Music For Maternity

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It sounds so obvious, I know. In fact, you’d think it would go without saying. But training the mind, meditating, being mindful, or whatever else we choose to call it only works if we actively engage with it. Read more here…

The harpist was Barb Guagliardi, one of several volunteers who play music to comfort patients, their friends and family members, and the hospital staff members who pass through the atrium. Read more here…

Music does more than soothe the savage breast. It also provides relief for the irritated insomniac. The researchers began by identifying 127 scholarly articles describing research into music and sleep. Read more here…

“We believe that music is healing, and our mission is to partner with organizations that aid at-risk children, but do not yet offer music. Read more here…

Meditation is a science, the pure science of awareness — to be free. Meditation is freedom. It is watchfulness, witnessing each act that we do. It is an alchemical process to bring metamorphosis within ourselves. Read more here…

Yoga has been around for several millennia, and North Americans are relative newcomers to its practice. Yoga is a holistic technology that balances mind, spirit, and body and is central to Indian health practice. Read more here…

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant women workout for at least 30 minutes daily, or at least on most days. Benefits of exercising while pregnant include improved mood, sleep and posture, increased muscle tone, strength and endurance and also helps reduce symptoms like backaches, constipation, swelling and bloating. Read more here…

Musicians have been at the forefront of healing and optimizing health for the past decade. In a recent study that appeared in the journal Experimental Psychology aptly entitled “The Joys of Spring,” scientists using EEG technology to measure brain activity discovered that the uplifting “Spring” concerto from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness while enhancing attention and memory. Read more here…

Even though the academic research on mindfulness meditation isn’t as robust as, say, nutrition or exercise, there is a reason why it’s been around for literally thousands of years. And we’re starting to get a better understanding of why it seems to be beneficial for so many aspects of life, from disease and pain management, to sleep, to control of emotions. Read more here…

With recent studies indicating that music reduces agitation and depression in people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, long-term care operators have begun adding music therapy programs to the services they offer residents. One operator is finding that using music therapy is benefitting the business as well as the residents. Read more here…