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Articles: sound and music
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A Scientific Approach to Sound and Music Therapy
by Gordon Dalgarno
Music Therapists have long used music in an interactive way with clients. There are many CDs on the market for healing purposes; both with sounds and music, and some practitioners are also using sounds, made in the presence of the client, e.g. using tuning forks or Tibetan Bowls, etc. There are also a number of proprietary techniques, i.e. Tomatis Therapy, Samalin Therapy, which use music in a special way.
An opening up of possibilities: The Musician's view
by Alannah Thomas-Moore
Music plays an important role in healing and therapy. Much research has been done into the many beneficial effects upon the listener. However, little is known about the views of the people who create such music.
Breath, Voice, Speech
by Edwin Alan Salter
This article focuses on the importance of voice and speech and ways in which we can improve how we sound
Developing Your Voice as Part of Your Treatment Plan
by Angela Caine
The author points out the importance and power of the voice. She describes the development of the voice mechanisms, with special emphasis on the position of the tongue.
Giving Voice: Transformational Tool
by Jill Rakusen
Giving Voice (GV) is a uniquely holistic approach involving the strategic use of sound and song, developed by Jill Rakusen over the last 12 years.
Harmonia Sound Essences
by Lyz Cooper
…sound is such a powerful and effective tool for healing and rebalancing because it is so easily recognized and assimilated by the body on all levels. By taking a sound essence you are introducing a 'sonic vitamin' into the body in a form that it is effortless to digest. This essence works at a fundamental level to rebalance the energy matrix of the body, therefore allowing the free flow of prana.
Harp Therapy - The Jerusalem Harp Network
by Sunita Staneslow
This article focuses on harp therapy, which the author says should not be confused with music therapy as the latter uses music and instruments in clinical therapeutic settings, while harp therapy is used to relax and comfort patients and does not require active participation.
Moving Voice... Authentic Voice Work
by Adrienne Thomas
This article focuses on authentic voice work which utilizes the innate power of the voice in combination with the body's energy system to bring about change, transformation and release. It is based on a series of exercises which involve making sounds and movements in each of the seven major energy centres.
Music as Medicine
by Hannah Lambert
For centuries people have believed there is a profound link between music and health, but is there any evidence to suggest that music can be therapeutic in more than just an allegorical sense? Can music really alleviate illness and distress?
Music for Relaxation and Massage and other Therapies
by Rangy Holt
Many of us ask ourselves how best to deal with excessive stress. One of the very effective options is with music, either on its own, in a relaxed environment, or as a complement to various therapies.
Osteopathy and Voice: A Symbiosis
by Derek Gale
Osteopathic treatment is a method of working with and changing patterns in the body which have both a physical and a psychological origin. Voice work completes the framework within which changes take place.
Performance: What's Behind the X Factor
by Rachael Young
This article looks at what gives a performance, an event, a meeting, that inspiration, joyful, alive greatness…that X factor, which when present in us has the effect of changing the way we feel in a positive way.
Pythagoras' musical - therapeutical treatment
by Theresa Monaco
Music and sound in the ancient Indian system of Ayurveda are essential for balancing the functioning of the doshas (representing the principles of creation, preservation and destruction) in the body.
Sacred Sound Therapy for Healing, Spiritual Growth and Meditation
by Rachael Kelly
Sound is all around us; in each moment we are totally surrounded by sound. These sounds alter our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies, both positively and negatively.Rachel Kelly looks at sound and the way that sounds can alter our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies, both positively and negatively. She provides practical ways to manifest positive, healing and transformational sounds through Sacred Sound Therapy.
Sacred Sound/Healing: Interview with Jonathan Goldman
by Jonathan Cope
Homeopathy, light therapy and colour therapy, all seek to restore balance to the systems of the human body. People can begin to understand that sound is an energy form and that it does not just affect the ears. Sound affects our nervous system, our brain, our chakras and etheric body as well.
