Muscle Music: Empowering Artists through Nervous System Fluency with Ruby Rose Fox

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In this episode of the Heart Light Sessions podcast, Jenee Halstead interviews Ruby Rose Fox about the Muscle Music, her trauma-informed nervous system gym for artists. They discuss the power of polyvagal theory education as a tool to positively impact artistic performance and creativity. Ruby shares her personal journey of healing her own nervous system and relationship to her art and how she developed the Fox Method, which is an additional nervous system state called Superplay. They also touch on the challenges of navigating the music industry and the importance of creating a safe and supportive community for artists. The conversation explores the creation of Muscle Music’s communal online gym and the importance of showing up and co-regulating together as a community. Ruby discusses the components of the gym, including body scanning, Qigong exercises, and planning for one’s own dysregulation, and touches on the positive changes and shifts observed within the Muscle Music community. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the possibilities of a brave new artist armed with nervous system education and fluency.
About Ruby Rose Fox:
Ruby is multi-award winning musical artist, charted #8 on the Heatseeker Billboard charts, has over 2 million Spotify plays, and her music is featured on the game Rock Band. In the last 4 years, Ruby has become a mental health pioneer, starting with her nervous system state-shifting class for performers, based on cutting-edge research by Dr. Stephen Porges, and then with MuscleMusic, the #1 Trauma-Informed app for artists. Ruby has an Acting BFA from Emerson College and studied jazz and classical singing at both New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. She is trained in Polyvagal Theory from the Polyvagal Institute by Deb Dana. She also trained in Linklater technique, Alexander Technique, and Qi Gong. She has coined her own performance training method, The Fox Method which combines Integral Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and decades of experience on the stage. Contact Information: [e-mail]

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Chapters

1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. Living with Nervous System Safe and Social Bypass (00:09:25)

3. Witnessing the Shifts in Nervous System States inside Muscle Music (00:23:30)

4. The Nervous System as the Primary Instrument (00:30:32)

5. Creating Intentional Community for Co-Regulation and Artistic Empowerment (00:37:30)

6. Performing in Sacred Spaces (00:43:43)

7. Creating a Brave New Artist Paradigm (00:53:19)