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Article: Body, mind and spirit: being at one with your instrument.(musician wellness)(Recommended readings)
- Article from:
- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
- Author:
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When we practice mindfulness of breath, then the knowledge of breath is mind. When we practice mindfulness of the body, then the knowledge of body is mind. When we practice mindfulness of objects outside ourselves, then the knowledge of these objects is also mind. Therefore the contemplation of the nature of interdependence of all objects is also the contemplation of the mind.
--Thich Nhat Hanh
as a performer, teacher and researcher on the subject of musician wellness, I have for some time thought about the goal of being at one with your instrument--what it is like to get there, what it is like to teach a student to get there and what has been written ...