Music is healing! To the mind, the body and the spirit. Almost everyone on the planet has some sort of music that they really, really love and choose to listen to! But is it the music itself that heals and soothes, or is it about the person performing it, or is it the method of […]
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Tune Your Heart with Music!
Today, music therapy is commonly used for people undergoing a cardiac procedure and for those recovering from a heart attack or learning to cope with heart failure or other cardiovascular condition. At the Mayo Clinic, for example, the Healing Enhancement Program offers music (along with massage and relaxation therapies) for people having heart surgery. “We […]
Can music improve your workout?
By Dr. Alice Cash on September 10, 2009 in Music and Cardiovascular Health, Music and Exercise, Music and the Mind-Body
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 […]