The Psychological Benefits from Reconceptualizing Music-Making as Mindfulness Practice.
Medical problems of performing artists June 1, 2015 Matthew Steinfeld, Judson A. Brewer 11 citations
Mindfulness meditation offers a useful model for understanding how musicians can maintain a musical "practice" over time and across contexts. Sitting meditation, which involves observing the contents of the mind without mediation, can help musicians grasp the phenomenology of music-making and the "flow" states that arise from embodied practice. Reconceptualizing music-making as a mindfulness practice carries psychological and pedagogical implications for developing musicians.