The Aligned Musician

Check out my blog posts that relate to this topic: Performing Without Unnecessary Tension Are you nervous or is it your nervous system? Trauma Informed Music Teaching (or this podcast episode ) The Best Way to Practice For more musicians wellness content and FREE weekly practices visit alignedmusician.substack.com For more about me, visit my website! alignedmusician.com Get a 1:1 session with me w...

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Move, breathe, and bring your awareness inward with this audio-only yoga asana practice. I start with updates, some ideas for consideration during your practice, and then we begin at 9:50. Please read this short disclaimer before you practice with this recording: https://alignedmusician.com/disclaimer Here are ways to stay in-touch with me: alignedmusician.com/events Calendar of all upcoming event...

In this episode, I break down my overall strategy for staying organized, avoiding stress, and maintaining motivation. I’ve included some ideas from my substack articles: Time Management - Part 1 , Time Management - Part 2 , and My Ultimate Practice Journal . Here are some of the tools I mentioned: Google Calendar Sugar Paper Planner Focused Space ClearSpace *I am not sponsored or endorsed in any w...

17:20 - On the practice of Yoga and the Eight-Limbs as described by Patanjali. 24:15 - Talking through the Yamas and Niyamas and things for musicians to consider or journal on. alignedmusician.com/events Calendar of all upcoming events insighttimer.com/alignedmusician Free yoga and meditation alignedmusician.substack.com Free Musicians Wellness content and live yoga for musicians classes instagram...

Soprano Jenna Siladie has earned warm acclaim, praised by the New York Times for her "endearing sweet voice", and hailed by the European press as having a “both warm and shimmering tone". ​The 2019/20 season has heralded in a string of successes, including the role debut as Marguerite in Faust, as well as Arianna in the Handel opera Giustino: "The soprano Jenna Siladie, who in the role of Arianna...

Ashley Downs MS, RDN, LDN, CPT has worked as a dietitian and personal trainer in various settings. As a dietitian, she has worked with athletes and designed wellness programs for clinical outpatient settings.  She earned both a BS and MS in NutritNutritionon and Dietetics from Saint Louis University and her Master's Thesis was on the nutrition habits of collegiate performing artists. 
 After she s...

Randall used to live the corporate life, working in big advertising agencies and video game companies in NYC and California. But after he lost his father, his job, his house, and his music studio all within a few months, he retreated from the matrix and found refuge in Yoga. With time and practice, he’s been able to find peace, balance, and joy despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Randall comple...

Caroline Weeks, RDN, LD is a pediatric Registered Dietitian who has a passion for educating families on how to provide nourishing meals from the beginning of life. She is a postpartum nutrition and child feeding expert and has a particular interest in teaching the “baby led weaning” approach to starting solids. In her full time career, she is a clinician who works with families of children with ch...

What are boundaries? How do we learn to honor ourselves and avoid stress and overwhelm?  In this episode, I share my perspective on the importance of healthy boundaries and some of my own thoughts and experiences where a lack of boundaries effected my stress levels or ability to regulate my nervous system. Some questions for contemplation: What are your boundaries around work, relationships, and y...

Karina Eijo is a dedicated flutist, collaborator, and educator who has a passion for helping students build a good foundation. Ms. Eijo received a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Florida at New World School of the Arts, Cum Laude in 2015 where she performed in a variety of chamber music groups and was a flutist in the NWSA Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Eijo recently...

Nicole Brûlé-Walker, Movement & Breath Specialist has worked in the Therapy & Wellbeing industry for over 20 years. Her passion is human movement and finding simple solutions to restore balance and ease to both heal and prevent future injury. I don’t believe in repetitive strain. It simply comes down to imbalance being present in the body for too long. Recognizing it early allows for conti...

Eddy Malave is an active freelance violist based in New York City. A native of Long Island, he received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Viola performance from The Juilliard School, where he studied under acclaimed violist  William Lincer and received the Willaim Gluck fellowship. His past instructors have also included Irene Stitt, Patinka Kopec and Margaret Pardee. Mr Malave's work as...

