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Music Is Good for the Soul, and Your Health

March 12, 2020 - 10:00 AM Research demonstrates music therapy provides a wide range of benefits. We’ve all heard the idiom, “Music is good for the soul.” But according to the evidence, it’s good for your health as well. Study after study has found that music therapy has a positive effect...

Sunday Routine: Relaxation and Motivation

March 08, 2020 - 10:00 AM written by Auriel Simmonds Ah, Sunday. One of the best and worst days of the week. It’s the one day that you’re allowed to lounge around the house in your pajamas. All day. And without feeling as though you’re wasting time. But Sunday is als...

Where Does the Path of Mindfulness Lead?

March 05, 2020 - 10:00 AM BY Editor-In-Chief Barry Boyce While there’s no roadmap to wisdom, there is a path to greater perspective, insight, and emotional freedom. Founding editor Barry Boyce calls on his four decades of practice to take us on the journey. In my experience most people who start practicing medit...

How Reliable is Music Therapy?

March 01, 2020 - 03:22 PM From JB Music Therapy RELIABLE adjective consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted. All services, including therapy, are judged on the skills, quality, and outcomes of the service/provider. For this blog post, I take the #caseformusictherapy on a journey through the ...

3 Intriguing Connections Between Music and Sleep

February 13, 2020 - 03:56 PM The latest insights into how music affects you at bedtime and during sleep. Babies aren’t the only ones who love lullabies. Many people of all ages use music to improve their sleep. And sleep researchers are finding growing evidence to support this approach. Studies show that listening to or...

The Overlooked Medicinal Impact of Music and Diet

November 06, 2019 - 09:12 PM By: Richard K. Yu Music, diet, sleep, and stress all have a messy, but interconnected tangle of relationships with each other. Let’s demystify some of these connections. It’s two in the morning and you wake up groggily to the sounds of your stomach and the low hum of your refrigerator ...

Can Music Help You Calm Down and Sleep Better?

October 15, 2019 - 08:59 PM Having trouble sleeping can have wide-ranging, negative effects on your health, so it's something that you should take seriously. For instance, it makes you less safe behind the wheel and increases your long-term risk of medical conditions such as obesity and heart disease. Though medical ...

90-year-old Completes Master's Degree On Music and Dementia

September 22, 2019 - 04:50 PM Matthew Lorenzon Dementia affects more than 400,000 people in Australia. Inspired by the powerful effects of music in nursing homes, Lorna Prendergast undertook a Master of Ageing degree at the University of Melbourne. She graduated in July at the age of 90. Prendergast enrolled in the d...

Keep Your Brain Young with Music

September 22, 2019 - 12:03 PM If you want to firm up your body, head to the gym. If you want to exercise your brain, listen to music. “There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does,” says one Johns Hopkins otolaryngologist. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging ...

Music as Therapy: The Uses and Benefits of Sound Healing

July 29, 2019 - 11:00 AM What is sound healing therapy? Sound healing therapy uses aspects of music to improve your physical and emotional health and well-being. The person being treated partakes in the experience with a trained sound healing practitioner. Sound healing may involve: listening to music singing along t...

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Music Is Good for the Soul, and Your Health

Sunday Routine: Relaxation and Motivation

Where Does the Path of Mindfulness Lead?

How Reliable is Music Therapy?

3 Intriguing Connections Between Music and Sleep

The Overlooked Medicinal Impact of Music and Diet

Can Music Help You Calm Down and Sleep Better?

90-year-old Completes Master's Degree On Music and Dementia

Keep Your Brain Young with Music

Music as Therapy: The Uses and Benefits of Sound Healing

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