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When pro musicians overstress their bodies and minds, they turn to therapist Jason Adams to help relieve their injuries. Through education, personal training, & therapeutic massage, Adams helps professional musicians restore their physical and mental performance to optimum levels.
With his diverse training in multiple fields, Jason is quickly becoming well recognized by the music industry. Working with musicians who are under intense physical and mental strain—classical violinists who practice/perform hours a day, pro guitarists with shoulder/spinal injuries, and more acute and localized injuries like TMJ or carpal tunnel problems—Adams is sought-after by those seeking his experience and insight into music-related injuries.
His extensive study in classical and jazz music—saxophone, flute, clarinet, piano, voice, guitar, and percussion—lends Jason a unique insight into the specific stresses that musicians undergo each and every day during their practice, recording, and performance sessions. Jason blends this music background with his training in yoga and massage therapy, bringing a very introspective and intuitive knowledge base to his practice.
Practicing yoga for more than six years, Jason is greatly interested in how yoga and music can affect each other. As a result, Adams completed a series of articles for the Saxophone Journal in 2005. He has since been in demand nationally with his Yoga for Musicians lectures, having appeared at numerous symposiums and conferences. His series discusses some of the beneficial aspects that yoga—specifically Hatha yoga, breathing exercises, & meditation—can provide to a musician. In addition to his lectures, Jason is currently writing a text focusing on incorporating yoga into musical practice and performance.
As a Registered Yoga Teacher and Licensed Massage Therapist , Adams incorporates innovative techniques to help musicians attain beneficial results—such as working on the diaphragm of vocalists through massage techniques and yogic breathing exercises.
In their daily lives, musicians are under a lot of physical and mental stress—and Adams is striving to alleviate those tensions.
If you're a musician, and this sounds interesting, drop me a line...


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My Blog

blog has a new location

I've been a little more consistent blogging lately, but I haven't been posting the blogs here. Go to: AdamsApproach.blogspot.com to read my blog.Eventually, I'll get it transfered to the Adams Approac...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:15:00 GMT

sometimes I feel like a horse trainer...

Today i started a new massage client. Our session reminded me of an experience from my childhood. Yes, we're going to go back about 20 years now...I remember growing up on the farm in Nebraska. We alw...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Antares, Arcturus, & smaller mounds of mass

Thought you were big? Here's a little perspective concerning how large you really are:
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:32:00 GMT

the Hawaiian knocks on my door

So, a few years ago, I moved to Tucson in late August. I had just finished my Bachelor's degree in saxophone performance, and I went to Tucson to study with another saxophonist for a year before compl...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:00:00 GMT

the Carissa project

Check out the Carissa project--a documentary about Carissa.trailers:
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:06:00 GMT

24 Hours

"How long should I wait to exercise after a massage or bodywork session?"Rolfer Ray Bishop, of Atlanta, GA, recommends clients avoid strenuous exercise for at least 24 hours after a bodywork session. ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:26:00 GMT

Taurus? ... Gemini? ...

So I've now had multiple clients ask me: "When's your birthday?" "What's your sign?""You seem like a Gemini."Well, I'm actually a Taurus, but it's the last day, so I'm close to Gemini, I guess.But wha...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:59:00 GMT

Thank You

So like most struggling musicians & actors, I've had a day-job the last 2 1/2 years working as a server in a few restaurants to pay my bills. L.A. can be expensive--you do whatcha gotta do. True, I've...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:18:00 GMT

Straight Outta Compton

So I've been in L.A. for 19 months now, and this last weekend was the first time I was actually in Compton. True, I technically have driven thru there before, but interstates don't really count.What b...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:19:00 GMT

phalanges

How many muscles do you have total in your fingers and thumbs?
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:25:00 GMT