Music For Maternity

The results showed that those who listened to music during treatment had lower anxiety levels than those who underwent normal care. The participants who used noise-canceling headphones also had lower anxiety levels, however those who listened to music in their headphones required sedatives less frequently than those who just used headphones with no music playing.  Read more here…

In a newly published neurophysiological review, the scientists have proposed that mindfulness practitioners gain enhanced control over sensory cortical alpha rhythms that help regulate how the brain processes and filters sensations, including pain, and memories such as depressive cognitions. Read more here…

Music therapy is on the cutting edge of health care as it pertains to dementia, stroke, brain injuries, and the associated conditions of anxiety and depression. The reason for its effectiveness is that music taps into people’s memories where the two are often associated. Read more here…

The instrument has gyroscopes and accelerometers to capture three dimensional motions. It is usually used as a digital accordion but the researchers have said that it can be used as a therapy.  Read more here…

”Children should listen to soft and slow or simple songs or familiar nursery rhyme songs and not the harsh or wild songs as some studies showed it can also affects their attention span, and would ‘make their more hyper and irritable and agitated”, Eusebio added. Read more here…

Stigma can often come with mental illness, but dozens of teens are working together to bring some peace to those battling it through a new meditation garden. Read more here…

For more than nine minutes, each person listened to sound samples containing some elements similar to music — rhythm and off-key tones — as well as actual segments of Boyce’s symphonies. The imaging showed that several auditory structures in the midbrain and thalamus showed significant synchronization with the music but little or no response to the pseudo-music. Read more here…

Music therapy became a profession around the time of World War II as a way to help injured veterans. Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease, like Jean Wilkinson, can control their tremors by following a musical rhythm. Read more here…

In hoop classes, students start out by learning to swirl the hoop slowly overhead and around their shoulders. With practice, they’ll eventually be able to do flowing, improvised moves that involve the whole body. Read more here…

Addiction is a disease of “lack.” At the core level, we feel something is missing and we set out to try to fill the void through a set of behaviors that leave us further depleted. We damage the systems of our body and sap ourselves of “life force.” Our endocrine system gets taxed. Our nervous system is overworked. We live in nearly constant fight or flight, bringing on the horrible consequences of stress. Read more here…