| Musician's Yoga: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Inspiration Contributor(s): Olson, Mia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0876390955 ISBN-13: 9780876390955 Publisher: Berklee Press Publications OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for proper posture and ease of movement while performing, helping you to avoid overuse injuries and play with greater expression. These concepts, exercises, and practice routines present yoga from the musicians' perspective, focusing on the direct relationships between using yoga and creating music. You will learn to: * Practice meditation approaches, breathing techniques, and yoga postures that will help improve musicianship * Play using healthy posture and technique * Get more out of your practice through improved focus * Use your breath to improve your phrasing and also to ease performance anxiety * Play with deeper expression through inspiration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Yoga |
| Dewey: 613.704 |
| LCCN: 2011289129 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.55 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: (Berklee Press). Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for proper posture and ease of movement while performing, helping you to avoid overuse injuries and play with greater expression. These concepts, exercises, and practice routines present yoga from the musicians' perspective, focusing on the direct relationships between using yoga and creating music. You will learn to: * Practice meditation approaches, breathing techniques, and yoga postures that will help improve musicianship * Play using healthy posture and technique * Get more out of your practice through improved focus * Use your breath to improve your phrasing and also to ease performance anxiety * Play with deeper expression through inspiration. |
