EJO Whole Music Virtual Academy presents: Fiddle Yoga for Beginners & Intermediate Players

Play Freely. Release Tension. Find Your Natural Tone & Timing. Thursdays • 5:30 PM EST • January 8 - February 12, 2026

Six-Week Online Course

Are you an intermediate fiddler who struggles with tight shoulders, arm tension, locked breathing, or inconsistent tone and timing?

Do you feel the music inside you -yet your body sometimes gets in the way?

Fiddle Yoga is a unique six-week method created by award-winning musician, teacher, and breath-work innovator EJ Ouellette. This course blends functional breathwork, posture alignment, playing mechanics, and EJ's signature Ouellette Glottal-Diaphragmatic Compression Techniquer to help you play with ease, flow, and power.

In This Course You Will Learn:

• How to release body tension before it enters the fiddle

• Breath techniques that free the hands and improve bow control

• Natural sitting or standing posture for long-term comfort and tone production

• How airflow affects timing, groove, and tempo stability

• Techniques to eliminate "fight-through playing"

• Methods for smoother string crossings and cleaner ornaments

• How to generate tone with less effort and more resonance