Reflecting on Sensations: The Key to Consistent Practice and Confident Performance

We often rely on two main tools to improve our singing: listening to ourselves in real time and recording ourselves to listen back. These are valuable, but they are not the most important tools we have.The real game-changer is learning to reflect on — and trust — the sensations we experience when our technique is working well.

When your voice feels aligned, free, and resonant, it’s crucial to register that feeling. Notice the physical cues, the ease, the balance of effort, and the internal acoustics. These sensations help you understand your voice not only through sound, but through feel. This is far more reliable than your ears alone.

Why does this matter so much?

You practice and perform in constantly changing environments. Every room, hall, church, or theatre will make your voice sound different. If you depend on what you hear, these shifts can easily throw off your confidence and technique.

But when you build a strong internal reference point — a grounded understanding of how correct technique feels — you become consistent anywhere.You’re no longer at the mercy of room acoustics or unfamiliar spaces.You can trust your body, not the echo.

Cultivating this awareness turns practice into real progress, and performance into something stable, repeatable, and empowering.