Let's talk about the black notes on the keyboard. If we start on C and play all of the notes, black and white, up to the next C, it...

Hello there and welcome to Step Five in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music! This step features the left hand playing octave Cs. The pace...

Here is your Sunday Beauty Spot: you are invited to contemplate this image and... breathe in for four counts, hold for four counts,...

One of our SLM students recently rocked up for her fourth lesson. She's smart, accomplished, experienced, lauded in her field. But she...

As mentioned last week, if you spend seven seconds with us each Saturday, you might be surprised how much you've learned about reading...

It can strike anywhere, at any time: in the board room, the concert hall, the lecture theatre, the exam room. We might know that we've...

As promised, our Monday posts for the next little while are being devoted to the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music, offering you free access...

School holidays: stressor or stress buster? People who have school-aged children most often have strong feelings about school holidays,...

Have you heard of the miniscus line? It can be thought of as the curved (convex or concave) surface of (eg) water. It looks as though the...

Shyness. It's probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about stressors, but shyness can be very stressful indeed....