Download or read book Faithful Practices written by Erik Walker Wikstrom and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2018 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic mix of contributors share their reflections about spiritual practices in their everyday lives. Each of them describes their practice and the ways it opens them up to their hearts and souls. From chopping vegetables to creatively arranging action figures, from taking long walks to playing roller derby, these practices demonstrate the wide range of ways that we can be spiritual, and provide models for those seeking a practice of their own.

Download or read book Parenting Musically written by Lisa Koops and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents use music in family life to accomplish practical tasks, make relational connections, and guide their children's musical development. Parenting Musically portrays the musicking of eight diverse Cleveland-area families in home, school, and community settings. Themes from interviews focused on the families' hopes and dreams for their children musically, as well as the families' perceptions of media messages regarding parents and music, serve to deepen the documentation of how families use and perceive music in their daily lives. Family musical interactions are analyzed using the concepts of musical parenting (actions to support a child's musical development) and parenting musically (using music to accomplish extra-musical parenting goals), arguing the importance of recognizing and valuing both modes. An additional construct, practical/relational musicking, adds to the detailed analysis of family musical engagement. Practical musicking refers to musicking for a practical purpose, such as learning a scale or passing the time in a car; relational musicking is musicking that deepens relationships with self, siblings, parents, or community members, such as a grandmother singing to her grandchildren via Facetime as a way to feel connected. Families who embraced both practical and relational musicking expressed satisfaction in long-term musical involvement. Weaving together themes of conscious and intuitive parenting, the rewards and struggles of musical practice, and the role of mutuality in community musicking, the discussion draws on research in music education, psychology, family studies, and sociology. This book serves to highlight the multi-faceted nature of families' engagement in music; the author urges music education practitioners and administrators to consider this diversity when approaching curricular decisions. Written in a style accessible to laypersons, this book will interest a wide range of music educators as well as families, community members, and scholars and practitioners in family studies, psychology, and sociology.

Download or read book Caring for the Whole Musician Awareness and Mindfulness written by Larry Lee Hensel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for the Whole Musician brings together insights from two expert musicians and educators to consider the relationship between mental and physical health and artistic practice for musicians. Offering a holistic perspective that encompasses the whole being – body, mind, and heart – this book provides emerging musicians with tools, practices, and mindsets to address key challenges throughout their journey. The first part, Awareness, addresses wellness and embodiment in music, exploring how our bodies are constructed and how the use of our bodies as instruments affects function. Using approaches including Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique, this part helps readers discover adverse habits that interfere with natural movement, and nurture awareness of the body. The second part, Mindfulness, explores how meditative practice can be incorporated into every stage of concert preparation and embedded within the daily life of the musician. Offering mindfulness exercises related to each stage of the music-making process, these chapters provide strategies for readers to enhance their well-being and focus. Centered in the understanding of the musician as a whole being, this book provides an essential guide to how practices of awareness and mindfulness can allow musicians to better care for themselves and flourish in their artistic careers.

Download or read book Studying Suzuki Piano More Than Music written by Carole Bigler and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-12-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive coverage of what the Suzuki approach embodies, this book should be considered a requirement in the home of every piano teacher and student. Eight of the 14 chapters lay the foundation for understanding Suzuki's Mother Tongue Approach, its procedures and its benefits. The authors have given their ideas of what it takes to be a Suzuki teacher, how to structure an effective lesson, what to cover in those first lessons and how to do it. Using more than 400 musical examples, the teaching points and the interpretation of the seven volumes of music are presented. In addition, some alternate fingerings are suggested and places where the Suzuki edition departs from the original edition are noted.

Download or read book Practice Personalities What s Your Type written by Thornton Cline and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Reference). Teaching is one of the greatest responsibilities in society. It's an art form that requires craft, patience, creativity, and intelligence. Practice Personalities: What's Your Type? will help teachers, parents and students realize the challenges of practicing, understand the benefits of correct practicing, identify and understand nine practice personality types, and employ useful strategies to effectively motivate and inspire each type of student. The accompanying audio demonstrates effective practice strategies for selected piano, violin and guitar excerpts from the book.

Download or read book The Suzuki Violinist Revised written by William Starr and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1976 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the Suzuki violin literature containing many illustrations. Widely used internationally by both teachers and parents, this newly revised edition contains musical examples which have been inserted for all of the suggested exercises for ease of reference. In addition, an entirely new chapter has been added called "Practice Can Be Fun" which includes material from speeches the author has given at institutes to children, parents and teachers. There are stories on practicing which can be read to children.

Download or read book Skill Development for Generalist Practice written by Christina E. Newhill and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skill Development for Generalist Practice by Christina E. Newhill, Elizabeth A. Mulvaney, and Bobby F. Simmons offers an array of competency-building exercises addressing foundational social work knowledge as well as skills and values across micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. Designed to be actively used during class time, exercises embrace the diverse range of clients encountered by social workers in various practice settings and reflect a commitment to serving those who are the most vulnerable, at risk, disadvantaged, and marginalized from society.

Download or read book And the Skylark Sings with Me written by David H. Albert and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author tells the story of how he and his partner Ellen followed their daughter's interests in designing a home school program and used the resources within their community to fill the gaps in their knowledge areas.

