Mindful Music Coaching

DISCONNECT from the expectations and fear that cause you to resist your gifts as a musician and RECONNECT to the joy of performing!

Training in music school usually encourages inflexible musicianship that causes students great anxiety and all too often, burnout. You have heard that meditation can help performance anxiety and you are ready to stop relying solely on your beta-blockers. You are ready to find the courage to seek out new and rewarding performing opportunities. Meditation and Mindfulness Coaching from both a professional musician and professional yoga teacher is next for you.

I suffered from severe stage fright through my six years of conservatory and tried deep breathing and relaxation techniques to no avail. It wasn't until I undertook my meditation training in India that I understood how guides on meditation techniques for performers did not address the root causes of the performance anxiety:

• feelings of inadequacy
• unhealthy expectations set by parents and teachers
• unhealthy expectations set by yourself
• unhealthy stories told by "successful" musicians
• perfectionism

(Live performance in Alaska, 2014)

Pairing Meditation with Mindful Performing (thoughtful self-inquiry into your motivations as a musician and the roots of your performance anxiety) is the only lasting solution to your issues. My training and experience in meditation along with my intuitive coaching can provide the guidance necessary to develop a powerful meditation practice as well as confront the conscious and sub-conscious causes of your performance anxiety.
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Details: Each session will be conducted over the phone. Although no two sessions are the same because they are so personally tailored to your goals, you can usually expect to see a dynamic integration of the following practices: intuitive questioning from Darren that helps clarify and organize your thoughts and brings to light hidden emotions; teachings and practice of self-led inquiry to understand your conscious and subconscious needs; meditation lessons specifically shaped to your needs and temperament; assigned mental and physical homework that will grow the parts of your mind and body that need the most balancing; channeled guidance, perspectives, prayers, and mantras to pinpoint your greatest needs.

Price: $100/1 hour session. Monthly packages available: $350/4 sessions

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