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Meditation – Music Therapy Music therapy has been described as: “music-based experiences to enhance human functioning including cognitive, academic, emotional, psychological, behavioural, communicative, social, physiological, sensory, motor, pain, neurological, spiritual, and aesthetic.” Music therapy is beneficial for all individuals, both physically and mentally, it’s calming, it reduces anxiety, heals bad

Meditation – Sleep Music Sleep is a naturally recurring state of body and mind, a state of altered consciousness, less sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and inhibited voluntary muscle activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During sleep, most of the body’s systems are in an anabolic (building up) state,

Meditation – ASMR healing frequencies What is ASMR? The term ‘Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response’ is used to describe previously undocumented sensations experienced by some people when listening to certain sounds. People have varying reactions to ASMR and some have no reaction at all.  Most people describe it as a pleasant,

Meditation – Music Therapy Throughout history music has always been important socially and culturally.  It helped people form tribal bonds and served religious and spiritual needs. Music has always played an important role in ancient tribal rituals and celebrations and it is still a vital part of all our pageants

Meditation – Music Medicine – Sound at a Cellular Level Dr. Lee Bartel talks on TEDx about studies he has conducted that found that stimulating cells with sound can reduce the risk and impact of some common health problems. Sound impacts on cells in the body and circuits within our

Meditation – The Science of 40 Hertz Dr. Andrew Huberman has conducted studies that found faster reaction times in participants that listen to binaural beats of 40 hertz:  “Our findings suggest that high-frequency binaural beats bias the individual attentional processing style towards a reduced spotlight of attention.” Pure gamma binaural

Dopamine RESET Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter. Your body makes it, and your nervous system uses it to transmit messages between nerve cells – it’s a chemical messenger. Dopamine is a big part of our unique human ability to think and plan and it plays a role in how we

“Let’s Go Home” Home – what is a home?  It’s somewhere you belong, somewhere you go to, somewhere you go back to.  There’s something comforting about the word ‘home’. J R R Tolkien writes about it in The Hobbit, the little chap that’s always been content at home and then

Meditation – The Pituitary Gland The hormones that the pituitary gland produces control many different processes in the body including metabolism, growth, reproduction and blood pressure. Cortisol, oxytocin, vasopressin, melanin are just some of the hormones the pituitary gland produces, regulating water retention, kidney function, blood pressure, metabolism, immune response

Meditation – ASMR – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response ASMR is a relaxing, often sedative sensation that begins on the scalp and moves down the body.  It can initiate head tingles, relaxation, sleepiness, and elevated mood, comfort, calmness, peacefulness, happiness, and euphoria, it promotes the release of feel-good hormones like oxytocin.