MUSIC AS A HEALING TOOL

Reading and writing romance novels as a therapeutic healing tool for comfort, health, and to relieve stress.

A closer look at how music was thought to affect the human brain in ancient times, and how research has shown that it truly does affect the brain.

Just as the body requires good nutrition, the mind and soul need nutritious food as well. Selecting uplifting entertainment prove both elevating and therapeutic, and augments a sense of relaxation which helps to both prevent and heal disease.

Trigger discussion in English with your EFL/ESL students by encouraging them to explore how something could be used for something else it was not designed for.

This is a look at exactly how music shapes today's society. Everything from entertainment to medicine relies on music.

Psychoactive substances have served man as a healing tool for thousands of years. Why has the last one-hundred years cast such a dark shadow over these drugs?

If language is a medium for expressing human thoughts, then music is one language that is understood all throughout the world. The power of musical expression and its far-reaching impact are discussed in this article.

Blogging is an excellent way to find your voice in healing from abuse. It also allows you to connect with people who truly understand what you are feeling.

Yoga can be a powerful healing tool in recovering from childhood abuse. Yoga helps the abuse survivor to reconnect with his body and learn how to live in the present.

Legendary Drum Head manufacturer Remo has a music center which is open to the public

A group of Seattle-based musicians support a friend in her fight against Lyme Disease.

There's a very strong link between the brain and the physical body, and if you can use music therapy to influence your brain, that will in turn work on your body and help cure or even heal depression.

Sound has been used for centuries as a healing tool. We are now beginning to see the positive effects that sound has on our bodies and are using it as an alternative to western medicine.

Music is the medicine for the mind. It is a tool to cure a person with an acute pain. The antibiotics prescribed by a doctor can heal a patient but it has its own side effects.

Writing culinary mystery novels is in fashion now. People enjoy reading mysteries, suspense novels, and thrillers about chefs, food, or culinary-related themes.

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Children afflicted with autism can learn to communicate through music.

Occupational therapy is an exciting career field that helps individual patients to overcome mental or physical handicaps. Therapists conduct a wide variety of activities, with every day offering new situations and obstacles.

Art Therapy is a growing field in which art is used as a tool to diagnose and treat mental and emotional illness.

Here is a list that I compiled of new Christian music albums released in fall 2008.

For some individuals who suffer from mental health complications, the use of glass therapy may be a useful tool in recovery and healing.

This article discusses my personal views on hands-on healing and how it can be incorporated into everyday life without having to be a 'trained' in the use of Reiki.