DAY Numero DOIS (2 in Portuguese :)

Technical Concepts -Today I worked on one of the first vocal lesson I took from Kurt. It is one of the best because it is just 38 minutes of warm-up. Tons of different scales.
38 Minutes

Repertoire - Today I did a lot of searching around for new repertoire.... I think I have landed on two different songs I have always wanted to sing.... Taylor the Latte Boy and Come to Your Senses. I didn't get a chance to actually work on either because I ended up searching song on youtube for 2 hours! That site seriously sucks you in. I hope that is okay for the challenge...?
120 Minutes
 

Successes – I am super picky when it comes to song choice as I am sure most people are but I am really glad that I was able to find a couple that I look forward to working on. I also feel like I had a really great vocal warmup... I felt really solid on almost all of the warm-ups.

Areas for improvement – I still get tense when I am having to go to the higher notes. Some days it is not like this but some days are harder to correct it for me... I don"t really know why some days I nail it and some days I feel like I have no technique. I just gotta keep working on it though.

Notes:  Tomorrow I really need to work on breath support because on some of the exercises I know I was taking a breath at the wrong time but found it hard to remedy.

Healthy Eating

Breakfast - Today I had a sort of boring breakfast.... but very nutritionally sound. It was three hard boiled eggs (I like soft much better), an apple, granola nut bar, and a glass of pomegranate kefir. The kefir was my favorite part.

Restaurant or Market – Sunflower Market, Costco,

Rating – **.5 = 2.5 stars but I had energy all day til 3 p.m. after yoga!

**Also would like to add that I drank 80 oz. of water today and I know my vocal cords are thanking me!!




Vinyasa flow Yoga

Date/time - today... 1/2/2011 at 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Difficulty Level - Advanced ...
Studio and Instructor (Include Photo) – Defined Fitness on Juan Tabo with Allisun (She is amazing and has completely changed my life!!!)

What did you most enjoy? – I enjoyed the feeling I got at one point during the class when I knew I wasn't doing it just for a challenge but because I love Yoga. Such an amazing practice and strengthener!

What did you find challenging and why? –Sometimes she takes it easy on the advanced class but today it was so hard that I went to child's pose 5 times... only briefly but still! I did awesome breathing in there today and I feel like that is because I was super aware of how important breath is for singing.

Allisun and me after the hard class! She loves kicking my butt!!