with your art.
nervous system.
burning out, freezing, or ghosting.
Unshame your nervous system so your body can finally
lead the art life you are here for.
during, and after you create or perform.
For artists with ambition the size of TEXAS
but capacity the size of Rhode Island
You might recognize yourself here:
- You swing between overdrive and shutdown when it’s time to make your art, market yourself, or share on social media.
- Therapy isn’t addressing your artistic issues, and your career isn’t changing or improving.
- You can’t say no to misaligned shows, clients, or classes and then quietly sabotage or ghost.
- Your body crashes with burnout, illness, or pain every time you gain momentum, making it hard to grow in your craft or career.
- You have no space left for yourself after over-giving to friends, students, collaborators, or clients.
- You secretly wonder if you’re too much, too broken, or too late to actually achieve your creative goals.
- Success feels like a threat, because you’re afraid that if things really worked out, your nervous system couldn’t support it.
Hi, I’m Ruby!
I help artists make and share their best work from a body that feels safe.
I’m an award-winning singer-songwriter, actor, author, coach, and founder of MuscleMusic. For 25 years, my voice was my lifeline – Shakespeare plays, 5 one-woman shows, touring the US, fronting a 10-piece band, winning Boston music awards, and even singing on the TED stage – while my nervous system quietly lived in survival mode.
At 35, my body finally hit the brakes; I couldn’t write or perform, and I was devastated. I dragged shame around like dead weight. This sent me deep into Polyvagal Theory, the science of safety, and years of research while rehabbing my own nervous system. My whole life changed, so I set out to provide new resources to fellow artists in need of a safer way to succeed.
That work became MuscleMusic, my Superplay Theory (The Fox Method), and the Nervous System & the Arts course: a groundbreaking, trauma-educated training that treats your body as your primary instrument, so your art, health, and income can safely coexist and last.
Why I work with artistsOur Revolution in the Arts
At MuscleMusic, the artist’s primary instrument is the nervous system.
We give artists of all disciplines the same level of training for their nervous system that they’ve given their craft, so they can create and perform without burning out, freezing, or blowing up the work they care about most.
We do that through science-grounded, trauma-informed education and embodied tools
that artists rarely receive in traditional education, artistic training, or therapy.
Nervous System & The Arts
Practice nervous system tools in real-time with your current shows, students, clients,
and creative projects so you can safely sustain your art, income, and impact.
In this 6-week course, you’ll:
- Stop getting stuck in freeze or “comeback” cycles and stay in motion with tools matched to the state you’re actually in.
- Turn performance from a threat into one clear job: communicating your work so others can relax into it with you.
- Turn freeze, fight, and dopamine dips from shame stories into usable signals that unlock more of you and your art.
If you’re feeling stuck and burned out, this course can change your life.
Payment plans and a Value Guarantee are available.
Real Artists ~ Real Results
Stories from artists with nervous system tools
“The maintenance of nervous system health will revolutionize acting training by providing tools to manage the habitual trauma reactions that can be triggered by the work. I wish I had this knowledge as a young actor and will be using these techniques in the classroom for years to come.”
“Ruby's MuscleMusic has bridged the gap in my 25+ year career as a performing artist where no counseling or therapy could—giving me a clear picture of my nervous system states in all circumstances and supporting tools on and off-stage to continue to excel as a performer and advance as a nervous system leader.”
“Ruby’s work has changed my life. I feel incredibly fortunate to have found a way for my body and mind to make sense of past experiences in theater. If you have found your way to Ruby, I hope you give yourself the gift of sitting with the work, applying it to your life, and returning to it whenever this journey gets tough.”
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Free resources to start your journey
FREE Mini-Masterclass
Practical and transformative tools for anxious and avoidant artists
Make one small agreement between you and your body today.
Begin at your body’s pace:
get the Free Masterclass for Avoidant Artists
or explore the 6-Week Nervous System & the Arts course.
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If you're feeling stuck and burned out, these tools can change your life.
Created for artists, by artists.
