​In this era of super bugs and viruses, it's so important to keep not only your body, but your lungs in great health.

One of the best things you can do which doesn't cost a dime, and has mucho benefits is SINGING.

Here's a great article about the many pulmonary benefits.

Keep singing.  Keep practicing you Bel Canto concepts.  Keep healthy.
Cheers, Beth Lawrence
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Here's an article I wrote many years ago on the benefits of singing, and it is especially timely all these years later.

Singing is a natural remedy on many levels!

In these times when we may be cooped up in our homes - belting out a tune may be one of the best things we can do for our health and peace of mind!  

Enjoy the article!  Cheers, Beth Lawrence

10 Ways Singing Can Change Your Life!
©2006 Beth Lawrence
If you love to sing, then you're already aware that singing is fun, energizing and a great stress reducer. But if you’re one of millions who claim " I can’t sing!" then I suggest that you consider singing as an absolutely free, non-prescription, safe and effective life-enhancing tool.
In my "Joyful Singing" workshop, I remind shy singers, "You were born singing!  It's as easy and natural as speaking!" If you're facing physical, emotional or mental challenges, or if you just want more peace and happiness, here are 10 ways singing can change your life.

1.    Promotes deep breathing!
As you begin to use "full body breathing" with a relaxed, soft belly, you allow the diaphragm to drop down, giving the lungs the freedom to expand more fully.  Relaxed abdominals are essential for proper breath support while singing.  I like to think of "filling up like a balloon" when I sing.  This gives firm, active breath support and allows for deep, full breathing.  Singing promotes slow, deep, healthy breathing, and exercises the lungs.

 Singing is a great way to stay healthy. 

When you're singing you:

• Breath deeply
• Oxygenate your bloodstream
• Release endorphins
• Boost your immune system
• Bring blood flow to the throat and vocal cords

But we can all use extra immune boosting help in these times. 
I came across this fantastic immune tonic from #eatingbirdfood that everyone should have on hand.  It has fantastic ingredients like garlic, tumeric, ginger, horseradish and lots of other of Nature's natural immune boosters!
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Make a batch and tell me how you like it!
This will do wonders for you, so use it daily.  

IMMUNE BOOSTING FIRE CIDER  from #eatingbirdfood

And of course.....keep singing!

Each time that I offer my 'Conquer Stage Fear Forever!' workshop I'm always amused at the responses I get.  Usually folks will say 'I'd love to come, but I'm just too terrified to sing in front of people.'  Or a musician who registered for the class emailed me, very concerned saying 'Will I make a fool of myself in front of everyone?

These responses are so common, but this is exactly why I offer this workshop!  For those very reasons, so that everyone can GET RID OF THEIR FEARS, and take the stage without all those blocks and baggage keeping them from something they love!

There are three ways we avoid our fears: 1) by discounting - saying 'oh, it doesn't matter if I ever sing again…it's silly anyway."
2) by disliking - saying "Oh, I hate to sing, I'm a terrible singer."
3) by being in denial - by putting it out of our mind without thought or comment
And all three ways of avoiding our fear keeps us from living our fullest, best life. 

If you were given the opportunity to get rid of a lifelong fear, why wouldn't you?  When you keep your fear locked up in a closet, you may think 'it doesn't matter', or 'you don't like it', or you refuse to think about it.  But your subconscious mind thinks about it all the time; it KNOWS what's behind that closet door.  And continued avoidance only causes disappointment, stress and disease.  Wouldn't it be easier to just get over your fear and do that thing that you've always wanted to do?

I've been a singer for 40 years and I've had my own case of stage fear early on.  But I got over it, and now that I have years of experience, I'm able to create a system for getting rid of fear on the physical, emotional and mental levels so that you are finally clear of its burden.

If there's something you want to do in life, don't trivialize it; don't ignore it; find a way to have the courage to transcend your fear and live that dream.  If not you will forever regret that you didn't face the monster in the closet, that in reality is nothing more than a product of faulty logic created when you were too young to create your own truth.  If you'll open the door and face your fear, you'll be surprised to see that it's nothing more than dust and cobwebs that can no longer hurt you. 

What's the monster that's holding YOU back?

Cheers, Beth Lawrence
Copyright ©2019, All rights reserved, Beth Lawrence

Music Improves Reading Skills
Do you know anyone who has Dyslexia?  If so, music can help some of the skills associated with reading and comprehension!  Fascinating!  This is an excerpt from the Los Angeles Times.​

Reading: Research suggests that people with dyslexia, or difficulty reading, also fare poorly on tests of auditory processing. Their timing is also poor. They have difficulty filtering out unwanted background noise and "tuning in" to sounds — such as a teacher's instruction — that they want to hear. Intensive music instruction has been found to improve those skills, and with them, some skills related to reading.