A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedure...

• Introduction
• Part I: The Principles
• 1 The Use of the Self
• 2 The Primary Control: Head, Neck, Back
• 3 Sensory Awareness and Conception
• 4 Inhibition and Non-doing
• 5 Direction
• 6 Action
• Part II: The Procedures
• 7 The Learning Experience
• 8 The Monkey and the Lunge: Back, Pelvis, Legs
• 9 Reaching Out: Shoulders, Arms, Hands, Fingers
• 10 The Whispered "Ah": Lips, Tongue, Jaw, Breath, Voice
• 11 Constructive Rest
• 12 Working on Yourself
• Part III: The Applications ...