What took up most of the time this week was posture clinic. For the first pose, Bikram wants to see each person deliver the dialogue and critique the performance. It takes a bit of time to get through 285 people. Next week we will split up into smaller groups for the next posture.
Friday afternoon we had a really good lecture by Dr. Lillian Glass, a voice specialist and psychologist. She's very vibrant and can, in a very few seconds, connect with a person and get them to change how they speak, present themselves and project their voice. According to Dr. Glass, you should not look people in the eye, instead look at the entire face for 2 seconds, the nose for 2 seconds, the mouth for 2 seconds, and then keep repeating.
3 comments:
Hi Craig:
This lady sounds impressive! I'm sure we professors could learn a lot from her. Does she just work with Bikram, do you think, or does she contract out wider?
Stay in there!
--Paul
Did she say why? To not look people in the eye?
The voice coaching reminds me of Transamerica, the movie, and learning to use the voice she wants to have.
I wonder what this woman would say about B's "What the hell..." style of teaching.
P.S. Last night we learned that there is a type of autism that impedes peoples' social relationships because they can't read facial expressions accurately, and therefore don't know how to respond to others' feelings. Because they watch peoples' mouths, not their eyes. I wonder how this relates to her advice about not looking at eyes. And does she suggest this for all of us all the time, or just for teaching yoga?
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