Summary
Designer and entrepreneur Anya Hindmarch discusses her journey from starting a bag business as a teenager to building a global brand. In the context of overcoming public speaking anxiety, she briefly describes using autogenic training -- consciously relaxing each body part from head to toes -- as a technique to calm nerves before talks and meetings. The conversation primarily covers business leadership, creativity, and confidence, with autogenic training mentioned as one of several relaxation and NLP techniques Hindmarch uses to manage performance anxiety in high-pressure situations.
Key Points
- Anya Hindmarch uses autogenic training to calm nerves before public speaking engagements
- The technique involves physically and consciously relaxing each part of the body from head to toes
- She describes it as something you can do discreetly while sitting in a meeting
- Autogenic training drops the shoulders, helps you sit more heavily in the chair, and reduces stress
- Hindmarch combines autogenic training with breathing techniques and NLP for managing anxiety
Key Moments
Using autogenic training to calm pre-speech nerves
Anya Hindmarch describes how she uses autogenic training to manage public speaking anxiety, consciously relaxing each body part from head to toes to calm down before and even during meetings.
"There's one called autogenic training which is where you physically and consciously relax each part of your body so working from your head all the way down to your toes and and just relax each part and it's amazing how it just calms you right down drops your shoulders makes you sit more heavily in the chair and you can even do it when you're sitting in a meeting if you need to"
