Music For Maternity

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Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.Read more here…

That music makes people feel good is new to science, but it’s something Garson has intuitively known throughout his career as a musician. Four years ago, he saw the effect that playing piano had on his young grandson, who has autism. Read more here…

Music therapy has also been used in the treatment of mental illness. In addition to the basic care they should be receiving, music therapy helped patients with schizophrenia to achieve an enhanced mental state along with improving their overall condition. Read more here…

Goelz runs a music therapy program for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Southern Florida, serving people across Miami-Dade County. Most of his clients live at home or in nursing homes. Wilson, whom he began working with in August, was his third house visit of the day. Read more here…

Ming has addressed other international music therapy conferences previously, including ones in Seoul and Norway. He has a Masters in music therapy with a distinction from Anglia Ruskin University and has been working on a PhD there with funding from MHA.  Read more here…

Music is part of everybody’s lives,” says Shafaq Javaid, clinical manager for Maryville’s Bartlett campus. “The music you played as a teen is what you remember. “Music is universal. It reaches everyone,” she says. Read more here…

What I’ve noticed is that kids are so excited about learning things when they are doing music with them that otherwise they might get distracted more easily or get bored,” Niileksela says. “It’s another way to teach, and so many people need that alternative way to learn. Read more here…

Music with between 50 and 70 beats per minute, similar to an adult’s heartbeat rhythm, is suggested for a patient critically ill or in intensive or trauma care, Baker said. Read more here…

When live music is provided, by a music therapist in conjunction with a family, baby’s tend to gain weight faster. It improves their oxygen saturation rate, and in some studies, they’ve been released from the NICU earlier than babies who have not had music therapist working with them,” said Dr. Kathleen Murphy.  Read more here…

Sound healers and psychoacoustic experts (they study sound’s effect on the nervous system) promote toning the body with vowel sounds. According to Jonathan Goldman, a sound-healer and proponent of over-toning (singing harmonics overtones to balance the body), musical practices that emphasize vowel sounds including Gregorian chant, Tibetan monk chant, and Indian raga vocals. Read more here…