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Yoga For Singers | Linda Lister

Flow | August 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

This summer marks the release of the new book Yoga for Singers: Freeing Your Voice and Spirit Through Yoga by Linda Lister. Author Linda Lister is the new Director of Opera Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A website has also been launched on behalf of the book: yogaforsingers.com

From opera diva Karita Mattila to Lady Gaga, from Broadway’s Mandy Patinkin to pop star Jason Mraz, singers are doing yoga, and experiencing its ability to free their voices and psyches. Yoga provides bountiful rewards for singers: the practice of rib-opening and spine-lengthening asanas can improve alignment, while spinal twists, pranayama breathing techniques, and meditation can focus the mind and calm performance anxiety. Some singers have turned to beta blockers to deal with the stress of stage fright, but yoga proves there is a medication-free, self-nurturing method of combating the pressure of performing. Yoga for Singers gives singers and voice teachers the tools that yoga can provide to help improve their physical, emotional and thus vocal well-being and to manage performing with the most personal of instruments, their voices. The mantra of YFS is:

Breathe. Sing. Be Free.

Here are some reviews of Yoga for Singers:

“Yoga for Singers seems like a great fitness and meditation option for performers that want a better understanding of how best to use their bodies.”

-Lindsay Northen, Ensemble/Glinda understudy, Broadway company of “Wicked”

“What a helpful look into the benefits of yoga for singers! I loved ‘Yoga: It’s not just for skinny people!’ This is a revelation, and thanks to your book, I look forward to exploring this incredibly beneficial aerobic art!”

-Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera

To read a sample of the book and learn more about Yoga for Singers, please visit yogaforsingers.com.