WHY HAVE I CHOSEN THE TIMANI?
I always had much of tension and discomforts while I was playing cello since I was a child. I did exactly everything what my teacher said and practiced hard. But this negative feeling in my body never went away. Here comes a very interesting fact that my physical limitation influenced on my confidence on a stage very negatively. Because I could simply not express fully on cello playing as much as I felt about music.
Surprisingly, all those long years of my music studies, I never got any explanations about the functions of body as a cellist. All my cello teachers were simply and naturally “talented” musicians who knew instantly how to use their bodies in efficient way for them. I adored them and started to self criticised how I am not one of them who are naturally gifted. Everything starts from there. THEY and I. Separating me, myself to others. But then later on, I discovered that having a decent pain while one plays a instrument were the unspoken secrets among the musicians. Many of MUSICIANS are suffering from pain but none talks about it. Because it makes us as not the natural talented one.
I changed a lot of my cello techniques from my own observations and failures from my own performances. Later on, additionally I got a great help to understand about bow techniques from a great teacher in Stockholm. But then it was already at the end of my music studies! I really wished that I could got some help from myn earlier ground music studies.
Since 2018, I am taking a part of the certification of three years of Timani teacher program. In Timani, you learn anatomical aspects of body for musicians and also how to differentiate and retrain your muscle systems so you can play and sing in the most efficient way. Since I am applying Timani exercises to my own cello practices, my confidences on a stage have been positively increased. It results to experience connection between body and mind in much profound way. Being more precise and aware of what happened in the body, one can increase positively in mental focus. It results that playing instruments or singing become much more effortless and one can fully focus on making music instead.
Do you want to access your full physical potential to play instrument and to sing? Would’t it be great that you can explain to yourself and others what you do with your body while you are playing so they can learn from you?
When was the last time you played and sang with a great joy feeling that you have no limitations on your body?
Please join me with Timani. Timani will lighted you up your music making!!!
You can read more about Timani
www.timani.no