Music For Maternity

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Intermingled with the physiological benefits of music is a wealth of physical health benefits. Primarily, music can boost the immune system. Music reduces levels of cortisol in the brain.  Read more here…

Many global researches have sought to find the connection between music and education, as it is widely believed that music can be used to improve literacy and numeracy. When you are a part of a group and there is live acoustic music playing, it changes the mood and impacts your approach to the material.  Read more here…

According to the researchers, during this particular meditation technique one experiences a deep state of restful alertness. Repeated experience of this state for 20 minutes twice a day cultures the nervous system to maintain settled mental and physical functioning the rest of the day. This helps to minimize disturbing thoughts, sleep difficulties, and other adverse PTSD symptoms. Read more here…

For millennia, music has brought comfort and healing into people’s lives. David played his harp to bring relief to King Saul thousands of years ago, and his psalms are still read and recited today in many settings as a way to alleviate suffering, worry and fear. Read more here…

Music therapy can also extend to provide support for bereaved caregivers and loved ones. In bereavement, we can use music to identify, acknowledge and express our grief. We can also learn how to use music as a tool for continued coping throughout the grieving process. Read more here…

According to a new study in Jama Internal Medicine, mindful meditation may improve the symptoms of anxiety and depression — in the case of depression, possibly as much as antidepressants. But if you’re an “om” novice, meditation can be intimidating. Read more here…

Music can be therapeutic in a number of ways. Research has found that music boosts the immune system, eases muscle tension, effects positive changes in mood, reduces depression, and enables memory.  Read more here…

Anger may be a negative emotion, but anger is an energy that has been used to effect great social change. People not accepting injustice, and getting very angry about it, have led to most of the advances in human rights that we, as a society, have achieved. Read more here…

When our minds are concentrated and focused, we are able to use them more powerfully. When hypnotized, a person may experience physiologic changes, such as a slowing of the pulse and respiration, and an increase in alpha brain waves. Read more here…