Today thinking about play, playfulness, playing the flute, playing a musical instrument. We do not work an instrument. We play it :-)... An obvious thing to say but do we play enough with our practice, in our practicing are we playful?
So many wonderful things come when we allow our self to just play with the music we are learning! We are happier and create positive energy for ourself, our practice, our music making. In playfulness we have a more natural approach to our instrument and the music. In play we have ease in our body and are less prone to causing injury. Play is a portal into our imagination where we can make new discoveries about our playing and the music.
There is a garden of possibility in play... So, instead of working... play with it. Bring music to life by playing your instrument... with your Whole Self!
After and during our play, remember to take a rest. All who play, children, animals and those who play just for the sake of play, also naturally take a rest ... and then play some more... So, please play and rest and play some more...
A book I like is Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown
http://www.stuartbrownmd.com/
How do you play with your practice? Do you give yourself the freedom to play? What kind of play activates the portal to imagination in your practice? What kind of play invigorates the soul of your practice?
Happy playing! and resting too :-)
Jennifer
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