Chunky Harmonies Choir in Redcliffe, Queensland | Choir

Chunky Harmonies Choir

Locality: Redcliffe, Queensland

Address: 72/64 Ashmole Rd 4020 Redcliffe, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.chunkyharmonies.com

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25.01.2022 Mask phonation now has a new meaning!!! Our quick tips for speaking with a mask to avoid vocal fatigue and improve intelligibility: 1. Exaggerate facial express...ions, articulation & even pitch variability 2. Focus on the buzz in the face & avoid pushing from throat 3. When inhale and/or if short of breath, breathe in through pursed lips (will decrease throat tension) 4. Reset the voice regularly with lip trills or other recovery exercises 5. Consider a mask with maximum space in front of mouth rather than flat across face On the plus side, we are incidentally giving our lips and lower face a hydration mask & next time you deign to wear lipstick, hoping the lip bleed will be minimal!! See more

20.01.2022 Have tissues ready!! Means so much in the context of what these health workers have been working through https://youtu.be/w1YtT0qLjDA

17.01.2022 We're looking for anyone from QUT that loves to sing and wants to be a part of helping to promote R U OK Day within the QUT (Queensland University of Technology...) community with us, QUT Vox Pop, QUT's on campus choir for anyone who loves to sing! Want to get involved? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/ttVQCkMHC3CLVgGs8 https://unihub.qut.edu.au///qut-r-u-ok-day-virtual-choir-p R U OK Day is all about empowering people to check in on others, and asking Are You Okay, supporting those who may be struggling with life. We're so excited to be coming together to create a QUT Virtual Choir performance of the R U OK Day inspired song "Matter", written by R U OK Day Ambassador and singer/songwriter Aislinn Sharp. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us, otherwise, we can't wait to sing with you all!

13.01.2022 Which one is Liz??? She is working pretty hard to pull everything together cause she loves y’all so much. (She’s been missing the 2 hour sound hug she gets)

08.01.2022 Why does manual Ventral Vagus stimulation help us feel calm? The role of the Vagus nerve is best described as the sensation/emotion highway of the body. It c...arries sensory and emotional information from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body. 80% of the info on the Vagus nerve highway travels from body to brain, and only 20% travels from brain to body. *Story follows state* *State follows body* Let’s break that down, shall we? *Story follows state* Story: the ideas and beliefs we have about our emotional state State: our physiological nervous system program (fight, flight, freeze, or safe/calm) Our nervous system chooses a state, and then our mind tries to make sense of it. This is why attempting to control emotions with conscious thought doesn’t work. This is why mantras might not help you feel safe/calm. *State follows body* State: our physiological nervous system program (fight, flight, freeze, or safe/calm) Body: how we perceive environment, both internal and external, including our unique sensory processes and social programming Neuroception is the neurological process by which the central nervous system chooses our physiological state. (You might see the phrase state follows environment if you’re reading about polyvagal theory. This is the same concept re-worded. Environment is both external and internal, but most people don’t think of internal realities as environment, so I like the word body here.) State follows body. Our neuroceptive process consults both the inside of the body and the outside of the body when determining our state. Remember, 80% of the Vagus nerve’s information is moving from the sensory/emotional body to the brain to inform this subconscious decision. Whatever information our Vagus is taking to the brain greatly influences our neurological state. *Shifting our state* The most logical way to shift our state is by changing the information that our neuroceptive process is taking in. One way we can do that is through manual Ventral Vagus stimulation. Almost everyone, wether or not we identify as a trauma survivor, can benefit from non-electrical, non-invasive gentle stimulation of the safe/calm neural circuit. (Porges calls this the circuit the social engagement system, but I think the connotation of the words social engagement muddies the understanding of what this circuit does.) Our society has largely deprioritized activities that engage this sense of calm, simply because it is not profitable to have a population that can easily access Ventral Vagus states. VV is where we feel altruism, compassion, and spirituality. But VV doesn’t often operate alone. VV + Fight enables activism, fierce advocacy, and friendly team sports. VV + flight is a playful state that can involve racing sports, dancing, or frolicking. VV + Freeze/Shutdown is a state of deep rest and rejuvenation. VV supports all the other states such that with it, the activation of Fight/Flight/Freeze energy is not so distressing. There are many different ways to intentionally stimulate the Ventral Vagus. The majority of them involve safe/calm sensory stimulation at a part of the body that is innervated by the Vagus, particularly the ears, mouth, voicebox, lungs, heart, and diaphragm. I’m going to be sharing a lot of natural VV stimulation ideas this week, starting with the voice. A calm and kind human voice is a powerful VV stimulator. Keep in mind that some things on the list won’t feel safe/calm for everyone. There is such a wide variety of VV stimulation, if one thing doesn’t work for you, you can try something else. VV voice exercises 1. Listen to soothing music with female vocalists. 2. Listen to any music that sounds like a lullaby. I recommend making your own playlist of songs that make you feel calm. (I have a lot of Spotify playlists. Here’s one called Lullaby Voices for Vagal Resonance https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0LjK4KmNBNrlads68PKHH0 3. Sing where no one else can hear you (like the shower), and just listen to yourself. No goals, no judgement. Just sing and listen. 4. Record yourself singing a lullaby or calming song, save it on your phone, and listen to it whenever you want. (I do this for myself and sometimes put the tracks on SoundCloud so I can play them from any device. Feel free to check out my profile https://soundcloud.com/janaeelisabeth) 5. Read a poem out loud. Or listen to spoken word poetry or an audiobook or podcast, just be sure to choose one with a soothing voice. *Soothing is a highly subjective quality. The music that works for me might not work for you. In general, most mammals find compassionate female voices to be soothing because it replicates an early childhood co-regulation experience of mother singing to baby. . . . . . . . Read more about the Vagus nerve: linktr.ee/TraumaGeek This work is made possible by patron members at www.patreon.com/TraumaGeek If you want to chat with me about the nervous system or polyvagal theory, you can schedule a time here: www.calendly.com/TraumaGeek

01.01.2022 Revelling in this rain. https://youtu.be/9ztV_SvOA20