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Mindful Tips for Your Acting Career

4/17/2019

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This industry can be the best of the best and it can give you so many high moments. Like most actors, we do this job because we love it and we are passionate about our craft, but on the other hand taking up a career in acting can have it's challenges, mentally and physically. When you are between jobs and auditions, you can feel like you are at a stand still and you become prone to focusing on the negative. Getting yourself caught up in the lows of the industry is something that the majority of actors experience at least once in our lives. Again, this can lead to you being stuck in your own thoughts and feeling deflated.
This is why EXERCISE comes into your life for the better.
Wether you take part in a yoga class, go to the gym, run or meditate, you must make exercise a priority in your life. ‘Why?’ I hear you say... well I’m going to tell you. ACTORS can benefit from EXERCISE in many ways but the most important benefit I believe is improving and creating a healthy balance to your life. 
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Here are a few pointers as to how exercise will benefit you as a performer: 

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  • Exercise releases a hormone called ‘Endorphins’. Endorphins are known as the ‘feel good factor’ hormone. Boosting your mind set in a positive way and making you feel upbeat overall. 
  • You gain back your focus when you exercise and it helps to increase your concentration levels. This can help you as an actor in many ways, whether that is creativity, script memorisation or just in performing every day tasks by being more alert. 
  • Exercise and meditation helps to boost your mental state and switch off from those anxious thoughts that we can allow to bring us down. This is a chance for you to relax and burn off some steam. Everyone needs some ‘me’ time and we shouldn’t let anxieties get on top of us. Exercise comes in a vast variety of categories so you are sure to find something that drives you. 


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It is proven that exercise helps to reduce stress and anxiety.
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Actors perform their best work when they’re in control of their emotions and breathing. No one wants to feel anxious, especially in an audition room or on set. So learning key techniques to reduce stress and anxiety, and exercising them on a daily basis, will help to improve and maintain your mental state for
​A Better You and Performance.


                                                                                                                                           
                                     - Katie Lofthouse

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