Let’s talk about Practise.
Music Practise that is.
Lately I’ve been thinking deeply about what happens when I’m happily doing plenty of practise, and when I am not.
What I have noticed is that when I am playing for myself – that is to fill my own well of joy and self-respect as a musician and for my wellbeing, then the practise happens and all is good. I am in heaven through the music.
When something has shifted and it’s about something else – it could be any number of things – someone else’s issue, a sense of should or duty, or simply going through the motions of the practise without my heart engaged, or I’ve made it about money, then at some point I will baulk about doing it. The well has dried up. I’ve landed smack down in the concrete of earthly existence. Not only is the well dry, I am out of kilter, out of tune and out of love.
So, if I am willing to look and see what is there, my practise (or no practise) is a barometer for my self-love and how well I am or am not doing my core self-maintenance. Have I gone too far over into doing for others? Time to come home to heaven and fill my own well.
Pamela Jordan is the Musician and Teacher Mentor at PurpleTempo.com.au.
She is also a certified Transformative Coach specialising in living a heart-centred spiritual life you love. Book a call with Pamela here