The Voice Gym Pack for the Development and Maintenance of the Voice

There are three parts to this exercise system

The Voice Gym exercise book and audio CD provides all the fundamental exercise materials you need for the development and maintenance of your singing or speaking voice

Part 1 Introductory whole-body exercises to connect voice, body, brain, speech and singing

The VoiceGym exercise book and audio CD provide you with the tools to connect voice, body, brain, speech and singing. After each exercise session you can find the answers to the questions that spring into mind in the VoiceGym Book.

Part 2 Tongue position, jaw translation and pelvic stability

These are potentially major areas of interference in the voice and in your life. Part 2 deals with them separately before encouraging them to work together. A new attitude to opening your mouth and a strengthening of pelvic and related muscles will bring major improvements to speech, singing and confidence.

Part 3 Now that you have all the tools here is a variety of vocal material to build your vocal confidence - songs to sing, prose and poems

Develop resonance and pitch range reading poetry and prose aloud; roll and improvise - the ultimate freedom for voice and body; extend your singing repertoire over a greater pitch range using whole body stretch.

VoiceGym exercises are particularly helpful to those who

	Already sing or speak well, but who want to improve
	Had a poor vocal beginning from which they would like to escape
	Have been told they can't sing
	Have a terror of being asked to read or present in public
	Are having orthodontic treatment and are wearing appliances, and who want to reprogramme face, tongue, jaw muscles and whole-body posture
	Are pregnant, or have young children, and do not realise how important a role the mother plays in development of voice, teeth and intelligence (See Baby VoiceGym)
	Have no maintenance system for their most important professional tool - the voice. Voice loss is not the time to think about that, prevention is better

Click here for more information on VoiceGym for Singing, Speech and Instrumentalists, and to find out more about courses and workshops.

The complete VoiceGym pack costs £120.00, plus post and packing, from the VoiceGym shop

The Voice Gym pack consists of

	An A4 Book of Exercises with instructions, poems and songs in a large clear font. All exercises are illustrated with photographs. The pages are laminated and roll bound to be indestructable and to open flat for ease of working
	An audio CD of exercises, songs and backing tracks, with male and female voices on selected tracks to support your progress
	VoiceGym Book - the text book that explains it all
	A Physio-Ball for balance, rhythm and stretch, improvement of posture, pelvic stability and whole-body voice exercise
	A wooden Balance Board for back strengthening and pelvic stability, posture and extending vocal pitch range.
	A Stretch Band for whole body stretch and rotation; upper body repositioning and balance; repositioning shoulder blades and strengthening arm muscles; while exercising the voice
	An animal Bean-Bag for work on singing, walking and posture (and fun)
	A toothbrush ("A toothbrush? - "Yes, a toothbrush!")

You can buy the pack from the Voice Gym shop. You can improve your voice by yourself with this system if you follow the simple instructions and practice regularly or you can attend a course or workshop.

Voice Gym is covered by a strict copyright which prohibits copying or scanning any material from the original books and audio CD. However, accredited teachers can buy multiple copies of the material for students or clients at discounted rates: email info@voicegym.co.uk for details.

You may already have some of the equipment or prefer to obtain your own physio ball and balance board. You can therefore purchase essential materials from VoiceGym and cut down your shipping costs by obtaining the large equipment locally. Go to the VoiceGym shop to discover the purchasing possibilities. Physio-Balls are readily available from sources in many different countries, but it is important that you buy one of physiotherapy quality. Having experimented with various exercise balls we recommend (and supply) the basic Gymnic ball, (red 55 cm, blue 65 cm or yellow 75 cm) made in Italy. Beware of cheap toy balls!.

Plans for constructing balance boards are included with the exercise book. The dimensions are crucial to the programme: most commercial balance boards are too wide. There is also a sheet explaining the importance of the design of the bean bag - an ordinary square one will not be as effective.