Music For Maternity

Music therapy (MT) has been shown to be efficacious for mental health care clients with various disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and substance abuse. Referral to MT in clinical practice is often based on other factors than diagnosis. Read more here…

While it’s not clear how music benefits the body, research suggests music therapy can bring about positive physical changes in patients. The right music can lower blood pressure, reduce heart rate, improve breathing, and relax muscle tension. Read more here…

The rhythm of music is one of its most predictable components. When music is used with intentionality, it can create specific outcomes. Music has a way of transforming how we feel, move and think,” she said, noting that she has gotten “people who can’t tell you their name” to fill in words to a song. Read more here…

The Sanskrit for mindfulness meditation is shamatha, which translates directly as calm abiding. The practice is not a method of capture, but of releasing. There’s a Zen saying that meditation stretches open the grasping hand of thought — and as that image suggests, we become much more pliable and open with sitting practice.  Read more here…

It’s a practice rooted in Hinduism and adopted by beatniks seeking spiritual guidance. Now evidence shows meditation can improve business decisions and save your company from expensive investment mistakes. Read more here…

Stress and pain are intimately related. When being in pain causes stress or being stressed worsens pain, psychological therapies — including hypnosis, meditation, and relaxation — may help break the cycle. 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…

It’s all about calming yourself. Your thoughts are energy which will shape your life. Through mediation you learn self-awareness and it helps you to quiet your mind to a peaceful spot. Read more here…

Meditation is a great way to overcome anger. When you’re ready to forgive, (and you may have to push yourself a little, remembering that you’re doing it more for yourself than the other person), close your eyes, focus on your breath, and notice your feelings. Read more here…

If you practice your mind and you can have mindfulness all the time, that’s going to radiate on your health. Calm down and be not stressed. This meditation, it doesn’t mean you have to do a lot. Even if you don’t have time, the Buddha says if you can do it in a finger snap, it’s going to beneficial to you already. But if you can do more, it’s better. Read more here…