Music For Maternity

Posts Tagged ‘music therapy’

Every time her newborn becomes cranky, Hayat Fatima, 26, plays the ‘Selfie le le’ song from Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Instantly, the one-month-old calms down. “I was seven months pregnant when I watched this movie. He started kicking hard the moment this song started. It felt like he was dancing inside me. This was the only song he reacted to that way,” says the Delhi schoolteacher. “After he was born, I noticed that he still enjoyed the song. We now play it to pacify him and it really works.” Read more here…

A Florida lawmaker is proposing to place individuals who want to practice music therapy, the use of music production or singing as a form of physical or psychological therapy, under the regulation of state bureaucrats. Read more here…

ROSEBURG, Ore. – To cope with the tragedy at Umpqua Community College, many Roseburg residents have turned to music as an outlet for their grief. This weekend, the road to healing continued with the Umpqua Strong Music Festival. Read more here…

The last time I had a mammogram, I got a big surprise — and it was a good one. A string quartet was playing just outside the doors of the breast imaging center, and my thoughts immediately shifted from “What are they going to find on the mammogram?” to “Is that Schubert, or Beethoven?” By the time my name was called, I had almost forgotten why I was there. Read more here…

Recent Titusville High School graduate Chase Upchurch recently traveled to Harrisburg to promote and advocate for the benefits of music therapy, speaking with a handful of lawmakers to support state bills that would help build on the initiative. Read more here…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For Seal, songwriting is like therapy. And since splitting from Heidi Klum in 2012, he’s been immersed. “It’s really cathartic,” he said. “When people have something that’s ailing them or something that’s weighing on them and they go and see a therapist or a shrink …

CHARLESTON, S.C. —Pop superstar Pharrell Williams vistited and preformed with a gospel choir Sunday at the Charleston church where nine parishioners were shot and killed on June 17. Read more here…

Listening to music is a form of emotional self-care that many of us turn to every day, without much conscious thought. The streaming service Spotify, well aware of this, offers a collection of “Mood” playlists, from “Anthems of Angst” to “Running Thru a Field of Smiles,” to my personal favorite, “The Happy Hipster.” Read more here…

Nine years ago Dora Pau lost her speech. The former teacher and stroke survivor can now express herself confidently, thanks to years of speech therapy, some singing and a lot of grit. Read more here…

A visiting lecturer from the department of music education at Palacky University in the Czech Republic will present two therapy workshops this week at Owensboro Community & Technical College. Dr. Lenka Kruzikova works as a music therapist for children with mental disabilities and children in high social risk situations in Olomouc, Czech Republic. She creates programs for mothers and their babies in maternity centers and lectures in music and physical education, music therapy and other areas leading to the development of the child. Read more here…