Music For Maternity

“Our review found moderate strength of evidence that mindfulness meditation programs are beneficial for reducing pain severity,” says the draft report by a panel of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research Quality. Read more here…

Meditation has longed been used to calm the mind and the body, but the long-term effects of such practices are difficult to evaluate. Recently, a team of investigators studied the effects of mindful meditation on emotional processing and reported that meditation may induce lasting effects in the emotional processes in the brain. Read more by clicking here…

“The only way to be truly happy is to have a genuine feeling of love. Love deeply, love your spouse, love your friends and even love your neighbour and money will automatically follow”, Dr Paula Fellingham, Founder of The Women’s Information Network, said. Read more here…

There’s no denying music is strongly tied to memory. Whether it’s the song they played at your senior prom or your grandmother’s favourite record from Sunday dinners, music has a way of taking us back. For those living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, this simple fact may be the key to unlocking parts of the brain and creating a new form of therapy. Read more here by clicking here…..

Mickey Hart and Adam Gazzaley are examining the effect music and rhythm may have as a therapeutic agent. The reliance of the body on rhythm is more evident in a number of natural cycles, and Adam Gazzaley, director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California San Francisco, explained, “Brain activity fluctuates— it oscillates in rhythmic patterns and different rhythms are represented throughout the brain in terms of how its activity changes over time.” Read more here…

Music can evoke memories, connect us with our history and traditions, and bring us closer together. In fact, music, harmony, and rhythm have always played a central role in ritual celebrations, stirring the subconscious and, ultimately, promoting healing on all levels–physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Read more here….

Whether you’re a yoga novice or an old pro, chances are you’ve run across the sun salutation in your practice. The sun salutation is one of my favorite yoga series. It’s invigorating, the flow is natural and smooth, and there are lots of fun ways to mix it up by throwing in extra poses. Read more here….

Music has the power to make people dance, sing, smile or cry, and its positive effects are clear when composer and arranger, Itay Goren performs at The Allendale Community for Mature Living, a senior campus. “Music transcends our daily language, and uplift spirits,” said Goren. “It reawakens something in people that makes them feel more alive.” Read more here…. 

BOSTON (UPI) — A scientific review found music’s influences healing — especially to the sympathetic nervous system and the immune system, a U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston said music also reduces levels of serum cortisol in the blood. Read more here…..

PORTLAND — Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, the saying goes. And perhaps sore backs and carpal tunnel syndrome, too. Patients and employees at New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland may soon find out, thanks to a $15,000 grant awarded to the Portland Symphony Orchestra by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Read more here…