Music For Maternity

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Medication is a frequent first line of defense in chronic pain, but true multidisciplinary pain management goes well beyond simply numbing the pain — and research has shown that somewhat alternative methods of treatment, like yoga and Tai Chi, can help reduce chronic pain and improve quality of life. Read more here…

Balance gives us stability, fulfilment, peace, happiness and finally achievement. In this series we will be teaching you about balance and balancing postures and its effects and benefits in your day to day life. Read more here…

It sounds so obvious, I know. In fact, you’d think it would go without saying. But training the mind, meditating, being mindful, or whatever else we choose to call it only works if we actively engage with it. Read more here…

The harpist was Barb Guagliardi, one of several volunteers who play music to comfort patients, their friends and family members, and the hospital staff members who pass through the atrium. Read more here…

Meditation, regardless of the person’s religion, increases focus and serves to calm an individual, Dyer said. This is especially beneficial for service members whose jobs require them to remain calm and focused under extreme pressure. Read more here…

It’s called antigravity yoga.  As you hang, swing, and flip around in a hammock, instructors say it helps decompress and realign the spine. Read more here…

Meditation is a science, the pure science of awareness — to be free. Meditation is freedom. It is watchfulness, witnessing each act that we do. It is an alchemical process to bring metamorphosis within ourselves. Read more here…

Yoga has been around for several millennia, and North Americans are relative newcomers to its practice. Yoga is a holistic technology that balances mind, spirit, and body and is central to Indian health practice. Read more here…

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant women workout for at least 30 minutes daily, or at least on most days. Benefits of exercising while pregnant include improved mood, sleep and posture, increased muscle tone, strength and endurance and also helps reduce symptoms like backaches, constipation, swelling and bloating. Read more here…

Even though the academic research on mindfulness meditation isn’t as robust as, say, nutrition or exercise, there is a reason why it’s been around for literally thousands of years. And we’re starting to get a better understanding of why it seems to be beneficial for so many aspects of life, from disease and pain management, to sleep, to control of emotions. Read more here…