Posts Tagged ‘music’
Music therapy may work where other treatments have failed
Music therapy (MT) has been shown to be efficacious for mental health care clients with various disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and substance abuse. Referral to MT in clinical practice is often based on other factors than diagnosis. Read more here…
WVU Health Report: Music Therapy

While it’s not clear how music benefits the body, research suggests music therapy can bring about positive physical changes in patients. The right music can lower blood pressure, reduce heart rate, improve breathing, and relax muscle tension. Read more here…
The role of music in stress management
“Music Therapy” as some people refer to it uses music to promote healing and improve one’s overall emotional well-being. This may include listening to music, playing a musical instrument, singing along to music, and using guided imagery with music. Read more here…
Music for meditation can also help drown out life’s constant noises

Meditation comes with several goals, one of which would be to silence the mind. Well, as ironic as this might sound, music for meditation can actually be used to silence your thoughts and move you away from the noisy runaway thoughts in your head to a more quiet, calm and peaceful mind! Read more here…
Heal the World

What that means is that the act of listening to music is extremely interactive and requires a lot of brain power. There has been some speculation as to whether the intensity of this interaction could play a role in the physical functioning of the brain and as such, of healing. Read more here…
The musical touch

Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Read more here…
Universal Music Day: Celebrate the sounds of music

While Music Day should certainly be celebrated every single day of the year, Universal Music Day “brings the world together to make music from our hearts and create a world of peace, love, justice and joy.” Read more here…
Music Therapy: A Growing Trend

Music therapy is not only in hospitals, nursing homes and schools are also hiring music therapists to help increase the level of communication, as well as physical and emotional skills. Read more here…
Why listening to music is the key to good health
Music works on the autonomic nervous system – the part of the nervous system responsible for controlling our blood pressure, heartbeat and brain function – and also the limbic system – the part of the brain that controls feelings and emotions. According to one piece of research, both these systems react sensitively to music. Read more here…
Music for your health

Music therapy (MT) is not sitting down to listen to a good CD. While that can be helpful, in music therapy many forms of music interventions are used in addition to listening to music, such as improvising music, singing and song writing. The process harnesses the use of controlled musical experience and even specific elements in that music. Read more here…