Music & Mindfulness:
A Self-Care Bag of Tricks
A 3-hour, live, in-person experience for coming back to yourself - and learning how to help others do the same.
November 14, 2026
9:00 AM–12:00 PM PT
MusicWorx HQ · San Diego, CA
What happens when stress doesn't get a chance to switch off?
You may sleep - but still wake up tired.
You may have time to rest - but find your mind won't slow down.
You may be caring for everyone else - while quietly running on empty yourself.
Stress isn't simply something we think about.
It's something the body experiences.
And learning how to recognize that response - and intentionally create moments of relaxation, awareness, and restoration - can change the way we move through our days.
Join Lindsay Zehren, MT-BC for a hands-on workshop of music, mindfulness, self-awareness, and practical self-care tools you can actually use.
You don't need another thing on your to-do list.
You might need a moment to stop.
To notice how you're actually doing.
To breathe.
To listen.
To move.
To create.
To experience what it feels like when your nervous system gets an opportunity to settle.
Music & Mindfulness: A Self-Care Bag of Tricks was created to make self-care practical - not another ideal you know you should be doing.
During this experience, you'll explore research-informed approaches to stress, the body's fight/flight/freeze and relaxation responses, mindfulness, music, breath, movement, imagery, creativity, and self-awareness.
And you'll actually experience the practices yourself. Because the most powerful way to understand a tool is to feel what it does.
What You'll Experience
This isn't a morning of sitting in a chair and listening to someone talk about self-care.
You'll be invited to participate.
Understand Your Stress
Learn what happens in your body when stress takes over - and recognize your own patterns of fight, flight, freeze, and tension.
Explore: stress physiology · self-awareness · mindfulness · relaxation response
Experience the Shift
Move from knowing about self-care to actually experiencing practices that help you pause, breathe, release, listen, and reconnect.
Experience: breathwork · music · progressive muscle relaxation · meditation · imagery
Build Your Bag of Tricks
Discover the practices that work for you and create a realistic plan for bringing them into everyday life—and, when appropriate, your professional practice.
Apply: creative expression · music & imagery · reflection · self-care planning · clinical application
You will leave with a collection of practices you can reach for when you notice: “I'm overwhelmed.”
And, for professionals, a deeper understanding of how these approaches can be adapted appropriately within your clinical or professional work.
For yourself.
For your practice.
For the people you serve.
There are two ways to experience Music & Mindfulness.
OPTION 1:
Personal Registration
Come for you.
Designed for anyone who wants to strengthen their own self-care and develop practical tools for managing everyday stress.
Your registration includes:
· Live, in-person 3-hour workshop
· Experiential mindfulness and self-care practices
· Music-based relaxation and mindfulness experiences
· Breath and relaxation techniques
· Creative and reflective exercises
· Practical strategies you can take into your everyday life
OPTION 2:
Professional Registration
Come for yourself - and take the tools back to your work.
Designed for music therapists, music therapy students and interns, educators, allied health professionals, and creative arts therapists who want to deepen their own self-care while expanding their professional toolkit.
Your registration includes everything in the Personal experience, PLUS:
· Full Music & Mindfulness: A Self-Care Bag of Tricks online course
· Five self-paced learning modules
· Video lectures and presentations
· Guided audio and video mindfulness exercises
· Worksheets and handouts
· Experiential self-care assignments
· Quizzes
· Community/course forum
· Self-care assessment and planning resources
· Practical ideas for adapting appropriate techniques for clients and patients
· 6 CMTE Credits for Board-Certified Music Therapists
CMTE credits are available to Board-Certified Music Therapists only.
What makes this different?
We're not asking you to simply learn about self-care. We're asking you to experience it.
You'll learn about the physiology of stress. Then you'll notice your own breath.
You'll learn about the relaxation response. Then you'll experience practices designed to support it.
You'll explore music and mindfulness. Then you'll actually listen, breathe, move, create, reflect, and notice.
The goal isn't to leave knowing more about self-care.
The goal is to leave knowing what self-care feels like - and having tools you can actually use.
Meet Your Facilitator:
Lindsay Zehren, MT-BC
We're so excited to welcome Lindsay Zehren - a music educator, theater artist, creative arts therapist, and wellness enthusiast who believes in the power of creativity to help people connect, heal, and thrive.
With a B.A. in Music Education and Theater from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and an Equivalency Degree in Music Therapy from IUPUI, Lindsay brings 15+ years of experience working across clinical, family, academic, mental health, and community wellness settings.
Lindsay has advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy, Counseling Skills, Trauma-Informed Care, Yoga (RYT-200), Healing Touch, and Reiki.
