LOVED THIS MEETING!! Full of knowledge and rich experiences dealing with this condition... My Name is Esteban, and I´m a student of a Music Education program, who is on a daily journey to recover from focal dystonia. I would like to ask the admins for a favor: I´m carrying out a reaserch about this condition, and it would be a great help if you give me a hand by sharing (in a fixed coment, or in your comunity) a Google Form (completely anonymous) whit a survey about the experience of going throug focal dystonia. Thanks for everything!!!

Amazing enterview. Thanks!! My Name is Esteban, and I´m a student of a Music Education program, who is on a daily journey to recover from focal dystonia. I would like to ask the admins for a favor: I´m carrying out a reaserch about this condition, and it would be a great help if you give me a hand by sharing (in a fixed coment, or in your comunity) a Google Form (completely anonymous) whit a survey about the experience of going throug focal dystonia. Thanks for everything!!!

Como puedo contactar? Mi cuello está como el suyo y preciso ayuda.

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wow, this is so wonderful - it brought tears to my eyes. What a great progress!

Hi I have focal dystonia for 5 years in my fingers I'm musician...how can I connect with you ...🙏🙏🙏

Great testimonial Craig!!! Enjoy your new found freedom!!

Thank you Victor, and Ruth, for sharing this interview/discussion. I have recently been experiencing focal dystonia (double bassist/electric bassist). It has frightened me - your (and others) KZbin videos have given me much hope!

That's so great for you! So happy to hear this. I have dystonia of my right foot, leg. Bought Ruth's book but not sure this will help me

This was approached with a level of mindfulness that is quite uncommon

So beautiful, Craig!

"She and I" 😊 Only a novelist/writter would know! Congratulations on your progress ❤

How did you do it? 🙏 my symptoms are so severe

Hi Boo, I'm so pleased for you. We swapped posts on the musicians with focal dystonia group on Facebook some years ago. We seem to have followed paralled paths in the quest for recovery. I've been working with Ruth's book and had a masterclass with her recently which was amazing. I'm down to my last symptom on guitar and have cause to be optimistic. But you're right, it's about fixing the person. If I should play again I'll still consider myself to be a work in progress. All the best.

Really inspiring! I have exactly the same thoughts, and it is good to hear you managed to overcome those "I am not enough" feelings. I still have to work on that...

Absolutely awesome! Thank you!

Inspiring stuff.I too am studying Ruth`s book as I have fretting hand dystonia.Unfortunatly I have only got so far as I cannot seem to find my brainspot,and as I know this is essential,could you maybe recommend how to go about this.I`ve read the David Grand book and tried various self spot videos-but to no avail. Thanks.

I am a former world-class musician, and I have played with many famous organizations. I have Lewy body dimentia. in the toes. Have you had any success with LBD?

When I saw him play recently, I saw his hand cramp up (onstage playing with his brothers) he sort of laughed it off and kept tapping along with his left hand I think. He's on the right track, these physical breakdown more often then not have their source from deep emotional/psycho stuff. Stress can ratchet it up. If anyone is suffering from Any chronic pain/ I highly recommend reading Dr. snares books on chronic pain and suppressed emotion and how it cause all this kinds of stuff. You have to have an open mind, normal western medicine only confronts the mechanical , as if our emotions and suppressed (anger especially) doesnt affect our physical body. Best of luck to all

Have you ever experienced a patient with focal dystonia in their arm? I'm a drummer of17 years and my symptoms have really developed in the last couple years as I decided to spend more time practicing and trying to become a professional musician

Wait, does that mean that he invented thumping because of dystonia? So he basically started a small musical revolution because of his condition. That's ironic...

Lindo video una luz al fondo del tunel muchas gracias

Thank you so much! This is so enlightening.

I really wanted to watch Victor, but the lady humming after every other word he says is intolerable. I’m very sorry that Victor is suffering from this. From what I could get through in the video sounds like he has found something that’s working for him. Good luck.

Genial amigo, yo sé lo que es eso, como contacto a Ruth?

Este ejercicio resuelve distonia?

