Working with LAX VOX® creates faster results for your singing voice. Here's WHY Benefits: + Soft Palate Closes, creates more volume, clear sound quality and clearer articulation. + Massage Effect in the Cheeks & Jaws that results in relaxation of these muscle groups. + Massage Effect of the mucous and musculature in the Vocal Tract + Widens the False Vocal Folds (reduces strain/ pressed singing) + Promotes vocal fold closure, promotes effortless vibration, promotes breath-voice balance. + Relaxation of the Larynx, bringing it in a neutral position + Improves Breathing + Activates the Vagus Narve + Visual, auditory and kinesthetic biofeedback LAX VOX® is a vocal exercise where you phonate through a silicone tube in water. LAX VOX® is helpful for different goals and parts of singing. These LAX VOX® exercises help regenerate the voice, provide a calming effect, and supports voice training. Developed in the 1990s by Finnish speech therapist Marketta Sihvo, LAX VOX® is now a key part of voice therapy, vocal health, respiratory therapy, and Singing Coaching. Most if not all Singing Voice Methods aim to optimize the balance between the air pressure below the vocal folds (subglottal pressure) and the air above the vocal folds (supra glottal pressure). The effect of an optimized balance is a complete vocal fold closure and an even vibration pattern. This sounds like a clear, sustainable and flexible voice, without escaping air or noise, produced as effortlessly as possible. So by doing LAX VOX® exercises, your voice will produce a clearer, more effortless sound, while also improving the stamina of your voice. It will support growing your range, smooth out your voice break (you know when your voice flips when you go down or up in a pitch) but also decreases Vocal Fatique. LAX VOX® helps create a balance in how we use our voice, which is known as the Upstream Downstream effect. Because you are making use of the upstream/ downstream effect, you will create faster results for your voice. UPSTREAM: When we breathe out, the air pushes against the vocal folds, making them vibrate. This vibrating air then travels out through the LAX VOX® Tube, producing sound. DOWNSTREAM: Follows the Upstream Effect; the LAX VOX® tube is partly closed by the lips, teeth, tongue, or epiglottis, similar to making sounds like lip thrill or certain voiced consonants (like [ʒ], [z], [v]), as well as vowels (like u, ü, i, and j). This closure causes air to build up above the vocal folds, increasing pressure in that area. This higher pressure above the vocal folds helps reduce the pressure below them, creating the right balance for better vocal fold vibration. Exercises based on this principle are called "Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises" (SOVTE). Breathing out against resistance, like when using LAX VOX®, increases positive expiratory pressure (PEP). This helps open up the airways and improve breathing while also aiding in clearing mucus. Devices that do this are known as PEP devices. LAX VOX® is one of these SOVTE tools and PEP devices. Along with the bubbling exercise using a straw in water, it is the only method that incorporates water resistance, earning it the name Water Resistance Therapy (WRT). Massage- Effect: this is another cool benefit of LAX VOX® exercises. Water Resistant Therapy creates a massage effect. 
This gives the sensation of relaxation and supports the regeneration of the Muscus- cells. Therefore LAX VOX® exercises are excellent for Colds (not to confuse with throat infections or Laryngitis), Vocal Fatique, Muscle Tension in Vocal folds + Vocal Tract et Al, Overuse and Voice Misuse. It helps increase your Vocal Capacity. LAX VOX® is a great tool for any singer really, but a must- have when you sing a lot or have multiple sets a day. Why the LAX VOX® Challenge is Effective 4.1 Targeted Application - More Than Just Bubbling Simply "bubbling a little at the start of a lesson" without understanding the goals, setting options, and exercise variations limits the effectiveness of LAX VOX®. You won't reach it's full potential. To make the most of LAX VOX®, you should answer these questions: To make the most of LAX VOX®, you should answer these questions: + What is the specific target? Can the desired goal be achieved with LAX VOX®? If yes, and there are no contra- indications, then you can proceed with using LAX VOX®. + Next, consider which settings and exercise sequences will best help you reach that goal. LAX VOX® Basic: This foundational exercise focuses on regulation and involves 2-3 minutes of gentle LAXVOXING, making it perfect for warming up and cooling down & Voice Recovery. LAX VOX® Training: After warming up, you can concentrate on specific vocal goals. It’s important to choose the right settings and exercises for this phase. House of Voice L.L.C. offers 1:1 Coaching that demonstrate how to apply these techniques effectively in different contexts. When used purposefully and combined with clear goals and methods, LAX VOX® becomes a highly effective and valuable tool. Contra- indications (do not use LAX VOX® Exercises when one of these apply to you) • in case of acute inflammation in the throat, larynx, trachea (f.e. laryngitis) • for metastases cancer in the head, pharynx, chest cavity • When LAXVOXING causes fatigue and exhaustion, such as in degenerative neurological diseases like ALS and myasthenia. • if inhalation through the nose and exhalation through the mouth are not possible: In these cases, inhalation may result in aspiration of the water and possible swallowing (e.g., in people with swallowing disorders). • in people with an open cleft palate, LAXVOXING is not possible because the air escapes through the nose and not through the mouth.