{"id":37761,"date":"2011-11-01T06:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T14:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=37761"},"modified":"2011-11-15T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T04:50:55","slug":"almost-all-alexander-teachers-gasp-for-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=37761","title":{"rendered":"Almost All Alexander Teachers Gasp For Air When They Try To Project Their Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F._Matthias_Alexander\">F.M. Alexander<\/a>&#8216;s voice problems began when he was an actor who tried to project his voice to fill a hall. In so doing, he gasped for air, tipped his head back, and compressed his torso. This put pressure on his larynx and he quickly lost his voice.<\/p>\n<p>F.M. developed his <A HREF=\"http:\/\/alexandertechnique.com\">technique<\/a> to overcome this problem, yet almost all Alexander teachers (including the great ones such as <A HREF=\"http:\/\/marjoriebarstow.com\/\">Marj Barstow<\/a>, <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FDuKWWo8EnU\">Patrick MacDonald<\/a> and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.alexandertechnique.com\/articles2\/waltercarrington\/\">Walter Carrington<\/a>) gasp for air when they speak publicly. The big exception to this is <A HREF=\"http:\/\/atnyc.us\/courses-of-study\/refresher-course-john-nicholls\/\">John Nichols<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If your neck is free, you&#8217;ll feel no need to gasp for air. It&#8217;s only when the neck is tight that people start gasping. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F.M. Alexander&#8216;s voice problems began when he was an actor who tried to project his voice to fill a hall. 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