Posture and breathing

Sitting hunched over your laptop crushes your diaphragm — and your voice with it. Posture and breathing fix more recording problems than any plugin.

Stand up, or sit tall with your feet flat. Shoulders back, chin level with the floor. Your lungs need room to fill. A slumped posture gives you a thin, breathy voice that no amount of EQ can rescue.

Breathe from your belly, not your chest. Place a hand on your stomach — it should move out on the inhale, not your shoulders. This gives you the breath support to land sentences with intent instead of trailing off.

If you run out of breath halfway through a sentence, you didn't take in enough air. The fix is posture, not pace.

Your task

Posture and breath check

Rate yourself 0–10 on each. Low scores tell you what to fix before the next session.

I sit or stand tall when I record — not hunched

My feet are flat on the floor / I'm grounded

My shoulders are relaxed, not up by my ears

I breathe from my belly, not my chest

I have enough breath to land the end of each sentence

Total0

Your read

Posture is sabotaging your sound

Before the next session, set up your mic so you can stand or sit upright comfortably. Most thin, breathy voices are a posture problem, not a mic problem.

Finish the task above to mark this step complete.

Warming up your voice

Pacing yourself