Songs from Seven Continents
by Sarah Jewell
The two responses that I most frequently receive when I tell people that I am a singing teacher are: “Can you actually teach somebody to sing?” and “What a fantastic job!”
Sound Psychology: the Tao of Music
by John Ortiz Ph.D
Home field, ten seconds remaining on the clock... tied game... Ivan stands in possession of the football at the opposite end of the field. "My heart was just pounding," the team's premier player later said, "it all felt like a blur, but then the crowd started chanting, `Ivan! Ivan! Ivan!' and suddenly, everything just seemed to slow down, like the whole world was in slow motion and I had all the time in the world. . .
Sound Therapies: Universal Panacea or Placebo?
by Pauline Allen
In this article, Pauline Allen, who runs The Sound Learning Centre in London, provides an overview of the major sound therapies currently offered and identifies the benefits both claimed and experienced.
Sounding Bowls: Craftsmanship, Art and Spirituality
by Tobias Kaye
This article focuses on Sounding Bowls, which begun as musical works of art that later became sought after as therapy and healing instruments in diverse applications, including for self-healing.
Speech and Language Therapy today
by Maria Farry
Speech and Language Therapy is the process of enabling people to communicate to the best of their ability. A speech and language therapist will assess, diagnose and treat a variety of clinical and other communication difficulties.
The Healing Power of Music
by Simon Heather
This article focuses on the healing power of music. According to the author, one of the reasons why listening to music is so healing is due to the power of musical intervals…created when one note is played with another note. He goes on to explain why this interval is effective.
The Healing Power of Music
by Celia Harper
Music can take many forms and have many different effects on us: it can invigorate or calm us, arouse or amuse us, call us to arms, inspire us and lift up our spirits.
The Healing Power of Sound
by Simon Heather
The healing power of sound has been recognized for thousands of years, and this article provides details of extensive research illustrating the effect of different instrumental and vocal sounds on the cells, tissues and organs of the body, which themselves possess individual resonant frequencies and musical notes.
The Mystery of Sound
by Meggan Brummer
The fact that everything is in a state of vibration means that everything is constantly creating sound, even if too subtle for the human ear to detect. Every cell type, organ and system in every living organism, including every thought, emotion, colour and sound, also has its own specific vibration. This article delves into this mystery of sound and vibrations.
The Role of Music in Healing - Music, a Dying Bird and a Miracle of Insight
by Sally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield, renowned musician and sister of Mike and Terry Oldfield, writes a very moving account of profound experiences over the last year, whilst suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, that have brought her to a new level of self-realization, inspiring her new album.
The Seven Tone Method - Musical Healing
by Mary Masselos
It was the genius of Beethoven who declared that ‘Music is truth’. When so many of us are similarly moved and inspired by music we may or must recognise that music is the bearer of universal truth, and thus unites us spiritually and socially.
Tomatis Listening Therapy - Your Voice is a Barometer of Your Health
by Ella Williams
Listening therapy works on the premise that effective listening - external, internal and vestibular - naturally leads to effective communication and that, except for pathological abnormalities, we all are born with perfect hearing. However, psychological factors, e.g. will and intention, affect our listening abilities, and physical and mental stress and anxiety cause us to tune out from certain frequencies as a defence mechanism.
Using the Harp for Healing
by Christina Tourin
This article focuses on harp therapy. A breakthrough experience is just one example of how therapy has become so effective in hospitals, hospices, birthing centres, rehabilitation clinics, long-term care facilities, dental offices and a host of other venues, to support the healing of patients.
Voice - the forgotten fitness factor
by Angela Caine
From a very early age I loved anything to do with music, singing, playing the piano and dancing, so when at 17 I gained a place at a music college where I would be trained as a singer that was my life on track, or so I thought.
Voice Movement Therapy - Healing Mind and Body with Sound and Song
by Paul Newham
Healing Mind and Body with Sound and Song by Paul Newham Fifteen years ago I founded a form of therapy now known as Voice Movement Therapy.
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