Our full line of books on
sound healing and music therapy will inspire you and educate
you. Our staff continues to research the very best books
and bring them to you in this bookstore.
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books for purchase through our site from Amazon.com. In
the meantime, please feel free to use their search link
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Our Bookstore is displayed in alphabetical order by the
Author's last name.
Music
as Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing and
Faith Zondervan Publishing
House, March, 2000 by Deforia Lane Click
Here to Order The miraculous
story of a music therapist who treats terminally ill and
mentally handicapped patients with the medicine of music. Lane,
a music therapist, is a devout Christian whose faith sustained
her through the early disappointment of not quite making
the grade as a professional concert soprano, the potential
mishap of becoming pregnant before marrying, the miscarriage
of her second pregnancy, training for a new career and
subsequently balancing job and family duties, and then
having to deal with breast cancer. From those challenges,
she rose to prominence in her field (she brings seemingly
instinctive gifts to her chosen work, as her many anecdotes
of ministering to the sick and disabled attest--but she
never says so) and became a spokesperson for the American
Cancer Society.
Sonic
Alchemy InnerSong Press;
1997
by Joshua Leeds Click
Here to Order Sonic
Alchemy explains the principles of rhythm, resonance,
entrainment, sonic neuro-technologies, and the ground-breaking
work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis. Included are a dozen thought-provoking
interviews with leading sound practitioners. Sonic
Alchemy explores how 'soundwork' improves health, learning,
and productivity. By understanding how music and sound
directly impact your body/mind, you can create empowering
sonic environments. Whether you are a music lover, music
maker, or healthcare practitioner, you will refer to the
wisdom in these pages for inspiration, knowledge and personal
application.
The
Power of Sound: Using Psychoacoustics for Improved Learning
and Performance (Book
& CD set) Inner Traditions
Intl Ltd., January, 2001 by
Joshua Leeds Click
Here to Order Discover powerful effects sound has
on you and learn to customize your own soundscape for
a better quality of life. Joshua Leeds shows how to use
music to reduce stress, enhance learning, improve performance,
and address conditions as diverse as dyslexia and depression.
This set Includes a CD featuring musical examples designed
to induce specific mental states such as relaxation, receptivity,
concentration, and creativity. The Power of Sound explains
why we need certain "nutrient" sounds for optimum
health and describes how auditory dysfunction occurs when
we are overexposed to noise pollution, trauma, or stress.
The
Benedictine Gift to Music Paulist Press, November, 2003 by Katharine LeMee Click
Here to Order This book illustrates how Gregorian
chant, faithfully practiced each day for centuries by
the Benedictines in monasteries and convents across Europe,
developed into the complex polyphonic music we enjoy today.
It details the outstanding contributions of the Benedictine
musicians from the sixth-century Abbey of St. Benedict
to the modern French Abbey of Solesmes. For contemporary
performers, composers of sacred music, and those interested
in singing Gregorian chant, The Benedictine Gift to Music
explains the opportunity that chant provides to still
the mind and enter in a meaningful way into the contemplative
tradition of the church.
Music
Is Healing Book Surge, November,
2006 by Frances le
Roux Click
Here to Order This
book discusses the effect of music on emotions, pain,
immune and endocrine systems. It also provides practical
musical guidelines and evidence related to the effectiveness
of music as a diversion for hospital patients, out-patient
clinics and rehabilitation centres. Dr Frances le Roux
holds a PhD in medical microbiology (University of Stellenbosch).
She has practised as a physiotherapist for 22 years and
is a member of the International Society of Music is Medicine.
She uses music daily as a functional intervention during
physiotherapy treatment. She's done several articles and
publications to journals on this subject and also holds
a master's degree on music and pain.
Sounding
Off: Theorizing Disability in Music Routledge,
September, 2006 by
Neil Lerner and Joseph Strauss Click
Here to Order This
is the first book-length work on music-historical and
music-theoretical issues related to disability. Disability,
understood as culturally stigmatized bodily difference
(including physical and mental impairments of all kinds,)
is a pervasive and permanent aspect of the human condition.
While the biology of bodily difference is the property
study for science and medicine, the meaning that we attach
to bodily difference is the proper study of humanists.
The interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies has
recently emerged to theorize social and cultural constructions
of the meaning of disability.
This
is Your Brain on Music:
The Science of a Human Obsession Dutton
Adult, August, 2006 by
Daniel J. Levitin Click
Here to Order Whether
you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant
role in your life—even if you never realized it.
Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers
are at last be- coming clear, thanks to revolutionary
neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology.
Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty
of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels
a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture
to our understanding of human nature, including:
• Are our musical preferences shaped in utero?
• Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes
in music?
• What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain’s
response to music?
• Is musical pleasure different from other kinds
of pleasure?
The
Healing Energies of Music Quest,
May, 1995 by Hal Lingerman
Click
Here to Order Music
affects human beings. A lively Bach concerto encourages
attention and clear thinking, while a CD of harp music
and the sounds of ocean waves relaxes us and relieves
stress. The Healing Energies Of Music can help determine
just the right music to complement a state of mind, heal
an emotional or physical ill, or further spiritual yearning.
Musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman's exhaustive
sourcebook will guide the reader in finding music to benefit
their temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations. The
Healing Energies Of Music is a unique and valued addition
to any personal self-help or music appreciation collection.
Let's
All Listen: Songs for Group Work in Settings That Include
Students With Learning Difficulties and Autism Jessica Kingsley, October 2007 by Pat Lloyd Click
Here to Order Music
provides a unique and powerful means of promoting communication
and social interaction in students with learning difficulties.
In this collection, Pat Lloyd brings together 46 songs
composed or adapted for use with children with communication
problems
Each of the songs features a vocal line and piano accompaniment
and can be listed to on the audio CD included with the
book. Simplified guitar versions are also provided for
a selection of the songs. Pat Lloyd provides suggestions
for how each song can be used and developed to encourage
communication and social interaction, and lists a range
of possible objectives for each one. Advocating a flexible
approach, she demonstrates how musical activity can be
adapted easily and successfully to the specific needs
of individual students.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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