Ways to Conquer Stage Fright

Who has not experienced this?! Almost every performer has had issues with performance anxiety or stage fright at one point in their lives.
Stage fright is what happens when you focus on yourself and your anxiety, rather than your presentation or performance. 
It stems from a tendency to resist and fight your anxiety, rather than to accept and work with it. It can be the result of thinking of the performance situation as a threat, rather than a challenge. 
Luckily, it is highly treatable and manageable! 

Here are a few ways how:
* Expect, and accept! You will feel anxious, especially at first. That is absolutely okay. If you allow yourself to work with the anxiety and not against it, you will be able to calm down and proceed.

* Rehearse your part or speech repeatedly until it becomes automatic. After you merge your ego into your acting or singing, the feeling of you having to impress people will disappear.

* You must practice calmness with deep attention right before performing. Deep breaths will help while you visualize yourself captivating your audience.

* If you are just a beginner, find as many appropriate opportunities to sing or perform in front of people as possible. You are allowed to make mistakes and typically your audience consists of mostly friends, family, and acquaintances that are easier to perform to.

* Being humble is being magnetic and will influence and attract compassion and caring attention from your viewers.

* Any display of inferiority will bring about pity and destroy any talent you possess as you will underestimate yourself.

* The way we hold ourselves can change our thought process. If you have poor posture and slump around the stage, this will have an affect not just on your vocals, but your confidence. Stand up straight, hold your head high and tell the world with your posture that you are confident and ready to shine.

* Take the emotions and passion you feel for your subject or artistic expression and channel it into your performance. Do not hold yourself down and remove all those feelings of inhibition.

* You must relentlessly inspire yourself to conquer every routine making it your own and when you are criticized use the criticism as a stimulus to eliminate all the defects in your presentation.

* If you are serious about becoming a professional, then find the best teacher to familiarize you with the finest techniques of speaking, singing or acting.