I think I agree with Laurie (although we may have different areas of mental focus in the body) -- I have found relaxed (open-throated) singing to be a matter of feeling *nothing* in the throat. For me, the sensations and mental attention are totally concentrated on the relationship between the support area (rib muscles, back muscles, stomach and diaphragm areas) and the various parts of my head I focus my resonance in (the much-debated "placement" or masque sensations). It's almost as if there is a time-warp connection between support and sound, with no throat in the middle at all.
Isabelle B.
> For me the important question was one of complete > relaxation and low > position on the voice, feeling nothing whatsoever in > the throat, but quite a > lot in the chest andd stomach. And just talking in > this very low, loose > position.
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