Flutist Morgann Davis is an active performer and teacher who is passionate about music education and musician’s wellness. Fortunate to share the stage with many talented musicians, Morgann performs regularly with orchestras throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through her private studio, Davis Flute Studio, she is able to create an encouraging and inventive environment for learning for beginning...

In addition to his 14 solo recordings, ten-string touch-guitarist Trey Gunn has toured and/or recorded with King Crimson, David Sylvian, Vernon Reid, Brian Eno, Azam Ali, Maynard J. Kennan's Puscifer’s, John Paul Jones, Robert Fripp, and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. He is currently performing solo and with the groups TU, KTU, 3Below, The Security Project and the multi-dimensional performance g...

Simone Seales is a classically-trained cellist who is tired of playing music by dead white men. They focus on free improvisation (both tonal and atonal) and devising music for theatre. Simone is passionate about exploring sound and how sound can reflect emotional states of being and how emotions are embodied. Their creative influences come from Black feminist leaders such as Audre Lorde, Assata Sh...

Ramon Alfonso (Chino) Soberano is a Filipino classical violinist who performs solo, chamber, and orchestral music. Starting at age 7, he studied under notable teachers in the Philippines. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree cum laude in  Violin Performance at the University of the Philippines, he headed directly to the United States and earned his Master’s in Violin  Performance at Western Illinoi...

Welcome to  Intermission , a ground-breaking program that unites body, mind, breath, and music-making through yoga and meditation. Intermission is comprised of  Sessions for students, Retreats for professionals, and an App for absolutely everyone! Our hope is that through exploring mindful movement, alignment, breath-work, and self-compassion, musicians of all ages and stages can begin to unite th...

Guy Michel is a well-known professional cellist. He began his music career at the age of 5 in his native country, Haiti. Guy trained and established a foundation in classical music during his early years and continued his study in secondary and post-secondary education, ultimately achieving a Bachelor’s degree in Music.  In 2008, Guy decided to pursue a solo career outside of the classical music i...

Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier is a sought-after performer, teacher, and high-performance coach whose career has taken her across the United States and Canada as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral leader, and clinician.  Dr. Gauthier is passionate about helping musicians unleash their performance potential. In addition to offering peak performance coaching, she gives lectures about prac...

Francesca Leo is a cutting-edge flutist, educator, and performing arts health advocate. She is the founder of www.playingwithoutpain.com , an award-winning interactive website and social media platform committed to connecting musicians with resources to treat and prevent performance-related injuries. Francesca is currently on the board of the National Flute Association Performance Health Care Comm...

Dr. Janice Ying is the owner and founder of Opus Physical Therapy and Performance. She is an ABPTS board-certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy serving the Greater Los Angeles area and is widely recognized as an expert in the field of Performing Arts Medicine. Most recently, she has been awarded the 2021 Emerging Leader Award by the American Physical Therapy Association - Aca...

Classical new music specialist and voice teacher Shauna Fallihee loves all things teaching! Shauna has had the pleasure of serving on numerous San Francisco Bay Area college and high school voice faculties, leading workshops, and maintaining a private voice studio. Her own wellness journey led her to become an instructor and teacher trainer of The Dailey Method, alignment-focused barre and indoor...

Why trauma-informed or trauma-sensitive language is important in music education spaces. Please take a few breaths before watching and know it’s ok to take breaks as you’re watching. This can be a heavy topic so please be gentle with yourself! ⚠️Topics include but aren’t limited to: trauma, panic attacks, anxiety, dissociation, student teacher dynamics, tips for creating a trauma-informed music st...

Known for his versatility as a violist, Louis Privitera maintains a  balanced career as an active chamber musician and educator. A founding member of the Tetra String Quartet, Louis has toured extensively as a  performer and teaching artist throughout the Southwestern United States,  Brazil, Ecuador, and Germany. A passionate educator, Louis is a proud studio teacher of students of all ages, some...