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Topic: sznitseln: I tried your meditation suggestion today.  (Read 1736 times)

Offline celticqt

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sznitseln: I tried your meditation suggestion today.
on: May 03, 2005, 04:04:20 PM
I was reading the thread "How to make things automatic" and I saw your suggestion about yoga/meditation/thinking positive thoughts while practicing.  I thought, Yeah, right!  Will that really make any difference?

Well, I tried it this morning  - I'm playing one of Mozart's sonatas for two pianos (the one in D) and I've been having trouble with mm. 54-55 in the first movement. Sometimes they came out correctly, and sometimes they just didn't.  So this morning I thought, I CAN play this!  The whole positive mental attitude thing.  And it worked!!! Actually, the whole sonata went better than it usually does - more accurate, and fewer stupid mistakes.   Thanks for reminding me of the power of positive thinking. :)
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