Raspé Gray, Alix, The Musician's Guide to Mindful Practice

Are you feeling unfocused or feeling a lack of inspiration at your instrument? Have you considered your practice routine? Is it a routine with your body AND your instrument? When you approach your instrument, where is your focus? Are you practicing mindful breath and movement techniques that will serve you on stage?

Are these questions you've been ignoring? If so, this is the journal for you.

The Musician's Guide to Mindful Practice: The Journal offers practical guidance on approaching your instrument with more awareness, ease and artistic expression.

Drawing on teachings from yogic philosophy and her musical experience, Alix Raspé Gray, professional harpist and 500-hour trained yoga teacher, has created a 3-step approach on how to practice your instrument each day: move mindfully, breathe intentionally, and inspire to express.

-Move Mindfully begins with 5 short 5-7 minute yoga practices to target specific areas of the body where musicians hold tension.
-Breathe Intentionally will provide 4 short 5-7 breath-work practices to inspire more focused, intentional breathing.
-Inspire to Express is that third personal step that follows once the musician has had time to bring awareness to their movement and breath, they are able to find true expression in their music.

The rest of the book includes daily journal prompts to bring more awareness into your practice session, using and drawing upon the movement and breath practices reference in the front of the journal.