Open to all instruments and levels. Learn about Mindfulness for Musicians Session II. Or sign up for both sessions to enjoy the full week-long retreat.
In our nurturing environment we look at the whole musician, combining ancient wisdom and movement traditions with current understanding of brain science to help you practice with more efficiency. Guided meditations lead us on an inward journey to deepen our musical expression.
Our experienced faculty will share accessible, practical skills to help you stay calm and confident in performances, auditions, and the practice room.
Learn how to silence your inner critic and develop the mental preparation to be present and focused under stressful conditions and share your joy in making music.
Open to serious music students, professionals, and advanced amateurs of all instruments.
You’ll enjoy experiential workshops, mindful movement, and wellness for the body and soul!
Managing Performance Anxiety & Mindset
Work effectively with performance anxiety
Turn your inner critic into an “inner coach”
Reframe the “audition experience” to reduce fear
Enhancing Practice & Performance Preparation
Practice more efficiently
Prepare mock auditions from a mindfulness perspective
Create inner calm and focus
Get out of your head and into your body
Developing Mind and Body Awareness
Choose movement/meditation techniques for concentration and musical expression
Understand equanimity and its practical applications
Learn about the power of neuroplasticity
Day 1
1:30 - 3pm Arrival & Check-in
2:30 - 3:30pm Tea & Light Refreshments
4 - 5:30pm Mindfulness for Musicians Workshop
5:30 - 6:00pm Dinner
6 - 6:30pm Break
6:30 - 7pm Guided Meditation
7:15 - 9pm Opening Circle & Faculty Performance
10:30pm Quiet Time
Day 2
6:30-6:45am Good morning
6:50 - 7:20am Tai Chi
7:20 - 7:50am Meditation
7:50 - 8:20am Breakfast & Break
8:30- 9:20am Workshop
9:30-11:00am Experiential Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
11am-12:oopm Lunch
12:00 - 12:30pm Personal or Community Time
12:30 - 1:20pm Mindful Rest
1:30 - 2:2opm Workshop
2:30-3:30pm Experiential Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
3:30-4pm Tea, Coffee, Snack Time
4:00-4:30pm Group Yoga
4:30-5pm Individual or Small Group Yoga (Optional)
5:00 - 5:45pm Dinner
5:45 - 6:20pm Personal or Community Time
6:30 - 7:30pm Guided Meditation
7:45 - 9:00pm Talks and Group Inquiry Time
9:00 - 10:00pm Personal time
10:30 pm Quiet Time
Day 3
6:30-6:45am Good morning
6:45 - 7:50am Tai Chi and Meditation
7:50 - 8:20am Breakfast & Break
8:30- 9:20am Workshop
9:30-11:00am Experiential Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
11am-12:oopm Lunch
12:00 - 12:30pm Personal or Community Time
12:30 - 1:20pm Mindful Rest
1:30 - 2:2opm Yoga
2:30-3:20pm Workshop
3:30-4pm Tea, Coffee, Snack Time
4-5pm Experiential Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
5:00 - 5:45pm Dinner
5:45 - 6:20pm Personal or Community Time
6:30 - 7:30pm Guided Meditation
7:45 - 9:00pm Talks and Group Inquiry Time
9:00 - 10:00pm Personal time
10:30 pm Quiet Time
Day 4
6:30-6:45am Good morning
6:45 - 7:50am Tai Chi and Meditation
7:50 - 8:20am Breakfast & Break
8:30- 9:20am Workshop
9:30-11:30am Redwoods Hike (Optional)
11:30am-12:2opm Lunch
12:30 - 1:00pm Personal or Community Time
1:00 - 1:20pm Mindful Rest
1:30 - 2:2opm Workshop
2:30-3:30pm Experiential Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
3:30-4pm Tea, Coffee, Snack Time
4-5pm Workshop / Practice / Private Coaching
5:00 - 5:45pm Dinner
5:45 - 6:20pm Personal or Community Time
6:30 - 7:30pm Guided Meditation
7:45 - 9:00pm Talks and Group Inquiry Time
9:00 - 10:00pm Personal time
10:30 pm Quiet Time
French Horn
Wellness for Musicians
Jessica Valeri has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 2008. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Valeri was a member of the Saint Louis Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, and the Grant Park Orchestra. After studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ms. Valeri went on to earn her Graduate degree and Performance Certificate from Northwestern University.
Ms. Valeri has participated in many recording projects including the National Brass Ensemble and a Grammy-nominated recording with the Bay Brass. She is a frequent guest with the Grand Teton Music Festival, Mainly Mozart, the Arizona Music Festival, and the Lakes Area Music Festival. Passionate about education, she is currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, maintaining a horn studio as well as teaching a class called Wellness for Musicians, in which she delves into the practice of yoga and various intersections with life as a musician. She served as faculty for the SFCM Precollege and horn coach for the San Francisco Youth Symphony. Ms. Valeri enjoys teaching yoga as a certified yoga instructor, practicing sketch comedy, gardening and travel.
