Demonstration of how EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Helps To Overcome Performance Anxiety

I have a friend from my Church who thought it would be really helpful for new folks in the Church-- converts, if you will-- if they could see someone going through the process of praying, not just launching into a smooth and seamless prayer, as it often seems to the novice, but of talking about what they do to get there and then demonstrating their usual prayer routine. Similarly, it is interesting to see someone practice Emotional Freedom Technique who gives every appearance of being highly nervous in need of calming. You will find this in the following video:

Using EFT to Breathe Better and Eliminate Fear of Public Speaking

I read somewhere that when people were more physically active-- walking more, choosing more active lifestyles-- generally their breathing was better, and that since the advent of the Internet, many of us only use a small portion of our breathing apparatus... as a result, we "lose" capacity to breathe fully. Have you noticed that?

Take a look at this video that looks at breathing using Emotional Freedom Technique, a way of unblocking areas where energy is stuck. Full breathing is so wonderful in expelling stress.

Vocal Warm-ups that Actors Use-- Great for Public Speaking

When I was in school and college I did a fair amount of acting and am so very happy that I have a recollection of some of the vocal warm-ups when I need to do a bit of the old public speaking. Vocal warm-ups are so helpful in releasing tensions from your throat and face. If you have a tight throat or even a tense tongue(!) it can result in a very unattractive tone of voice-- something akin to strangulation. Watch this little clip to get a good idea of some things that can be done to warm up your vocal apparatus!

What if You Are Shy? Does Toastmasters Work?

I am naturally a fairly reserved person-- quite introverted (meaning, my expert friend told me, that I have lots of internal stuff going on and too much external stuff coming in can be 'overload')and I think I could describe myself as "shy" in many situations. As I have gotten older, I find that it is becoming easier to let go of some of the "false" personality traits, such as a kind of forced gregariousness that I used to wear at parties in my youth. My mother was a 'talker'-- in fact, she was one of those people who could talk non-stop for hours. I am not. I like a good conversation, but mostly I enjoy listening. However, many times in my life it has been important for me to summon up my confidence and get up and speak in front of others. Doing some acting at school was helpful (I was told I was quite good, which built my confidence) but as a middle-aged adult, joining Toastmasters and using the energy psychology or meridian tapping technique called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) was VERY helpful in allowing me to present in front of groups (or even just to 'speak up' in group situations about things I felt strongly about). The video clip that follows shows EFT Master Sandy Radomski talking about how even she had to overcome a fear of public speaking.

Getting a Voice and Feeling Acceptance with EFT

In one of my Toastmasters' meetings there was a fellow who 'dragged' himself to the meeting because his daughter was getting married in the summer and he was terrified of getting up at the wedding and speaking in front of the wedding guests. At the end of the meeting he was very shiny (sweating profusely) and shared with me that he could just not "imagine" himself speaking out in the TM meeting and just could not come back. I offered him information about EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and am assuming that he might have looked into that. What interested me was that this fellow was a successful realtor-- he was fine working one-on-one, but saw 'public speaking' as a fate worse than death (we have all heard of that). Take a look at this clip of a fellow who is getting under his fears to 'the suppressed thing' that prevents him from feeling confident and whole:

Joe Vitale Talks About How EFT Helped with Public Speaking Anxiety and Many Other Issues

When we are stressed and phobic we sometimes feel like we are "the only one"-- it's pretty inspiring to hear that people like dynamic speaker Joe Vitale was also "afraid of public speaking"-- he had answers to people's problems around wealth-building, but he was terrified of public speaking. In the video that follows he talks about going to Toastmasters or to the Rotary Club, etc., and before getting up in front of others, it is useful to state what the belief behind the block (the limiting belief) and then apply the Emotional Freedom Technique so as to release the limiting belief.

Using EFT Tapping to Overcome Public Speaking Phobia

When I first started going to Toastmasters-- all by myself, the "new kid in town"-- I was pretty close to terrified. I spent every start of the meeting in the john with my 'nervous gut'. Then I started to employ a couple of helpful, simple techniques that helped immensely with my nervousness: one was not to eat heavily on the day of the Toastmaster's event/meeting, and the other was to do this excellent EFT tapping that you can see in the following video: