Have you noticed how there will be some people in your audience who shine like headlights at you? For some reason they are already with you and are beaming attention at you! Learn to look for the lights in your audience members to absorb love and support for your talk. Link up with their energy before you start to speak. This will relax and strengthen you. If you are nervous, it will help transform any tension of being the center of attention into a delicious sense of connection.
Here is a communications subtle skills technique that will help you absorb the supportive energy from the lights in your audience:
As you step into the center of attention, first plant your feet and ground yourself quickly. Take a few seconds to breathe deeply and drop energy down through your legs and feet so you anchor yourself to the ground. His will help you feel solid, strong and open to connect.
Next, look around the room and scan the audience members to see who is already paying attention to you and seems tuned in to you. They will often be smiling at you as you look at them. As you make contact with one of these lighted people, use your soft eye contact technique to receive their attention. Gently link up through soft eyes by taking a sense of their energy into your body through your eyes. Feel yourself absorbing their support. Breathe that person’s energy into your heart. Move to the next person who seems to be beaming attention at you. Do this with three or four people.
Throughout your talk, keep coming back to connect with these people. Amazingly, everyone in the audience will feel connected with because you are making real connection with some individuals in the group.
This brief exercise before speaking will absolutely fill you up with warm feelings. You will feel bathed in love and energized to share your ideas.
