Waiting for Maitreya

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore vocal onsets, the way we initiate sound. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

The simplicity with which we initiate vocal sound in conversation can inform the way we initiate each phrase we sing. Sung onsets require somewhat more complex coordination than spoken onsets, but the structure that singing provides can actually make sung onsets simpler than spoken ones. Vocal Fundamentals online course: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/vocal-fundamentals Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Y oga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

The practice of singing is an open-ended endeavor—the more you learn and the greater your skill, the more you are able to see the unlimited possibilities of what your voice can do. Paradoxically, the sooner you embrace the reality of this, the swifter and more enjoyable your progress will be. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

The practice of singing enables us to embody and give voice to characters who are living the way we would like to live, and experience the kinds of things we would like to experience. These characters also invite us to express powerful emotions and opinions, in ways that can empower us to communicate more passionately and effectively in real life. Gabrielle Oettingen & WOOP: https://mindfulambition.net/woop/ Shingon Buddhism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism Shinzen Young, The Science of Enlightenment: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Enlightenment-How-Meditation-Works/dp/1683642120/ Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

A posture of waiting is inherently antithetical to the experience of continually living in the present. Be your own Bodhisattva, rather than waiting for an exalted teacher to arrive. Shinzen Young, The Science of Enlightenment: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Enlightenment-How-Meditation-Works/dp/1683642120/ Here is the Wikipedia article on Maitreya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya If you do a search, you will find a variety of different tellings of the prophesy. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

You're always practicing something. Here are suggestions for how to ensure you are practicing in a way that yields the results you desire. Vocal Fundamentals online course: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/vocal-fundamentals Link to use for discount: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/offers/qPutiqAd Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

There is genuine gratitude, and there is performative gratitude. Hold space for yourself, and whatever feelings arise for you this Thanksgiving. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

This episode is a brief guided singing practice to explore the connection between your breath and your voice. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers  

When our voices and our lives flow in balance, there is no felt sense of pressure, internal or external, and we feel supported. When there is an uncomfortable sense of pressure, in both our voices and our lives, it means that we are pushing against internal resistance, and it feels like the pushing *is* the singing, or the living. It is not. Join me on my YouTube channel on Monday, November 20 at 10:00am ET for a guided practice session focusing on the relationship between the breath and the voice, and what balance between them feels like: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsIvgnIZdoA0NYkzXrRigg Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers

Dissatisfaction is just an inherent component of our life experiences. Our ability to feel and work with the emotions that arise for us when we experience dissatisfaction, will determine the degree of agency we feel in responding to it. Subscribe to my email list: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/subscribe Practice with me: www.liberatedvoice.studio Yoga Nidra for Singers podcast: https://www.liberatedvoice.studio/podcasts/yoga-nidra-for-singers