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05/20/2026

As I say goodbye to these 9 incredible artists moving on from their two years with the Lindemann Young Artist Program at the Metropolitan Opera, I find myself filled with both gratitude and emotion. This was my fourth season with the program, and the past two years with this group have been filled with so much joy, growth, laughter, artistry, and heart.
While I am sad to see them go, I am even more excited to watch each of them continue to flourish in their lives and careers. It has been an honor to witness your journeys, and I hope you know that I will continue to cheer you on and support you however I can.
A huge thank you to Melissa, Meredith, and the entire Lindemann team for welcoming me into this beautiful program year after year.
See you next season.
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05/14/2026

🤗Just a little bit of fun today🤪
Sometimes cues are interpreted in ways we did not intend.
A cue that helps one singer find ease may lead another singer toward gripping, bracing, or overworking. Our systems are constantly organizing around past experiences, current demands, and available movement strategies.
Awareness can be a powerful starting point for finding more efficient coordination.
What cues were most confusing for you when you first started singing?
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05/12/2026

Sometimes the voice changes when the body finds another option.
After helping Cameron find more tibial internal rotation in the lower leg, we started moving further up the chain into cross body connection work to explore how that could influence his vocal system.
He has sung this song for a long time, and like many singers, the body can develop adaptations and familiar movement strategies around repertoire over time. That is not “wrong.” It is part of being human. But sometimes giving the system more movement variability and more options can also create more vocal options.
The voice does not live in isolation. It lives within a constantly adapting system of breath, pressure, movement, orientation, and coordination.
This is not about fixing a voice. It is about exploring possibilities.
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05/06/2026

Pressure shows up in many different ways.
There are pressure systems in the body that help us organize, support, and respond to demand. There are physiological pressures, like blood pressure, that keep us alive and responsive. And then there is the pressure of life, the kind we carry and the kind we place on ourselves.
In the body, pressure is closely linked to movement. Breath, fluid, and tissue are constantly adapting and responding. When pressure can move, the system feels supported. When it cannot, we feel it as tension, compression, and fatigue.
I have been noticing how often I create pressure for myself. The expectation to do more, be better, and get it right can quietly build in a way that is no longer supportive.
And I am starting to see how that does not just stay in my thoughts. It can show up in the body in different ways, in muscle tone, in breathing patterns, and in the systems that help regulate pressure.
The pressure we put on ourselves can be intense. And sometimes we do not even realize we are doing it, because it has become so familiar.
So this has been a reminder for me.
Pressure is not the problem. But we need space for it to move. And sometimes that means setting boundaries, not just with others, but with ourselves. Not asking less of ourselves, but asking in a different way.
Creating space. Allowing movement. Letting support come from more than just pressure alone.

05/05/2026

Every person has different adaptive patterns.
With Stephanie, we started by helping her brain feel something new. Her tendency is to live in a left lateralized pelvis, so we first worked on allowing her pelvis to rotate to the right and giving her access to that side.
From there, we needed to support her ability to find true grounding on the left. In the previous video, under respiratory demand she shifted 26 lbs into her right side. She can get right and stay right, but she needs help getting out of it.
Once that started to organize, I layered in the vestibuloocular system.
This is not something I add right away. I find that most nervous systems need time to explore movement or visual input first, before combining the two. But Stephanie has been doing this work for a while and understands how to work with these drills.
I was also curious to see how her visual system might be influencing her organization, especially given her history of two significant head injuries. This brings in questions around how the system is orienting through the sphenoid and cranial strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis.
This is the process.
Not forcing change, but creating the conditions for the system to reorganize.
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05/04/2026

In this clip from my conversation with Mike Zhao, we talk about how something like being nominated for or winning a Tony Award can challenge the system.
Not because it is negative, but because it is new.
If the brain does not yet have a prediction model for that level of demand, excitement, or visibility, it can show up in the body. Changes in breath, tension, voice, or a feeling of being unsettled.
We often think we need to handle big moments better. But sometimes we just need support as our system learns something it has never experienced before.
The full episode is out today, May 4. You can watch it on my YouTube channel or listen on any major streaming platform.
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04/30/2026

Getting to center is one thing. Getting out of a pattern is another.
Stephanie can find her grounding within about 6 lbs. But when we add respiratory demand, she shifts 26 lbs into her right.
She can get to the right and stay to the right. But she cannot yet leave or ‘escape’ the right side.
When a singer gets stuck in one side or the other it can often lead to tension, compression, the feeling of ‘stuckness’ of breath or body, and vocal fatigue.
The goal is not stillness. It is the ability to escape, oscillate, and occupy each side.
That is where the voice finds freedom.
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04/27/2026

If people don’t understand what you do, they can’t connect to it.
Communicating your work clearly and meaningfully is just as important as the work itself.
In this session, communication and presentation coach Leah Darby explores how storytelling can help you share your work in a way that creates real connection and impact.
Whether you are teaching, presenting, building a business, or speaking to a wider audience, this conversation offers practical ways to express the value of what you do so it actually lands.
Because it’s not just about what you know. It’s about how you communicate it.
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04/23/2026

Here’s a great beginning way to introduce chin tucks. We use a towel roll to help support the natural curve of the cervical spine.
Chin tucks are often given without context. But position matters.
A forward head posture often presents with the lower part of the neck living in more flexion and the upper part in extension. Going straight into a chin tuck from there can place more demand on the system.
In this variation, the towel roll helps reintroduce support to the natural curve of the neck. This can give the lower cervical spine the opportunity to come out of flexion while allowing the upper cervical spine to reduce overextension.
From here, the focus shifts to gentle movement at the OA joint rather than pushing the chin straight back. The goal is to re-establish OA flexion and extension without excessive protraction or retraction of the neck.
Jacob has been in the Academy for the past year, and this is not where we typically begin. This is a progression after building awareness and options throughout the rest of the system.
Not everyone will start here once progressing to working with the head and neck. If the head is positioned further forward, beginning with a towel or book under the head may be a better entry point.
As always, work within a range that allows for ease of breath and avoid forcing the movement.
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04/22/2026

LAST CALL
Last call for the April Vocal Resilience Academy cohort.
Registration closes April 26, and the next cohort will not begin until August.
If you are ready to better understand your voice through the lens of the body, this is your chance to begin.
We move beyond isolated vocal exercises and into full body coordination, breath, and nervous system awareness.
Doors close soon.
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04/21/2026

Forward head posture isn’t just about your head being forward. It’s how the neck organizes to get you there.
Often, the lower neck moves into flexion while the upper neck moves into extension. This is a strategy. The body is keeping your eyes level and helping you stay oriented in space.
Over time, this pattern may influence how the system functions, including breathing, jaw tension, and the voice.
Instead of forcing the head back, we look at how the system is organizing and create more options from there.
Stay tuned this week for a simple way to begin working with this through a supported chin tuck.
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