How can mindfulness help you overcome nervousness when giving a motivational speech?

What I tell my audience is that mindfulness teaches you the power of owning the second. Bringing peace over yourself in real time is real strength and can aid in capitalizing on any opportunity.

Reducing anxiety is one aspect that mindfulness practices like deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation can reduce physical symptoms of nervousness like increased heart rate and muscle tension. Before giving a motivational speech, take a few deep breaths and focus on relaxing each muscle group, helping to calm your nervous system and reduce anxiety.

Mindfulness is a practice that helps you focus in the present by doing things like meditation, taking deep breaths etc. This in turn helps you to learn to stay with negative emotions without suppressing or analysing them. And when the acceptance for such negative emotions comes, you are bound to get relieved from them much faster

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While obtaining engagement from the audience through questions, regulate your body with breathing techniques. I use Pranayama breathing. Doing this helps with in real time creativity, as well remembering your talking points. If you don't maintain mindfulness during a speech you could risk losing the audience attention, underdelivering , having low confidence, and inevitably not being asked to return when the organization wants to make another investment with a speaker.

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