circulatory breathing

[Guest]

Does anyone have any web links etc about where i can learn circulatory breathing? Basically i want to learn how to speak for a long time without taking many breaths. A bit like how Pavarotti does it.

 

[destiny]

Does anyone have any web links etc about where i can learn circulatory breathing? Basically i want to learn how to speak for a long time without taking many breaths. A bit like how Pavarotti does it.

I have an aunt who can do that naturally.

 

[Vic C.]

Here, try this:

Talking

 

[Guest]

very funny. Anyway i found a bit about what i was looking for, but i am really looking for a video becuase circulatory breathing t is something more practical and better understood when watching someone. read the following.

Kenny G is perhaps the world's most famous circular breather, setting a world record for holding a single note for 45 minutes.

Method
The person inhales fully and begins to blow. Once the lungs are nearly empty, the last volume of air is blown into the mouth, and the cheeks are inflated with this air. Then, while still blowing this last bit of air out by allowing the cheeks to deflate, the person must very quickly fill the lungs by inhaling through the nose prior to running out of the air in the mouth. If done correctly, by the time the air in the mouth is nearly exhausted the person can begin to exhale from the lungs once more, ready to repeat the process again.

Physiologically, the process is similar to drinking at a water fountain and taking a breath of air while water remains in the mouth, without raising the head from the water stream. The body "knows" to not allow water into the lungs. It is this same instinct that a circular breather taps to play their instrument.

 

[Vic C.]

The body "knows" to not allow water into the lungs. It is this same instinct that a circular breather taps to play their instrument.

That's not instinct. That's a learned process. You do it once and you learn never to do it again, unless you are insane. ;-) j/k

 

[destiny]

Here, try this:

Talking

Thats not always true!! I can express myself much better in a literary way than I can through spoken words. My husband however, can out talk me any day of the week!!

 

[Vic C.]

It was a joke! :silly:

 

[destiny]

It was a joke! :silly:

I knew you were kidding around. I think Tim Lahayes book "why you act the way you do" could clear this up 8-)