This is amazing and really insightful, she cannot seem to be quiet though lol just letting him talk instead of consistently ‘ummm’ ‘yes’ ‘ummm’ ‘yes yes’ 😫😫😫

Thanks, Ruth! Very helpful. 🙏🏻

Alain is my physioptherapist, and a great role model as a dystonia sufferer, he was the only one who was really able to explain about this disorder. The road ahead is gonna long, but with Alain, i have faith 🙏🙏🙏

Ruth have you had any success with cervical dystonia?

Would this benefit cervical dystonia please ?.

Ruth and Vic…thanks❤️

Hi, im interested in buying some sessions for you, which one should i get? Is Masterclass General participation the right one? It says I need to work through the book The Focal Dystonia Cure. Does that mean I need to work through the book first before I start the sessions?

my absolute favorite bassist great person all around never a harsh word from him even during hard times. i did notice his playing being different from super human to almost normal still the greatest .

It was a heart warming respectfull coversation. I wish both of you all the bests!

Victor Wooten is a down to earth, kind Gentleman, with a big heart. My group of friends and me had the chance to meet him a couple of days ago (Saturday January 20th), in Berkeley California, where he performed with his brothers. T’was a jaw dropping show. After blowing our minds with an amazing performance, the staff of the venue wanted us lingering fans to exit the building so they could close it. The venue’s staff were a bit overly firm with us. Victor took note of this, politely said something to the staff, walked right pass them, and came outside to greet us all and talk to us, INDIVIDUALLY, while it was cold and raining on us late at night. What a great human being!!!

Why do I often fall asleep while doing this Attunement video ?

This was great advice. I have it in both ring fingers. Lifelong guitarist. Looks like I’m the real deal, now. 😅

I have been suffering from BLEPHAROSPASM and facial dystonia for the last 9 years. Does your book explain the treatment of the same? If yes please name the book so that I can buy it. Regards

I have been doing this attunement exercise every day. I just finished chapter 5 of your book and now I know why I have focal dystonia for 4 years now. I played a certain way on the piano for my whole life. Naturally, I played wrong. My fingers where flat and collapsed at the first joint and when I switched teachers 5 years ago, she told me I will never be able to play with the right touch to play pieces like Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum with my fingers collapsed like that. And she was right, I couldn't. My fingers were all collapsed. I didn't have the right touch. It felt natural to me my old way of playing but I would never reach a high level of playing with my technique being so poor. For about a year, I tried to play with my fingers curved and tried not to collapse them. 1 year after trying to correct my playing I developed a very serious focal hand dystonia in both my hands. Then for 4 more years I am still trying to correct the problem. I have learned in your book, so far, that I cannot correct the this dystonia by using my neocortex trying to focus on my fingers while playing trying not to over curl them or try to not make them stick straight up and down. I have tried to control these dystonia spasms for 4 years and have failed and now I know why after reading 5 chapters of your book so far. My question is, I want to be healed of my focal hand dystonia but I do not want to go back to my old way of playing. I understand some people play with less curved fingers than other people but to collapse the finger is never acceptable and if someone plays this way they will never reach a high level on the piano. I am wondering if it is possible for me, I am around 40 years of age now, to be healed of dystonia without going back to my old way of playing before focal dystonia? I want to be healed of this dystonia but come out of it with better technique then before I got this disease. Please can you let me know if this is possible?. By the way, now with this focal dystonia, my fingers are all contorted while I play on top of still collapsing my fingers. I am all a mess. Your book is giving me hope. Please can you let me know what you think? Thank you.

Thank you Ruth for sharing your knowledge! Your book and your way to understand Focal dystonia give me hope to recover after 37 years living with this symptom

i have exactly the same sintomns of victor, even if i'm an amateur bass player, i feel a great frustration since i cannot pleay anymore like the past and i cannot live without music, how contact you? main problem is that i did many neorological test and all negative, no one coul explain it and now it has a name, but how cure that, is possible to contact you?

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Thank you so much ruth i qill practice this love and kindness ❤

Scott, Wooten, Webster too. What if the reason is the desynchronization? Focal dystonia is a neurological disease. The signal from the brain does not reach the hands properly. These famous musicians play complex music and they all do our “favorite” exercises for desynchronizing the left and right hands, fingers and all. What if this dystonia is caused by a ripping off “natural” signal chains from the brain to/between the hands? What do you guys think about this idea?