Seminars / The Buddha, the Brain, and Bach Workshop:
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Juilliard School
Stanford University
University of Southern California
University of Nevada, Reno
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Telluride Compassion Festival
Barbara Bogatin has been a cellist with the San Francisco Symphony since 1994. In addition to her career as a symphonic musician, she has created a curriculum on Mindfulness Meditation for Musicians where she integrates contemplative practice with music performance and instrumental practice. She has presented these seminars at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of Southern California, University of Nevada, Reno, and the Juilliard School. Along with her husband, neuroscientist Clifford Saron, she has given workshop presentations called “The Buddha, the Brain, and Bach” that explore the intersection of meditation, creativity, and neuroplasticity at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Esalen, Stanford University, Telluride Compassion Festival, and at conferences in Italy, Spain, and South Africa.
Barbara has performed chamber music at the Lucerne Festival, Spoleto Festival, Casals Festival, Classical Tahoe, Music at Kohl Mansion, and Davies Hall Chamber Music Series. She has published articles on music in The San Francisco Chronicle, Strings Magazine, SF Classical Voice, and Senza Sordino. She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School.
Center for Mind and Brain
MIND Institute
The Shamatha Project
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Stanford University
University of Southern California
Esalen Institute
Telluride Compassion Festival
Conferences in Italy, Spain, and South Africa
Clifford Saron, PhD is a Research Scientist at the Center for Mind and Brain and MIND Institute at the University of California at Davis. He received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Saron has had a long-standing interest in the effects of contemplative practice on physiology and behavior. In the early 1990s he conducted field research investigating Tibetan Buddhist mind training under the auspices of the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama. A faculty member at Mind and Life Summer Research Institutes in the US and Europe and a former member of the Mind and Life Institute Program and Research as well as Steering Councils, he received the inaugural Mind and Life Service Award in 2018.
Dr. Saron directs the Shamatha Project, a multidisciplinary longitudinal investigation of the effects of intensive meditation on physiological and psychological processes central to well-being. In 2012, Dr. Saron and his research team were awarded the inaugural Templeton Prize Research Grant in honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama. Currently his research team is investigating how meditation experience may mitigate the effects of the pandemic on chronic stress and cellular aging, as well as examining consequences of compassion vs. mindfulness training on engagement with suffering. His other research area focuses on sensory processing in children with autism spectrum disorders to better understand how these children experience their everyday sensory environments.
One Heart Institute
Taiji for Musicians
Backline Care
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
Saxophone Performance
Wind Conducting
Jazz
Dr. Wenbo Yin is a saxophonist, wind conductor, and musicians' wellness coach noted for his bold, versatile artistry across classical, jazz, contemporary, and beatbox saxophone. He has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, collaborated with Grammy-winning artists, won the Beverly Hills National Auditions, and played principal saxophone with prominent groups such as the CCM Wind Symphony.
As co-founder of the One Heart Institute, a nonprofit that integrates music, wellness, and holistic practices, Wenbo is dedicated to supporting the well-being of musicians and individuals alike. He has facilitated music and mindfulness workshops in the U.S., Bhutan, and China, and continues to develop the Tai Chi for Musicians workshop, offered at various universities and institutions. Wenbo is also a certified wellness provider for music industry professionals with Backline Care, teaches Tai Chi at a local athletic club, and supports wellness work with a Parkinson’s group.
He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance, Wind Conducting, and Jazz from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). He also embarked on an extended journey of study in Tai Chi, meditation, and contemplative practice at Dharma Realm Buddhist University in Northern California, deepening the integration between music-making and inner cultivation.
Tai Chi for Musicians:
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Sonoma State University
Music Industry Wellness Provider
Faculty, One Heart Institute, 2023, 2024, 2025
Associate Director, University of Cincinnati Bearcat Jazz Band, 2022
Undergraduate Saxophone Studio Teaching Assistant, CCM, 2020
Woodwind Specialist, University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands, 2021-22
Lecturer and Saxophone Instructor, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, 2019 - 22
Winner, Beverly Hills National Auditions, 2025
Laureate, Carnegie Hall Gala Audition, 2024
First Prize Winner, Advanced Category, Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition, 2022
Finalist, CBS Celebration of Music Competition, 2018
Semi-Finalist, North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition, 2016
• North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA)
• Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC)
• Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Rates include all the following during your program:
Tuition,
A single occupancy room,
Three nutritious and delicious vegetarian meals every day, and
Integrated wellness practices (check Program Features for details).
Limited scholarships available; check your eligibility at Registration.
The Mindfulness for Musicians Program is a part of the larger summer music and mindfulness programs we offer. The experience is enriched by daily wellness practices (Tai Chi, yoga), meditation, one-on-one and group workshops, practice and rehearsal times, plant-based diet, and a supportive community.
Learn more: Schedule, Scholarships, Summer Facilities
info@oneheartinstitute.org | 707-376-8731
