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Music Therapy

Music and sounds can be incorporated into many types of healing modalities, such as meditation, massage, hypnosis, etc. Playing an instrument or listening to music in of itself has therapeutic benefits.
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Shamanic Sound Makers

The earliest crafted instruments or "sound makers" were used for a variety of different spiritual rituals and healing ceremonies.

Humming Proven to Help Clear Your Sinuses

Why humming can reduce the chance of sinus blockages and sinusitis flare ups.

What is a Didgeridoo?

Didgeridoo sound therapy is not so much a specialized therapy in of itself, but the didgeridoo instrument is used by some harmonic healers to benefit our physical, emotional, and spiritual components.

Sound Healing

To truly benefit from sound healing the key is to become aware of sounds around you in order to connect with any feeling a particular sound provokes. Hearing is not the same as listening. We hear with our ears, we listen with an open heart.

Sound Therapy with Gongs

In healing the sound of the gong can be used as a cleansing and clearing tool.

Sound Therapy with Singing Bowls

Singing bowls are often used in combination with breathwork, chanting, and meditation for healing emotional issues.

The Healing Sound of Music - Music Therapy

Healing isn't about science. Healing is about people. And real people are experiencing very real results from the healing power of music.

Heart Connection to Sounds

Certain sounds can have a healing affect on our emotional being.

Making Music With Your Hands

With your hands serving as your therapist you can vent heartfelt emotions while playing the notes on the musical instrument of your choice.

What Makes Music Relaxing?

Why does music affect our emotions? In our stressful lifestyle, how can we use sounds and music to calm and relax?

Power Songs

Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls explains what a Power Song is and what purposes it serves. She also gives instruction on using the FA note (as in: Do Re Me Fa) in our power songs to manifest intentional healing.

Guitarist Freeman jazzed about music therapy

July 13, 2001 - USA Today Health - Guitarist Russ Freeman has donated a portion of tour sales from his new CD Life in the Tropics to the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).

Music Therapy & Biofeedback

Sound and imagery play an integral role in assisting the clients to achieve their physiological objectives.

Dream Singing - Experiential Dream Exploration Through Song

Therapeutic process done in a group dynamic where the dreamer sings his dream and with the help of a facilitator and group song interaction brings the core message of the dream to conscious awareness. Article by David M. Pierce, C.Ht.

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