Brianna Shaffer 
The video above is a wonderful Tedx Talk of Dr. Deforia Lane presenting on Music Therapy and Medicine. She is an acclaimed music therapist who founded the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH where she is the Director of Art & Music Therapy. She has been practicing music therapy for approximately four decades. She and her creative arts team … Read more
Whether you are already familiar with dōTERRA essential oils or not, you’ve probably heard of Frankincense before. It’s typically recognized because of the story it’s integrated into during the Christmas season. It’s often associated with gold and myrrh, which were all offered to the infant Jesus on December 25th. Although, Frankincense is on the pricier side, it proves that it’s … Read more
You’ve probably had a moment (or more) where you put on your favorite song and either relax, get pumped up, or allow yourself to react to it in some way. Recorded music is truly a wonderful thing that helps add to our everyday lives. But have you ever thought about how different live music is from … Read more
These two women put on a spectacular show using a floor piano inside a toy store. They duet Bach’s Toccata in D and it’s very entertaining. It’s difficult to tell if either of these women were already familiar with the piano before learning this routine, but if so it would have made for much quicker … Read more
Getting a song stuck in your head happens to approximately 92% of us. It’s otherwise known as getting an “earworm”, translated from the German word Ohrwurm literally meaning “sticky music”. For scientific purposes, it has now also been labeled as Involuntary Musical Imagery. It would be so easy to just identify which songs create earworms and … Read more
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-raise-a-creative-child-step-one-back-off.html?_r=2&referer= *This blog post summarizes the article in the link above We all want our children to be successful, but do we want them to be original and creative? Of course we do! This may lead them to earning a Nobel Prize or curing a fatal disease. But that type of creative thinking does not stem … Read more
If you read this previous post about dŌTERRA essential oils but you’re still doing your research, keep on reading! If you haven’t checked it out, then you should know that these oils are natural aromatic compounds found in plants. That means that they are safe alternatives to modern medicine. These oils contain an infinite amount of purpose that can contribute … Read more
1. Creativity 2. Confidence 3. Problem Solving 4. Perseverance 5. Focus 6. Non-Verbal Communication 7. Receiving Constructive Feedback 8. Collaboration 9. Dedication 10. Accountability Each year research continues to show these skills come from participating in the fine arts such as music, theatre, dance, painting, drawing, photography and drama. Many schools in the U.S. put … Read more
It is a pretty well known fact that if a student is a part of a smaller class, they get more individualized attention and thus increases learning rates and quality. While individual music therapy sessions are appropriate for many music therapy clients, group sessions can also be highly effective. Here is a must-read article highlighting a Chicago … Read more
Music Therapy is a profession in which behavior can be modified both temporarily and permanently with the reinforcement of music, or musical instruments in combination with specific verbiage. In order to set up clients for success, the therapist must pay close attention to the clients baseline, their goals and how they are going to get … Read more