Guy Monroe's Credentials, Curriculum & Objectives
Updated Novermber 22nd, 2009
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"In
the end, what's challenging for some of us, comes easy to Guy, who delights
in sharing his skills at what he refers to as helping clients remove seemingly
insurmountable obstacles that, he notes, are not based in fact but untested
personal beliefs. In teaching us to reframe these obstacles and to ask
more open-ended questions, he demonstrates how actually, hurdles can be
cleared, self-esteem raised and, yes, singing the alphabet can turn from
an ordeal to a genuine source of pleasure."
- Spike
Gillespie
Guy Monroe continues to seek
out the latest innovations in technical, mechanical and emotional expression
authorities in the world. These innovators continue to expand his instructional
repertoire. These tools can expand every aspect of your personal expressive
capabilities.
See
Guy Monroe's Biography
Monroe's methods are based upon selected works
of the following master teachers
Dr. Morton Cooper, Byron Katie,
Jill Siegal, Dr. Martin Schwartz, Lucinda Bassett, Roger Ailes, Joni Wilson,
Arno Gruen, Richard Miller, Van Alton Daniels, Oren Lathrop
Brown, Divy Nelson, Roger Love, Seth Riggs, Mark Baxter, Melissa Cross,
Joan Frey Boytim, Thomas Appell,
Gary Douglas, Morte Lefkoe, Elisabeth Howard,
Howard Austin, Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, Pamelia S. Phillips, Barbara &
Gregory Markway, Dr. Murray B. Stein, Dr. John Walker, , Graham Hewitt,
Jaime Vendera, Dr. Barbara Markway, Dr. Cheryl Carmin, Dr. C. Alec Pollard,
JamesR. Alburger, Jack Valenti, and Erika Hilliard.
Educational Model and Method
Building upon a foundation of positive reinforcement, Guy Monroe utilizes
a variety of techniques to expand a students expressive possibilities,
such as the Socratic Method (exploring the implications of others' positions,
to stimulate rational thinking and illuminate ideas), exploring cultural
influence on a students expressive ability as well as teaching conventional
mechanical vocal techniques applied to posture, anatomy, breath control,
the column of resonace, vibrato and more. Guy Monroe strives to replace
untested personal beliefs, bad habits, misinformation and self-doubt with
reliable expressionistic application producing masterful ability in vocal
and emotional expression.
Guy Monroe works with the absolute beginner and the seasoned pro. Everyone has different needs. Guy desires you to have every tool you can under your belt, so you can sing and speak at your best. Here are some skills you should consider acquiring when working with him.
Curriculum
Goals
There are unlimited potential points to cover. Each
of us have unique requirements. I cannot wait to begin working with you.
If you commit to investing some time and money on your expressive freedom,
you will be amazed at the results. Here are some of the curriculum points
we can explore together:
Unlocking
a Restrictive Point Of View
In self development work, we uncover limiting points
of view (beliefs) that hold us back. In general, we agree that many thoughts
and beliefs can be illogical and silly. These beliefs inhibit us and restrict
our freedom of expression. Often they look like an inner dialogue or a
feeling; that's stupid, who do you think you are, I'd look like a
fool if I did that, etc. Over time, we have created a series of beliefs,
creating signifigance around every event and draped a belief over each
occurance to give them meaning.
Left unchallenged, these beliefs can run us, making us avoid opportunities
we desperately desire to explore and embrace. Such as new adventures that
may generate greater income, better relations, etc. Many of these beliefs
activate defense mechanisms stimulating physical reactions such as flight,
getting us to run away from perceived threats. This can be devestating,
especially when in truth, there is no physical threat present. Example:
a parent told you 2000 times that you were wrong. A logical conclusion:
mom was right, I'm not good enough. But when we examine the
belief we discover that it's a lie. I'm actually quite smart and mom
had lousy parenting skills. Many
people believe that a belief like this is disfunctional. It is not. It
is merely illogical.
