Begin to imagine your stage fright as emotional energy or passion that is not flowing freely through your body, and then you can learn to channel that pent-up passion into a genuine connection with your listeners.  That may sound impossible, but it is what you can learn through The Zimmer Method.  Every symptom of [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

For more information please contact:   Sandra Zimmer The Self-Expression Center  281-293-7070 Main  281-389-4224  Mobile    Founder of Houston’s Self-Expression Center publishes “It’s Your Time to Shine”     While millions of Americans are willing to ham it up on YouTube and share intimate details via social media, the fear of public speaking remains the nation’s [...]

  Human emotional energy either contracts or expands.  When your energy is contracting, you feel negative emotions such as fear and anxiety, anger and sadness.  But when your energy is expanding, you feel positive emotions like excitement, joy, love and power. In this article, I’ll focus on anxiety vs. excitement. Anxiety is the contraction state [...]

You won’t believe me now, but it’s a good thing to have stage fright. In fact, the more stage fright you have, the better presenter or performer you can become, and the more potential you have to be a deeply impacting communicator and speaker! The reason is that you have the feelings. Your feelings are [...]

  The trick to awesome speaking is not looking good on the outside, but feeling good on the inside.  You must build an inner foundation of comfort in your skin, presence, internal fullness and receptivity to the flow of other’s attention.   What trips people up about speaking is often the internal tension that distracts [...]

  Everyday about 5 pm, I drive past a street fighter at the corner of Westheimer and Shadowbriar.  Really!  A street fighter!  For at least a year, I have seen this man, maybe 30 years old, dressed in fight gear, hat, gloves, armbands, shorts.  He dances on the corner, fighting with an invisible opponent.  Once [...]

  When one journey ends, another begins.  But sometimes, maybe, you have to wait to see the next path. A little over 20 years ago, I started the journey of learning to transform stage fright and fear of public speaking so that I and others could connect with the power of presence when speaking or [...]

  “The split between the mind and body is one of the most painful things we face.”                         -  Carla Bazemore – Founder, Yoga Lotus   Carla, my yoga teacher, reminded me that the split between the mind and body causes us humans much difficulty.  It is this same kind of mind/body split that makes [...]