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River Valley Arts Center, Wappingers Falls, NY

Voice & Acting Lessons 

• mind-body awareness

• alignment, breath & resonance

• articulation, diction, accents & languages & I.P.A.

• expression & connection

• monologues & song as monologue

• music reading

Audition Preparation

• prepare school, college, theater auditions

• monologue coaching

• music theater, vocal jazz or classical solo prep

• music reading prep for college 

• building confidence

Yoga Classes & Workshops

“Gentle Yoga”

Find ease in movement through gentle yoga poses & breath practice.

“Gentle Yoga for Performers”

Learn how yoga, meaning yoke or connection, can be brought into aspects of performance.

"Yoga for Performance Anxiety"

Explore how to find moments of calm before, during, & after a performance.

“Yoga & Holiday Stress” 

Take a minute or 10 or 20 to focus on you.

"Yoga and the 5 Koshas"

Yoga connections to the 5 layers: Body, breath, emotions, wisdom, spirit​.

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Yoga Therapy

• Yoga therapy is most often done one-to-one.

• It's a whole-person approach to improve health & wellness, integrating yoga philosophy, breath, & asana into a daily life experience

​• Sessions can include: yoga therapy for overall health, for vocal health or health of the teacher's voice, for general or performance anxiety.​

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State Fair 1998, Talent Co., Syracuse, NY

Yoga for Performers 

Movement Awareness for Performers

Sessions can be offered one-to-one, or in a group class to:

​• Find greater ease in singing, speaking, movement. 

• Create movement from your own inner experience.

• Let go of habits that hinder.

• Discover a better way to perform using the whole self. 

Yoga for Performance Anxiety

  

Sessions can include:

• Understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body.

(high blood pressure, pulse rate, rapid breathing, inability to focus)

• Understanding that not all anxiety is bad.

(butterflies before a performance & how this helps) 

• Exploring ways to bring elements of yoga to your daily life. 

​(breath practices, gentle yoga movements, yoga philosophies)

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