In Tune: Music as the Bridge to Mindfulness

In our noisy world, music is the key to inner silence

Richard Wolf first tried Zen meditation in his teens, but no matter in what posture or for how long he sat, transcendence proved stubbornly out of reach. It was only years later that he found the bridge that could take him there: music.

In Tune charts twelve "bridges"-skills and sensibilities refined in musical practice that carry over to mindfulness and meditation, among them:

• Concentration
• Posture
• Harmony
• Silence
• The Art of Deep Lis...