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CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!
Acting-Out for
"Enough-ness"
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!
Guided Imagery for "Enough-ness"
Hi [[FirstName]]
 DON'T
YOU THINK THIS
IS
THE BEST TIME OF
YEAR?
Awnings surround my
house like a halo. And each awning has come alive with nests crowded
with tiny birds cheeping their way into the world. As I sit here at my
computer, a cacophany of hungry voices rises to
a crescendo. I open my front door and wake the same
cacaphony. Continual cacaphony joy!
It's spring
. . . a time of change. And . . . cacaphony aside . . .
there's lots of changes happening this spring in my
classes
and
BRANDact.
For
more information, check out CH-CH-CH-CHANGES below.
Boy, what
a wonderful response to my Now Casting Art
and Soul column launch this week. WELCOME to my tons of
new readers!
I've also had lots of congratulatory
e-mails. One even made me cry! Victor
Warren, pictured here, wrote, "all the info you have here is really
wonderful and if actors really take it in and really HEAR it
. . . you have done them a great service . . . you
should be proud". It was even more
impressed when I went to Victor's website, www.victorwarren.com, and found that he is a multi-talented,
award-winning hyphenate with many years in ShowBiz.
Thanks so much, Victor, for your kind
comments.
I want to make this
eZine the best it can be. So you'll be getting previews of all
my great columns. Plus Acting Tips and Intuitive
Tricks to make your career and your acting a
success
. Hot ideas with a performance slant
highlighted in such popular hits such as The Secret and
What the Bleep Do you Know? available
nowhere else!
Today, I'm sending you "Acting-Out
for Enough-ness", a how-to companion
piece to my last column that you can use, as Victor says,
"to go into every interview and audition and take
control" . . . or just to feel great about yourself
anytime.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!
CLASSES
Spring sprung with lots of new
opportunities for me. Because of other commitments,
I'm not able to continue Wednesday
classes for at least month
. And it couldn't come at a better time. Because
many of my students are on hiatus doing plays and
films.
So I'm rethinking class days and times. I'm toying
with a Wednesday day class. Or restarting evening
classes on Thursdays. Or starting up class on
Sundays. Or all of the above. And,
since I seem to make plans and g-d laughs, I'm going
to follow my own advice in my last Now
Casting column. I'm asking the Universe to
send me more students. And leave the "how" to you.
The
Saturday class is full, going strong and lovin' my
new Act Intuitive technique . . . a fusion of Grotowski,
Method . . . and me. Students are saying that it's
the best thing that's happened to their acting . .
.ever! I'm going to take a couple of more students on
Saturday during this transition. And, as soon as I get two students
who want to come on one of the days and times
above, I'm going to start a new
class. So what are you waiting
for? Contact me at (323) 225-9850 or
jill@actingintuitive.com now!
Oh, and
a couple of brand-new class policies for spring. One, I'm
not going to allow audits anymore. The new work
we're doing is too just too personal for
observers. Actors who are searching for an
intense, intimate way to train will jump in and
do it anyway! And two, I
give substantial discounts on my other services for those
who sign up for at least two months of classes, including
half-price on BRANDact. For more
information on BRANDact, see below.
BRANDact
Unfortunately, I just
don't have the
time to get a work~shop together right now. And many actors
have decided that working individually with me on
their brand is the way to go. So I've decided
to postpone the June 13th work~shop. And instead continue
to do
BRANDact one-on-one for the same price plus one
dollar!
BRANDactors have had huge wins in
their careers, including landing films and
plays, getting regular roles on hit shows, and even singing their way to
stardom! Naming and claiming your acting sends
that order to the cosmic restaurant for roles
. . . pun intended. So if you want to
focus your career for success, here's the way to
go!
Go here to read about
BRANDact. And see some terrific testimonials from
BRANDactors.
Go here to get a FR~E BRANDact
eBook
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Acting-Out for
"Enough-ness"
Introduction
More than thirty years ago,
I was lucky to work with a therapist who
used guided imagery for healing. The
basic premise behind guided imagery is that your mind
doesn't discriminate between actual and imagined events. So
you can literally reprogram your mind to
abandon negative thoughts and feelings in favor of
positive ones. As well as manifest what you want in
your life by imaging it. I learned this
amazing process at the knee of this terrific healer who had studied
under the team at UCLA who developed guided imagery as a therapeutic
tool. Worked for me!
And I've
been using it ever
since not only as a tool in my counseling and intuitive
practices. But as the backbone of my new acting technique, Act Intuitive
. Actually, it's become a whole-body practice which I call
"Acting Out".
Instead of just sitting and visualizing as in traditional
guided imagery, actors act out whatever "script" I
give them, from rolling around in a grassy meadow to
pulling sounds out of each other. I've also fused
alot of sensory work with Acting-Out, giving it another
dimension and allowing actors to develop their sensory muscles
too. Works for me!
Acting-Out
How-Tos
First of all, if you
don't already have one, I'd purchase a little digital recorder with
earphones and the capability
to download files onto your computer or your iPod,
cell phone or other MP3/WAV player. You can get a
good one for under fifty bucks at any electronics store. That way,
you can record the Acting-Out script below and
others in subsequent issues. I've got CDs and MP3
downloads in the works, but it's sometimes more powerful to record these scripts
in your own voice.
