Music For Maternity

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Music therapy — the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals — helps people with understanding and developing self-identity, promoting quality of life and maintaining well-being. Read more here…

Music therapy can be used to manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory, improve communication and help with physical rehabilitation, according to the American Music Therapy Association. Read more here…

Vipassana is a silent 10 day meditation retreat. You can’t talk or look at or touch anyone, and you spend 11 hours a day meditating. The simple act of sitting still is excrutiating when you can’t move a muscle for an hour. You feel pain even in your fingertips because the blood is pooling and you can’t move them. Read more here…

 Teaching children a form of meditation called ‘mindfulness’ – a psychological technique which focuses awareness and attention – can reduce a pupil’s stress levels meaning their mental health improves. Read more here…

The music therapy program is designed to reach out to families experiencing disadvantage and according to the 2013 Australian Early Development Index more than 32 per cent of children in Loganlea have been identified as developmentally vulnerable compared to the average Australian child. Read more here…

Doctors say that music therapy is effective for diseases such as stroke, heart attacks, cancer and diabetics. Well-known Malayalam lyricist, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri,  is an expert in the domain of music therapy. According to him, there was a portion in music known as ‘Santhwana’ . The music therapy in the present age is largely based on it. Read more here…

Transcendental Meditation has been taught throughout New Zealand since 1970 by the Maharishi Foundation, a non-profit educational organisation.  About 40,000 Kiwis have learned the technique in that time. Read more here…

This workout is about functional movement wherein you perform actions of running, jumping, squatting, throwing, pushing, etc at a high intensity. This workout is literally like a boot camp. Even in the pouring rain, you see people working out thrice a week. Read more here…

Usually in our lives we might become agitated, angry, or upset instantly based on stimuli. It feels instant, anyway. After meditating for some time, you may find that you can slow down that experience and have a chance to respond to things based on reason rather than instinct or habit. Read more here…

A surprisingly powerful aspect of the retreat was the mindful practice of shared meals. The Monastics rang a large meditation bowl and offered a prayer of gratitude before each meal, a practice we often use at home. Astonishingly, we all practiced silence for the first 10-minutes of each meal, a practice foreign to our family. Yet, introducing a practice of silence for the first few minutes of each meal set a tone for a relatively quiet and very enjoyable experience for the entire group.  Read more here…