Practice Starts BEFORE
you're at the piano
A five-minute audio guided visualization for a calm, focused start to every practice session.
What practice looks like when I can't sit at the piano.
Where do you even start?
You sit down to practice.
The hard passage is waiting. So is the section you promised yourself you'd clean up yesterday.
You play a little of one thing. Stop. Switch to another.
Bouncing between passages like a cat in a room full of cardboard boxes. 🐈
An hour later, you close the lid and wonder what you actually worked on. 🤦♀️
Here's the thing. Your hands weren't the problem.
Your attention showed up after them.
The most useful moment of your practice session happens before the first note. So I made five minutes just for that moment.
Headphones on. 🎧
Eyes closed. 🧘♀️
I guide you to a calm, centered start...
so when you sit on the bench, your attention already knows where to go.
I've been using it a lot lately, since my time at the piano is limited right now while I'm in a back brace. Five minutes in my head saves me a lot of wandering at the keys.
Not inside the piece. Before it.
I call it Guided Visualization for Inspired Practice
What's Included?
AUDIO
5 minutes
Download to keep forever
WHEN
Before you practice
Headphones on, eyes closed
$20 $10
50% off ends
Tuesday, Oct 6
Lisa Spector
is a Juilliard alum and Piano Practice Strategist helping adult pianists get more out of every practice session. She writes Practice Notes, Unfiltered, a weekly newsletter for dedicated pianists, and is the founder of the Piano Ninja Tricksters Club, a community where members build time-saving practice habits and learn more while practicing less.
Lisa studied with Earl Wild, John Perry, and Leon Fleisher. Her motto, "Screw Perfect. Just Make Music," reflects the way she teaches: direct, a little irreverent, and always focused on making music with joy and ease.
