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Q&A: How Can I Ease Performance Anxiety?: Shiva Rea Offers Tips from Yoga and Ayurveda for Calming Nervous Energy and Anxiety.

By Shiva Rea — 2017

I’m preparing for a dance performance in front of a big crowd of people, many of whom I know. I’d like to calm my nerves and quell my anxiety. How should I channel all my nervous energy?

Read on www.yogajournal.com

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SARK on Being an Artist and Dealing with Our Inner Critic

As part of the 2018 Transformational Author Experience, host Christine Kloser provided a free Playbook with contributions by multiple authors including Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK.

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Douglas Eby
2018
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Yoga and Black Men: Why Brothers Should Make the Stretch

Yoga is challenging (I struggle with the breathing), but it is a great option for Black men. We encounter daily obstacles including racism, physical and mental health challenges that require an outlet.

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Larry J. Walker
2019
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How Artists Work with Rejection, a Constant Part of the Arts World

What do actors, writers and other artists, and psychologists and therapists, say about this common experience of rejection–and how to better deal with it?

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Douglas Eby
2015
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‘I Allow Myself a Mini-Wallow’: How to Handle Rejection in the Arts

No matter how talented you are, if you work in the creative arts, you’ll likely experience rejection—whether it’s losing a job, or getting your ideas, art, funding applications, or pitches turned down.

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Abby Young-Powell
2018
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How Artists Can Master Dealing with Rejection

I’ve learned about how artists can deal with rejection from well over 1,000 interviews with artists for Yale University Radio, as well as my experience as an artist...

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Brainard Carey
2018
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Rejection and Criticism for Creatives

Criticism and even rejection don’t just “make us stronger.” They actually can embolden our creative ideas and output. But how do you accept criticism and rejection in a positive way?

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Jeffrey Davis
2016
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Why Being Creative Is Good for You

What is the key to creativity, and how does it help our mental health? Beverley D’Silva speaks to Artist’s Way author Julia Cameron and others about ‘flow,’ fear and curiosity.

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Beverley D’Silva
2021
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