Breathing into Voice

Unlock the power of your voice and enliven your presence in both personal and professional settings. Join us to experience the synergy of breath and voice and leave with ways to communicate more effectively and expressively.

What we’ll explore:

• Breath Support for Voicing: Harness the potential of your breath to support and enhance your voice.
• Understanding Vocal Folds: Gain insights into how your vocal folds function to produce sound.
• Diaphragmatic Dominance and Transverse Abdominus Engagement: Manage your diaphragm and transverse muscles for enhanced vocal projection.
• Pace, Pitch, and Volume: Learn the elements of vocal variation to keep your listeners engaged.
• Articulation and Clarity: Improve your articulation and ensure your message is clearly understood.
• Vocal Resonance and Modulation: Acquire techniques to modulate your voice for greater impact and resonance.

Dr Sara Matchett is an Associate Professor at UCT’s Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies. Her interests are in embodied practices that focus on presencing, co-sensing, collaborating, and co-generating as a way of transforming ‘ego-systems’ to ‘ecosystems’. Sara is a Certified Breathwork Practitioner and a Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework©. Her practice is premised on the understanding that all living beings, both human and more-than-human, are connected by breath.

Book online or contact marj@breathworkafrica.co.za for more info or to book.