Judy wrote:
> Second, affirmations--try writing something like "I,
> Leslie, have a beautiful
> voice with the most warm and glorious high notes in
> the world" at least 20 times a day, every day.
I wrote about this at the time of The Crash, so I'm
not sure it got through. I had a recital a while ago,
and, while I was sitting and listening to the other
performers, I started to get very nervous.
Dr. Diane's love of affirmations flew into my mind,
and in desperation, I started repeating to myself, "I
will be poised, expressive, relaxed, and I will retain
my technical skill." I contentrated hard, blocked
everything else out of my mind, and repeated it at
least a thousand times, like an automatic mantra, in
my head. And what do you know -- it helped! It
really did.
So a) thanks, Dr. Diane, for being such a proponant of
affirmations during my three years on the Vocalist,
and b) give it a try, all you who suffer from anxiety,
and see if it doesn't help.
Isabelle B.
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San Francisco, CA
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