Ghostbusters. What an awesome movie. In the library scene quoted above, Ray (but not Peter or Egan) is experiencing an “orienting response”. His body stills, his breath quiets, and his attention is highly focused. These are the same physiological responses that accompany inspired experiences that I’ve
What your love of music is telling you about your heart’s potential
A few weeks after learning meditation in 1996, I was sitting alone in my living room, practicing what little I could in the silence. All of sudden—WHAM!—a huge presence of Love overwhelmed me. What was THIS?! As a musician, I experience love in many
What your heart rate might be telling you about trust
30 minutes before my Oregon Symphony audition I was poised and ready to go. I felt good, prepared, and calm. But as I waited for the knock on the warmup room door, my heart began to beat faster. And faster. What