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Mindfulness for musicians: awareness is everything

2026-07-03T08:54:00

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Incorporating a mindful attitude into our music practice and performance, and into everyday life, brings many benefits. Berenice Beverley Zammit explores its transformative potential

Most musicians are familiar with the experience of practising on autopilot: reaching the end of a passage with little sense of how they got there, or realising that attention has drifted far from sound, body or intention. One approach that has gained increasing attention in recent years for addressing this kind of unfocused practice is mindfulness. In simple terms, mindfulness is the intentional awareness of internal and external experience in the present moment, without judgement, rejection or attachment…

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