ON LESSAC KINESENSICS
What is Lessac Kinesensic Training? A comprehensive, creative, and holistic work aimed at the development of voice and body strength, agility, and expressiveness. Finding the unique and tension-free expression of yourself is what Kinesensics is all about. Building on ancient wisdom, backed by modern science, Kinesensics encourages you to use the simple but natural behaviors of your body, such as yawning or humming, as organic instructions towards improved physical and vocal expression and health. Each simple step builds on the previous one, creating a concrete pathway to success. No matter what your line of work, Kinesensics can help you overcome obstacles and release stress and strain to be your authentic self.
Where may I apply the principles of Kinesensics?
Whenever you speak or move, Kinesensics will work for you. Arthur Lessac believed that a little change of mind is all that’s needed to remind us that when we speak, we are singing, and when we walk, we are dancing. We find specific applications of the Work in all of life’s endeavors, from the boardroom to the classroom to the parent reading a child a bedtime story. But the following areas represent ways the work is being used today:
Communication (speech, public speaking, speech language pathology)
Socio-Culture and Language (ESL, second language acquisition, accent acquisition, multi-lingualism)
Education (applied theatre, theatre education, voice & movement development for all ages)
Performance (singing, acting, movement/dance)
Health and wellness (fitness, aging, vitality, self-realization, optimal health)
“So let me invite you into a comprehensive and most accessible … lab, where voice and body training are really communication and language training; where development and exercise, feeling and perception become ‘body wisdom’; and where you learn to deal uniquely with the exploration of originality, not as the discovery of another novelty but as the re-discovery of origin itself…within you.”
Arthur Lessac, from The Use and Training of the Human Voice
Lessac work “is real therapy for voice and body. The more you do it, the better you feel. It’s a boon to anyone: actor, public speaker, singer, vocally impaired, private citizen. Once learned it never deserts you. It’s simple to maintain and only strengthens the voice as you grow older. It’s always there…”
—Frank Langella