Music Therapy can be extremely beneficial for people who suffer from an array of neurological conditions that include children with autism, brain injury trauma and concussions, stroke survivors, people with behavourial and mental disorders as well as those with Alzheimer’s disease. Nurture with Music addresses these disorders and dysfunctions in the physical and emotional body through it’s unique music therapy immersed in nature so that these people can return to wholeness, optimal health and absolute wellness for a better quality of life no matter what age they are or what stage of their life they are in.
Nurture with Music takes a slightly different approach to the conventional methods of music therapy, whereby it is not so much based on the technicality, theory or the details of the different frequency, vibrations and melodic waves as it does in using music to stimulate the 5 senses plus the emotional/energy/metaphysical body. Nurture with Music uses music to tap into the innate functions of the body, mind, heart and spirit on a cellular level through the melody vibration manipulation and stimulation of intricate sensory awareness through the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and the tactile sensory of the entire body. Nurture with Music likes to use nature and all it’s beautiful sounds, sacred geometry and designs as an additional stimuli in helping people recover, heal, rehab and reprogram their brain functions for a complete return to optimal health.
Nurture with Music, along with LifeSense by Liapros uses holistic wellness and innovative healing approaches for its Mind Body Heart Healing and Restorative Yin Wellness Retreats. The body is treated holistically as one big entity that encompasses all mental, physical, emotional and energy bodies that are in disharmony and out of balance. The fact that each note in an octave in music from C to B maps to each of the 7 endocrine centres in the body and therefore resonates organs, body parts, left, right, top, bottom, back and front of all bodies makes the Nurture with Music approach so effective and powerful in helping people heal from trauma, injury, hurt, pain, shock, anxiety and any imbalance and dysfunction in the physical body.
Music Therapy is effective in restoring these three brain functions in stroke survivors: Motor, Speech and Cognitive.
Motor
Since there is an intertwined connection between what we hear and movement, and because music is an organized and predictable stimulus, it is effective at improving the motor functions deficits that are left behind after a stroke.
A stroke survivor can have a more regular gait by walking to the beat of a familiar song. And playing instruments such as drums, piano or a triangle can encourage movement and improve strength and coordination in an affected arm.
Speech
Because singing and speaking use several similar processes such as respiration, making speech-like sounds and articulation, singing may improve speaking skills for some. Many times a person with aphasia may not be able to speak but can sing. This is because speech is processed and produced primarily in the left side of the brain.
On the other hand, music is processed and produced in multiple parts of the brain. Some of these overlap with speech centers and some do not. A therapist can stimulate and strengthen injured speech centers, or create new connections around injured areas to potentially help people speak again.
Cognitive
Music is highly engaging and activates multiple parts of the brain simultaneously, the way the sky lights up during a fireworks display. This makes it a perfect medium for helping people with left-side neglect and difficulty with attention. Music can be used to capture someone’s attention (focused attention), hold it for a period of time (sustained attention) and get the survivor to switch back and forth between two things (alternating attention).
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