And it's never been easier with
these little recorders. You can learn lines on them
too!
Once you record scripts,
you can use them in many ways. One, find a space where you
can move, turn on the recorder or player, and physically act
out whatever the script tells you to do. The
Secret tells us that coupling
physical sensation, like feeling the leather steering wheel of
the expensive car you crave as well as the wind whipping through
your hair as you drive it, makes the imagery experience much more
real and helps physically manifest it. Two, you
can use them while driving to reinforce your Acting-Out
experience. And three, you can sit at auditions and use
them to relax and energize you before going into "that
room".
If you have any other ideas about how to use these
scripts, don't hesitate to e-mail me at jill@actingintuitive.com. Include your headshot
and I'll publish it along with your idea in the next
issue.
The Acting-Out
below has elements of a traditional "Safe
Place" guided imagery,
sense memory, the
work I do with my eating-disordered
clients as well as images from a vision quest that I
did last year in Sedona. Whatever works for
you!
Read the following script into your
recorder. It includes all the elements of
Acting-Out and open- and closed-eye imagery in one
script. So modify your own script accordly. In
other words, if you're Acting-Out, you'll leave out the part
where you close your
eyes. Pause a few beats as you read when you
see pauses in parentheses to let the mind catch up with
the images:
Acting-Out for
"Enough-ness"
Find a
comfortable place or space; breathe in through your nose
and fill your lungs about three-quarters
full . Hold the breath a couple of beats
(pause) and then breathe out through your nose.
Repeat three times . . . breathe in (pause) . . . hold (pause)
. . . and breathe out (pause). Breathe in (pause) . . .
hold (pause) . . . and breathe out (pause). Breathe in
(pause) . . . hold (pause) . . . and breathe out
(pause). If impulses come up, move your body in response
to them. Punch, kick, yell . . . whatever you
feel. If you you're doing this as a guided seated
imagery, soften or close your eyes.
Now continue to
breathe normally and notice a place . . . it could be in
nature or inside . . . a place that's real or in your fantasy
. . . a place from now or long ago . . . a place where you
feel safe, warm and enough. Explore the place for awhile
sensorially and with your body . . . take in what
you see, what you hear, what you touch, what you smell and
possibly what you taste . . . (pause) what you see,
what you hear, what you touch, what you smell and possibly
what you taste (pause) . . .
Feel how good
you feel in this space . . . notice the sensations and
impulses in your body. If you can, move to these
impulses. Now notice a place where you don't feel enough
and safe . . . perhaps at an audition. Take it in
sensorially and with your body as before . . . what you
see, what you hear, what you touch, what you smell and
possibly what you taste . . . (pause) what you see,
what you hear, what you touch, what you smell and possibly
what you taste (pause) . . .
Most of all, feel where not
enough . . . the lack of enough . . . is in your
body. Is it in your stomach, your throat, your
backside. Really feel it. Act it out if you can .
. . sigh, swoon , , , move in whatever way feels right.
Now picture it moving out of you . . . perhaps as a luminous
fog, perhaps as a darkness, perhaps as sparkling discs
flying out of your body. React physically to this
experience if you feel it (pause).
If
you want, picture a companion to help you on this
journey. It could be a totem animal like an eagle or a
wolf. Or a child . . . the inner child part of
you. Or another strong presence that completes
you. Picture this presence beside you . . . helping you
feel enough. Touch it if you want.
Now open your
arms and feel a new confidence filling you up .
. . feel it in you fingertips, your knees, your throat, your
heart. Feel it flooding into the parts of your body
where you didn't feel enough. Especially those parts . .
. light them up with "enough-ness". If you see it, have
your companion . . . your guidance . . . support
you. Move your body if the impulse strikes you
(pause).
Now picture
yourself again in the place where you didn't feel enough and
safe . . . perhaps at an audition. Take it in again
sensorially as before . . . what you see, what you hear,
what you touch, what you smell and possibly what you taste . .
. (pause) what you see, what you hear, what you touch,
what you smell and possibly what you taste (pause) . . . but
this time notice how good you feel . . . notice how
confident you are. If there's any lack inside at this
time, release it now. Move your body if the impulse
strikes you (pause).
See yourself
doing well in or actually act out whatever scene you've
chosen. Now see yourself getting a call that
you've been cast. Feel the phone in your hands.
Hear the words. Feel that confidence. See yourself
rearranging your schedule so that you can shoot this lead
role. Act it out. See yourself arranging your
affairs to go on location. Act it out. Or anything
else you'd like to see, hear, touch, taste or smell at this
time. Act it out (pause).
Know that you can keep this companion . .
. this guidance . . . with you at all times.
As well as the confidence you now feel. All
you have to do is close your eyes, play this script or return
to this space and they'll be there. So say goodbye to
the scene and your guidance for this moment. Wave
good-bye. Now count from five to one in your mind .
. . see the numbers flashing in color as you hear them .
. . five (pause) . . . four (pause) . . . three
(pause) . . . two (pause) . . . one
(pause). Open your eyes if you've closed
them.
Take as long as you need to return to the here and
now. Take in what you experienced. You might want
to write it down. And then go about your
day.
In the Next Issue: Art
and Soul Column
Number Two:
The Inner
Actor
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