Breathing
for Confidence:
Your
Voice, Your Superpower
By
Angelina Kalahari
Start breathing optimally today for better health,
great voice production and amazing confidence.
With over 35 years teaching, singing, acting, and
directing experience and having been recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for her
contribution to music, Angelina Kalahari is proud to present the first book in
her fabulous new series — Your Voice, Your Superpower.
In Angelina's vast experience, she has found that
stories are the best ways to learn and more importantly remember what we have
learned. Angelina has chosen to use the story of an imaginary voice student,
Jake Tyler, to illustrate how important breathing is to improve your health,
voice production and self-esteem.
So, what are you waiting for? Let Angelina show you
how to breathe optimally in a way that supports not only your voice for
speaking or singing but also your physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Praise for Angelina
Kalahari
“How to breathe? Simple. But many of us performers do
it incorrectly. Understanding the body structure and how you see yourself in
the mirror. Angelina often made me look myself in the eye in a mirror and sing.
I found this hard but that was a lack of confidence and self-esteem all of
which Angelina nurtured gradually. Feeling where the sound resonates in the
body, the ability to use the pelvic muscles, and using the rib cage to sustain
power.”
Dawn
“The techniques I learned have improved my voice
drastically! When I first began singing with Angelina, I had no breath control
or support. I soon realised that these skills were vital, and I have really
enjoyed hearing my voice evolve as I learned new and more advanced techniques.
Every week when I leave Angelina's house, I feel like my voice has improved,
but it is great to reminisce on how I sang in 2012 to how I sing now!”
Jade
“The most important thing I’ve learned is how to make
use of the body as an instrument and allow sound to flow freely from within.”
Adeolu
Excerpt
This
book is about how to breathe optimally in a way that supports not only your
voice for speaking or singing but also your physical, mental and emotional well-being.
In
this first book in my series about voice, I will show you how to breathe
optimally daily. Once you become accustomed to the new sensation of breathing
in your body, it will become automatic, just as it does for singers and actors
who train their breathing to support their art fully.
We
all know our voice is our most important communications tool. It is often our
initial contact with someone over the phone and makes a strong first impression
when meeting someone. Breathing is the foundation of good, strong voice
production and all the benefits that go with it - confidence, stress relief,
better sleep, mental clarity, to name but a few.
Starting
the series with a book on breathing is, therefore, the obvious route to
understanding and developing optimal breathing for further voice work and
health.
Pick up your copy of
Breathing
for Confidence:
Your
Voice, Your Superpower
Angelina Kalahari
Angelina
Kalahari has worked for over thirty-five years as a professional actress, stage
director and operatic soprano, performing around the world. She appeared on
many diverse platforms, such as opening the busking scheme on London
Underground to a recital at the Royal Opera House and everything in between.
She
holds degrees in drama and opera and in 2005 she received recognition for her
contribution to the music, culture and economy of the UK from Queen Elizabeth
II at Buckingham Palace.
Angelina
has always regarded herself as a storyteller, either through music or through
acting and directing. She honed her storytelling skills from a young age,
writing and telling stories to her siblings at bedtime. It became a habit
through the years and a solace while travelling for singing.
Born
in Namibia, and having lived all over the world, she currently lives in London,
UK, with her husband, her fur cat daughter, a rapidly diminishing population of
house spiders and a smallish herd of dust bunnies.
She
writes non-fiction books on the voice, her specialism and obsession for over
thirty-five years, contemporary romance to explore love, women's fiction to
understand love and middle-grade novels to give love. What more is there than
love?
Connect with Angelina: Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Pinterest • Linkedin • Goodreads • Amazon Author Page.
Thank you so much for this wonderful blog spot, Mary Anne - deeply appreciated!
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