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This new exclusive material is part of the Feldenkrais & Thomas Hanna SOMATICS Integration group buy.This group buy is still open & the forum is listed at: With Your Whole Self: The Feldenkrais Method and VoiceAuthors: Samuel Nelson & Elizabeth Blades-ZellerPublished: 2002Description: 172 pages scanned, OCRed & bookmarked to PDF.                     Singing With Your Whole Self: The Feldenkrais Method and VoiceHow does one develop an internal feel for what sounds good? How do you learn to use all of yourself when singing? What is the relationship between the felt sense (kinesthetic), effort, and good sound? These are the questions that led to this book, Singing With Your Whole Self. And curiously enough, they are questions that seem not to be addressed in books on the teaching of voice.The voice pedagogical literature contains numerous exercises to assist students of voice in the development and teaching of voice. But nowhere is there an in-depth exploration of developing kinesthetic sensitivity, what this does for sound, and how to bring all of one’s self into use while singing.There are 18 full-length lessons in the book. The lessons have been broken down into 8 to 10 minute modules.This book teaches performers to use the Feldenkrais Method to ameliorate problems of tension, muscle strain, and illness in order to obtain optimal vocal performance. Singing with Your Whole Self contains an important and unique feature: modularized Feldenkrais “Awareness through Movement” lessons. These are specifically designed for liberating function in all musicians, and in singers in particular. Modularized lessons allow the user to choose between functionally useful short segments or entire lessons. The first part of the book presents the theory behind why this approach works in an easily understood and concrete fashion. The remaining chapters explore our anatomy by area and explain usage, problems, and how these relate to singing. These chapters include lessons that revolve around improving performance. Includes an index both by lesson and by problem, referring performers to the lessons most effective for a specific problem.Samuel H. Nelson is a graduate of the Toronto Professional Feldenkrais Training Program. He has offered Awareness Through Movement classes to the public since 1985 and has held a seminar on the Feldenkrais Method each semester at the Eastman School of Music for the past thirteen years, as well as seminars at music schools in Indiana and Ohio. Nelson has a private practice in Rochester, New York. Samuel Nelson teaches the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education in Rochester, NY and helps people of all ages learn to move more easily. Learning new ways to move can be an essential addition to the treatment of neurological, orthopedic, chronic pain, and stress-related conditions.    Easier movement means greater comfort performing everyday activities at work or home, and greater skill in athletic and artistic pursuits.    As you expand your awareness of how you think, sense, feel, and move, the possibilities for personal improvement and human development are limitless.Samuel provides gentle, innovative lessons in the Feldenkrais Method that will allow you to observe how you move, notice unnecessary tension, and improve your overall coordination.Elizabeth Blades-Zeller holds both Doctor of Musical Arts and Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where she received the 1990 Eastman Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is currently associate professor of voice, coordinator of the voice area, and director of opera at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where she teaches applied voice, vocal pedagogy, and language diction classes.The Feldenkrais Method has helped:    Musicians, dancers and actors    Athletes and fitness enthusiasts    Students    Children with Special Needs    Seniors    Anyone seeking to improve their quality of lifeThe web site with Samuel Nelson is at:www.feldenkrais.com/method/article/author_of_new_book_speaks…Please keep this a elib exclusive, thanks.The group buy is open and at:: Ratio FreeElite/VIP: 3 weeksPower Users (PU): 7 weeksUsers: Upgrade to PU or contribute at:, Mazen