Music For Maternity

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Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity compared with usual care, according to a study published online by JAMA. Read more here…

These brief mindfulness meditations don’t require sitting like a pretzel or sniffing incense, not that there is any thing wrong with a traditional meditation practice if you have the time. Read more here…

Walking is a great way to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life and has been practiced as a meditative technique for thousands of years. But in everyday life, walking is usually an established and habituated action that requires very little concentration. Read more here…

“My goal as a music therapist is to bring them along the continuum to be farther along from where they are today,” says 50-year-old Jones, who also teaches private piano lessons part-time from her home studio. Read more here…

What becomes of the broken-hearted? Often, they turn to music. Charles Nevin ponders whether the remedy is best found in cheery tunes or soothing sad songs. Read more here…

“What music therapy can uniquely provide is that passive listening experience that just encourages relaxation for the patient, encourages participation by the family,” Klinger said after a recent session in Augustin’s hospital room. Read more here…

Meditation may change your genes. Its no gimmick. The field of mind-body genomics offers fascinating discoveries and much promise. Read more here…

On the Space Coast, music therapy is being used in nursing homes, through hospice, in hospitals — and to help children with autistic spectrum disorders improve their communication skills. Read more here…

This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, and research suggests that music may help those born way too soon adapt to life outside the womb. Read more here…

According to Psychology Today, “the act of meditating can shift people’s thoughts from the stress-prone right frontal cortex to the calmer left frontal cortex. This mental shift decreases the negative effects of stress, mild depression and anxiety.” Read more here…