The Pause: Connecting with Physical Awareness
“Where there is a depth of awareness, there is reverence for presence. Where consciousness is dulled, distant, or blind the presence grows faint.”
– John O’Donohue
“Awareness” is a word that often used to puzzle me.
It was an idea I looked for in the ether, that I equated with enlightenment. Once...
What is the Alexander Technique? A TVF Faculty Roundtable Discussion
NOTE: This is a conversation featuring the five members of the TVF faculty (pictured above, L to R: Michael Hanko, Molly Kittle, Peter Jacobson, Darci Balkcom, and Eleni Vosniadou). This is a transcription of a recent conversation they had about the Alexander Technique. Enjoy!
Peter: Hello everybody, welcome. I am here with Michael, Eleni, Darci, and Molly. Our topic for today is: What is the Alexander Technique? I’m going to start with a personal story on this topic. This...
A Conversation with Michael Hanko, Voice & Alexander Technique Teacher
Michael Hanko, founder of FreeBody FreeVoice
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Michael Hanko, the founder of FreeBody FreeVoice, a comprehensive program that attends to the whole singer.
Michael and I had a great time talking about everything from his decade-long association with Cornelius Reid to the one idea in vocal teaching he’d like to banish for good to how one of his former teachers would go diva-crazy on him. It’s a pretty epic...