She’s also the founder and director of Copper Z Creative Wellness, a creative arts therapy and wellness studio in Central Indiana - where music, movement, creativity, and whole-person wellness come together.
Who is this for?
✔ Music therapists
Strengthen your personal self-care while adding practical mindfulness and wellness approaches to your professional toolkit.
✔ Music therapy students & interns
Begin developing sustainable self-care practices alongside your clinical development.
✔ Creative arts therapists & allied health professionals
Explore accessible music- and mindfulness-based strategies for personal wellness and appropriate professional application.
✔ Educators & helping professionals
Learn practices that can support your own wellbeing and potentially be adapted within your work.
✔ Anyone looking for more sustainable self-care
You don't have to be a music therapist to benefit. The personal registration is designed around your own experience and wellbeing.
No prerequisites required!
What You'll Learn
By the end of the experience and, for professional registrants, the accompanying online course, you'll be able to:
✔ Understand: Describe the physiological processes involved in fight, flight, freeze, and relaxation responses and relate them to personal and client wellness.
✔ Recognize: Develop greater awareness of your own stress patterns and responses.
✔ Practice: Experience multiple mindfulness-based self-care exercises, including breathwork, relaxation, imagery, meditation, music, and creative expression.
✔ Apply: Identify practical ways music and mindfulness techniques can support independent self-care and appropriate clinical applications.
✔ Plan: Identify personal self-care goals and create a realistic schedule for putting them into practice.
Your self-care doesn't have to wait until you're burned out.
We often tell the people we care for to pause.
To breathe.
To listen to their bodies.
To make space for themselves.
We deserve to practice those things, too.
Join us for a morning designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and discover practical ways to make music and mindfulness part of how you care for yourself.
November 14, 2026
9:00 AM–12:00 PM PT
MusicWorx HQ · San Diego, CA
Choose the experience that's right for you.
Includes full online course + 6 CMTE credits for board-certified music therapists.
What People Are Saying
Feedback from professionals who have experienced related MusicWorx tools and training.
Rebecca Dadi, MT-BC
About Relaxation and Creative Arts Experiences, a MusicWorx Toolbox
“Thank you for an amazing and energizing course, I very much enjoyed it.
Having so many creative music and arts interventions so well outlined so that I can use and adapt to use - especially the mandala..."
Allison Riley
About Relaxation and Creative Arts Experiences, a MusicWorx Toolbox
"The use of creative arts in the session and the integrative approach [were most useful to my practice].
There were new ideas I would like to try for my clients (and myself sometime).
I thought this course was excellent."
Elizabeth Williams, MT-BC
About Relaxation and Creative Arts Experiences, a MusicWorx Toolbox
"The volume of activities was fantastic.
Lots I can use immediately.
Lots to chew on."
Your new beginning awaits.
You don't have to overhaul your life.
You don't need another complicated routine.
You don't have to become someone who meditates for 30 minutes every morning.
You can start with one breath.
One song. One moment of awareness.
One practice that helps you come back to yourself.
Come discover your own bag of tricks.
November 14 · 9 AM–12 PM PT · San Diego, CA
RESERVE YOUR PLACE TODAY!
Live workshop + all techniques, practices, and exercises learned on-site
Live workshop + Full Online Course + 6 CMTE Credits
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a music therapist?
No. The personal registration is open to anyone interested in developing practical self-care and mindfulness strategies.
Professional registration is designed specifically for music therapists, students/interns, educators, allied health professionals, and creative arts therapists who want the additional online course and professional application.
Are CMTE credits included?
6 CMTE credits are included with the Professional Registration for Board-Certified Music Therapists.
MusicWorx Inc., #P-097, maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
What is the difference between Personal and Professional Registration?
Personal Registration includes the live, in-person workshop.
Professional Registration includes the live workshop plus the full self-paced online Music & Mindfulness course and 6 CMTE credits for eligible MT-BCs.
Is the online course live?
No. The online component is self-paced and includes video lectures, guided mindfulness exercises, worksheets, assignments, quizzes, and course resources.
Are there prerequisites?
No prerequisites are required.
Do I need to participate in every exercise?
The workshop is experiential, but you should always honor your own needs and comfort level. Exercises can be adapted or modified as appropriate.
Where is the workshop?
MusicWorx HQ in San Diego, California.
Our address is: 10650 Treena St., Ste. 111, San Diego, CA 92131.
When is it?
November 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM–12:00 PM PT.
What should I bring?
Come comfortably dressed and ready to participate, reflect, listen, and experience!
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