Mandy you’ve been teaching and preparing students for auditions for many years. Why are you now incorporating EFT-tapping into this process? Well, auditions of any sort can be one of the most stressful playing situations for any performer and they are unavoidable if you want an orchestral job or casual work with an orchestra. EFT fundamentally is a stress reduction technique. It brings down cortisol (a stress hormone) by 37% and reduces anxiety by 40%. This makes it an idea

Most players in their 20’s go into the world of professional orchestral auditions unprepared for the emotional toll of “audition day” and its aftermath. The stressors start weeks before, when you are learning your excerpts. Then continue on the day of the audition with the unknowns of a high-pressure situation and performance anxiety. Finally, the emotional stress after the audition if it “didn’t go your way”. The audition day can be the most stressful performing situation yo

The Emotional Freedom Techniques is an approach which combines cognitive therapy with finger tapping stimulation of specific acupressure points. Bringing together the cognitive approach and the tapping amplifies the effect of both. The basic tapping protocol is easy to learn as a self-help tool for emotional, mental and physical stress. As a therapeutic modality, with a trained practitioner, EFT is used for a range of conditions including stress, anxiety, and chronic pain. It