I went in search on youtube to find a stress busting video and found this:
You might have some better ones to share - but I spent 4 minutes this morning on this one... it talks abut relaxing and re-concentrating away for the stress for a moment...
I also like a word that Irini introduced to our conversations 'mindset' - we talked about it in the context of professionalism - but around this time of year for degree work - the idea of mindset might be helpful.
here is 'mindset' in pictures - these remind me of the head exercise - draw a head and some circles - and write or draw what you are thinking about just at that moment in the circles. We have done this before in sessions - pretty funny sometimes - but it gets it out of your head so you can see it and prioritise if you need to...
For advise about writing - I quite liked this advice form Nottingham - the university of Nottingham that is...
Thank you for this post! As my inquiry follows the topic of emotional health and resilience in dancers, controlling emotions in a calm approach helps to deal with stressful times. Because our industry is so stressful, I am constantly trying to find an answer on how to cope better and approach adverse situations that can easily be thrown at us. What I have learnt is that stress does not help! Having a calmer and more positive mindset, like you have mentioned, towards finishing up the degree, whilst performing every night with the extra pressure of dance critics coming in etc. has helped me. And I am enjoying the process. What I find also helps is to take one step at a time, proving to portray the development of my project over the past fews months. This is why it is rewarding!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post! As my inquiry follows the topic of emotional health and resilience in dancers, controlling emotions in a calm approach helps to deal with stressful times. Because our industry is so stressful, I am constantly trying to find an answer on how to cope better and approach adverse situations that can easily be thrown at us. What I have learnt is that stress does not help! Having a calmer and more positive mindset, like you have mentioned, towards finishing up the degree, whilst performing every night with the extra pressure of dance critics coming in etc. has helped me. And I am enjoying the process. What I find also helps is to take one step at a time, proving to portray the development of my project over the past fews months. This is why it is rewarding!
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