About

THE TEACHER: JOHN SHAPIRO

MUSIC HAS BEEN A VEHICLE FOR PROFOUND EVOLUTION

I grew up in a difficult, neglectful, addiction-riddled situation. I had no innate ability to sing, and I began to teach myself music in high school: singing, playing, writing and recording. Little did I know, that creative and emotional expression allowed me to process some of the pain I was experiencing. For the love of it, and with no practical plan for the future, I decided to go to college for music. But using the un-wholistic guidance of our culture, I decided to attend the "best" music school. At Berklee College of Music, I felt my vitality for music being sucked away, which combined with other big life challenges to form a storm that was the darkest time of my life. But I am deeply grateful, as that storm cracked me open and made me receptive to real spiritual and personal development and healing. It set my life on a totally different trajectory: I began practicing mindfulness meditation, doing deep personal and psychological work and switched to Naropa University: a mindfulness-based, wholisticly-focused college in Boulder. When I turned thirty, after another difficult life period, and after was laid off from my software engineer job, I began teaching music. And again, music provided me with direct and indirect evolutionary experiences: I felt supported by my low-stress, high-benefit-to-others music teaching business. It allowed me to take huge steps in my own healing, while helping others in various ways. As my teaching progressed, I began to teach more and more wholistically to those who wanted that experience. While I also still teach music in a more traditional way via my business: Make Great Music , transformusical is the overt merging of transformational work with innovative singing technique.

ON THE MUSIC SIDE

I'm a "master" music teacher with over 20,000 hours teaching private lessons via my teaching business: Make Great Music . I teach an that I developed. I teach lessons in: , as well as classes and workshops in:. I've been playing, studying, recording, writing and performing music for over 38 years and teaching full-time for 20 years. I have a BA in Music from Naropa University and also studied at Berklee College of Music and CU-Boulder. I teach out of my in the West Highlands neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

ON THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & SPIRITUAL SIDE

I'm deeply committed to my own personal evolution through a variety of methods, while mindfulness remains my central practice. I'm a long term Vipassana meditator having spent over a year total in silent meditation retreat. I'm a passionate about groups-done-well and have invested in a variety of trainings. I consult with groups to help them navigate through conflict, and I'm a certified mediator. I'm a Catalyst Coach, Group Unsticking Guide & Workshop Facilitator my business: Evolving Up . I've had extensive training in Authentic Leadership, Family Constellations, political leadership, Playback theater, power & privilege and various forms of coaching. And I draw heavily from Hakomi principles.

John Shapiro: teacher, coach & owner of transformusical. Additionly, I teach music in a more traditional way via: Make Great Music . I'm a Catalyst Coach, Group Unsticking Guide & Workshop Facilitator my business: Evolving Up .

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