Savvidou's book provides today's teachers a broad, comprehensive perspective of wellness that recognizes the importance of dealing with the 'whole person' that walks into our studios. It is an especially helpful and thorough resource to which studio teachers can turn for specific guidance on a broad and diverse range of practical topics. Especially notable is her identifying teachers as a student's 'first line of defense,' helping students through the many challenges
impacting them today... This book deserves a prominent place in every musician's and music school's library.
Paola Savvidou is a pianist, pedagogue, and wellness advocate. She serves as Wellness Initiative Program Manager and Adjunct Lecturer in Piano at the University of Michigan. Among her honors are two Article of the Year awards by the Music Teachers National Association for her publications. She is an avid presenter on pedagogical applications of Laban Movement Analysis, yoga, meditation, and Motivational Interviewing within the music studio
setting.