I decided to watch
1 minute of my tribute and past, present, future speech. Surprisingly enough, I
found some common actions that occur when I speak over passionate topics.
Firstly, I am the queen of velociraptor hands, dear god. I didn’t think it was
to such a radical extent. I noticed that as I made a point to emphasize, I’d
viciously shake my hands, stress my fingers, and face my palms to each other.
And as awesome as that looks to me, I know that it’s a sign of stress.
Likewise, I see that my shoulders are very tense and I look like a hurdled
turtle as I speak. I may attribute this to energy centers regarding the burden
area, throat center, and heart center. Since the beginning of class, I
struggled with opening up and engaging the audience in new ways that
correspondingly made feel vulnerable (heart center). Even as a child, I noticed
that my shoulders took the most stress, especially when playing music. When I
play the piano or viola, my shoulders also tense and tighten-to the point where
my instructor had to push my shoulders down.
Therefore, before I
speak I would like to do several things. Firstly, I’d like to try full-blown
“shaking it out “before. And as I carry the most stress in my neck and
shoulders, I’d like to try the neck exercise done today to relax those muscles.
I would also like to relax my hands as I speak by having my palms loose and
facing up instead of being in attack mode.
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