This blog is a documentation of my continued study and practice of mindfulness. Specifically, it deals with how mindfulness can apply to musicians in the practice room. A disclaimer: I don’t know everything about mindfulness. The information for the following series of blogs comes from a six-week seminar on the topic, and from my own experiences. I write because it helps to ground me and hold me accountable in my own practice of mindfulness. The most important fact that I have learned about mindfulness is this: it is a practice. It is not a state of being, but rather it is something you try to do (successfully or not) every day. Luckily for us musicians, we are accustomed to the idea of practice. That moment when we step back and simply notice that our focus has shifted from the present moment to regrets about the past, fears about the future, or any other emotional rabbit hole — that is the practice.