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We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life. Read more here…

LEE COUNTY, FL – The Golisano Children’s Hospital is turning some of it’s sick patients into rock stars — transforming their hospital rooms into a virtual fantasy. The hospital is eight-year-old Michael Gleisle’s second home.  Since the day he was born, Michael has spent half of his life in the hospital.  His asthma is so severe, it could kill him.  Read more here…

Dr. Rodney Brunson took over his daughter’s piano lessons a few years ago when she decided she’d rather play the saxophone. At first, Brunson, 59, just wanted to learn to play a few songs. But after a few lessons, he decided he actually wanted to learn how to play, including musical theory and how to read music. Read more here…

“This isn’t something we can just give a final ‘ta-da’ and it’s done,” Sherry Bube, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College music therapy graduate, said while presenting her senior grant-funded project at the 2014 Ball Venture Fund Colloquium. Although Bube graduated this past spring, she has continued to work diligently on the final stages of BEAT! — Bring Everyone Around the Table — her project to design and create an electronic drum table for use in therapeutic settings. Read more here…

For families with emotional neglect issues, music therapy can improve parent-child communication and stress levels, according to a study from Denmark. A chance to be heard In a small trial, music therapy had a positive effect on both verbal and nonverbal communication between emotionally neglected children and their parents. Parents participating in music therapy also perceived their children as less stressful. Read more here…

(Reuters Health) – For families with emotional neglect issues, music therapy can improve parent-child communication and stress levels, according to a study from Denmark. Read more here…

The study led by pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine has found music and audio books as a strategy to control post-surgical pain because medication like opioid analgesics that are given to kids after surgery causes breathing problems in them, and it makes the care takes to control the dose, and hence children’s pain is not well controlled. Read more here…

A new program on Vashon is proving that an activity many people take for granted — plugging in headphones and listening to music — can make a big difference in the lives of the elderly. “They light up when they see it’s time for their music,” said Deborah Byington, the Life Enrichment Program coordinator at Vashon Community Care. “You can really see the change in expression on their faces.” Read more here…

A few days before Christmas, Wyatt Morrison’s room is decorated with traditional décor of the holiday season. There’s a small tree in the corner, a few toys spread out. Hand-colored pictures and cards, a wrapped gift. Read more here…

Musician and co-founder Michael Franti said, “I don’t know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.” Sara Agah, other co-founder of the Do It For The Love Foundation is an emergency room nurse who sees firsthand what life-threatening illnesses do to not only patients but also their loved ones. Read more here…