Eating disorders are now popular. I believe that the singers and others in the entertainment industry, as well as the necessary media exposure, are particularly vulnerable to these debilitating secret diseases.
When tied to eating disorders, no one can approach their full sound potential. why? from
Because the sound has problems in these areas:
- Breathing [power]
- Tone [through an open throat path]
- Communication [performance]
From denial to her long-term recovery from anorexia / bulimia, I have been Jenni Schaefer's voice teacher and friend. Jenni uses a unique treatment to restore, treating eating disorders as a relationship, not a disease or condition. Jenni actually named her anorexia/Bulimia as "Ed," which is an abbreviation for "dietary disorders". She and I co-authored a song called "Life Without Ed," which is also the title of McGraw-Hill, which is recognized by Dr. Phil and many others.
The testimonial tells us that her story is powerful, so here comes from our reference point:
The first time I saw Jenny, she noticed her strange numbness. She can't get rid of the guardian position - the shoulders are drooping, the head is hanging forward, the eyebrows are frozen, the chin is tight, the spine and hips are frozen, the arms are squatting, and the legs are locked. She is like a stick figure. Her voice is very thin and colorless. She complained that her throat was hurt when she sang. Her range is limited and her voice has been interrupted several times. I tried to help her relax, but I almost couldn't let her lift her arms from both sides to expand the chest. She gasped and breathed in from the upper chest.
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"With Ed, I am out of touch with the body... it feels like a floating head.
I also had a lot of trouble helping Jenni connect her songs. When I let her imagine singing "Valentine's Day" to her loved one, she couldn't think of anyone! Finally, she began to contact by imagining the children she sang in the cancer ward she worked for. The strange thing is... When she sings, she doesn't want me to see her.
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... "I am out of touch with my feelings. I live in my mind. An important purpose of my eating disorder is to go hungry and affection - to keep me away from my emotions. In a song, it is not only completely It's foreign to me, and it's terrible."
Jenny is easy to smash and crush. I have to be very careful not to push her too far into practice. She somehow needed to sing, but the music didn't seem to touch her. Because she has no energy to keep her posture upright and flexible, she usually just stands still and is lifeless. Or walk like a zombie.
Jenny... "I don't have the energy - restrictions, bites and cleaning require a lot of energy [body and emotion] and leave almost nothing else."
Jenny couldn't understand why she didn't feel anything. She will look at me to express the feeling she can't experience, and I think this is an important reason why she came out for help. She asked me to pray for her. She thought because she didn't from
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What, she can't pray herself.
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"Singing is spiritual. Eating disorders can kill all spiritual connections.
Little by little, when Jenni got help, she became stronger. However, the phonetic course has become more difficult. She developed some type of diaphragmatic spasm and had a fatalism that she hoped to have strange uncontrolled vibrato weird somewhere within her range. I sent her to the Vanderbilt Voice Clinic. Only when they couldn't find any organic errors, Jenni began to believe that she could beat this strange sound problem. Soon after, I was able to guide her into the necessary elastic rib extensions to make the problem completely disappear.
Jenni... "Anorexia is characterized by perfectionism. In the process of singing, I will focus more on perfection than on getting more information."
Jenny continued to improve, but made two steps and took a step back. She sings hard to Someone. She is caught in self-awareness. She began to experience feelings, but felt the anger that was criticized, which made her feel judged. Once, I suggested that she practice in a different way, and then she was furious. I did not see it coming. I didn't see the signs that I was pushing too far. This lesson ended in a disaster.
Jenny... "All eating disorders are characterized by constant self-criticism.
The trust and friendship that Jenny and I have built make this misunderstanding short. We returned to the vocal training business and then ushered in another challenge. This is a long season full of sadness. I am afraid of her; she will cry for a few days, then numb. She pushed people away and said she had no friends. For a while, she stopped singing and cancelled the voice course.
Jenni... "Depression is often a symptom of eating disorders. When lost in despair and despair, singing seems too fragile because emotions may leak.
Jenni and I started working together again, and this time each class opened up a new world. Her resilience is strong and her physical and emotional health is more stable. Through those immortal recovery battles, I saw that she persisted with great courage. Then I heard that she finally found her voice.
The final piece of the puzzle is the brilliant performance coach Diane Kimbrough [615-297-1524]. Diane tells Jenny not to worry about going there every time she sings. She said that this is too much pressure for artists to re-experience emotional scenes in each performance. Instead, Diane suggested, forget yourself and let them [the audience] feel something! This is a miracle.
Jenni stopped focusing on his heart and connected with others through songs. Her voice is now powerful, controlled, confident and beautiful. She feels happy, depressed, angry and loving. All of this gave her a rock and roll world. She speaks and sings all over the country to entertain, teach and prove that recovery from eating disorders is indeed possible. Oh, I really want to hear her laughter!
For those with eating disorders, we hope that you read in our story, in order to seek help, start to recover and start to sing your heart, it will never be too late!
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