SUSANNE WINTER

As a teenager, I discovered my love of singing.

Whenever I sang, I felt free, alive, and completely myself. I sang with an open mind, an open heart and complete trust in my voice.

As my formal vocal training progressed, however, something began to change. The more I focused on mastering technique and improving my voice, the more I lost touch with the very thing that had inspired me to sing in the first place.

This marked the beginning of a long journey—a search for the ease I had lost, for the joy of authentic vocal expression as well as the natural freedom of my voice.

 

​Along the way, I encountered an old Italian concept: appoggiare—"to lean." Not to push or hold, but to rest in something that supports you. Learning to let my voice lean into the body's natural movement of breath transformed my understanding of singing felt like a deep sigh of relief.

At the same time, discoveries in anatomy, physiology and reflex science opened up entirely new perspectives. Gradually, these different strands came together and formed the foundation of my work.

Above all, I came to understand the vital role of body awareness. Knowledge of anatomy alone does not change a voice. Lasting change happens when we move beyond intellectual understanding and begin to experience these connections directly in our own bodies.

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This is why the Appoggio Method combines scientific understanding with images, movement and natural vocal sounds. It translates the invisible into tangible experiences—and opens up the possibility for the body to reorganize itself in its own natural way.​ I hope that this approach helps people to rediscover the beautiful harmony between body, breath and voice—and delight in it.​

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