USING HYPNOSIS TO CONTROL PERFORMANCE ANXIETY, Whether its public speaking, athletic competition, theater and musical performance or auditions of any kind, one finds at some point a tightrope that needs to be walked. The performer in whatever field He or She might be in arrives at the understanding that too much or too little "edge" can make or break a performance.
 
  
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"As soon as we reflect, deliberate, and conceptualize, the original unconsciousness is lost and a thought interferes... The arrow is off the string but does not fly straight to the target, nor does the target stand where it is. Calculation, which is miscalculation, sets in...Man is a thinking reed but his great works are done when he is not calculating or thinking." - D.T. Suzuki
 
Whether its public speaking, artistic performances or athletic events, the danger becomes the performance itself. The anxiety builds because the performer is afraid, whether they will be a success and whether they will do justice to their talent. The ultimate fear of public humiliation becomes overwhelming. In the end, will they like me?
 
 
Anxiety can be a vague, objectless feeling of uncertainty or helplessness in the face of danger or threat, i.e., the event or performance.
 
During the exercises, workouts or practice sessions, what we're really reinforcing is the anxiety that later becomes performance anxiety. Its precisely during the exercises, workouts and practice sessions that we need to learn how to get in the zone and trust our subconscious mind or inner self.
 

 
 
 
 

No matter how good we are. How old we are. Who we are; the fear of rejection is something we all bring with us from our early childhood. (For more information on how the mind works click the logo at the top of the page.) Hypnosis helps us in letting go of that fear, giving us the courage to ultimately allow our talent and hard work to come out. All of us performers know and have experienced the various symptoms of anxiety. We have all felt the sweaty palms, increased heart beat and possibly even blanked out or lost control. It is not necessary to go through all the different symptoms. Our purpose here is to provide the tools that can serve to eliminate the learned habit that becomes performance anxiety.
 
 

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