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GET RID OF YOUR STAGE ADOPT AN UPRIGHT

GET RID OF YOUR STAGE
FRIGHT NOW POSTURE
Stage fright can be your ally Your image and control depend
To free your energy, go calmly into action primarily on your posture

▪ Body: ▪ Three priorities
Breathe out. Rest and breathe again
(pause) • Plant your feet firmly on the ground (one of
the basic rules of the martial arts) and take
Stand firmly on the floor (ground your
• up a comfortable stance
energy)
Let go: relax your body, your pelvis, your • Let yourself go: relax your body, your
arms shoulders, your arms and your face by
Put your chest out and relax your breathing out completely
shoulders • “Define your territory”: broaden and stabilize
Open your hands your base
Look calmly at the audience
Smile a little (inside) ▪ When standing up:
• Bring your center of gravity down to help you

▪ Voice: stay the distance
Slow down your delivery • Place your pelvis in line with the rest of your
Speak louder and mark the end of each body (not tilted backwards)
sentence. • Stand upright (imagine a golden thread pulling
Take your voice down to the middle you up)
register • Lower down your shoulders and relax your arms
Take possession of your whole body by feeling
Articulate, with emphasis on the
consonants it from the inside

▪ Language: ▪ When sitting down:

Use short, simple sentences • Place your feet on the ground (and don’t fold
or cross them)

▪ Ideas: • Keep your trunk upright
• Place your hands, open and relaxed, on the
State the essential, what you’re sure of
Be brief. table
Don’t spin out what you have to say. • Avoid leaning forward and putting your elbows

Consult your notes calmly, without fuss - on the table

▪ Emotion:
Accept your emotion. It’s only a passing Determine your best posture,
phase
Show your pleasure, your calm and your combining tranquility and muscle
conviction tone “Tranquil Strength”

Whatever happens, stay calm.

Breathe and relax before you begin
to speak and before a new idea

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