The fascinating chat continued with the classically trained singer, coral conductor, vocal coach and clinical hypnotherapist Julie Bale on how hypnotherapy can help build confidence and reduce anxiety when performing.

00:00  - 08:48  How hypnotherapy can help support beyond vocal technique or support technical break throughs. 08:48 – 14:01 Hypnotherapy to help singers beyond the stage with an exercise. 14:01 – 22:03  Increase in anxiety levels of performers. 22:03 – 25:00 Finding your uniqueness and authentic self through the use of hypnotherapy and open up to exploration. 25:00 – 27:17  Amazing results of hypnotherapy and reduction of pain. 27:17 – End  Upcoming hypnotherapy workshops and programmes.

Resources:

Julie’s Website

https://www.hypnotherapyforperformance.com/

Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/431079748873045/

National Council for Hypnotherapy

https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/about-nch/code-of-ethics/

Have the nerves before a performance felt at times almost too overwhelming that you have almost not gone on to perform or do you regularly suffer from anxiety days before a performance?

You are not alone, we certainly have, together with our guest of this episode’s podcast.  Her passion and curiosity for understanding the challenges she faced, during her own 30 year career as soprano, voice teacher and choral director led her to discover the world of hypnotherapy. So impressed and convinced of its benefits for herself in multiple ways decided to become a fully trained clinical hypnotherapist in order to support other singers with similar challenges. In this episode our guest shares her knowledge, experience on the subject and hypnotherapy tools to support manage anxiety symptoms. A warm welcome to the wonderful Julie Bale!

00:00 – 16:04 Intro – Michael and Julie chat.

16:04 – 25:06 How Julie discovered hypnotherapy and how it has helped her both as a vocalist and a choral conductor.

25:06 – 33:27  What is hypnotherapy exactly? Different modalities. How it is used to enhance performance.

33:27 -43:27  Hypnotherapy benefits in relation to the stress response; Julie shares with us exercises to help cope with this common challenge on and off the stage – we also share our experiences and issues

43:52 - End   A step by step example of a hypnotherapy session with a popular exercise “The control room”.

Resources:

Julie’s Website

https://www.hypnotherapyforperformance.com/

Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/431079748873045/

National Council for Hypnotherapy

https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/about-nch/code-of-ethics/

We have been lucky to have the pleasure of talking to a very talented and hardworking singer, songwriter and guitarist, originally from Midlands UK. He is a highly acclaimed instrumentalist, particularly renowned for his English fingerpicking style. He has won awards, such as the BBC folk award, appeared on national radio and TV, including shows such as Later with Jools Holland, toured the world and has had seven releases to date, his most recent being Home Waters and Home Waters Live, which is just beautiful, and is currently touring.

We are delighted to have the pleasure to talk to this incredible talent, about his musical and vocal journey, his unique ways of coping with performance anxiety and the art storytelling through song. Introducing the wonderful Sam Carter.

00:00 – 14:31  Sam’s Experience with Alexander Technique and its effect on the voice.

14:31 – 22:29  The mind body connection – Sam shares his experience of self-doubt and performance anxiety.

22:29 – 28:53 Managing practise as a working musician – realistic expectations.

28: 53 – 39:52 How live and studio environment influence each other.

39:52 – End     What’s next for Sam.

Sam’s Websites:

Solo

Home Waters,

https://samcartermusic.co.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Carter_(musician).

Joolz Holland performance

https://vimeo.com/151704214

Band

http://falselights.co.uk/harmonograph/

Resources:

Alexander Technique

https://alexandertechnique.com/

Books: The Alexander Technique for Musicians by Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke.

https://www.cnhc.org.uk/ - The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council

https://www.alexandertechniqueinternational.com/

Future Islands - https://future-islands.com/