Take a moment to think about where you are at this moment. Really take the time to reflect on every aspect of your life: job, career, love life, health, and social life. Where were you last year at this time? Have you or your life changed or has it stayed the same? Are you the…
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It’s All About the Breath
Stop. Notice anything? No. Check again. Still nothing? I’ll give you a hint, check within yourself. Are you breathing? Don’t throw the argument on the table that of course you are breathing, because you are alive. Are you really breathing, mindfully breathing? I started a new improv class this past weekend which focuses on character…
A Note to the Readers
December 6th marks the 1 year anniversary of “The Illuminated Voice.” For those of you who have subscribed, read weekly or are reading for the first time, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This blog was created for one goal, to write weekly. I felt I lost my creativity somewhere in college and in 2013…
Speak Up for Yourself
“ My parents raised my sisters and I to speak up for injustice and give a voice to the voiceless. I did that. But, I didn’t always speak up for myself,” I told my book club in March. That week we finished reading a chapter about the voice from the book, The Artisan Soul. I…
Mindful Monday #31 – Voice
Today is my one year anniversary of finding my voice! People often ask what does finding my voice mean? I started to study improv last year to nurture my creativity and I noticed a pattern. I was often the last person on stage, the last to speak and when I spoke I didn’t say a…
Live Like an Improviser
Improv changed my life. It was the precursor that lead me to my voice classes. I have studied improv for a year and a half and I didn’t know I’d learn so much about myself and I didn’t anticipate that I’d love it like I do. There are many principles to improv that parallel principles…
How to Feel Your Emotions
A still lake, a stream, a raging rapid river, a vast ocean then back to a stream and a still lake. The imagery of water in it’s stillness to gaging has been the range of emotions that have painted my week. As the week progressed I kept thinking how fitting that I am experiencing and expressing…
Mindful Monday #22 – Emotion
Happy Monday!!! It feels like it’s been awhile since my last post, (but it hasn’t been). My extended weekend was very nice and I hope everyone’s weekend was as nice. I am currently reading a book called “Calling in ‘the One‘” by Katherine Woodward Thomas. I first heard of this book about five or six…
Life in Seven Breaths
I went to Yin yoga for first time this week. Yin yoga is a low-key form of yoga that goes at a slower pace. It encompasses holding poses for five minutes or more. I absolutely loved it. During one of my recent restorative classes, I realized that I reached a milestone; I could relax fully…
Wisdom Wednesday #3 – The Journey
Happy Wednesday! It’s only been two days of My Month of Writing. I am writing, but not what I came home to write. I think I put too much pressure on myself. I am resisting. I know I am resisting, even though I mentally prepared myself to write this specific story this month. I…
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