Last Sunday at our Healing Music 101 class, we had an interesting comment from one of our class members. She commented that she believes that although our minds and bodies are inextricable connected, that we do sometimes get “disconnected.” That is when we begin to fall into a state of dis-ease or dis-comfort or even [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and the Mind-Body'
Music and the Mind-Body Connection
November 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and Emotion, Music and the Mind-Body
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Thoughts about music’s power to evoke powerful emotion
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Movie Music, Music and Relaxation, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
Yesterday, we had our usual Sunday afternoon “Healing Music 101″ class. We had such a wonderful discussion that I thought my readers would be interested to know what some of the ideas that emerged were. The theme of the day was sharing some specific pieces that make us feel: sad, angry, scared or happy/energized. Many [...]
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Why does music elicit such powerful emotion?
October 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Classical Music, Healing Music Travel, music and the heart, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
This is a deep question that many people ask themselves very sincerely and with a burning desire to know that answer. I’ve certainly asked myself this question many times and am finally beginning to understand some of the keys to the mystery. One of the main factors is your past association with that music. Is [...]
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Do YOU have a mind for music?
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body
Here’s a great new article from Scientific American: A mind for music By Elizabeth Quill August 14th, 2010; Vol.178 #4 (p. 17) There are very few activities for which your birthday suit and a three-piece suit are equally appropriate attire. Music is one of them. Belting an improvised ditty alone in the shower and performing [...]
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Former KY governor sings “My Old Ky Home”
July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music in the News!, Music with Alzheimer's patients
If you love singing “My Old Ky Home” at the Derby each year, you’ll really love this rendition by former KY Governor, “Happy” Chandler!
Instruments of Healing Music: Drum Circles
June 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Affiliate Promos, healing instruments, Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
How many of you have ever participated in a drum circle? Today drum circles are very popular and for good reasons! Drum circle are loads of fun, require no prior musical training, require no musical ability and enable you to connect emotionally and energetically with people that you’ve never met before that day. I first [...]
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Instruments of Healing Music: The Harp
June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · healing instruments, music and spirituality, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
What’s the very best instrument for playing healing music? That is a question that I get asked quite frequently. I wish I could answer that question definitively for you, but of course it’s one of those personal taste matters! What is beautiful and healing and soothing and comforting for one person, could be absolutely annoying [...]
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Components of Healing Music: Modes, Whole-tone and Pentatonic Scales
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · music and spirituality, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music Medicine
Today is the final lesson in this series on the components of healing music. The component I’ve chosen is similar to yesterday’s lesson on Major and Minor but goes back in time hundreds if not thousands of years! In the 800-700′s BC, the music played in ancient Greece was not played in major and minor [...]
