Let the sun shine in!
Could ‘musical medicine’ influence healthy aging?
Many of us have favorite songs that can help us relax after a hectic day or get us moving on the dance floor. Music can [...]
Flexing our creative muscles!
Participating in the arts creates paths to healthy aging
We all know to eat right, exercise, and get a good night’s sleep to stay healthy. But can flexing our creative muscles help us thrive as we age? [...]
Journey of the spirit
Love heals the heart resonating with joy
In the final months of her life while she was bedfast, my mother – Miss Ethel – sang in the very early morning hours. How [...]
Mindful music support
The music app supporting dementia care at home
"Currently, the aged care sector is in crisis, with devastating outcomes reported by the Royal Commission into Aged Care. The Commission’s report highlighted the benefits [...]
Justice for ALL
How can we be silent? Remembering the children and elders who died
"Prayer of the children" Performed on June 5, 2022 by the First Community Church Choirs & Orchestra, Columbus, OH Conducted by Dr. C. Andrew Blosser, [...]
Music as Medicine
How music can help relieve chronic pain
"Despite what we have learned and what we are now beginning to practice, there has been little work on chronic pain. This area of [...]
Music and Dance as Medicine
Inspiring! A lovely “Brief But Spectacular” take on dancing into later life – from PBS
"96-year-old Stuart Hodes took his first dance lesson at the Martha Graham school after being discharged from a distinguished stint as an air force [...]
Music as Medicine
Good Memories Choir at Fourth Church – Just be musical!
Loved this! Found on the website of my church in Chicago - a performance in the Fourth Presbyterian Church’s Buchanan Chapel. Each Tuesday we are [...]
Music as Medicine
The arts are a shadow health service – here’s why
Just imagine for a moment a world robbed of facilities, resources and activities in the creative arts and humanities: no music, no singing, no art, [...]
Music as Medicine
Morning Has Broken: How Music Creates a Healing Place
This reflection begins in my current location in the central highlands of Mexico. It includes flashbacks to growing up on a large farm in the [...]