Turn nervous into ready before your BIG presentation.
- Work presentations
- Pitches
- Conference talks
- Speeches
- Wedding toasts
Rilo gets you ready for your presentation with a personalized warmup built on performance science. You keep the energy. You lose the shakiness. You go in ready.
Start my free presentation warmupWhen you take the floor, you need
Energy
The adrenaline doesn't go anywhere. It becomes presence, and you take the floor switched on.
Clarity
The loop of what-ifs goes quiet. You remember your points and say them in your own words.
Focus
Not all twenty slides at once. One thing: your opening line. The rest follows.
Composure
Steady voice. Still hands. A pace you control, with pauses that land.
Rilo works for your other big moments too.
Interview
Walk in present and answer like you prepared.
Exam
The noise settles. You read the question and start.
Sales call
Get out of your head and into the conversation.
A day that matters
Start strong instead of catching up all morning.
Three steps. Then you go.
Pick your moment.
Choose Presentation. Rilo builds the warmup around it.
Follow the warmup.
A few minutes that turn the nerves into drive.
Take the floor.
Voice steady, first line ready.
The research says: don't calm down. Get ready.
Reframing your nerves as excitement helps you perform better.
Trying to calm down doesn't help much. Saying “I'm excited” does: people who reframed their nerves as excitement sang, spoke and solved maths problems better than people who tried to relax. Rilo helps you make that switch before you walk in.
Alison Wood Brooks, Harvard Business School
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2014A set routine helps you perform when the pressure's on.
Top athletes use one before every big moment, and it works: across 15 sports, a routine improved performance, including under pressure. Rilo gives you your own routine for interviews, exams and presentations.
Anton Rupprecht, Ulrich Tran and Peter Gröpel, University of Vienna
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2021Slow breathing settles a racing body.
A few minutes of slow, paced breathing switches on your body's calming response, so the shakiness eases and you feel steadier. A review of 223 studies found the effect holds up again and again.
Sylvain Laborde and colleagues, German Sport University Cologne
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022
Rilo turns these findings into a warmup you can do in the minutes before you take the floor.
Walk in ready, every time. Make Rilo part of your routine.
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For people who perform every week.
- Unlimited warmups
- Build your warmup
- Voices library
- Custom blocks
10 Warmups
$9.90 once
99¢ per warmup. No subscription.
For the occasional big moment.
- 10 warmups
- Valid for 12 months
Lifetime
Founding offer$29.90 once
No recurring payment.
Pay once. Keep it.
- Unlimited warmups, for good
- Build your warmup
- Voices library
- Custom blocks
Every plan includes all six event types, narration, music, and scheduled reminders.
FAQ
How do I calm my nerves before a presentation?
Use them instead of fighting them. Breathe in for 4 and out for 6 for two minutes, then say “I'm excited” out loud. In a Harvard study, people who did this gave better speeches than people who tried to calm down. Finish by saying your opening line once. Rilo walks you through it with breathing cues.
How do I stop my voice shaking when I present?
Make your exhale longer than your inhale. Before you go up, do that for two minutes. When you start, pause, take one breath, and say your first line slower than feels natural. A shaky voice usually comes from rushing and shallow breathing, and you can fix both in the first ten seconds.
What should I do right before giving a presentation?
Stop editing slides. In the last five minutes, steady your breathing, reframe the nerves as excitement, and rehearse only your opening line, not the whole talk. If you know how you'll start, the rest follows. This works the same for a pitch, a conference talk or a wedding toast.
Does it help with stage fright?
It helps with the nerves right before you speak: the shaky voice, the racing heart, the urge to rush.
Can I use it before a pitch or a speech?
Yes. Presentation covers any time you take the floor: team updates, pitches, conference talks, even a wedding toast.
Is this meditation?
No. Meditation is a daily habit. Rilo is for the minutes before you present.
Do I need sound on?
No. Everything is on screen. Sound adds narration, music and breathing cues.
Is it free?
Your first warmup is free. No card required. After that, plans start at $3 a month.
Is this a treatment for anxiety?
No. This is a pre-performance tool, not mental-health treatment or a substitute for professional care.
Your nerves are already here. Put them to work.
A few minutes, then go take the floor.