Entries from September 2009 ↓

Stress is a word which is thrown about a lot, especially in our modern, western society.

What is stress exactly?

How does everyday stress affect your mind and body in performing situations?

And most importantly, what can you do RIGHT NOW to lower your stress levels?

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Now at http://www.thezonebook.com/toc.php you can view and download actual sample pages from Performing in The Zone!

A little biology today…

There are plenty of medical textbooks out there about the nervous system and the human body, but what I’m going to do today here is save you the time of digging through all of those sources, and give you the low-down on your nervous system and how it all works when it comes to your performing life.

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I’ve converted my eBook “1st Aid for Controlling Performance Anxiety” into an eZine article, which you can read here:

http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2891339

Or, if you prefer, you can still download the entire eBook for free here:

http://www.thezonebook.com/ebooks/1st_aid_for_controlling_performance_anxiety.pdf

eZine expert author page:

http://ezinearticles.com/?expert_bio=Jon_Gorrie

The epitome of The Zone in the principal trumpet’s rendition of the beginning of Mahler’s 5th symphony!

Most performers, when they feel pre-performance nerves or tension, describe the sensation as performance anxiety. We all know that performance anxiety is a sensation that can have negative effects on your ability to perform.

But sometimes you might hear “a little bit of nervousness can actually help a performance”.

Is this true? Is there more to “performance anxiety” than meets the eye?

Let’s find out! Continue reading →

Free drama lesson plans, ideas, schemes of work, teacher and student resources and drama forums.  Everything a drama teacher or student might ever need.

http://performingzone.starlightstudiographics.co.uk/

I dug up this inspirational video a while ago on youtube. As they say, it’s an oldie, but it really is a goodie

See and hear Napoleon Hill talking about the mind.

“What the mind can conceive and beleive, the mind can achieve. “

An ebook with 7 powerful yet simple techniques which can be used to help control performance anxiety. Available now for FREE download:

http://www.thezonebook.com/ebooks/1st_aid_for_controlling_performance_anxiety.pdf

hehe what can I say, this is a pretty original clip

But again, like the other performance videos on this blog, the performers are having a great time living in the moment – you might even say performing in The Zone!