laryngeal massage is one of the fastest ways to release tension from a strained
voice but it's not for everyone give me three minutes to tell you if this type
of massage is for you I will also share one of the biggest myths about laryngeal massage
my name is Katarina I am the founder of vocal Freedom system for the speaking voice where I
help people produce tension strain or even pain when speaking and get them back to speaking with
a strong voice that lasts and in this video I'll share the good and the bad about laryngeal massage
if you don't know what it is laryngeal massage is a manual approach to releasing tension from
the muscles around the voice box by touching and manipulating them I personally love laryngeal
massage but I was not always that way I used to be very sensitive to touch on my neck and
when someone else touched my throat I didn't like it at all it actually took me quite some time to
get used to massaging my own layering so I'm a big believer in self-administered massage because you
are the best judge of how much pressure you can tolerate and how long laryngeal massage is not
for people who are sensitive to touch in the neck area I have many clients who really have a hard
time touching their own throat and that is okay there are other ways to release tension from this
area for example stretches also it is possible to get used to doing this kind of massage with
time and patience having said that I teach all of my clients to massage their own larynx or other
body parts because the tension that they feel may not original originate in the voice box it
usually comes from other muscles that affect vocal function for example many people with a
sub-optimal habitual posture of their head and neck may need to massage the trapezius muscles
or the PEC muscles and I also often recommend to my clients to get get a full body massage to see
if that affects their voice and many of them tell me that a full body massage was the first
time they really felt a big release of tension when we live with tension every single day we
may not even know that we hold tension in our bodies how do you know if laryngeal massage or
massage in general is for you I always recommend taking a baseline before and after any exercise
or activity assess how your voice feels before the massage and then again after and if you feel
a release of tension improved vocal function or ease of speaking then you know that the massage
is a good thing for you if you don't experience any release then you probably don't have muscle
tension and the massage will not help laryngeal massage is not a magical approach that will cure
all available problems only people with tension in the muscles that are massaged will feel benefits
and here is another myth about vocal massage the benefits of laryngeal massage will not last
forever if you use your voice in an inefficient way that habitually invites tension then the
tension will develop again the solution for that is to retrain your vocal mechanism to work more
efficiently in addition to regular massage if you want access to a resource that will teach
you how to do a self-administered laryngeal massage click this link or link below this
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