Putting the Voice Up in the Face

I would like to thank Valerie (my drill sergeant!) again for allowing me to post our email conversations in my blog.

Hi Misty,

It's okay if you feel it more in the mouth area than the nose. The main thing is to keep it away from the lower throat and bring it up and forward into the face. Dr. Cooper says, "the lower throat is no man's land." Keep at it. The whole rest of the week I "practiced on the numbers." Do it for as long as you need to. It's kind of hard doing it on your own and not having direction from Dr. Cooper or Connie right there with us. The more you do it, the easier it will be and then it'll click.

People spend the most time in the stage. Even after I left Dr. Cooper's office the hum and numbers was the exercise I did most often. After this stage, you move to humming with one syllable words like: cat, dog, rat, home, groan, ball, bat, boy, girl, etc.

Valerie