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Rachelle · 08-21-2008, 10:37 AM

I just wanted to say thanks for the feedback everyone.

I think I know why I lost it - from a physical standpoint, anyway. 1st is that I've been sick with a cold, or maybe it's bronchitis, who knows... and I've been coughing a lot. The day before I lost it, I was using my voice a lot, which was already in a pretty bad shape from the coughing... and my throat had dried out from not keeping it properly hydrated. Someone advised my to take it easy on my voice, so I figured that meant I should whisper for the rest of the night. But then AFTER the fact I found out that apparently whispering is one of the worse things you could do. I think all of those things combined caused me to lose my voice.

So I went on a vocal rest where I refrained from using my voice for about 2.5 days (although I couldn't keep myself from coughing). It came back, although not in the best of conditions. But then again I am still sick and coughing quite a bit :P

I did do a throat chakra clearing meditation that was different than what I normally do, and it is possible that that has helped as well.

Now I just have to concentrate on getting better! I know that we all have the ability to heal ourselves; I wish I understood how to tap into this ability / energy. I dislike going to doctors because they generally just treat the symptoms and not the cause... but that being said i wonder if i should go to one anyway.

08-21-2008, 10:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rachelle Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 157	I just wanted to say thanks for the feedback everyone. I think I know why I lost it - from a physical standpoint, anyway. 1st is that I've been sick with a cold, or maybe it's bronchitis, who knows... and I've been coughing a lot. The day before I lost it, I was using my voice a lot, which was already in a pretty bad shape from the coughing... and my throat had dried out from not keeping it properly hydrated. Someone advised my to take it easy on my voice, so I figured that meant I should whisper for the rest of the night. But then AFTER the fact I found out that apparently whispering is one of the worse things you could do. I think all of those things combined caused me to lose my voice. So I went on a vocal rest where I refrained from using my voice for about 2.5 days (although I couldn't keep myself from coughing). It came back, although not in the best of conditions. But then again I am still sick and coughing quite a bit :P I did do a throat chakra clearing meditation that was different than what I normally do, and it is possible that that has helped as well. Now I just have to concentrate on getting better! I know that we all have the ability to heal ourselves; I wish I understood how to tap into this ability / energy. I dislike going to doctors because they generally just treat the symptoms and not the cause... but that being said i wonder if i should go to one anyway.