Posts Tagged ‘healing’

PostHeaderIcon Neurologist, gospel choir explore music’s healing power

Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Musician and doctor nurture the healing power of music

That music makes people feel good is new to science, but it’s something Garson has intuitively known throughout his career as a musician. Four years ago, he saw the effect that playing piano had on his young grandson, who has autism. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon The rise of music therapy

Rand De Mattei, a music instructor with Blues in the Schools, gets in tune with Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyreen S. McRae, a participant in neurologic music therapy, at Naval Medical Center San Diego Feb. 28. Neurologic music therapy helps Wounded Warriors recover.

Music therapy has also been used in the treatment of mental illness. In addition to the basic care they should be receiving, music therapy helped patients with schizophrenia to achieve an enhanced mental state along with improving their overall condition. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy helps hospice patients face end of life’s challenges

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Goelz runs a music therapy program for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Southern Florida, serving people across Miami-Dade County. Most of his clients live at home or in nursing homes. Wilson, whom he began working with in August, was his third house visit of the day. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Methodist Homes music therapy expert urges more research needed

Ming has addressed other international music therapy conferences previously, including ones in Seoul and Norway. He has a Masters in music therapy with a distinction from Anglia Ruskin University and has been working on a PhD there with funding from MHA.  Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon To Scale a Mountain, First Meditate by the Sea

Transcendental Meditation encourages a state of awareness by avoiding distracting thoughts. He says the great thing about meditation is that he can do it anywhere. Mr. Oberholtzer lives in Santa Monica, Calif., and flies to San Francisco at least once a week for work. He often meditates on the short plane ride. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy helps troubled teens connect

Music is part of everybody’s lives,” says Shafaq Javaid, clinical manager for Maryville’s Bartlett campus. “The music you played as a teen is what you remember. “Music is universal. It reaches everyone,” she says. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Should we be mindful of mindfulness?

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Mindfulness is everywhere at the moment. If you don’t know someone who has done a course, downloaded an app or read a book, you will soon. Based on centuries-old Buddhist meditation practices and breathing exercises, it is prescribed to thousands of patients on the NHS each year to help prevent anxiety, depression and stress. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Music therapy: Healing through the power of song

Everett Barriger imitates Sarah Niileksela, a practicing music therapist, who teaches a class at Jump 4 Joy, 1035 E 23rd St. in Lawrence.

What I’ve noticed is that kids are so excited about learning things when they are doing music with them that otherwise they might get distracted more easily or get bored,” Niileksela says. “It’s another way to teach, and so many people need that alternative way to learn. Read more here…

PostHeaderIcon Harp brings the healing power of music

Dr. Frances Baker's 10-pound folk harp has 36 strings. She regularly plays for groups at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City, but she also tailors her sessions to meet the needs of a patient. Occasionally, she sings to comfort families through childbearing or a difficult period following a traumatic experience.

Music with between 50 and 70 beats per minute, similar to an adult’s heartbeat rhythm, is suggested for a patient critically ill or in intensive or trauma care, Baker said. Read more here…

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