mental fitness for musicians

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  • Don’t feel like celebrating this week? Give back instead 

    This week in Canada, we celebrated Canada Day, and while many are feeling very patriotic and proud of their country right now (or at least grateful to be in it, warts and all), I’ve recognized since we moved to Canada that for many, especially indigenous people, to celebrate Canada Day can feel disingenuous at best,…

  • Creating space, allowing stillness

    I’m reading a book in one of my Enneagram groups, and it has reminded me of the importance of allowing stillness and silence in my day to day life. As an Enneagram 1/type A go-getter who is constantly DOING things, it is not my habit to pause. And like so many of us, I am…

  • Finding Gratitude While Facing Fascism

    As I watch my home state taking away the organization and the budget responsible for arts funding throughout the state, I offer gratitude for all of the incredible arts opportunities I’ve gotten to be a part of, either as a participant or as an administrator or artist.  Photo of a person with outstretched hands in…

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