The Miracle of Music Therapy
Book Specification
Item Code: | IDF294 |
Author: | Rajendar Menon |
Publisher: | Pustak Mahal |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2005 |
ISBN: | 8122308066 |
Pages: | 139 (Illustrated With B & W Figures) |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.4" X 5.4" |
Weight | 170 gm |
Book Description
Music is all round us. It marks every event of our life, from birth, mirage and death to the phases in-between. Man has long known that music has the ability to calm, cajole and rejuvenate. But it is only recently that science has begun to understand, study and document the effects of music in methodology, which leaves little room for doubt.
It is now an established fact that music helps all living creatures - from plants to birds and animals and man - to grow and rejuvenate. Music permeates the cells of all living beings, alters mood swings, cell division, heals the ailing, includes sleep, creates wakefulness, and dances with the mood, the mind and the soul.
With the rishis of ancient India and the Vedas first documented the effects of music on the human being and all life, it was left to the western world of fashion the more modern concepts of healing through music. There are now serious music therapy courses in the world's best universities and remunerative openings abroad for music therapists. This book dwells heavily on the findings from ancient India and the masters of today who have made music therapy a viable healing alternative. It is the most comprehensive guide on the healing powers of sound & music.
About the Author:
Rajendar Menen is an award-winning journalist who has written over 2,000 articles in more than 30 journals in five countries. He has launched and edited magazines, co-authored three books on AIDS and prostitution in South Asia and freelanced for the BBC, UNFPA, Irish Education Society, France 2 and a number of other international media organizations. He has also authored books on Magneto-Therapy and Vaastu & Feng Shui both published by Pustak Mahal.
Preface | 7 |
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1. The Specialised Use of Music | 11 |
2. Facilitating Communication | 14 |
3. Rediscovering an Ancient Healing Technique | 16 |
4. Sound Suggestions | 24 |
5. Why Music Therapy? | 25 |
6. The Multiple Benefits | 26 |
7. Treating Alzheimer's Disease | 33 |
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1. Emotions and the Brain | 37 |
2. Music as Therapy | 40 |
3. Music as Medicine | 43 |
4. Riddle of the Mozart Effect | 45 |
5. How Does Music Heal? | 51 |
6. What's So Special About Mozart? | 53 |
7. More on Healing Music | 55 |
8. The Power of Chant and toning | 57 |
9. How Music Affects Us | 59 |
10. Sound, Rhythm and Music | 61 |
11. Harmonic Resonance | 63 |
12. Different Music Therapy Methods | 66 |
13. Six Tips for Using Music in Therapy & Education | 69 |
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1. The Indian Way of Healing Sounds | 73 |
2. The Perception of sound | 77 |
3. Indian Music Therapy Practitioners | 79 |
4. Aum - The Unstruck Sound | 84 |
5. Audible Prana: The Powers of Vibrating Breath | 88 |
6. Applying Self-Generated Sound in Yoga | 91 |
7. Nada Yoga - The Yoga of Sound | 94 |
8. Absorption in Sound | 95 |
9. Toning | 98 |
10. The Healing Aspects of Toning | 103 |
11. Music, the Foetus and Vedic Chanting | 107 |
12. Music in Auroville - The City of Dawn | 109 |
13. Plants and Music Treatment | 113 |
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1. Some Important Questions | 119 |
2. The Miracle of a Brother's Song | 126 |
3. A Health Report on the Healing Powers of Music | 128 |
4. Divine Melodies | 137 |
Bibliography | 139 |