Dealing with focal dystonia. What about emotional factors? Part 1

Did you know that recovery from musician's focal dystonia is possible? Good news...it is! Growing number of musicians have resolved focal dystonia symptoms and many who have, have done so by training. These series of video is an attempt to share some of the self-training ideas and techniques that has been proven effective by me (Akiko Trush) and some of my fellow MFD colleagues. Training requires a lot of patience, but by grasping few key ideas and by having some persistence, recovery is possible. It's about consciously working on freeing every little movement one micro step at a time. The key is to be observant and to learn a little bit about why you might be experiencing the symptoms, what really is going on and how to break down the steps and most important of all, have a free mind. In this video, I answer one of the common questions that I am asked. "Is focal dystonia an emotional problem? " "What role do you think emotions had to do with the onset and recovery of focal dystonia? " My take is that emotions, as well as movements down to the fine motor movements are a direct reflection of how we internally perceive the world around us. Therefore, It is very crucial that we have our perception aliened with our intention of playing the instrument and I explain how we can do that by looking a close look and counter balancing emotions, motions and sensations to start seeing the whole picture. Website: https://www.themindfulpianist.com/ Sign up to receive personal episodes, tips, ideas and updates from me! http://eepurl.com/c2OYRr FACEBOOK   / themindfulpianist