Choppy Speech and the Breathing Solution

Here is a problem that can happen with poor breathing during presentation speaking:

• Poor breathing may result in choppy disjointed speech that can happen when you take a breath pause at the wrong time.
• The solution: do greater inhalations using the diaphragm and abdominal muscles.
• Mark your script with pauses, one slash line for a pause with a  little catch breath,  two slash lines for a pause with a full breath inhalation.

Rerun from 11/08/2013

The Importance of Good Breathing

Did you know that when we speak, we use a different breathing pattern than when we are at rest?

• Our ratio of inhalation to exhalation at rest is close to 1:1

• For speech, that ratio must change to 1:5 or even 1:10

• You can control the air as it is exhaled if you let the diaphragm and abdominal muscles do the

work

Rerun from Nov 11, 2013