Our full line of books on
sound healing and music therapy will inspire you and educate
you. Our staff continues to research the very best books
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Author's last name.
Music
as Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing and
Faith Zondervan Publishing
House, March, 2000 by Deforia Lane Click
Here to Order The miraculous
story of a music therapist who treats terminally ill and
mentally handicapped patients with the medicine of music. Lane,
a music therapist, is a devout Christian whose faith sustained
her through the early disappointment of not quite making
the grade as a professional concert soprano, the potential
mishap of becoming pregnant before marrying, the miscarriage
of her second pregnancy, training for a new career and
subsequently balancing job and family duties, and then
having to deal with breast cancer. From those challenges,
she rose to prominence in her field (she brings seemingly
instinctive gifts to her chosen work, as her many anecdotes
of ministering to the sick and disabled attest--but she
never says so) and became a spokesperson for the American
Cancer Society.
Brain
Wave Vibration: Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy,
Healthy Life Best Life Media,
June, 2008 by Ilchi Lee Click
Here to Order Catch
the wave of the powerful training technique that has already
transformed thousands of lives. Brain Wave Vibration is
a powerful, easy-to-follow method that helps people bring
their bodies and minds back into balance for total health,
happiness, and peace. The simplest form of practice merely
requires moving your body to your own internal rhythms.
Author Ilchi Lee teaches this simple truth through the
book: creating a miracle is just a matter of coming back
to who you really are. More than a physical training technique,
Brain Wave Vibration is a call to action, a plea to uncover
the vast abilities that lie within your brain.
Through
a Dog's Ear Sounds True;
2008
by Joshua Leeds Click
Here to Order You know
that your dog's hearing is very sensitive--so how do you
create an environment of sound that suits your canine
companion's specific needs? Now psychoacoustic expert
Joshua Leeds and veterinary neurologist Susan Wagner provide
the answer with Through a Dog's Ear: simple sound-based
solutions to help your dog live a longer, happier, and
healthier life. Using the latest science on how dogs hear
and react to sound, Leeds and Wagner provide a treasury
of fresh insight on the inner life of our best friends,
including: * Sound ideas for nervous dogs: tips and tricks
for making any house or apartment more comfortable for
canines * How sensitive is your dog? The unique ways that
different sizes, breeds, and individuals respond to sound
* Turning sound into a tool to overcome separation anxiety,
food aggression, thunderstorm panic, and other behavior
challenges * 45-minute CD of music psychoacoustically
designed for dogs For any reader who has wondered what's
really happening when their dog perks up his ears and
cocks his head--or when he hides in the closet--Through
a Dog's Ear is an indispensable source of cutting-edge
research, heartwarming stories, and practical advice.
Leeds and Wagner pave the way for using sound to provide
relief for Rottweilers, comfort for collies, and serenity
for spaniels everywhere.
Sonic
Alchemy InnerSong Press;
1997 by Joshua Leeds Click
Here to Order Sonic
Alchemy explains the principles of rhythm, resonance,
entrainment, sonic neuro-technologies, and the ground-breaking
work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis. Included are a dozen thought-provoking
interviews with leading sound practitioners. Sonic
Alchemy explores how 'soundwork' improves health, learning,
and productivity. By understanding how music and sound
directly impact your body/mind, you can create empowering
sonic environments. Whether you are a music lover, music
maker, or healthcare practitioner, you will refer to the
wisdom in these pages for inspiration, knowledge and personal
application.
The
Power of Sound: Using Psychoacoustics for Improved Learning
and Performance (Book
& CD set) Inner Traditions
Intl Ltd., January, 2001 by
Joshua Leeds Click
Here to Order Discover
powerful effects sound has on you and learn to customize
your own soundscape for a better quality of life. Joshua
Leeds shows how to use music to reduce stress, enhance
learning, improve performance, and address conditions
as diverse as dyslexia and depression. This set Includes
a CD featuring musical examples designed to induce specific
mental states such as relaxation, receptivity, concentration,
and creativity. The Power of Sound explains why we need
certain "nutrient" sounds for optimum health
and describes how auditory dysfunction occurs when we
are overexposed to noise pollution, trauma, or stress.
The
Benedictine Gift to Music Paulist
Press, November, 2003 by
Katharine LeMee Click
Here to Order This
book illustrates how Gregorian chant, faithfully practiced
each day for centuries by the Benedictines in monasteries
and convents across Europe, developed into the complex
polyphonic music we enjoy today. It details the outstanding
contributions of the Benedictine musicians from the sixth-century
Abbey of St. Benedict to the modern French Abbey of Solesmes.
