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Exhalation

Practice controlling the airflow when exhaling by using a [s]hiss (teeth almost touching but jaw relaxed and tip of tongue touching behind the lower teeth). Pay attention to how steady you can make the sound without any excess use of airflow.

However, remember it is airflow that you are going to sing with or speak in a full sound. Also pay attention that the abdominal wall does not grip. It should be firm but not excessively tight. Work towards twenty seconds on the hiss.

Inhalation

When not using your voice to speak or sing, breathe only through your nose, because it:

1. Filters the air you breathe.
2. Humidifies the air that you breathe.
3. Warms the air that you breathe.
4. Breathing this way will not dry out your throat.

Posture

People see you before they hear you in most instances. Posture becomes very important in a person’s evaluation of your abilities without even ever realizing it.