Discovering illogical beliefs becomes fun after a while. It's the first step to removing the stimulation created by the belief. By questioning beliefs, also referred to as limiting points of view. We can then ask if true, and discover it is not, and through repetition the defense mechanism stimulus such as who do you think you are? or I look like a fool inner dialogue disappears. At that point you are free. It seems like a miracle, but the results are permanent and achieved quickly.
Vocal
Technical and Mechanical Strategies
The Breath Inhibitor: Pushing and squeezing compensation,
Breath Ease: Exploring passive breath technique, Unlocking The Spasm:
The 4 ways stutters attempt to control, Breath Power: Diaphragmatic and
Intercostal techniques, Vowel Behaviors: Learning to speak on the exhale,
Vowel Emphasis: Exploring monosyllable and multi syllable words, Consonant
Emphasis: How to manufacture a stutter, The Mind : How to develop the
passive point of view, Fight or Flight: Choices creating peace or anxiety,
Art of Transition: How to maintain airflow during speech, Ending Preoccupation:
Learning to let go of pre-forming words, Letting go of the lock: Exploring
the continuous flow of air, Pacing and Tempo: Going slow when others go
fast, Vocal Coordination: Exploring short speeches, 80/20: Developing
inner tempo and outer boundary patterns, MotiveAider Training: Daily exercises
with friends or family, 80/20: Developing inner tempo and boundary patterns.
Exploring Anticipatory Stress: See how we manufacture it.Proper posture
for speaking through exercises involving physical conditioning. Replacing
the inner-critic with the inner-compliment. Active body positioning, Mental
alertness. Diaphragmatic compression and support. Major breathing muscle
exercises. Maximum breath potential: Diaphragmatic, and intercostal muscle
breathing combined. Breath support: Creating an energized air column and
control of the exhaled breath when applied to vocal production. Phonation:
Developing a healthily-produced lower, middle and freed upper voice. Discover,
Locate and Maintain pitch. 
Exploring
and mastering vocal articulators. Exploring and mastering open throat
speaking: (vertical mouth opening, forward jaw and relaxed and forward
tongue). Mastering the raising and lowering of the larynx. How to extend
the range of your voice. Understand why consonants are deadly to stutters.
Explore the facial mask. Discover the head, throat and chest sympathetic
resonance. Locate and manipulate your core of sympathetic resonance. Develop
techniques to enhance vocal resonance, focus, and projection of your voice.
Uniform vowel colors: to mastering front vowels and back vowels, as well
and vowel transition to develop a masterful understanding of consonant
de-emphasis in favor of vowel emphasis. Mastering the break and how to
sing across the vocal break. Understanding pitch variation and vibrato
creation. Tension releasing techniques. Discover pulsing techniques. How
to develop style and ornamentation. How to alter or eliminate Nasality.
Coordinating your soft palate and tongue. Understanding dynamics and vocal
intensity. Phoneticism, pulse and ornamentation applied to song. Learning
to keep larynx and tongue low. Understanding how to warm-up and exercise
your voice as well as selecting exercises that work for you. Explore Middle
(oropharynx), Lower (laryngopharynx), and upper (nasopharynx). Exploring
speaking in full chest voice. Exploring the benefits of compressing continuous
airflow. Exploring head voice and falsetto. Exploring the blended voices.
Developing the ability to expand your range. Exploring vocal dynamics.
Mastering intervals. Exploring informality applied to public speaking.
Exploring vocal fry applied to the lower range. Exploring the whistle
register. Developing a seductive, public speaking voice. Adding pitch
and tonal variety to your voice. Locating your optimum speaking pitch.
Explore text voicing. Exploring physicality, gesture and tension dumping.
Overcoming stage fright by exploring its relationship to fight or flight
problem solving strategies. Exploring propellant focus. Overcoming anxiety
through playfullness and preparation. Expanding awareness and focus. Understanding
the power of good nutrition and hydration.
Guy
Monroe is available for public speaking engagements, corporate and private
training.
Other web sites include
GuyMonroe.com and
AustinVocalLab.com and
EndingShyness.com and FearlessSpeaking.net
Call 512.554.8771 or Request
a Complimentary Consultation.
