Singing is a journey back - into presence.
In singing we travel back into a state, when the use of our human instrument was effortless and strong.
We have used sound in a powerful way in order to communicate before we were able to walk and articulate ourselves through words.
The use of our voice has been our means of communication before we could stand up, walk, talk, dance, mime or play theater.

Our desire to relax is connected with the anticipation that we relax our breath, our muscles into our gravity and how we perceive our gravity.
we do perceive the lying position as most relaxing,we lie down in order to sleep.

Growing up is a shift of gravity. We perceive the weight of our body differently when we stand or walk than when we are lying down. We describe our grown up life from a standing or sitting point of view. Up is where the head is and down is where we put our feet even though we still spend about a third of our life in the same position as the babies perspective of the world - which is a prone one.

What we read and learn about the singing voice, about the human instrument, are often observations that we make as we stand or describe from that standing position. but a description changes depending on the perspective of the observer. Up and down are totally different definitions depending on if we stand or lay down.

The problem of understanding the human instrument is that it requires to understand a 3 d model, one that is within us and  to understand relaxation and the use of energy- which is connected to gravity. So it is very interesting to examine the baby’s gravity and what we can learn from it for our understanding of our instrument, since we were in such great control of our voice when we needed it as a baby. And why should that basic knowledge that the baby has about using the voice in a way that is strong, and yet very organic in its use of energy, why should those aspects of the voice shift only because we are shifting our gravity and our understanding of gravity?

The shift of gravity, the act of balancing your weight from your feet up is an incredible move in the history of a person since so many problems arise from the imbalance of your body.

In my workshops i teach an experience and understanding of the voice connected to gravity points.I developed a vowel model, that makes it possible to explore energy and presence through voicework.

The voice shows you a way into your body, it reflects your presence, your use of functions, your ability to create a flow;   it is like a scan of your use of gravity . Singing is a journey back- into presence.