Presence is also an external quality that others sense and to which they respond.  Other people perceive your presence as a magnetic force and they are drawn to you, because presence is actually a radiation of psycho-physical energy emitted from your body.  It is your life force emanating from your body, and it occurs when [...]

Presence is an inner state of awareness in which your attention is fully focused in this moment.  You are “being here and now,” as many other spiritual teachers have instructed.  Okay, so where is here and now?  It simply means being in your body!  That is having attention focused inside your physical body. The only [...]

 
The opposite of stage fright is presence, the powerful state of being integrated.  When you are integrated, all of your human energies, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, are working together, with no part of you split off or dis-integrated.  You are connected to your whole Self*, and able to express yourself fully.
 Athletes know about the [...]

 
I enjoy watching Chris Wallace’s show Sunday mornings. He usually stirs up debate on political issues by asking leading questions to guests and panelists from both political major parties.
 I usually watch with partial attention while getting dressed for my Sunday meditation group. Once in a while someone on his show speaks with unusual clarity and [...]

 
My webmaster Kenan Branam happens to be a thought leader about the internet and the future of humanity.  He is always trying to make sense of the world and how we humans live in it.  This cold drizzly Houston morning in December we chatted about a new program I am creating called Your Life Stars [...]

 
One of my favorite communication experts is Loren Ekroth, Ph.D who is a specialist in human communication and a national expert on conversation for business and social life.  He sends a newsletter that always has a thoughtful and insightful article.  His article this week is on the gift of presence. You can contact him at [...]

 
Over several years, I developed a pattern for the process that guides people safely and slowly into healing stage fright so they feel free to share their thoughts and feelings in all kinds of situations.  Even more remarkably, this process awakens in people a powerful and authentic presence that radiates from them.  However, this system [...]

 
 
I was waiting in the lobby of my massage therapist’s office this week.  Happy to be there to have a massage with my extraordinary orthopedic massage therapist Deborah Cimo, I was feeling good and anticipating feeling even better after Deborah did her magic on my neck and back.
 
The door from her private office into the [...]

 
Presence is a palpable sense of being all here – physically, mentally, and emotionally. It gives you a masterful command of yourself and it commands the attention of others.
Presence is spiritual in nature. It is the embodiment of spirit. Through simple mental and physical practices, you can develop this power.
Actors develop presence as natural outcome [...]

 
This week I chanced upon a new book about transforming stage fright.  It is called Performing in the Zone by Jon Gorrie.  Jon has written a blog post to tell a story about a man in a Dallas church who was asked to speak by his minister to the very large congregation.  The man was [...]