| Music Therapy | | | | music is vibrations. And these vibrations affect your |
| Music, they say, soothes the savage beast and this is | | | | heartbeat, blood flow, brain waves - your entire body |
| so true when we consider how music in its magical | | | | chemistry. |
| way works on our body rhythms bring harmony, | | | | So it is by our body responses that we can tell if |
| literally, back into the body. | | | | music is truly relaxing us or not. |
| | | | In order to truly enjoy the music it is best if you can |
| Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David | | | | get yourself focused on it by either sitting still or lying |
| would take his harp and play. Then relief would come | | | | down and really soak it in. |
| to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would | | | | I realize that there are times when you just can't do |
| leave him. 1 Samuel 16:23(KJV) | | | | this and just listening while going about your work is |
| Researchers have found that certain types of music | | | | better than nothing, but it will not have the same |
| are more uplifting to the soul than others. Although | | | | effect as actually absorbing yourself in it. |
| you may think that a way to relax would be to listen | | | | I personally love to just run a hot bath with my |
| to your favorite rock band, you are sadly mistaken. | | | | favorite aroma, lavender. Then I light candles around |
| This will only rev up your engines and make you | | | | the bathroom and turn off all of the lights. This is my |
| more stressed than when you started out. No, the | | | | special time when I can relax and toss away the |
| way to personal harmony must come from a very | | | | cares of the day. In the living room, right next to the |
| specific kind of music. Not all music relaxes, you must | | | | bathroom, I have beautiful classical or new age music |
| personally feel more relaxed, your breathing must | | | | playing softly. As it permeates the room, mixed with |
| become slower and deeper for music to have a | | | | the scent of my bath and candles, I am in another |
| relaxing effect on you. | | | | world, totally relaxed without a care in the world. |
| According to composer and music researcher | | | | Music, in my view, is the most influential and powerful |
| Stephen Halpern Ph.D., "Music is not all that meets the | | | | therapy that you can provide yourself. It not only |
| ear. If you were to have earplugs in your ears, you | | | | affects your soul, but your body and spirit as well. |
| cold still 'feel the music'" he explains. "That's because | | | | |