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elcome to the September issue of Natural Awakenings. This month we feature Restor- ative Yoga and Healing Music—two subjects sharing a common theme—helpful tools
ready to be picked up and utilized by many when the time and place are right. The way that music seeps into our being—soothing and connecting us to something larger than ourselves—is amazing. Each of us has a taste for music that speaks to
us. Maybe we found it as a generation (rock or hip-hop); possibly we found it through our culture’s strong musical ties (shamanic drumming or polka); or our family’s talents and history (piano or guitar). I often listen to Pandora and have recently been spending time with the selection of Neil Diamond which brings up a host of like-artists: Tommy James and the Shondells, 3 Dog Night, Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Guess Who. Many of these songs elicited memories of certain places and I decided to create a list of each song and the place associated with it. I loved doing that. This activity took me on a trip down memory lane in a new way and put a new perspective on old memories. Not all of the songs came through a Pandora-induced recall, but as I thought back to the places where I hung out in high school and col- lege, certain songs returned to me. I also have songs associated with family travels. In England and France we visited famous cathedrals such as Canterbury and Notre Dame and heard their choirs sing or chant. In Chicago we felt the rhythmic drums of the Blue Man Group. In the Caribbean we danced to reggae. Today, we’re learning more about how science is backing up the claims that music heals—both physically and emotionally. Balancing the left and right sides of our brains for optimal performance, healing at a cellular level, calming a hyperactive child, connecting with an Alzheimer’s patient—music can help with all of these.
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Kathleen Barnes explains it perfectly when she writes in her feature arti- cle “Music as Medicine,” “Music is the soundtrack of our lives, whether we’re aware of it or not. It exists within, uniting and guiding us, and has helped heal body and spirit since the dawn of humanity.”
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