Vocal Toning: sound healing through your voice

A quick overview of what you will learn and experience in this section about breath.

Breathing is the most important act of our life, the first and the last, the one that always accompanies us. If done correctly, it allows you to maintain a relaxed inner state that promotes feelings of well-being, harmony and balance for a long time.

A simple exercise to learn how to do diaphragmatic or abdominal respiration.

Humming is one of the simplest and most natural sounds that a person can produce with the voice. Yet - or perhaps for this very reason - humming has significant and profound effects both under the physical and the emotional point of view.

Everything starts from breathing. Let's practice a sequence of inhales and exhales, let's explore different ways to inhale and exhale and listen to how they affect us.

Before we take an overview of the seven chakras, there's something you need to know...

Let's get to know the first three chakras: Mooladhara, or root chakra, Svadisthana, the orange chakra, and Manipura, the Solar Plexus.

Let's get to know the fourth chakra or heart chakra and the fifth chakra, connected to the voice.

Let's get to know the sixth chakra (third eye) and the seventh chakra, or crown chakra.

Before moving onto the next section, enjoy this raga, a song from the Indian classical music tradition, to relax and get prepared for your Vocal Toning practice.

In the Indian tradition, ragas are considered to have the ability to "color the mind" and affect the emotions of the audience.

Grounding and breathing is crucial for a good Vocal Toning practice.

Experience "humming", the easiest Vocal Toning sound.

To become familiar with Vocal Toning, let's start with toning the root chakra, the heart chakra, and the crown chakra.

Moving your voice through a siren-like sound helps you understand the movement in your voice.

You can talk about it as much as you want, but Vocal Toning is an experience you have to try if you really want to understand its power.

Now you have become familiar with the Vocal Toning technique. You have learnt how it works, what principles it is based on, and why it is useful. Now, you are ready to start.

Here's a Vocal Toning complete session, where I tone from the first to the seventh chakra with one of my students.

Find a quiet place, sit in a comfortable position and tone with me.

Here is a gift for you.

After doing your vocal toning session and using your voice for relaxation, lie down for a few minutes while listening to my voice singing this healing song.

This healing song is meant to help vibration work through your body, and I recorded it with love and compassion to remind you we are all wonderful creatures and we deserve love.