Music For Maternity

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In the fast-paced lives that we lead, stress and fatigue are the most common problems that scores of people suffer from. Meditating for a few minutes daily is known to work wonders in bringing a calming and balancing effect in your life. Read more here…

Mindfulness may be so successful in helping with a range of conditions, from depression to pain, by working as a sort of “volume knob” for sensations, according to a new review of studies from Brown University researchers. In their paper, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, the researchers proposed that mindfulness meditation works by enabling a person to have better control over brain processing of pain and emotions. Read more by clicking HERE!…

It was very fitting that between Veterans’ Day, when we recognize our veterans and all they have done for our country, and Thanksgiving, when we show our gratitude for so many and for so much, the creation of a music therapy program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) was announced. What an appropriate way to honor and provide assistance to those who serve our country! Read more here…

According to a study from the University of Kentucky, patients who were exposed to music prior to surgery, during surgery and after surgery were “less anxious before the procedure and recovered more quickly and satisfactorily after by being exposed to music intra- and post-operation.” In addition, the patients also “required less sedative medication and reported better satisfaction with their medical experience.” Read for more…

The therapeutic efficacy of music is supported by scientific research.  A growing number of studies show the promise of various music interventions in alleviating pain and treating neurological and developmental disorders.  Music shows a positive influence on individuals suffering from dementia by addressing physical, emotional, cognitive, and social deficits characteristic of patients with diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Read more here…

“Many people like to come to our residence and meditate at the Singmo Buddhist Institute. We are actually having an open day on Saturday from 10am to 3pm which we are inviting the community to, there you can learn about meditation,” he said. “People are very interested in stress release and Buddhist thought transformation and meditation does this.” Read more here… 

They are wrong. Repetition is its fundamental appeal. Swimming is meditation for people who can’t sit still. You think of little but the next stroke. And the next. And the next. You count the laps. Lose count. Start again. The water washes out all other burdensome thoughts. “It’s like yoga,” a fellow swimmer said to me during the week. Yes, downward doggy paddle. Read more here…

Hall works as a mental health counselor for Uplift Counseling. In addition to the weekly meditation sessions, she is offering a four-week workshop on primordial sound meditation starting Thursday at 7 p.m. Read more here…

‘There’s a lot of coping methods out there that are offered to our veterans. This needs to be one of them,” the heftily built man said in a shaking voice at a meeting of the David Lynch Foundation, which promotes meditation for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Read more here…

“I thought, well, you know, even if it makes these kids who have been through so much, if it brings them and afternoon of joy and excitement then that’s what I can do, then that’s what I’ll do,” she said, adding: “I think there’s nothing more hopeful than hearing children’s voices in unison all together. So yeah, I think people will feel that way, I hope so.” Read the rest here…