mental fitness for musicians

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  • permission to pause

    Whether you’re navigating health challenges or life challenges that are more intense or are just in the midst of the more typical year-end, holiday pressures and commitments that usually seem to define this time of year: today I am giving you permission to pause.  Photo of snowy trees by by Adam Lukac Want to take…

  • One foot planted in gratitude, one foot in hope

    Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday growing up. I loved having a food-centric and people-centric holiday without the pressure of expectations of gifts and making time for concerts and church services and all the things. There’s something simple about this idea, of stopping to be grateful and enjoy the bounty of the harvest.  It is, of…

  • a moving meditation

    Last week, I explored a grounding practice for the winter, and I offered an audio recording to try with it. It must have resonated with a lot of people, because it was the largest response I’ve seen to one of my posts in a long time. So today, I’m going to offer a moving meditation. …

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