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Bill Plake

@BillPlake

Saxophonist, certified Alexander Technique teacher, practice coach, focal dystonia coach. Love helping musicians improve their performance and practice.

 Los Angeles, CA USA
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Joined August 2010
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This is Good! Practicing Music: Why Uncertainty Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing billplakemusic.org/2020/10/2… via @BillPlake
Practicing Music: Why Uncertainty Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing

Practicing Music: Why Uncertainty Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing

Prescience- The fact of knowing something before it takes place. -Oxford English Dictionary As a species, we human beings crave predictability in perhaps the most elegantly complex ways. And indeed…

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Hey #jazz improvisers! Check out my latest show w/@BillPlake Improvising is all about the melody - Episode 157 - go.shr.lc/3Hxm0gF #musiceducation #jazzeducation #saxophone
Bill Plake Podcast, Part 1; Improvising is all about the melody - Episode 157 – Everything Saxoph...

Bill Plake Podcast, Part 1; Improvising is all about the melody - Episode 157 – Everything Saxoph...

Click here to discover more about Bill Plake in our Everything Saxophone Podcast episode 157

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“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” ― Erich Fromm
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Speaking with an old friend today, we began talking about how we've both changed in the 40+ years we've known each other. "The biggest difference from then to now", she says, "is our ability to give and receive love so easily and readily." True. Beautiful.
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Longevity is good, but "successful aging" is better. Here's a blog post we wrote on what it means to "age successfully". glowingyears.com/2019/08/10/…
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One of the aims of aging successfully is being able to “step into the unknown” with confidence and grace. You can’t control what the world brings your way, but you can choose how you respond to the things that do come your way.
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“Progress is impossible without change, and those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw
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This issue continues to arise as musicians reach out to me for help. Awareness In Playing Music: "Looking For" In Contrast To "Noticing" billplakemusic.org/2020/12/0… via @BillPlake
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“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” ― Erich Fromm
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Oh my goodness do we love this!
MisterRogersQuotes (@MisterRogersSay) profile pictureMisterRogersQuotes@MisterRogersSay4 Nov 2022
“When you combine your own intuition with a sensitivity to other people’s feelings and moods, you may be close to the origins of valuable human attributes such as generosity, altruism, compassion, sympathy, and empathy.”
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Wonderful morning today working with a small group exploring balance, both in physical movement and in life choices, and how these two intersect.
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Classic blog post: Endurance and breath support bretpimentel.com/endurance-a…
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Taking appropriate action in the face of fear is both an act of love, and is itself cultivated by love.
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"Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." -Lou Holtz
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Deep truth here...
MisterRogersQuotes (@MisterRogersSay) profile pictureMisterRogersQuotes@MisterRogersSay25 Oct 2022
“One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener."
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Excellent article explaining some of the lesser known causes of unexplained weight gain.
Keck Medicine of USC (@KeckMedicineUSC) profile pictureKeck Medicine of USC
@KeckMedicineUSC24 Oct 2022
If you've noticed unexplained weight gain, there may be an underlying medical reason, says Sharon Orrange, MD, an internal medicine physician at Keck Medicine of USC. Read more to learn what might be causing the scale to tip upward. ow.ly/OyWI50Lg1cX
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“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.” 
 ― Hermann Hesse
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Beautiful words from a beautiful human being.
Steven Isserlis (@StevenIsserlis) profile pictureSteven Isserlis@StevenIsserlis23 Oct 2022
Football legend Pele (b otd 1940) speaking for us all: "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing." "A great player is a player who can assist, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence."
Image from Steven Isserlis (@StevenIsserlis)
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“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.” 
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
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Cultivating gratitude is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It improves your health, deepens your connection to others and helps see you through difficult times. What makes you feel grateful in this very moment?
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