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Hi there! Indeed, the mental, emotional, and physical do tend to be tied together. For instance, once you notice the shaking (or suspect that shaking could start), your thoughts have been hijacked and it becomes difficult to stay focused on the task at hand. And once that happens, it’s easy to start worrying about what’s going to happen next because your body doesn’t feel under control. Which makes you tend to tense up even more, and when you try harder to control the shaking, it increases tension further and makes things worse. So very quickly our thoughts, emotions, and physical reactions all get away from us, and lead to a downward spiral.
Keep in mind too that a big part of gaining more control physically, is becoming more comfortable and capable of performing when you are not calm and relaxed. You’ll learn more about that through Centering and the focus lesson. The idea is to learn how to use the extra energy that comes with being on stage, rather than relying on being calm in order to play your best.
I’d have to look at your PSI to know more, but I’d bet that if you strengthened your ability to control the mental and emotional response even as you are feeling physically uncomfortable, learn to “ride the wave” as it were, and practice this via simulation and adversity training, the physical response will ease up and become less and less of an issue.
