Mindful Music Pedagogy

Enhance your students' productivity in practice and in lessons with this step-by-step guide to breathing, progressive relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness. This 65-page workbook is packed with information and strategies that teach students to build mental and physical awareness, gain proficiency of each skill introduced, and shows them how to incorporate these skills into their daily practice routine. Included are: Teacher Discussions, Student Discussions, Observation Sheets, Activity Sheets (available as a sample under "Free Downloads"), Breathing Exercises, Reflection Pages, and Daily Checklists for each skill. The exercises presented in this workbook are also available in guided audio format here

Enhance your OWN productivity in practice, teaching, or performance with this step-by-step guide to breathing, progressive relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness. This workbook guides you through the process of building mental and physical awareness, gaining proficiency of each skill introduced, and shows you how to incorporate these skills into your daily routine. Included are: Topic Discussions, Observation Sheets, Activity Sheets, Exercises, Reflection Pages, and Daily Checklists for each skill.

Supplemental guided audio is available for this bundle here.

Individual Audio Bundles are also available. Click here for the Breathing Bundle, here for the Progressive Relaxation Bundle, here for the Meditation Bundle, and here for the Mindfulness Bundle.

These brief audio files will walk you and your students through a series of real-time guided exercises in four areas: breathing, progressive relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness. They are the perfect length to use before lessons or practice sessions. Each set will help students create an optimum environment for learning and playing by developing personal awareness and relaxed concentration. 

For written supplements to this audio, download the Mindfulness for Musicians: Workbook for Teachers and Students or The Relaxed Concentration Workbook for Musicians.

This breathing-specific bundle of audio files is taken from the Practical Strategies for Successful Musicianship Complete Set. This excerpt will walk you and your students through a series of real-time guided exercises in breathing. They are the perfect length to use before lessons or practice sessions to help students create an optimum environment for learning and playing.

or written supplements to this audio, download the Mindfulness for Musicians: Workbook for Teachers and Students or The Relaxed Concentration Workbook for Musicians.

This progressive relaxation-specific bundle of audio files is taken from the Practical Strategies for Successful Musicianship Complete Set. This excerpt will walk you and your students through a series of real-time guided exercises in muscle awareness, tension creation, and relaxation. They are the perfect length to use before lessons or practice sessions to help students create an optimum environment for learning and playing.

or written supplements to this audio, download the Mindfulness for Musicians: Workbook for Teachers and Students or The Relaxed Concentration Workbook for Musicians.

This meditation-specific bundle of audio files is taken from the Practical Strategies for Successful Musicianship Complete Set. The excerpt will walk you and your students through a series of real-time guided exercises in meditation. They are the perfect length to use before lessons or practice sessions to help students create an optimum environment for learning and playing.

or written supplements to this audio, download the Mindfulness for Musicians: Workbook for Teachers and Students or The Relaxed Concentration Workbook for Musicians.

This mindfulness-specific bundle of audio files is taken from the Practical Strategies for Successful Musicianship Complete Set. The excerpt will walk you and your students through a series of real-time guided exercises in mindfulness. They are the perfect length to use before lessons or practice sessions to help students create an optimum environment for learning and playing.

or written supplements to this audio, download the Mindfulness for Musicians: Workbook for Teachers and Students or The Relaxed Concentration Workbook for Musicians.