Volume 1 | Issue 1 8/12/22 Music for the Mind
- jpboylan9
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min read
Quote:
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”Oliver Sacks, best-selling author and professor of neurology at NYU School Of Medicine
Where it all began.
As humans, we are naturally inclined to feel music. It is the very first thing we hear. When we are in the womb, we hear the heart. The rhythm, the beat, the synchronicity. We also hear the hum of sound of familiar voices. Rhythm is an inbuilt substance that keeps us alive so is it any wonder that it can help our bodies and minds heal?
Whether you sing it, listen to, meditate to it, play it…….it doesn’t matter! It still impacts you emotionally, mentally and physically.
There is no doubt that music has been used as a tool for healing throughout history. Every culture and generation has its own version. From the Shamans to the ancient Egyptians. Music the the only language that is spoken in every part of the world. It breaks through all the barriers that keeps people apart and has the power to unify.
Music is medicine!
Quote:
Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.”The late, great singer Aretha Franklin
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