For contemporary performers, composers of sacred music,
and those interested in singing Gregorian chant, The Benedictine
Gift to Music explains the opportunity that chant provides
to still the mind and enter in a meaningful way into the
contemplative tradition of the church.
Music
Is Healing Book Surge, November,
2006 by Frances le
Roux Click
Here to Order This
book discusses the effect of music on emotions, pain,
immune and endocrine systems. It also provides practical
musical guidelines and evidence related to the effectiveness
of music as a diversion for hospital patients, out-patient
clinics and rehabilitation centres. Dr Frances le Roux
holds a PhD in medical microbiology (University of Stellenbosch).
She has practised as a physiotherapist for 22 years and
is a member of the International Society of Music is Medicine.
She uses music daily as a functional intervention during
physiotherapy treatment. She's done several articles and
publications to journals on this subject and also holds
a master's degree on music and pain.
Sounding
Off: Theorizing Disability in Music Routledge,
September, 2006 by
Neil Lerner and Joseph Strauss Click
Here to Order This
is the first book-length work on music-historical and
music-theoretical issues related to disability. Disability,
understood as culturally stigmatized bodily difference
(including physical and mental impairments of all kinds,)
is a pervasive and permanent aspect of the human condition.
While the biology of bodily difference is the property
study for science and medicine, the meaning that we attach
to bodily difference is the proper study of humanists.
The interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies has
recently emerged to theorize social and cultural constructions
of the meaning of disability.
The
World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human
Nature Dutton Adult, August,
2008 by Daniel J.
Levitin Click
Here to Order An unprecedented
blend of science and art, Daniel Levitin's debut, This
Is Your Brain on Music, delighted readers with an exuberant
guide to the neural impulses behind those songs that make
our heart swell. Now he showcases his daring theory of
"six songs," illuminating how the brain evolved
to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms—for
knowledge, friendship, religion, joy, comfort, and love.
Preserving the emotional history of our lives and of our
species, from its very beginning music was also allied
to dance, as the structure of the brain confirms; developing
this neurological observation, Levitin shows how music
and dance enabled the social bonding and friendship necessary
for human culture and society to evolve.
This
is Your Brain on Music:
The Science of a Human Obsession Dutton
Adult, August, 2006 by
Daniel J. Levitin Click
Here to Order Whether
you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant
role in your life—even if you never realized it.
Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers
are at last be- coming clear, thanks to revolutionary
neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology.
Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty
of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels
a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture
to our understanding of human nature, including:
• Are our musical preferences shaped in utero?
• Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes
in music?
• What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain’s
response to music?
• Is musical pleasure different from other kinds
of pleasure?
The
Healing Energies of Music Quest,
May, 1995 by Hal Lingerman Click
Here to Order Music
affects human beings. A lively Bach concerto encourages
attention and clear thinking, while a CD of harp music
and the sounds of ocean waves relaxes us and relieves
stress. The Healing Energies Of Music can help determine
just the right music to complement a state of mind, heal
an emotional or physical ill, or further spiritual yearning.
Musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman's exhaustive
sourcebook will guide the reader in finding music to benefit
their temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations. The
Healing Energies Of Music is a unique and valued addition
to any personal self-help or music appreciation collection.
The
Biology of Belief Hay House, September, 2008 by Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. Click
Here to Order This book is a groundbreaking work
in the field of new biology, and it will forever change
how you think about thinking. Through the research of
Dr. Lipton and other leading-edge scientists, stunning
new discoveries have been made about the interaction between
your mind and body and the processes by which cells receive
information. It shows that genes and DNA do not control
our biology, that instead DNA is controlled by signals
from outside the cell, including the energetic messages
emanating from our thoughts. Using simple language, illustrations,
humor, and everyday examples, he demonstrates how the
new science of Epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding
of the link between mind and matter and the profound effects
it has on our personal lives and the collective life of
our species.
Let's
All Listen: Songs for Group Work in Settings That Include
Students With Learning Difficulties and Autism Jessica Kingsley, October 2007 by Pat Lloyd Click
Here to Order Music
provides a unique and powerful means of promoting communication
and social interaction in students with learning difficulties.
In this collection, Pat Lloyd brings together 46 songs
composed or adapted for use with children with communication
problems
Each of the songs features a vocal line and piano accompaniment
and can be listed to on the audio CD included with the
book. Simplified guitar versions are also provided for
a selection of the songs. Pat Lloyd provides suggestions
for how each song can be used and developed to encourage
communication and social interaction, and lists a range
of possible objectives for each one. Advocating a flexible
approach, she demonstrates how musical activity can be
adapted easily and successfully to the specific needs
of individual students.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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