I DID IT!

Discoveries on the Other Side of Breaking the Jump

Today, I executed my jump. How did I get here? I continued to build my progression to be ready to start the jump from a static position and stick the landing across the gap and then… I DID IT!

I will share that I did crash a shin into the wall the time before I enjoyed the success. It wasn’t as terrible as I imagined (hmmm performing usually isn’t as terrible as we imagine either.) In fact, this was a learning opportunity too. What did I learn, that when I get in my head and question what I am DOING, I crash. Have you had this happen in playing? You anticipate the next run, feeling ungrounded and then…trainwreck.

The adrenaline flowed after the crash as I realized I could have stuck the landing propelled me forward. It was my thoughts that were limiting me. Without these limiting thoughts, I had even more in me than I anticipated was the epiphany that followed. This blew up my imagined limit of what I thought I was capable of.

The expanded sense of capability I see is not limited to jumping, it informs playing, performing, teaching, and confidence with the flute. WOW! A great example of how every facet of life influences every other facet.

What limiting thoughts hold you back? How can you approach them, as I did with this jump, from many angles to stick your landing? Pick one thing in your playing and apply this process. Be an observer and of course

BE CURIOUS…