These hold a special place in my professional practice.

They allow me to work with singers, performers, teachers and coaches incorporate Mindfulness Awareness Practices into their own studios and singing.  

My presentations are quite different from many traditional presentations and webinars. 

No, really.

I’m a trained educator with tons of experience teaching humans of all ages,

AND

I’m a human who yawns through almost any “Death by Powerpoint” - not matter how interested I am in the topic.

So my presentations are always interactive and engaging, filled with time to practice strategies and experiment with ideas.  I love questions and discussions and playtime!

Workshops are like big presentations with additional time to dive deeply into concepts and questions:

Time for collaboration with colleagues

Time to get your hands dirty and engage in the material

Time to explore what might be particularly helpful for YOU and your own ARTISTRY

Both presentations and workshops are designed and developed for you and your group;

Never simply a replica of what worked before

Remember: I’m an educator.  Tailoring our teaching to the group is what we do. 

Some examples of Presentation & Workshop Topics are: 

**Let these help start your creativity flowing! What do YOU want to explore??

— Quieting the Disruptive Chatter while Singing

— Using Mindfulness Awareness Practices and techniques intentionally

to focus on what you are DOING and your intentions

— Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Daily Singing Routine

Why would you want to and  How??

— Navigating Performance and Audition Anxiety

So many juicy topics to explore and work through using mindfulness strategies

Start working on this in your daily practice, not JUST at the audition - you don’t have to wait!

— What IS mindfulness and how does it relate to singing?

General tenants and concepts of the practice 

Some practices you can start right now - small and actionable steps

Social Emotional Learning & Mindfulness

Strategies to employ in your practice or studio to help develop social emotional competencies:

Self-Awareness

Self-Management

Responsible Decision-Making

Relationship Skills

Social Awareness

I call it a masterclass….but it’s really is so much more than that.

Sure, your singers still get all the benefits of watching their peers work and have breakthroughs they can relate to their own work. 

And you get to see another person work with your singers - often saying the same things you’ve said to them, but in a different way (your thoughts are reinforced!) or learning a different way to approach an issue.  

But my classes are conducted through a carefully crafted and studied structure that focuses on mindfulness and whole group participation, even when observing. 

And it’s driven by what the participants want to work on, not what I see first or think I can solve with a quick fix.  

Each session is usually between 90 minutes and 3 hours.  

Or we can schedule multiple sessions over a period of time.  

Classes can take place in-person or online.  For multiple sessions, you might find it useful to have the first one in person and follow-up sessions online. 

The structure of a class looks something like:

1. Centering Activity

2. Group-building reflection

To help us all start to get more comfortable being vulnerable and connect to one another so we can take more risks

3. Discussion of mindfulness and feedback guidelines

4. Singing and group work: the bulk of the class; it includes reflection time from both singing and observing participants.

Including identifying what students are looking to work on

5. Discussion and Q & A 

Woven throughout the class and given a dedicated time at the end 

It’s totally great to have people ask “why are you doing this?” or “Do you think this would also work?” Or “This didn’t work for me.  Can you explain what you think might?”

6. Closure

A time to reflect and wrap up our work so you can take it out into the world 

* We focus on applying mindfulness skills and practices into performance.

* We work on technique skills from a mindfulness perspective.

* We practice mental and mindful skills throughout the class.

AND, after the class, I offer participants a month where they can reach out with any questions they might have or clarifications they might want.  We can meet by phone, video call, or email.  

To you, the organizer, we will have a follow-up call for you, too, so you can get any of YOUR questions or thoughts answered about our time together.