Music is an art that could be more enlivening than mere entertainment. I used to listen to music for fun,you know the kind of melancholy music that makes you remember the old louring days when you went through some kind of pain or suffering. I also loved dancing, and I hardly knew dancing was also a healing art. You might never have considered music as a therapy, but let me tell you some basic facts about music.
Music is harmony. Yes it is. You listen to the chords, the words that are arranged in a way to evoke a particular sensation in you. They way sounds and silences blend in a musical piece is creates a space where harmony could be trove. Sounds have healing effects. A soft whisper has a different effect on you than the roar of a lion… you get an idea already about what I am talking about. There is that lulling music that recalls you to lots of things: the beautiful days that are gone, the hard period you might have traversed, the hilarity of successful events, the languor following loss. Those memories come up sometimes with the sounds associated with the events. Music could really help you attune to a reality that you are living in a particular period.
Listening to music could greatly set your mood. This could be very important in handling stress and depression… and mind you, stress is constant with persons suffering from terminal illnesses. The way you feel affects the healing processes you are going through; the sound of music could definitely set the best mood for you inspiring a sense of confidence and enhancing positive energy and strong-mindedness.
Music could be relaxing… it calms the nerves and draws your attention to focus on the harmonious effects it inspires. It sounds weird, but you may not forget the effects of a lullaby when you were young. Music induces rest… and awakens the sense of life within us. Instrumental music could work greatly also when accompanied by a meditation, it works even better with visualization. The chords could also be symbolic of the chords of our life. Listening to such music could help you pull the chords of life — those chords in discordant due to illness– together and into harmony.
I love to play music myself. I love those slow, soft cadences. I’d love to play just the strings of the guitar especially when I feel really low. It creates a space where harmony finds root within generating healing energy and hope. Writing music or listening or playing music is very helpful especially in healing memories.
Working with a specialized music therapist could bring the best results in patients. Live music from a professional is destined to touch the ailing person just where there is need.
