Deperate breathes - be patient. You will not die. Quality is better than quantity (meaning I have been noticing I desperately gasp breath but when I really sing on the breath I feel so great! But I have to be diligent in the quality of breath I take!!)
Intensity without closing -- I have been playing with the image of a child trantrum where their head is back, mouth open and lots of breath energy?)
On close vowels -- open mouth
On open vowels -- puppy whine place
