Inner Listening
PIANO
Jerry Green
Inner Listening - Piano

Inner-listening is not a new idea. In its general applications, inner-listening is a skill that can be applied to any endeavor apart from music. For those seeking to understand their soul's unique divinity, it is essential to develop the ability to distinguish personal spiritual truth from inherited doctrine. I discovered using a piano as biofeedback training for unwinding tensions associated with a congenital spasticity. I listened to the qualities in sounds that reflected my breathing, posture and attitudes, finding simple motifs/phrases that were building blocks of music; I was exploring the sounds of my inability to play music, and backed my way into finding healing music within me. Musicians trained to play composed music are unprepared to practice this inner-listening; I would like to introduce you to this practice with your voice, in movement or stillness…. listen within, then together, we find connection in the sounds of shared spirit.

"Jerry's original improvisations on popular and classical themes and remarkable ability to listen seem to help people rediscover their desire to listen." - Seth Monfort, Concert pianist
"White light produces all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener." - Arvo Part
"Jerry discovered the use of piano as biofeedback training for unwinding tensions associated with a congenital spasticity. He approaches the piano the way a priest kneels before an altar; what is sacred has yet to come. His left foot finds the floor and grounds him there as his right foot reaches the pedals. He exhales a breath he didn't realize he was holding and feels the release of tension in his chest. What he's playing is less important than the transformation inside, where breath, awareness, and intention direct his movement. He's more centered now, grounded in an inner world free of judgment for his physical limitations. He listens, he breathes, and then plays." - Rebekah Green
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