The Healing Power of Music
Please forgive me for the appearance of this page, but it is work in progress. I hope this page will help many of you find peace as well as healing as I have in music.
There is plenty of scientific evidence that suggests that music has healing powers. I have added some helpful videos to help you in playing any type of instrument and / or if you just want to listen to some soothing music.
I know this, because after I completed my first round of chemotherapy in May of 2003, I had attended many support group sessions and had found out that after my chemotherapy I would get to look forward to having to suffer from painful neuropathy in either my hands or feet. Since I used and still use my hands a lot for my job and in general, I had read about one cancer patient on the internet who had learned how to play a stringed instrument and this had helped her hands from developing neuropathy and had also helped her memory improve due to chemo brain. I can't find the site today, but back then I had read about the possiblity of playing a stringed instrument in which it could help my brain activity from the chemobrain; by learning something new and to stimulate brain activity.
My father bought me my first electric guitar of which I learned to play left handed. I'm not very good, but I still play every now and then and it does help sooth me to just rock out!
Here I am fresh off chemo in 2003, about 40 less than I am now. I am rocking out! I was in and out of the emergency room at this time in my life. I couldn't even digest food just yet and still manged to smile. That's what music does to me! Please read about my miracle in the March / April edition of the Good Kharma Newsletter. It's coming out soon!
This is a very beautiful thing, it's about Musicians on call helping patients heal through their music. "Delivering the healing power of music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities....Musicians On Call Music Hospital Health Healing Power "
