Breath-Focused One-to-One Singing Sessions as a Means of Developing Authentic Voice in Females With Anxiety: An Exploratory Multiple-Case Study Grounded In Aspects of Compassion Focused Therapy and Polyvagal Theory
2024 Claire Turner
Speech, singing, and vocal communication are fuelled by breath. Anxiety can impact breath and voice negatively, resulting in physiological constrictions that are bi-directionally related to psychological and emotional spheres. There is little theoretical and practical examination of anxiety-specific populations or the mechanistic role of respiration within singing for mental health (SFMH)...