How Metta changed significantly my life and the way I see it
Metta is a Pali word, usually translated to ‘loving-kindness’. About two years ago, I started a training program on Meditation and...
L'éveil
L’éveil, ce point du jour, ce moment ineffable ou l’engourdissement du sommeil s’estompe lentement. S’éveiller, une action routinière,...
‘I can’t meditate, I can’t sit still’.
Since I started my Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher Certificate Program, I have come across the same remark over and over again. The...
Reflexion on time, feelings, beliefs and other serious stuff
Time. This human construct. From following nature cycles to getting enslaved to our beliefs about what it entitles. We observed seasons...
Mindfulness And My Crazy Granny
What is mindfulness? For Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness is “‘paying attention’ in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, non...
There is an elephant in the room!
Where I speak about music, stillness, dinosaurs and Vivaldi and share my latest experiences with Armonico Consort and Rachel Podger.
Unlocking memories - Armonico Consort takes part of the Singing for the Brain Project
A music project exploring the impact of music with AD Dementia patients in care homes, supported by the Alzheimer Society.
Up and down memory lane
It is always exciting to start a new project. This crisis has made people creativity explode and I found myself being part of new ideas,...
Mental Health in Lockdown - my experience as a musician.
10 weeks without playing with my friends, my colleagues, my weird extended family.
Easter Island - my introduction to social work in a very peculiar context!
As part of the Global Leaders Program, Kendall Grady and I went to Easter Island to help the ONG Toki - Escuéla de musica. We discovered...
Why music?
Salomé Rateau March 2019 Memories As far as I can remember I have been drawn to the world of sounds. Not just music - sounds. I grew up...
Biography 2019
"I believe that an essential part of our life is to learn to communicate and that music offers a wide range of tools to do it with...