1) Torso, Shoulder, Neck, Face & Soft Palate Stretching

• Hold your face in a surprised look for at least 5 seconds (eye browns lifted high, open mouth as much as you can) and then squish your face tight (squinting eyes, pursing lips, scrunching your eyebrows) -(10 reps)

• Stretch arms to the ceiling and stand on tip toe as tall, take a SLOW DEEP breath and hold for 10 seconds. Then slowly lower your feet and arms down as you exhale . (10 reps)

• With legs spread the same width as your shoulders, bring one arm over your head point it toward the opposite side wall while bending to the side, then take a SLOW  DEEP breath and hold it for 10 seconds & then change sides (10 reps)

• With legs spread the same width as your shoulders, bend forward and let your arms hang  over your feet, then take a SLOW  DEEP breath and hold it for 10 seconds  (10 reps)

• Standing up straight, tilt your head to the right shoulder and hold it for 10 seconds, tilt your head to the left shoulder and hold it for 10 seconds & them tilt your head forward and hold it for 10 seconds. Make sure your shoulders are relaxed and that your head is really hanging ( do this for 5 reps or more)  - never bend your head back...

• Take very deep yawns & concentrate on stretching your soft palate as high as you can. (5 reps)

2) Breathing Exercise

• While sitting up straight and comfortable, focusing on lower abdominal breathing, metronome setting (beat=80)

  • Count 4 beats while keeping relaxed

  • Take a deep breath over 4 beats

  • Hold the breath for 4 beats

  • Then a "tsss..." sound blow out the breath over 4 beats

  • Then repeat the first 3 steps but on step 4 you blow out the breath over 8 beats, then 12, then 16, etc... go as far as you can. Tell me your number next time I see you...

3) Voice Warm-Ups Regimen-

    a) Buzz exercise - start low and end very high (0-2-2-12's and then back down)

    b) e-a-i-o-ooo - use the 0-2-2-1-2's to go through each and work up past 2nd break

    c) 5th sirens -  start at the lowest part of your voice and work up past the 2nd break

    d) 8th sirens - start at the lowest part of your voice and work up past the 2nd break

    e) Thee aaa-thee ahhh- thee ah, hah, hah, hah.... go up half step increments

    f) Reee-Ray- Rah.....