Music For Maternity

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Through more tests, the doctors had found that he wasn’t keeping things in his working memory long enough for them to be stored in his short-term memory. Although he was being helped to restore his memory skills, he found that studying the science and psychology of music and thinking himself was helping. Read more here…

A useful tool that provides relief both physically and mentally is meditation. Meditation teaches you how to be, and enjoy being, in all moments of life. It allows your mind to slow down enough to enjoy the peaceful silence between arising phenomena. Read more here…

The researchers sought volunteers interested in reducing stress and improving their performance, but the experiment was designed to explore how IBMT — previously shown to improve the self-control pathway related to addiction — would impact smoking behavior. Read more here…

Music has a way of stirring our innermost feelings and all of our senses, of tapping into parts of ourselves unlike anything else. Music is a universal language that has the ability to speak to us deeply and uniquely. Read more here…

According to “Use of Music in Speech-Language Therapy,” an article by Mary B. Zoller, “Using music is a multisensory experience that enhances a number of other skills that impact on speech and language development.” Read more here…

Sitting in a music room with someone who has been robbed of the mechanics of speech by a brain tumour or a stroke and hearing them reconnect with their language through singing is one of the most inspiring experiences I encounter in my work. Read more here…

These unique gifts embody the essence of yoga and meditation — a state of mind/body/spirit. Far beyond fashion or trend, the yogic lifestyle is a deeper way of living, with consciousness and compassion. The materials and processes used to make these items are animal-friendly, earth-friendly, ethically sourced, re-envisioned and promote personal wellness and growth. Read more here…

Meditation is not religion, not spirituality—it’s a technology of upgrading the mind that can enrich one’s life, including one’s religious life. We’re used to the idea of physical fitness. Time to get used to the idea of contemplative fitness, and practice at least as diligently. Read more here…

Music therapy is used to improve communication, cognition, self-esteem, and confidence while teaching children with developmental disabilities appropriate play skills including sharing, listening, and taking turns with peers. Read more here…

Carlson is the co-author of new research that has found yoga and meditation can be more effective than group therapy in helping breast cancer survivors cope with the stress and anxiety that follow treatment. Read more here…