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I will offer you a guide on how to meditate with music, summarized in 10 easy steps to make the most of this kind of meditation. 1. Choose a good piece of meditation music or meditative, inspirational, instrumental music. Why instrumental music? Because instrumental music stimulates your right brain’s activity (the intuitive side of your [...]

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So many people ask me this and it’s a great questions! After all the info came out on the “Mozart Effect” people were getting really excited about improving their intelligence and their test scores with music! Here is what one of the scientific studies had to say about it:
Improve your vocabulary with music!
In [...]

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Music is a great mood regulator, whether it’s used in conjunction with exercise or not. Loud, upbeat music generally has a stimulating effect, whereas slow music can act as a sedative.
It’s very encouraging that more and more health professionals are beginning to realize the value of simple techniques such as music, using it as an [...]

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More than 7,000 runners who recently raced in a half-marathon in London were under the influence of a powerful performance-enhancing stimulant — pop music.
The music at London’s “Run to the Beat” race was selected on the basis of the research and consultation of sport psychologist Costas Karageorghis. He has learned how to devise soundtracks that are [...]

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Music as medicine: Docs use tunes as treatment
Researchers explore how melodies can help regulate heart, boost hormones
By Bill Briggs
msnbc.com contributor
updated 2:44 p.m. ET, Mon., June 1, 2009
As Victor Fabry napped in his hospital bed, a quiet symphony filled his room. The steady pulse of a cardiac monitor marked the progress of his mending heart. Over [...]

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Does Bach’s Music have a Regenerative Effect?

There is an interesting article by Avis O. Gachet, “A Walk with the Master” (Charlotte Observer, August 8, 2007), which carries the subtitle “In times of trouble, teens turn to music. Let’s hope it’s Bach.” Gachet, a personal friend from far back in Hickory, relates how the music of [...]

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What does Susan Boyle have to do with the mind-body connection? Well, I think that ever since she made headlines, her name and her whole persona have an effect on people around the world. I’ve talked with friends who don’t even have a computer but who know who Susan is and what she [...]

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Stressed out?  Tense and anxious? 
Can’t sleep? Worried about finances and bills?  Health issues? 
      
Do you know how powerful music is as a stress reliever?? 
You can learn to use the music you love to ease tension and de-stress
your life!  Music is a proven stress buster!
 
Learn how to use music with Dr. Alice Cash’s popular, in-demand
 e-course “Music [...]

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Music’s Effect on Mind and Body
What does music do to the body and mind? What happens in your body when you hear music that you love? Do you feel energy, calm, great joy and happiness, sadness and grief, anger, love? Well, of course, it depends upon the music you’re hearing but all of the feelings [...]

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Today I found an interesting blog called “Cleansing Blog” that presents lots of different methods for “cleaning” and “cleaning out” the mind and body. Enjoy this unusual post:
 Music has always been a very important part of our lives, from childhood to our being an adult. As a part of our experience, music can have both [...]

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I know that there must be people who don’t care for Celtic music, but since this is my blog and my opinions I’m going to wrie one last post on “Celtic Woman.”  I am basking in the beauty of the concert I went to over 48 hours ago and I still cannot get enough of [...]

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