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The Background to Embodima

Embodima™ is the result of over 12 years of development, testing and research on over 100 singing students and a cohort of singer-volunteers, tested at the University of Oxford, University of Cardiff and UCL. 

What the Embodima™ Project was set up to do: 


  1. Look at widespread use of motor imagery in other disciplines–sport, medicine and music–​when imagining an action is overtly physical, such as running, playing a violin, imagining movement in an affected limb.
  2. Try to understand the use of motor imagery in singers when the muscles are deep and not seen or felt. 
  3. To assess which imagery is helpful, and which is anatomically misleading.
  4. To open the debate on this immense subject.

Embodima™ Research​

These are EMG recordings of activity in the abdominal muscles. The green readings were taken BEFORE and the red readings were taken 15 minutes AFTER the introduction of Embodima™ images and gestures.
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Readings show increased muscle activity after the use of Embodima™ gestures. 

These results came from the first set of tests carried out in collaboration with Dr Damon Hoad at UCL.
​© Harrison, N; Watson, A; Hoad, D (2012-2017)

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Article Series

These articles were written as a series published in AOTOS magazine for singing teachers. They offer a progressive approach to explain Embodima™, the science behind it, its effectiveness in creating change in sound and its immediate practical application to vocal training techniques. 
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Article 3
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