This sounds weird but... humming while yawning fixed my throat tension? 🤔

Okay this is going to sound absolutely bizarre, but I stumbled onto something yesterday...

I was having one of those practice sessions where my throat felt locked up - neck muscles wanting to bulge out, that squeezed sensation I've been fighting for months.

So I'm sitting there frustrated, and I literally yawned mid-practice. But here's the weird part - I was still humming when the yawn hit, and suddenly my throat opened up like never before! 😳

I tried recreating it (felt ridiculous doing "yawn-hums"), but it actually worked again. Something about that yawn reflex seems to reset whatever tension I build up in my swallowing muscles.

From what I understand, yawning drops your larynx and relaxes muscles I probably shouldn't be using anyway. Never thought to combine it with phonation though.

Has anyone else discovered weird "reset" techniques like this? My normal warm-ups don't always cut it when the tension gets bad.

What's the strangest thing that's helped your voice? 🎵

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