Calming Technique Quotes

When you're feeling stressed, your breath becomes more rapid and shallow. Take some slow, deep breaths, which will reduce your stress level almost immediately.

Sleep is no mean art.

I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.

I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war.

Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better.

I made three or four different fonts during 'Short Term 12' -' it was how I'd calm my mind between scenes. I have graph paper and gel pens, and I would do the alphabet: just do 'a' over and over again until I got it perfect and then go to 'b' and then 'c'.

When I was seven or eight, whenever I was getting too rowdy at night, my parents would give me a maths workbook to work on to quieten me down.

If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.

I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.

I found a way for her to fall asleep, Paris Hilton, talk to herself.

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

I find humming is very useful.

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

The old cliché in theater is, if you’re nervous, pick up a prop, which will immediately take you outside of your mind.

Sometimes I have to run and hide. What I do at home sometimes is, I listen to a CD of the roughness of the ocean. I turn every light off, and I turn the stereo on, and I just go in my mind, cry, talk to God, tell him, 'I'm your child, too.' And I stay in my little solitude until I can get the strength to go outdoors.

I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.

We have little bags we pack specifically for touch-up makeup if you're chosen for the top 16. I knew I had to sneak in my banana because nothing calms my nerves like it! I don't know if it's the potassium, but I need it before I get on stage because it always calms me down.

Whenever you are angry or afraid, nervous or worried or resentful, repeat the mantram until the agitation subsides. The mantram works to steady the mind, and all these emotions are power running against you, which the mantram can harness and put to work for you.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

I have to have sound in my ears for 10 minutes prior. I come to the theater early, two hours, just to calm down and warm up.