#34 - Effortless Self-Mastery - Kenny Werner
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Kenny Werner is a world-renowned pianist, composer, teacher and author from New York. His first book, Effortless Mastery has sold over 150,000 copies. He is currently the artistic director of the Effortless Mastery Institute at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Werner is a Guggenheim Fellowship Award recipient for his seminal work, No Beginning, No End, and has performed with numerous jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Ron Carter, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette and Toots Thielemans. In this enlightening episode, Kenny shares his path to the concept of effortless self-mastery to lift musicians and artists to their highest level of performance. Richard and Kenny talk about Kenny’s time in rehab with a bonafide hitman, learning to stop questioning how you sound when playing your instrument, and how to let go of  your expectations along with much more. This is a packed episode with great mind and body concepts and insightful meditative practices to better performance and life.   LINKS:   Website :  https://kennywerner.com/  Stay in touch :  http://eepurl.com/hveRMf  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/effortlessmastery/ Video:  https://youtu.be/k-gpIIFUjYs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBnYgcmSJG8     Follow us on Instagram @WolfInTune  https://www.richardwolf.net/ Read "In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness"  https://tinyurl.com/tz67aqm  
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