Find Your Authentic Voice

​Finding your authentic voice might be the most important personal discovery you ever make – no matter who you are or what you do.

Your authentic voice is confident, clear, responsive, and dynamic. When you speak using your true voice, people hear you, audiences respond, colleagues are inspired, and the public trusts what you say.

Your voice is a distinctive expression of who you are, what you think, and how you feel. 

Your authentic voice is perfectly connected to your body, mind and spirit – but negative socialisation, external pressures, anxiety, and self-doubt can impede that connection causing vocal paralysis, stammering, poor diction and vocal weakness. 
My work starts with you. Your breathing. Your posture. Your diction, and your sound.
  1. Your Breath
    1. I work with you to release tensions in the body that impede easeful and responsive breathing.
    2. I will work to find optimal vocal support for your speaking needs.
    3. If there are instances where personal habits are getting in the way of support and/or ease, I will give you exercises to address your unique breathing issues.
  2. Your Posture
    1. I will address how your body affects how you sound
    2. We will use physicality to release sound and create resonance
    3. We will free the voice while also freeing your body
  3. Your Diction
    1. I will assess your elocution, which affects clarity and understanding
    2. I have a progressive approach to articulation and I offer an alternative, gentler, approach to elocution lessons.
    3. If there are areas of tension with your lips, mouth or tongue, I will work with you to release tension.
    4. If there are areas of the tongue or soft palette that require strengthening, we will work on exercises to improve articulation.
  4. Your Sound
    1. Your voice has a distinct sound and unique characteristics. I will work with you to bring out your tones and timbre.
    2. We will use creative and imaginative exercises to release and expand your vocal range.
    3. With the skills and techniques I use, you will be able to find your voice even in the tightest, most stressful, situations, and you will be able to speak with confidence and create a rapport with your audience.

I offer individual coaching, group classes and team building workshops. My rates are available up on request.

To begin the work, schedule your vocal evaluation now by emailing russelsmith22@yahoo.co.uk or calling +353 (0) 86 830 7013.
Discover the Russell Smith approach to vocal training. 

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