At the time that I discovered meditation, I was on the precipice of launching a career as a professional musician. Music was my obsession. But suddenly, I felt like I needed to spend every second of my free time meditating. I felt guilty taking time away from meditation to do anything that wouldn’t get me enlightened. So I became urgently interested in the question, “Can making music be a path to enlightenment?” If it could, then I could keep making music without stalling my meditation progress.
I host free meditation & music improvisation jams at a music school near the U of MN campus. Silent meditation, then structured mindful improvisation activities, finishing with collective free improvisation. These are designed to help us practice maintaining a meditative state while improvising with an instrument, and they are always extremely fun. For more info, click here.
