Technical Behavior
And so, 2021 begins.
I love when I am on the same wavelength as Seth Godin. He blogs daily and one of my singers (and new Momma!!!) Sharin Apostolou, shared this in our Facebook group this morning.
Here’s the line from that blog post that really resonated: “The commitment to a practice opens the door to finding a more useful technique.”
I alluded to this blog post last night on my IG stories.
Commitment. It evokes an awareness; a presence; a questioning; a determination; an observation; a clarity; a follow-through.
There is a commitment to the practice and to the process of that practice.
This is what creates behavior.
This is what creates technical behavior.
This is what illuminates your authenticity within that developed behavior.
None of us do that alone. We all need another set of eyes, set of ears, level of expertise, to help us discover that which we have yet to learn.
What that commitment LOOKS like, is up to you. How you structure that is up to you. Why you approach it in a certain way is up to you.
Ask the questions. Work with those and collaborate. I always tell my clientele that the work to create technical behavior is a collaborative event. We need to work TOGETHER to discover what you need, and how you will develop it. It’s not me (or any other teacher or coach) telling you what to do. It is the collaboration of the two of us coming together to discover what you are here to do, and how we can access what you are able to do, in order to allow the technical development to have a place to reside.
It’s always question and ACTION.
What do you need? Why? How is that serving you?
What is happening? What is NOT happening? What is your expectation? Why?
What can be achieved? How do we do it together?
All these questions break down into more and more detail, and more and more specificity to create a personalized and physicalized technical behavior that only YOU can embody.
This technical behavior needs your commitment. Your commitment to the process, to the practice, to the time, to the growth, to the frustration in order to discover (I have a few specific exercises that when singers need them, I preface the demonstration with: Yes, curse me out. I can take it. It’s gonna drive you nuts for a bit, but when you find the behavior, you’ll see why it was necessary.)
Commitment isn’t always comfortable. It’s real. You know it is. You know it’s real because you see progress. You are able to tap into more of what is possible. It leads to more ability. It leads to a more reliable behavior you can count on to access what it is you want to do. It can also reveal things you never knew you had the potential to do!
So, in the new year, with some hope and light possible, commit to the practice; to YOUR practice. Commit to YOUR process in discovery, and uncovering and integrating a technical behavior that will allow the authenticity of your voice and your artistry to have a place to reside.
With fondness & fierceness,
Susan
