193: More Mindful, More Musical, with Susanne Olbrich - a podcast by Musical U

from 2019-07-17T07:00

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We are very excited to have Susanne Olbrich on the show! Trained by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, Susanne is a specialist in mindfulness for musicians. She is a musician herself and committed to exploring the benefits of mindfulness for musicians.

In this conversation we talk about Susanne’s own story and about mindfulness for musicians. But we go deeper than just the surface level you might be expecting…

We talk about:

• How mindfulness helped her and how it can help you

• How to relate to the spiritual perspective on mindfulness if it doesn’t resonate with you - especially if you’re more scientifically minded

• An important note about who should take care in exploring mindfulness

• Deep listening and how it relates to mindfulness and the “active listening” we’ve talked about on this show before.

Susanne also leads us through a “mindful moment” to give you a “taster” experience of what mindfulness is all about.

We hope we can tempt her back to provide some training for MU members in future.

As you’ll hear her say, it’s not a magic bullet cure-all as some in the media like to portray it as - but it certainly can be a musical superpower and one well worth adding to your own musical identity.

Whether you’ve never heard of mindfulness, you’ve heard of it and thought it’s not for you, you’ve been curious but never tried it, or you’re already practicing mindfulness and enjoying the benefits in your musical life, we hope you’ll enjoy this conversation and get a ton out of it.

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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 193

Links and Resources

• Susanne Olbrich - Pianist, Music Teacher, Mindfulness Facilitator

• Free 10 minute guided mindfulness meditation

• Susanne Olbrich music, including Marama Trio

• Plum Village

• The Difference Between Hearing and Listening: Deep Listening with Composer Pauline Oliveros

• Jack Kornfield - “Meditation for Beginners”

• Musicality Now - “About Mindfulness for Musicians”

• Musicality Now - “Note2Self: “I Love This!”, with Lisa McCormick”