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The staff at The Blakeford at Green Hills knows that, perhaps better than anyone. That’s why the nursing home and assisted living facility has put a program into place that has nothing to do with medicine, and is already seeing results. Read more here….

Patients, families and staff at Stanford Hospital take notice when a petite blond woman, pulling a dolly with a full-size harp and a chair, walks through the door. Read more here…

Mindfulness meditation is an amazing method for learning to live in the moment. We do not exist in the future or in the past, yet many of us spend most of our time worrying about one or the other. By paying attention to the present with purpose and without judgment, we make the most of every minute we have. Read more here… 

This holiday season as parents hold their children a little closer because of it… A local nine-year-old is using her voice to encourage those still mourning the victims’ deaths. Read more here…

There’s no denying music is strongly tied to memory. Whether it’s the song they played at your senior prom or your grandmother’s favourite record from Sunday dinners, music has a way of taking us back. For those living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, this simple fact may be the key to unlocking parts of the brain and creating a new form of therapy. Read more here by clicking here…..

Mickey Hart and Adam Gazzaley are examining the effect music and rhythm may have as a therapeutic agent. The reliance of the body on rhythm is more evident in a number of natural cycles, and Adam Gazzaley, director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California San Francisco, explained, “Brain activity fluctuates— it oscillates in rhythmic patterns and different rhythms are represented throughout the brain in terms of how its activity changes over time.” Read more here…

Music can evoke memories, connect us with our history and traditions, and bring us closer together. In fact, music, harmony, and rhythm have always played a central role in ritual celebrations, stirring the subconscious and, ultimately, promoting healing on all levels–physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Read more here….

Whether you’re a yoga novice or an old pro, chances are you’ve run across the sun salutation in your practice. The sun salutation is one of my favorite yoga series. It’s invigorating, the flow is natural and smooth, and there are lots of fun ways to mix it up by throwing in extra poses. Read more here….

Music has the power to make people dance, sing, smile or cry, and its positive effects are clear when composer and arranger, Itay Goren performs at The Allendale Community for Mature Living, a senior campus. “Music transcends our daily language, and uplift spirits,” said Goren. “It reawakens something in people that makes them feel more alive.” Read more here…. 

BOSTON (UPI) — A scientific review found music’s influences healing — especially to the sympathetic nervous system and the immune system, a U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston said music also reduces levels of serum cortisol in the blood. Read more here…..