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Notes On Linklater Reading
Notes On Linklater Reading
Notes On Linklater Reading
habits
Not what you are doing but HOW you are doing it
Step 1 is about mentally connecting all of your bones and body parts
mvoing skeleton
Step 4 is about discovering how your body responds to this new state
of relaxation
We did this exercise in Acting 2 before I read the chapter, which really
helped me to fully understand what the chapter was saying and asking
for when I did read it.
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When we did Step 2 was the first time I ever felt myself truly
folding over a vertebrae at a time because of my hyperawareness
of my skeleton and the connections of my body.
Chapter 2 - Breathing awareness - freeing the breath
"There is no one way to breathe that is correct for all purposes"
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This really resonates with me, because I have been trying to
connect all of the different breathing methods I've been taught in
the past and some of them just don't
It's important not to be goal oriented in these exercises and instead be
in it for pleasure
It is very difficult to regain control of your breathing mechanism,
balance
Step 2 is about exploring the basic human need to breath for survival
and how those survival breaths differ from the breaths we would take
when running or preparing to sing
Step 3 is about finding your natural rhythm of breath
Truly relaxed breathing is simple and the need for oxygen is low
Step 4 is about focusing your breaths and finding the correct mouth
placement
Notice the difference between putting your breath somewhere and
from
Humans and actors especially should find pleasure in sighing and
yawning
when breathing in and releases and resumes its dome shape when
breathing out
Being able to visualize the diaphragm helps with these exercises
Step 3 is about touching your diaphragm with the sound as you "huh"
Step 4 is about preparing your body for the steps that follow and
places
As you practice these more and become comfortable with your
expression
Sound is formed by outgoing breath resonating off of the hard surfaces
of your throat and mouth and the vibrations of your vocal folds
The abdominal muscles work with the diaphragm in the process of
breathing
Impulse is needed in acting and an actor must act on their impulses