 5.4: A common misconception about pausing
  • 5.5: Exercise: Exploring the use of Pause
  • 5.6: Lesson wrap and reflections
  • 5.7: Recap: The Art of Silence

#6: Overcome Nerves and Harnessing Your Voice

  • Introduction to Lesson 6: Overcoming Nerves and Harnessing Your Voice
  • 6.2: Reframing your relationship with nerves
  • 6.3: Nerves are key to a great performance
  • 6.4: How to rehearse for success
  • 6.5: The 10-minute preparation for success [Part 1: Body]
  • 6.6: The 10-minute preparation for success [Part 2: Voice]
  • 6.7: Overcoming the "brain freeze" moment2
  • 6.8: Lesson wrap and reflections
  • 6.9: Recap: Overcoming Nerves

#7: Speaking with Clarity: The Beauty in Precision

  • Introduction to Lesson 7: Speaking with Clarity
  • 7.2: The science of speaking clearly
  • 7.3: Hard-Working Articulator: The Tongue
  • 7.4: Hard-Working Articulator: The Lips
  • 7.5: Hard-working articulator: The jaw
  • 7.6: Five-minute Clarity and Precision Workout [Exercise]
  • 7.7: Lesson Wrap and Reflection
  • 7.8: Recap: Speaking with Clarity
  • 7.9: Helpful resources

#8: The Hidden Mystery of Emotion v Power In Our Words

  • Introduction to Lesson 8: The Hidden Mystery in Our Words
  • 8.2: The hidden secrets of vowels
  • 8.3: Vowels and emotional release
  • 8.4: Consonants time
  • 8.5: Lesson Wrap and Reflection
  • 8.6: Recap: The Hidden Mystery of Emotion v Power In Our Words
  • 8.7: Helpful resources

#9: How to Own Your Room

  • Introduction to Lesson 9: How to Own Your Room
  • 9.2: The 3-step technique to owning your room
  • 9.3: Thinking Top, and Thinking Bottom [Exercise]
  • 9.4: Lesson Wrap and Reflection
  • 9.5: Recap: How to Own Your Room

#10: Vocal Gravitas in a Virtual World

  • Introduction to Lesson 10: Vocal Gravitas in a Virtual World
  • 10.2: Your new 5-minute ritual
  • 10.3: Programme Wrap!

Resources

  • Confident Speak 360° Presence Booklet.pdf
  • Great Video Examples of Spoken Word