Sometimes it can be easy to get caught up in feelings of anxiety and nerves around singing in front of others. It is important to remember when working with this to be really kind to yourself. I suggest taking a few minutes perhaps twice a day to practise calming your system down. When this is practised, it can become much easier to rely on a strategy to help you in the moment of singing. It is really helpful to remind yourself that you love singing, tell the story while you are performing a song. You have put in the preparation work, you can sing for friends or family (if you want to). The tips share here are all things I do myself in my own singing performing and I’d love if this can help you with becoming more comfortable with any anxiety around performing. Do remember the idea isn’t to wait until you have zero anxiety, but to allow yourself to have more comfort around the situation.

We again explored some breathing skills. We were concentrating on the ‘oo’ vowel this week, remember relax the muscles around the cheeks, lip, chin as you bring your lips forward and your tongue relaxed low in the mouth and the tip gently touching the bottom teeth. We noticed when singing higher especially it is really good practice to gently lift the top jaw.