Pillar No. 1: Posture

Without proper posture—upright, engaged, relaxed, and strong—the body is not available for the voice to resonate. Posture also directly impacts your interlocutors, who will perceive you as more assertive than you might actually feel.

The foundation for achieving a leader’s voice is also having a leader’s posture.

Postural work is therefore essential for high-quality vocal production and for breathing that is as fluid, available, and deep as possible.

Postural training allows for a dominant or trust-inspiring vocal output, depending on the muscles you engage. It also enables you to convey emotions to your audience.

I assess these parameters, particularly during the first session and the vocal diagnostic.

Pillar No. 2: Breathing

Another fundamental basis for achieving a resonant voice that impacts your interlocutors is breathing.

As adults, we often forget how to breathe due to our upbringing, certain traumas, and the necessity of not standing out from the crowd as an individual.

This is particularly evident in France, where people are especially inhibited regarding this specific aspect.

Everyone breathes because it is an automatic reflex necessary for survival.

However, individuals who are fully conscious of their breathing while speaking are much rarer.

They have a considerable advantage because they can thereby control their stress, speech rate, and rhythm.

The essential prerequisite for accessing one’s voice is deep, healthy breathing in a posture that is sufficiently relaxed so the body is available for the resonance of vibrations.

Here is how it works: this means inhaling deeply into the intercostal region, starting at the diaphragm up to the clavicular region, then accompanying, and even actively resisting the natural movement of the diaphragm, a transverse muscle that separates the lungs from the abdominal belt, which rises progressively as the air is exhaled.

This is the foundation of vocal support, which must occur consistently, with certain peaks chosen according to moments of speech intensity.

We address these concepts through kinesthesia and proprioception, of course with respect and without intrusiveness, so that you can feel the movements of the diaphragm and abdominal belt.

This is why vocal coaching goes far beyond public speaking: it is necessary to include a biomechanical, muscular, and respiratory perspective.

Pillar No. 3: Voice Production

Once posture and breathing are mastered, once the foundations are established, it becomes possible to begin working on the voice.

The overall method will allow exploration of the different laryngological mechanisms (Fry, chest voice, head voice, whistle register), the anatomy of the phonatory apparatus (false and true vocal cords, epiglottic sphincter, cricoid and thyroid cartilages, soft palate, tongue, lips, larynx, pharynx, etc.), the different resonance cavities and registers (head, chest, mixed), and above all, unlike many other methods, to understand how complex the entire anatomy of the phonatory apparatus is and how absolutely necessary it is to comprehend the synergies between posture, breathing, and voice for optimal results.

Postural and respiratory work are therefore indispensable for vocal training.

Pillar No. 4: Mastery

You now have posture, breathing, and a leader’s voice. It remains to see how a speech, a pitch, or a conference can, and indeed must, come alive in order to captivate an audience.

The overall method teaches you to use your voice as a virtuoso musician uses their instrument, with your own voice, your body, and, above all, in the way that is optimal for you.

It allows you to go beyond all public speaking trainings you might take because you will be able to master every aspect, regardless of the rules of the situation.

Indeed, you will use your voice differently and adaptively depending on the circumstances in which you speak. You will be able to adjust to your audience.

You will be confident and have a real competitive advantage in situations such as confrontations, negotiations, crisis management, meetings, or conferences.