Our power is in our voice. Arthur Joseph.
Our voice is unique to us and often is hidden behind a version of ourselves we think the world wants to see. When we are not ourselves, our voice changes and when we discover our true voice then we step into our self, becoming heard by others and able to communicate clearly the ideas we have and the person we truly are.
We were introduced Arthur Joseph the leading vocal coach in the US quite possibly the world and founder of the Vocal Awareness methodology.
During the conversation we were pretty quiet and when we did speak, Arthur would coach us much like the conductor of an orchestra, and there is a point where the sound I make when I speak does not sound like me, it didn’t feel like my normal self, instead something much calmer and more assured. Very strange and yet enough for me to felt he effect of developing how I communicate with myself and others.
The connection for us with the people we are meeting is the connection with the breath. Physical performance is all well and good but we interact with others in more ways than physical and our ability to communicate clearly with others will propel us further forward in how we live than simply how fit we are. Sure there are all the breathwork practices which talk about physical performance and health and longevity which are great, but the breath is also the critical tool in how we speak and we only learn in a monkey see monkey do kind of way.
Arthurs clients read like a complete who’s who from Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger to Karim Abdul Jabar, and countless NFL and NBA hall of famers aswell as regular folk just like us and that is why this is special. We all have a voice and when we know how to use it and what it is capable of then the world opens up because we can connect rather than conflict with others.
As with all these practices, choosing the ones to practice is the skilful part, but how we use our voice might just be the next step in this complete human experience we are living.
For more information on Arthur, go to our website and follow the links from his podcast.
