Psychologist Jon Skidmore walks teachers through the exact calming tools, exposure drills and reframing questions he uses with anxious performers.

This is the hands-on follow-up session where Dr. Skidmore stops talking theory and hands you tools. You'll be led through a one-minute finger-and-breath grounding exercise and a two-minute tapping sequence layered with performance affirmations, then hear him field real questions from working teachers: what to do when panic hits mid-phrase, whether beta blockers and herbal remedies actually help, how to rehearse anxiety on purpose (jumping jacks, singing in the parking lot), and how to rate activation zero to ten instead of labeling it 'nervous.' He closes with his 'worst performance ever' rewrite assignment, separating fact from the meaning students attach to it. Practical, story-rich, immediately usable in your studio.