Music For Maternity

Music can help soothe the fear and anxiety of critically ill patients who have been placed on ventilators, reducing both their stress and their need for sedatives, according to a new study. Read more here…

Kuehne works his magic through music. He talks to the patient or, rather, lets his lyre talk to the patient. Then the patient, almost magically, opens his heart to cooperate with his physicians. “Music has the capacity to open up the heart,” says Kuehne, a music therapist and educator from Germany. He works with individuals and groups to “awaken soul capacities for transformation through music.” Guided by the tenets of Rudolf Steiner, philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, Kuehne has touched thousands with his musical insights. Read more here…

Music appears to ease anxiety of intensive care unit patients who have been placed on ventilators and also reduce the need for intravenous sedative and analgesic medications, says study. Read more here…

Reduce stress with yoga, tai chi, meditation. We all can recognize feelings of stress overload, and they are not pleasant. A tightening of muscles, headaches, anxiety, sleeplessness, a racing heartbeat and blood pressure that feels way too high. With overloaded schedules, deadlines and everyday hassles, stress seems inevitable.  Read more here…

The words “zen” and “child” don’t exactly go together, but that hasn’t stopped a growing number of parents from “ohm schooling” their kids in the art of yoga, meditation and relaxation. Read more here…

Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity compared with usual care, according to a study published online by JAMA. Read more here…

These brief mindfulness meditations don’t require sitting like a pretzel or sniffing incense, not that there is any thing wrong with a traditional meditation practice if you have the time. Read more here…

Walking is a great way to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life and has been practiced as a meditative technique for thousands of years. But in everyday life, walking is usually an established and habituated action that requires very little concentration. Read more here…

“My goal as a music therapist is to bring them along the continuum to be farther along from where they are today,” says 50-year-old Jones, who also teaches private piano lessons part-time from her home studio. Read more here…

What becomes of the broken-hearted? Often, they turn to music. Charles Nevin ponders whether the remedy is best found in cheery tunes or soothing sad songs. Read more here…