…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
I’d like to talk about one of my favourite teaching and coaching tools today: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. As singers, we probably all know one thing: Feeling isn’t hard (we do it all the time), but being at ease with our feelings, and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, is. We so often talk about “negative …
Do you sometimes catch yourself wasting time and avoiding getting a project finished, or do you often make excuses not to spend time on practising your skill? If so, you’re not alone! Procrastination is a really common issue for many people, both at work and at home. At some point though, procrastination will start causing you stress because you …
I promised you a little Easter egg. Here it comes, in the guise of an extra blog post this month… “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally” Jon Kabat-Zinn I would like to introduce you to mindfulness techniques, and how you can use them daily (no …
I would like to share and discuss a post from Noa Kageyama’s excellent blog with you. It stresses the importance of (self-)motivation in the practice process; particularly what happens if a student chooses their own repertoire. From the blog-post: It looked like a pretty typical practice session up until Clarissa began working on her selected piece. …
Some time ago, I asked the following question on both Twitter and Facebook: Singers, how do you practise? I would be really interested to know. Please be honest, I don’t want to know what you THINK you should be doing, but what you actually DO! I received many responses from vocal coaches interested in the …