Spacious into Spring

One-day mindfulness & yoga online retreat for musicians

Join us to find out how mindfulness and yoga can benefit your musical activities. Explore ways of bringing spaciousness into your daily life and tap into spring’s fresh energy and inspiration through simple, nourishing meditation and yoga practices.

Mindfulness practice has plenty to offer to musicians, supporting clarity of mind, emotional resilience and a deepened awareness of the body. You are invited to a day of relaxation and discovery. In an atmosphere of spaciousness and with an attitude of ‘beginner’s mind’, we will practice listening to the body and allow the mind to calm as we literally ‘come back to our senses’.

The offered set of practices can be easily included with the rhythms of your own life. You will receive recordings of the guided practices after the retreat.

The day is suitable for musicians who are new to mindfulness and/or yoga, as well as for those who wish to deepen their experience. Yoga practices will be gentle and no particular level of fitness is required.

Facilitators: Susanne Olbrich, Anna Mavromatidi Whyte

Date & time: Sunday February 7th, 10am-4.15pm (there will be offline breaks including a lunch break)

Cost: Three levels of pricing are available: £25 / £35 / £45 – please choose a price according to your circumstances

Booking & information: Susanne, , or
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Mindfulness for Musicians

Free webinar: introduction to the 8-week online course

If you are considering participating in the 8-week online course Mindfulness for Musicians, starting on March 1st, please join me for this free webinar. I will introduce everything you need to know about the course and there will be an opportunity for Q&A.

Date & time: Monday February 22nd, 7.00-8.15pm

Cost: Free

Booking & information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindfulness-for-musicians-introduction-to-the-8-week-online-course-tickets-138104005799?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

Mindfulness for Musicians

8-week online course

This course will explore ways in which mindfulness can benefit your musical activities. It will support you in cultivating mental and emotional well-being and equip you to deal more effectively with stress, anxiety and other challenges.

Mindfulness practice has plenty to offer to musicians. If you engage with it regularly, mindfulness can help you to

• develop inner clarity, focus and presence,
• (re)connect with aliveness and creativity,
• deepen your emotional resilience to deal more effectively with stress, anxiety and other challenges, and
• prevent instrument-specific strains, support technical development and expression through deepening awareness of the body.

This is a course for musicians who are looking for an introduction to mindfulness practice, or who have practised mindfulness before and wish to take their next steps. You will learn key principles and a range of practices to help you bring mindfulness into your daily life.

Practices include Sound meditation, Body scan, Breathing meditation, Walking meditation and Mindful movements, among others. Themes to be covered include: Grounding Through Body and Breathing; Being Present in Life and Musical Activities; Being with Difficult Experiences; Acceptance and Self-Compassion; The Art of Living Mindfully.

Each week you will receive a section of the e-manual and a recorded meditation for your daily practice. You will need a minimum commitment of 15-30 minutes of your time on 6 days per week.