0811 – Nine Lines On the Spine (4-6)

2023.03.22 – 0811 – Nine Lines On the Spine (4-6) 4. The larynx is at the top of the trachea which runs along the same line as your spine. What you do with your head and neck alignment has a knock-on effect on your larynx, and therefore your voice. 5. The average human head weighs around 5kg or 11lbs, that's more than most new-born babies, and is balanced on just seven vertebrae in your neck and supported by around 20 muscles that move your head and keep that weight in place. If you force your head back or your chin up, or slump or slouch then your alignment will be affected and so too your voice. 6. Bad posture can literally be a pain in the neck. If you’re using the correct muscles to keep your head in position (and remember your head is not naturally perched perfectly on your neck like a toffee apple on a stick, it is slightly forward of the rest of the body, although not jutting forward with a ‘laptop neck’), then that’s less tension that’s feeding through to your neck and larynx, which’ll affect your voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.