Mindful music...

[JonW]

Enjoyed the flute video, BioSattva.
I've now seen BioSattva playing his flute and Oli playing with his dog. Any other offers? Keep it clean, please!

[BioSattva]

Haha. I need to learn some new songs. I need to find a decent teacher, actually. I'm eyeing up the Kendo and Kyudo school nearby, however and there's a whole ninja fantasy thing I've got get out of my system . One only lives once it seems.

[Littlegrasshopper]

I'm quite new to mindfulness and hadn't experimented much with using music yet. However, just this past week I've meditated using some of my favourite classical music (I'm a classical singer) and I found it really interesting. In this case it was Strauss' "Four Last Songs". I never thought I could meditate to vocal music, not least highly romantic vocal music as it is too emotionally highly 'charged' for me (if I'm listening to another singer I will invariably think about singing, my own voice, analysis after analysis!). This time I found myself really truly listening to the inner orchestral parts, little lines I'm sure I'd never really focused on before. It was liberating. I was aware of the minute spaces between notes, the movement of inner parts against each other. All I can say is, I never thought I would be able to do such a thing and after having gone through a rough patch a few months ago which I won't bore you all with, I think I can credit my mindfulness journey with being able to really, really LISTEN to music again with an open mind and an open heart. I also highly recommend the Bach cello suites. Love, a classical music geek.

[JonW]

The Jessye Norman version of Four Songs? That's one of my favourite recordings. Haven't tried meditating to it though. I'll give it a try.
Btw, welcome to the community, Littlegrasshopper.