Music For Maternity

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Music taps into long-term memory and brings people back to the here and now,” she said. The power of music is undeniable, Wacks said. It’s useful in pain management; dentists have long employed it to relax patients. Read more here…

People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis also benefited from practicing mindfulness meditation exercises, as it helped them concentrate on their own thoughts, experiences and pain in the moment, without actively trying to avoid them or judge them, a study from Oslo’s Diakonhjemmet Hospital has revealed. Read more here…

Meditation was literally a life saver for me; it allowed me to calm down when I was feeling sad, frustrated and lonely. By going into that calm place and reconnecting with myself I started to feel at peace, loving and very connected to my babies. Read more here…

Threshold Singers are women who bring comfort and compassion through song to those on the threshold of living and dying or who may be experiencing grief, trauma or healing. In groups of two to four, they sing songs from a variety of traditions, to soothe, comfort and uplift.  Read more here…

Comprehensive lifestyle changes, including more fruit and vegetables as well as meditation and yoga, were shown to reverse signs of aging at the cellular level for the first time in a study published Tuesday. Read more here…

A lot of people feel intimidated by meditation. But they also realize that they need to find some peace in their busy stimulation-filled lives. The relaxation response [from meditation] helps decrease metabolism, lowers blood pressure, and improves heart rate, breathing, and brain waves,” says cardiologist Herbert Benson, the founder of the Mind/Body Institute at Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Read more here…

You find it opens up this area of their brain that they haven’t been using in years. It’s tremendous. It’s powerful,” she said. “I’ve seen what it can do for people normally trapped inside their own bodies and they see a way out through music. Read more here…

And now, a recent study found that meditation also makes one compassionate towards another being. The researchers found that people who meditated would act virtuous and help another person who was suffering even in the face of a norm not to do so.  Read more here…

Playing music to patients during surgery can reduce their anxiety and improve healing,” according to Yan Guijiang, a director at the Hangzhou Apollo Man’s Hospital, a private andrology hospital. Read more here…

Music therapy has become a popular choice for the treatment of children and adults with autism and other developmental or learning disorders. Both music therapy and art therapy — another recently expanding field — are often incorporated into treatment plans for special needs children. Read more here….