by vickie | Mar 26, 2018 | Music and Aging, Music and Healing, Music and Intelligence
Learning to play a musical instrument benefits your brain. Many studies are showing that learning and practicing a musical instrument may reduce negative affects of aging. This includes memory, cognitive ability and hearing. A study in the July 2012 issue...
by vickie | Mar 26, 2018 | Music and Aging, Music and Children, Music and Healing
Senior Citizen Benefits from Playing the Harp Fran, a vibrant, curious woman, learned to play the harp as a senior citizen. She began harp lessons with me in her 80’s. Her husband had passed away, her mother was very ill and not expected to live much longer, so Fran...
by vickie | Mar 26, 2018 | Music and Healing
Whether you’re dancing or listening, the waltz helps you relax. There’s something magical about the 1-2-3 beat that brings on a feeling of elegance and grace. The accent is on the first beat, with the second and third beats responding in a light manner. You want...
by vickie | Mar 26, 2018 | Music and Healing, Music and Spirituality
MUSIC CAN COMFORT GRIEVING PEOPLE Grieving people often find comfort in music. Music has the power to touch the soul, and can often sum up what we are feeling better than words. Memories are helpful in the grieving process, and certain songs are reminders of our...
by vickie | Mar 26, 2018 | Music and Healing
Often musicians can bring unity to people worldwide with a musical concert to benefit a charitable cause or raise funds to aid victims of a catastrophe—like the concerts organized immediately following the destruction of New York’s Twin Towers on 9-11. Even if the...
