This exercise is an adaptation of the “Acceptance of Thoughts and Feelings” exercise from Eifert and Forsyth’s book (2005), and it was modified here for use with musicians. We highly recommend practicing this meditation several times a week, especially if you are performing regularly. Just as you did in the previous meditations, you’ll need to make continual adjustments to your behavior. Deal with physical discomfort or pain effectively. Accept and let go of mental distractions that are irrelevant to the task at hand, and/or label them as “task-irrelevant.”  

Feel free to use this regularly throughout the week, to help improve acceptance & willingness of performance anxiety-related thoughts and feelings.