WORKSHOP

The Active Breath…Flow State in Real Time
with Scott Miller and Robin Aronson

Friday, March 13, 2026 • 11am–2pm Eastern U.S. time

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The registration deadline is March 5, 2026. 

Live participation is strongly encouraged. However, if you are unable to attend a session, the recordings will be available to all who have registered for the course.

This experiential workshop will explore the Miller Voice Method's (mVm)® Active Breath. An embodied breathing technique that strengthens communication and presense, the power of flow state. Participants will learn about the elements that create impactful and memorable communication along with the somatic realities that get in the way of those outcomes. Participants will leave with tangible and repeatable somatic skills that they can apply immediately to elevate their ability to see and be seen.

Simply, the practice assists in the ability to involve oneself with present information, both in the experience of expression and impression.  This multidisciplinary nature of its approach has made it relevant and accessible for somatic practitioners/trainers and those simply seeking improved outcomes alike. Below is a more detailed accounting along with references of attestation and application.

Miller Voice Method (mVm), the Active Breath: The Active Breath (AB) is a methodology that enhances presence and flow state. It is grounded in somatic awareness, both interoception and proprioception. It is a unique approach created to keep people in a flow state during performance and especially under the pain point of pressure.

This approach was developed with high performance individuals involved in somatic practices over a span of 25 years and embraced by top acting conservatories in the world (including NYU/Tisch, The Juilliard School, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, etc.). The approach trains practitioners in behaviours leading to a rapt and compelled audience.

The method was selected, internationally, in Routledge’s 2023 publication of “Vocal Traditions: Training in the Performing Arts…Vocal Traditions explores the 18 most influential voice training techniques and methodologies internationally of the past 100 years,” and has been utilized in various non-academic settings that routinely deal with dysregulation. These include our target medical segment at UNC Health Hospitals, the Juvenile Care/Foster Care System (Bronx, NY), Departments of Public Policy (Mediation), NYC K-12 Public School classrooms, Chicago Women’s Health Center, Political sectors, Prison Systems, On-air anchors @ Bloomberg, Trial Attorneys (DC Bar).

Participants will:

Engage in memorable learning
Understand and embody active breathing
Experience a somatic understanding of being seen

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Scott Miller

Founder, CEO & Faculty, mVm Miller Voice Method®

Having spent forty years as a coach, trainer and teacher, Scott blends a lifetime of exceptional experience into his work with others. His diverse life paths include two sports at the professional level, a law degree from George Washington University, clerking at DC’s Public Defender Service, time as a producer, actor, director, a trainer of lead teachers, husband, father of three and training in counseling and holistic practices. He has been, for the last fifteen years, a Professor at NYU, Tisch’s Graduate Acting Program, considered one of the elite training programs in the world. These differing experiences and the approaches they provide have tempered a professional approach that is both accessible and specific.

Scott is the founder of the mVm Miller Voice Method® and through decades of field and scientific research has developed a transformational and repeatable way to embody presence and empathy for peak performances that sustain both the audience’s and speaker’s attention.

Scott has trained a wide range of professionals from Boardroom Executives and Managers at Fortune 500 companies to Oscar/Tony/Emmy Award winners/nominees to Olympic athletes to news anchors to the unheralded individuals simply seeking improvement and fulfillment. Scott has been received in corporations, theaters, law firms, sets, recording studios and workshops around the world training groups, teams and individuals from over fifty countries. His work is geared toward those who seek to discover, embody and/or sustain peak performance in their chosen lives.

Robin Aronson

RSME/T

Robin Aronson, RSME/T, is a Professor of Voice and Acting at the University of Southern Mississippi. As a Lessac Kinesensic Voice and Body Certified Trainer and Miller Voice Method® Certified Trainer, Robin has taught voice and body workshops around the globe at such Institutions as Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England; Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Theatre; The Gaiety School for Acting, The National Theatre School of Ireland in Dublin; and The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia. Robin is a Past President for the International Lessac Training and Research Institute® and was the recipient of the 2020 Lessac Service Award.

At Southern Miss, Robin serves as Head of the Performance Program. Robin has over two decades of teaching experience on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, she developed the first and currently only Lessac-based graduate training program, which allows MFA performance students to be eligible for Level 1 certification candidate status. (https://www.usm.edu/theatre/lessac-kinesensics-training.)

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