Music For Maternity

Posts Tagged ‘healing’

When very sick children are in and out of hospital, their illness, injury or disability can make it difficult for them to express themselves. They can feel scared, out of control, lonely and frustrated. Music therapy can help combat this.
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The slew of research studies into the neural effects of meditation is believed to have been influenced by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Buddhists have a long tradition of intensive meditation. The Dalai Lama sent some of his most accomplished meditation practitioners to the University of Wisconsin to have their meditating brains probed into by neuroscientist Richard Davidson. What followed was a revolutionary experiment that eventually proved the phenomenon of “neuroplasticity” – the ability of the human brain to continuously evolve structurally and functionally. Read more here…

A group of city-based youth is using music to heal the quake-affected people in Nepal and collect relief material and money for them. “Apart from distributing food and relief material, we also want to heal those affected with music. It has the power to heal and soothe,” said Anish Bhattarai, 28, who owns a software start up. Read more here…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A program based entirely around music is hitting all of the right notes at nursing home facilities across Ohio. Music & Memory relies on personalized playlists, loaded on to iPods, to trigger memories in those who are struggling with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Read more here…

DURHAM, N.C. Focus can be a real struggle for people with learning disabilities like ADHD and ADD, but music is being found to be a powerful tool to train minds. Middle school student Thomas Beckman has the developmental disability Down syndrome and uses music to help him focus. Read more here…

BALTIMORE —It seems so many in the city are searching for ways to sooth their souls after a rough few days in the city. After a rough several days in Baltimore, the sun came out. And so did the music. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra decided to answer violence by making music beautifully and sharing it with the masses. Read more here…

Getting better in hospital – whether it’s from an operation or an illness – can often take days, or even weeks for some patients. During this important time of recovery, regular visits from friends and family help enormously, but so can the simple things in life, such as listening to music. Our two Wirral hospitals never underestimate the importance of music to our patients. Read more here…

Kota Kinabalu: MCA Kota Kinabalu Women Chief, Dr Pamela Yong hailed the setting up of the Music Therapy Centre (MTC) at the Likas Women and Children Hospital (LWCH), describing it as “an excellent idea” that deserves everyone’s support. She said this while accompanying Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, the co-lead guitarist of ‘Guns N Roses’ and his wife Jennifer in a special goodwill visit to the said centre, which is located at the atrium of the hospital, on last Saturday. Read more here…

The typical image of therapy is fairly standard, often coming from memories of watching Looney Tunes and Animaniacs as a child- a psychiatrist with circular glasses and a long couch, a long conversation discussing how you feel and other such things. Read more here…

WHILE we applaud HCA Hospice Care’s effort to provide holistic patient-centred care, its music programme for paediatric palliative care is not considered true music therapy (“Star Pals a lifeline for critically ill kids and their caregivers”; last Friday). The Association for Music Therapy, Singapore (AMTS) welcomes and celebrates the use of music in education, healthcare or the community. Read more here…