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“Music has always been an important avocation in my life,” said Bogden. “I spent every week with my grandfather learning to play the violin and eventually went on for formal training with professional violinists.  Read more here…

Music is often referred to as a universal language, and one person who has seen this first hand is Kiwanis Pavilion music therapist Julie Bomhof. Read more here…

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara found that teaching mindfulness through meditation helped improve the GRE scores of students. Read more here…

Music’s therapeutic nature is being used to help alleviate the suffering caused by mental, physical and social illnesses. Read more here…

New research proves that a spiritual practice, such as meditation, leads to a kinder world. Hazel Sillver explores a number of different types of meditation. Read more here…

With the stream of scientific and anecdotal evidence showing us the benefits of meditation, it’s no wonder that it’s touted as the tool for a happy and healthy existence. While rave reviews and stories of changed lives sure inspire us to want to try it for ourselves, it’s not always easy to know where to start. Read more here…

“The music gets people’s attention. When Malians listen to music, they are relaxed, and they are concentrated on the message. In Mali, music is probably the best way for this message to be transmitted.” Read more here….

Music has had a major role in healing foundering societies. In the 60s, the civil rights movement embraced folk music. Today, according to Erykah Badu, hip-hop is The Healer – “it’s bigger than religion, bigger than the government”. Read more here…

A professional music therapist, Snyder-Cowan is part of a specially-trained group of care providers who use melodies to achieve a particular treatment goal. “Music therapy is all about the intentional use of music to bring about a particular change; whether that change is therapeutic, emotional or spiritual,” she says. Read more here…

Creative forces such as music and art make a dramatic difference for many suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, and a team in Naples has created a progressive pilot — a six-week interactive program called “The Arts and Alzheimer’s.” Read more here…