I have been performing my violin since I was 6 years old but I have only had stage fright since I became an adult.  I usually feel fine until I'm on stage and then I start sweating and shaking with anxiety.  I always wonder if people can see my knees knocking together.  I know my tone suffers when my hands shake because my bow shakes, too.  I am so happy now that I have found a few things that actually help me settle down!  I feel so much more calm when I use these things along with deep breathing.  

My favorite oils for nervous jitters before a musical performance or public speaking:

Valor

Peace & Calming

Frankincense

Stress Away

Here's a video of me at the Beauty School talent show hosted at the Young Living Highland Flats farm in Idaho just for fun!

Essential oils are the best thing I have found to help with emotions.  I apply them liberally a half hour before, and then again right before my performance time.  I breathe them all.  I also like to put Frankincense on my head, Valor on the back of my neck, Stress Away on my wrists, and Peace & Calming on my heart.      

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Close your eyes and imagine the smell of baking banana bread.   You can smell it, right?  Our noses (olfactory systems) are amazing!  Could you see your mom's or grandma's kitchen?  How did you feel?   Our sense of smell is linked directly to the part of our brain that controls both memory and emotion.  When we smell something familiar, we can immediately remember where we were and how we felt the last time we smelled that aroma (or stench!).  Baking bread is something that takes me back to my mom's kitchen.  I feel happy, and contented, and my saliva starts flowing in anticipation!  I never get a picture of my bread because it disappears too fast!  One day I will capture it.  I added Lavender Vitality essential oil to my mother’s delicious banana bread recipe, so now, the scent of lavender fills my home along with the wonderful banana bread scent.

Lavender blueberry banana bread

1 cup butter- softened

1 ½ cup sugar

3 eggs

cream

6 tablespoons milk

2 -3 mashed bananas – add applesauce to equal 2 cups

mix

4 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

mix

add 1 cup blueberries

4 drops lavender vitality essential oil

mix gently.

Butter and flour bread pans

Bake 350 1 hour until knife comes out clean

(darker pans cook faster)

Enjoy!

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