Music For Maternity

Mindfulness has reduced my reactivity to events,” Couliard said. “I can choose to act much more than before and not get caught by emotions. It has been very helpful for me. When strong emotions arise, I can observe them, but choose a different course. I want to give this to the students. It’s a treat to meditate. Read more here…

Music can also help patients who have difficulties in speech after having suffered strokes, he said, adding: “Music can also help unlock memories”. Giving the example of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Kogan said the master pianist, despite suffering from deafness at a very young age, managed to create some of his best pieces because of the healing power of music. Read more here…

Music helps alleviate feelings of loneliness and stress especially in hospitals. It also affects their want for social interaction,” adds Poonam. Music has healing properties and helps greatly in balancing the hormones thereby enhancing the mood. It helps in lowering blood pressure, boosting immunity and also eases muscle tension. Read more here…

An international collaboration of investigators recently proposed an interesting notion – that meditation, as a practice, may contribute to specific molecular changes in the human brain. The research group included scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UWM). Read more here…

Rigorous yoga is not recommended, because intense workouts can be detrimental to reproductive health.  Do sequences that feel luscious, connecting, and grounding. Move away from more demanding aerobic practices such as Ashtanga or power yoga, toward a more mindful approach to asana. Read more here…

Music therapy cannot be practiced as a pain reducer exclusively, but it can work if it is done alongside scientific treatment,” said Dr Venkatesh Neugi, an anaesthetist and a leading figure in pain therapy in Goa. Dr Neugi said that for patients admitted in ICU, music therapy is one of the remedies when they are on life support system. Read more here…

Breathing is intimately connected with life energy, and meditators throughout the ages have used that fact to refine their practice. Hindu yogis call the energy that we draw into ourselves when we breath prana and the practice of focusing consciousness through awareness of the breath pranayama. Read more here…

Music can also help patients who have difficulties in speech after having suffered strokes, he said, adding: “Music can also help unlock memories”. Music has unparalleled capacity to reduce pain and anxiety. Read more here…

Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome when she was 4, Summer struggles with the socialization skills that come naturally to others. Her mother, Christie Wilkinson, said music has been the great equalizer for her daughter, the place she can go to shut down the exaggerated noises of the outside world inside her head. Read more here…

Meditation is gaining advocates among the medical community, with research showing its benefits for Alzheimer’s patients and sufferers of chronic inflammation. After 8 hours, the meditators showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes. Read more here…