MUSIC with John Overton



John Overton

is a classical musician
- an "authentic music-making" specialist
(baroque/classical periods)
- a conductor, a composer, an accompanist
- and a gifted "classical" improviser -
who also plays jazz.

John is available to play for concerts
to play for celebrations and religious services
to do stress-related bodytherapy work
with singers, instrumentalists and artists
and to work on
co-operative adventurous artistic ventures.



Acupressure, breathing-facilitation, stress-release, music-mentoring, coaching.

"I spent a long time "battling against myself" in practising, playing, composing and organizing music. 
It was only when I let go that I began to understand
that I had been my own worst "enemy" !
I started to work  with my body and with my innate spirit
to heal the unconscious war that had prevented me from expressing my fuller Self in my music."

As part of my awakening to the malaise of stressful music-making and the toll it was taking on my body, mind and spirit, I enrolled in training that would lead me to study Traditional Chinese Medicine through acupressure. My main teacher and mentor, Yaquta Morton, was also a gifted violinist, and it soon became clear to me how acupressure could be used to heal both obvious and hidden blocks to professional music-making. One of the beauties of this ancient system is that the musician (and indeed, anyone who is open to it) can be shown how to self-heal. Previously I had studied Feldenkrais exercises; with the life-changing series of week-long workshops in Re-birthing/Source Breathing and related alternative therapies that I was now immersed in, I was beginning to understand how I could combine these with accompanying, mentoring (especially for emerging younger musicians) and coaching.


For the past 10 years, this combination has been part of what I do.
Teaching others these self-help skills has concurrently helped me experience much deeper music-making
and given me tools to be able to go into "the zone" more easily
- that place from which music-making is comparatively effortless and wonderfully pleasure-filled.
I invite you to join me in exploring this joy-filled place.



For more information on
singing and voice workshops
limitless music-making
concerts and recitals
experimental art
worship and celebration
experiental spontaneous ecstatic dance
building artistic and new community
living in transformational times
and much more ..

please contact John at the email link below
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joverton AT bluebottle DOT com

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