Nothing says "self-care" like a relaxing massage, but did you know that massage is also a powerful tool to create ease and freedom in your singing? Photo by Polina Kovaleva Why massage? Stress manifests itself in the form of muscular tension. This not only creates discomfort in our movement in everyday life, it also makes singing more effortful. Our muscles and fascia share complex relationships where everything in the body is connected. A muscle group being overworked will l

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After it was recommended to me by multiple people, last week I finally got around to reading The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. I have mixed feelings on the book, but there was one quote that really stood out to me and prompted a lot of thinking. I felt this quote encapsulated so succinctly what true self-care is, not just for our voices and our relationship with our singing, but for our lives in general. "Treating myself like a precious