Healing through music

A closer look at the way music can rehabilitate the mind and invigorate the senses

Sound is a powerful tool that can evoke multiple emotions within a person, including the ability to heal. With the universal language of music, people are discovering the benefits that sound can have on a persons mood and overall health, in particular music therapy.
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Part I: Music through a students perspective

How music makes people feel

Whatever the feeling, music is based on emotion. It can have an overall effect on our mood, performance and well-being. When we listen to music, multiple areas of the brain are impacted that activate feeling.

Part II: Benefits of music

Music therapy in hospices

Music is a therapeutic art form that is used to promote the well-being of patients in hospice care, as well as their families and caregivers. Music helps end of life patients cope and be happy with what is yet to come.

Part III: Life of a music therapist

Music therapists in the U.S.

This graph shows how many Musical Therapists there are in various states, percentage wise. Musical Therapists help patients overcome physical, emotional, intellectual and social challenges. Musical therapy can be used in many settings such as hospitals and schools around the nation and can have an overall effect on the moods and emotions of children and adults.

Healing through music