What Can You Bank on? Change!
This is a time of rapid change.
This is a time of unknown.
This is a time of an uncertain industry.
I was on the phone with a collaborator and we were laughing at ourselves, that of all of the things we had been worrying about, a pandemic had not been one of them. Maybe we should have used our energy toward other things...
There are four responses to stress: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Fight and flight are often talked about. Freeze is often forgotten and fawn is rarely ever mentioned. This is a valuable time to notice your own habitual responses to stress and to value them. However you react has value and has kept you alive this far (if you are reading this, you are alive).
Importantly, this time is an opportunity for growth.
You are being called on to be flexible in areas of your lives where you might have been rigid. You are being called on the be adaptive in areas of your lives where you might have clung to outdated modes. You are being called on to create your own meaning where you might have previously relied on others or outside situations to define you. You are being called on to heal where previously you might have been able to drown out those whispers within.
Having worked in this industry for over 2 decades, I have observed how performers are often blocked by training approaches that are very niche, preventing performers from gaining autonomy over their own skills and careers. After traveling around the world and training in a range of approaches to healing, voice, movement, and acting, I created Foundations. This 10-week transformational course is designed to equip performers with sustainable skills and a personal practice that supports a creative career in a changing culture.
Investing in ourselves as artists is vital - now more than ever.
Take a breath with me, In and Out:
Take a breath In for a count of three ... and Out for a count of six.
Take a breath In for a count of three ... and Out for a count of six.
Take a breath In for a count of three ... and Out for a count of six.
Pause and notice where you feel your heartbeat in your body.
Honor the breath in your lungs. Honor the beating of your heart.