Download or read book Eat Like You Teach written by Irene Pace and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re ready to get more health, your best weight, and enjoy life as you do it, you’re in the right place! In Eat Like You Teach, registered dietitian and expert coach, Irene Pace helps nutrition-minded folks make that happen. Irene gives clear steps needed to move from just knowing to actually doing, which helps women and men: Take control of their weight Be confident doing what works best for them Reclaim their focus Bring energy to all parts of their life See their efforts lead to real results

Download or read book The Joy of Yoga written by Jennifer Schwamm Willis and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As interest in yoga continues to grow ever more broadly in the U.S., more and more Americans are trying out yoga and discovering its benefits. At the same time, millions of people who already practice yoga are finding that it can play many different roles in their life -- from physical release to spiritual growth -- and wonder how to unlock that potential fully. The Yoga Mind offers a bridge between yoga as a physical practice and yoga as a spiritual inquiry. A wide-ranging, considered investigation of the deep mind-body connection yoga promotes, it includes the best work of great yoga teachers and philosophers, as well as contemporary yoga teachers and practitioners who draw wisdom and insight from their practice. Selections include writings by Patanjali, B. K. S. Iyenger, Judith Lasater, Margot Anand, Stephen Cope, Geeta Iyengar, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Erich Schiffman, and many others. The Yoga Mind is for people who want to explore yoga's deepest potential to change and enhance their lives on the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes.

Download or read book Food for the Heart written by Chah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher. His charisma and wisdom influenced many American and European seekers, and helped shape the American Vipassana community. This collection brings together for the first time Ajahn Chah's most powerful teachings, including those on meditation, liberation from suffering, calming the mind, enlightenment and the 'living dhamma'. Most of these talks have previously only been available in limited, private editions and the publication of Food for the Heart therefore represents a momentous occasion: the hugely increased accessibility of his words and wisdom. Western teachers such as Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield have extolled Chah's teachings for years and now readers can experience them directly in this book.

Download or read book Making Music at the Piano written by Barbara English Maris and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for early-level adult piano students of any age, this book enables students to play gratifying music while developing their skills. Maris discusses nearly every issue encountered by the beginner, from appropriate goals and good playing habits to how the piano works. For students who love to play as well as practice, this is the ideal guide.

Download or read book Eat Right for Life written by Dr. Raymond A. Schep and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Never Wrong to Eat Right! Eat Right for Life is full of healthy, natural alternatives to today's manufactured, chemically-charged and processed food. Improve your health and waistline with an organic lifestyle. It's easy with more than 100 food options, dozens of recipes and other life-changing natural solutions that help provide a balanced life. Inside you'll find: • Dietary therapies for cancer, arthritis, allergies and more • Tips on healthy weight loss • Advice on eating sweets, exercise and eating raw foods

Download or read book More Sex Soup and Two Fisted Eating written by Katie Robles and published by Olivia Kimbrell Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay motivated to lose weight and get healthy with a second helping of the habits you love. Complete with boxing matches, Diet Drones, and an asthmatic T-Rex, More Sex Soup is a laugh riot to fuel your diet. More fun: grin-inducing inspiration, cartoons, songs, poems, and power tools. More educational: know the science behind the healthy habits and learn to exercise your brain, avoid the meth munchies, and cure bad breath and constipation for free. More festive: includes a Holiday Guide to keep you on track through candy overload, gratitude feasts with pie, and a saintly celebration of greens. More recipes: vegetable packed soups, sides, entrees, and desserts that will have you craving what's good for you.

Download or read book Intermittent Fasting for Women Over 50 written by Jennifer Robinson and published by The Book Public. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Are you feeling your age, lacking energy, and have a few extra pounds you’d rather not be carrying around? - Did you answer ‘yes’ to one, or all, of those? - Okay, now ask yourself this question. What do all of those things have in common? None of them has to be that way. Getting older is inevitable. However, feeling and looking older doesn’t have to be as much a part of that equation as they are now. Once they hit 50, many women give up, they resign themselves to middle-aged weight gain and looking and feeling their age. It leaves them feeling unhappy with themselves and pining for their younger years when they felt good and full of vitality. What they don’t realize is that it doesn’t have to be that way. You can feel younger, healthier, and shed unwanted pounds that seemed to creep up on you with age to reach and maintain a healthy weight. It sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it’s not. The secret is intermittent fasting. This lifestyle choice is an understated tool for a woman over 50 to jumpstart her health. The benefits of intermittent fasting include: - Weight loss - Maintaining a healthy weight - Prevention of health problems like diabetes and heart disease - Better insulin management to help ease insulin resistance There is no better time than right now to improve your health and add years to your life. Intermittent fasting is a sustainable lifestyle that can help you become healthier and feel years younger. Don’t try another fad diet, and don’t spend another day being unhappy. You are worth the investment, all you need is the knowledge to achieve what you want.

Download or read book The Efficient Library written by Elizabeth Barrera Rush and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures. This librarian's guide provides recommendations for quick and easy implementation of space-improving, time-saving practices. It also discusses the fundamentals of business and engineering management, public health, and other disciplines as they directly relate to the improvement of library service and management. Detailing free and affordable adjustments to the library environment as well as information for those who will participate in a renovation or new construction project, the book features tips for creating functional, efficient, and productive spaces; procedures for streamlining routine tasks; methods for arranging materials in high demand; and ways of reconfiguring or planning spaces. It will provide librarians with a working knowledge of process management that will help them to strengthen their competence and build confidence to address and troubleshoot problems, freeing them to engage in more meaningful interactions and activities that benefit the community.

Download or read book The Mindful Musician written by Vanessa Cornett and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivate artistic vision, objectivity, freedom, quiet awareness, and self-compassion, both on- and offstage in order to become more resilient performers. Contrary to modern culture's embrace of busyness and divided attention, Cornett's contemplative techniques provide greater space for artistic self-expression and satisfaction. With the aid of a companion website that includes audio files and downloadable templates, The Mindful Musician provides a method to promote attentional focus, self-assessment, emotional awareness, and creativity. The first of its kind to combine mindfulness practices with research in cognitive and sport psychology, this book helps musicians explore the roots of anxiety and other challenges related to performance, all through the deliberate focus of awareness.