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Just Like a Dancer

Even if you are not a dancer, you can apply some tips from dancing to your speech: Be nimble and free … at ease, not stiff. Dancers who...

Facial Movement Asians often skimp on facial movement. That is, the face doesn’t move much when you are speaking, so an audience of mixed...

Your Body is a Musical Instrument Many of my clients are surprised to learn that posture and speech are inextricably linked. What could...

Uhhhhh … How to Avoid “Filler” Sounds Many of us want to eliminate the little sounds that we utter unintentionally when we talk. The “you...

Challenge Sounds The biggest mistake many Asian speakers make (Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Thai or Vietnamese, for example) is...

I have a lot of Indian clients who talk fast, really fast. It’s not even just the speed, it’s the up and down intonation and feels random...

It’s All About the Breath - English by the Hour If you are a past client, you already know how important breath is for speech. The thing...

Monitoring Your Body Tension - English by the Hour Just like changing our timing to control our speed (or rate of speech), we also need...

What is Happening Behind the Curtain When Someone Talks at Breakneck Speed In my last couple of postings, I said how talking quick (in...

Ease & Grace: Applying Insights from Movement to Speech Recently I have noticed a much-needed return to the movement and body awareness...