Be the Super Communicator

Vipin Kumar Tanwar — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:20:07 +0000

More and more, people are becoming more conscious about how they speak and present themselves. In my work, we come across a lot of queries where senior leaders are being asked to refine their speech and style of language as a pre-requisite to their next level promotions.

Where geography is history and the world keeps shrinking, it is imperative for the speaker to ensure that s/he is understood across cultures. This is the arena of being a super communicator – a mix of heightened skill and the right attitude.

The essence of communication is very simple – to understand and be understood.

I look at this as a process:
Relax, breathe and then activate sound.

Relaxation

Relaxation is about being aware. Its at the core of good speaking skills. It is important to define stress while we talk about relaxation.

Stress is required. It is the minimum muscular tension required to do a particular activity. Stressed out is the over or under use of the muscular tension required to do a task.

When you respect the physicality of the human body, you are most relaxed.

Checklist for Awareness

Be aware of your lower jaw. Move it to feel it.
Be aware of how you are standing or sitting
Do your shoulders fall naturally on your side?
Is your torso drooped?
Is your neck straight?

(to know more about the above mentioned points, click here)

Are you breathing right?
Are you nervous or anxious? Check your thumbs.

Breathing

Engage actively with your breathing. Hence an active interaction is required with the breath.

Be aware of your outbreath. Good speaking skills ride the wave of the outbreath.

Click here to read more about breathing.

Sound & Voice

Sound is physical in nature. It is not passive and neither should the approach be, to play with it. Your voice is a representation of you and depicts your state of mind, your breathing and your thinking patterns. When you speak or address a gathering, your voice and presence should be enough to have keen ears tuned in to each and every word that you have to say. If your audience is distracted, then as a super communicator, you may need to look at the WAY in which you are presenting your thoughts. Lacing the words on top of the outbreath is crucial.

One of the most important formulae of super communication – “ONE BREATH, ONE THOUGHT”

In the next couple of entries, I will share the next steps of voice work.

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Vikram Badhwar, CEO, Syngrity, is a communications coach, an experiential educator, and an artist trying to bridge the gap between the creative and the analytical side of our brain. He consults global teams in the space of learning behavioural patterns and implementing new techniques to reach Max Q potential.

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Different kinds of Breathing you should know

Vipin Kumar Tanwar — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:02:05 +0000

There are three kind of breathing that you need to be aware of:

Fools Breath
Seers Breath
Warriors Breath

Fools Breath

When a person inhales, the chest rises and the stomach goes in. Most people who are unaware of their breath will usually end up breathing the fools breath. This is also called inverted breathing because when you breathe in normally your stomach/ diaphragm should inflate. During the fools breath, it doesn’t. It is ok to refer to this breathing NOT as a norm but ONLY if one needs to make a decision.

Seers Breath

Great for contemplation, the seers breath has been taught as a meditative practice for centuries. It is very simple. Breathe in and allow your stomach to inflate. Breathe out and the stomach goes in. The Seers breath switches your brain from Beta (conscious) to Alpha (Sub Conscious). Thats why it is great for meditation and contemplation.

Warriors Breath

The warriors breath changes the game. Here the concentration is not on the top of the chest or the stomach. The diaphragm is in ACTIVE play during the warriors breath. In the beginning it is slightly tough to get the warriors breath but practice makes things right. Initial practice: Stand with your feet as wide as your shoulders. Put both your palms on the sides of the rib cage. As you breathe in, visualise LARGENESS and not loudness. Allow your rib cage to expand as you breathe in and allow it to relax as you breathe out. The movement is gentle and powerful. You will start feeling differently once the warriors breath kicks in. Do it 1000 times a day with awareness for 7 days and allow it to kick in naturally.

Because most of us usually use the Fool’s breath, unknowingly, and the seer’s breath as a respite, the warrior’s breath becomes a tad difficult. And that’s why it needs to be practiced with Awareness.

Breathe away!

Vikram Badhwar, CEO, Syngrity, is a communications coach, an experiential educator, and an artist trying to bridge the gap between the creative and the analytical side of our brain. He consults individuals and teams in the space of learning & development to enable transformations at a personal, professional and organizational level.

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