Have you ever considered the power of lullabies for mother-baby bonding? When did the world’s first mother sing her child the first lullaby? Probably at the very beginning of time, when the sun first set and the moon first rose in the sky. Singing to your child, crooning to your child, or humming to your […]
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Open Heart Surgery and Soothing Music: the oxytocin connection
Are you having open heart surgery? My mother had a quintuple by-pass over 15 years ago and even then, I told her about the importance of listening to soft, steady, soothing music during the surgery, to calm the body and the mind, and to facilitate healing and a faster recovery. The doctors did not know […]