Your Body is Safe describes sexism in the music industry and discusses sexual assault which may be triggering to survivors. It follows with positive affirmations and meditation. This is a guest post written by…
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Sound Therapy Requirements: one bowl, one mallet, a hand that holds and a wrist that turns. This is sound therapy in its simplest form. Operating tips: Cup the palm of one hand slightly and let the…
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I’m seven years old and my favourite thing to do is watch a worn VHS tape of Labyrinth that my Mum taped off the TV. I watch it so much, my brother regularly hides it…
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I walked in to the concert hall just as he was recounting his first lesson with Dieter Weber where he was to have prepared Beethoven’s piano sonata, op. 110. He had just played the…
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When I’m cooking for myself, there is seldom a dish I’m whipping up that doesn’t include some amount of cayenne. This is despite the fact that cayenne makes me sneeze, without fail, every single…
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As much as I would love to take a challenge to unplug from social media, my current job (freelance musician!) doesn’t allow me to do that. I get lots of gigs via social media…
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(A small offering today, due to travel and the complications of writing anything longer than a text message on a tablet Swype keyboard) There are a lot of things I wish I’d had time…
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I started taking singing lessons this week. I’ve never had private lessons for my voice before but it’s one of those things that has been on my bucket list for decades. Since I can…
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Procrastination seems to be the theme of late, and goodness knows I do my fair share. Kim’s musings on the “time between times” really rang a bell with me. I feel like those are…
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1) Pain in and of itself is not a reason to stop. Any major goal takes some amount of pain. But it’s the type of pain that matters. Like distress and eustress, there is…