Music is a Healing Art
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"You are a being of Light, Love and Joy."
Rahel is a compassionate, insightful and sensitive musician who has been trained to play therapeutic music for healing and transition at bedside, in medical, clinical and hospice environments, and at memorials and funerals. She provides individually-tailored and appropriate repertoire that is holistic in intention and supports patient care and can also assist the patient's family, friends and health care team.
Rahel's "TIKKUN" engages the listener in Torah-based healing using the Psalms, specifically the ten healing psalms revealed by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) known as the "Tikkun HaKlali - the General Remedy", sung in their original Hebrew to create an environment in which one can meditate, reflect and engage in a personal connection with G*D.
The study of Torah is said to profoundly effect our well-being; refu'at ha'nefesh (the healing of the soul) and refu'at ha'guf (healing of the body). The Torah, and commentaries of the sages, include numerous mentions of illness, healing, and yes, medical practice. For example, music was often used to provide invaluable help to those in need in ancient times and it still proves effective today.
"Thank you for sharing your gifts with my sister. She was blessed to have you come into her life. You had such an enormous impact on her in helping her find how Judaism fit into her life. You filled a void in her life that no-one else could, not just as a teacher, but as a compassionate bearer of peace, comfort, faith, spirit and friendship. After your visits she was always happier and genuinely uplifted. She loved when you sang and she repeatedly played your CD. You were a significant help to her peace of mind. People like you are rare."
- Marcia, sister to Arlene who succumbed to cancer
"LIVE" music at bedside eases pain, enhances the healing process, refreshes and renews, reduces blood pressure, relieves anxiety, stress and tension, helps to release and express emotions, provides companionship and a segue for grieving, aids the birthing process, provides time for contemplation, facilitates comfort and relaxation, nurtures mind, body and spirit, and facilitates the life-death transition."
“The music is so beautiful, powerful at times, and awakening at others. It organically connects my mind/body to the experience and helps give myself permission to move, breathe, feel in a very visceral way.” – Stacey
Rahel serves musically in New Hampshire at the Community Hospice House, Elliot Hospital, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Pleasant Valley Nursing Center, Crestwood-Harborside, and at bedside and clinical settings.
Contact Rahel to enjoy the benefits of therapeutic music.
Contact Rahel to enjoy the benefits of therapeutic music.
Music is a Healing Art
Some Links
Soothing Guitar
Tikkun Sampler
Community Hospice House
Article on Therapeutic Musicians at CHH
Music in Healthcare
Sound Healers Association
Nevel Jerusalem Harp Network
Azamra - Torah-based Healing
Inner - Rabbi Ginsburgh
Tikkun Sampler
Community Hospice House
Article on Therapeutic Musicians at CHH
Music in Healthcare
Sound Healers Association
Nevel Jerusalem Harp Network
Azamra - Torah-based Healing
Inner - Rabbi Ginsburgh
Learn about Medical Clowning in Israel. Rahel gives it a try below.
Therapeutic Music
"The essential art of the musician is to build melodies from pleasing vibrations that will dispel any vibrations of negativity."
* Rav Avraham Greenbaum: The Wings of the Sun.
Laurie Riley, author of Body, Mind and Music, writes: "Music is the birthright of humanity. It is something we are all born able to do. We cannot help it; we are music...Our cells, our molecules, our atoms, our quantum particles all vibrate with the aliveness of rhythm; without we are, literally, dead."
Our bodies are affected by sound. More and more today, live music is being used as a complementary healing modality. Music transforms the experience of illness or death, it connects one person with another even when s/he may not be able to interact. It calms, relaxes,and creates a comforting environment. Live music can: reduce blood pressure, accelerate physical healing, stimulate memories, relieve anxiety, induce mental imaging, provide a way to release emotions, reduce stress, provide a way to express feelings, augment pain management, provide a segue for grieving, relieve mental tension, provide companionship, ease the delivery process of a birthing mother, provide time for contemplation, refresh, renew, and nurture mind, body and spirit.
It is believed that just a half hour of music can produce the same effect as ten milligrams of valium.
*The use of music for healing was once a highly developed sacred science. Music was originally utilized as a communal activity with magical and therapeutic intentions. The use of specific tones, frequencies, intervals and chants was extremely refined and specific. Sonic vibration was known to be the fundamental creative force of the universe.... Vibrational medicine music is bringing forth necessary changes in ourselves on both physical and mental levels to be able to live harmoniously in our times and in times to come. This is a journey of evolving conscoiusness which successfully unifies us with the essence of perfection who we ultimately are.
* Trans-Hyperborean Institute of Science
Stella Benson, author of The Healing Musician, reminds us that, "Music alone does not cure. Healing, within the context of therapautic music, is best understood as a process or a means to an end, not a product or an end in itself....Healing music is a holistic mechanism causing a chain reaction, which can affect the physical body, the emotions and the spirit."
Applying healing music is a healing art.
Please feel free to contact Rahel to play individually-tailored music, and to facilitate comfort, relaxation, and a healing environment for: patients at bedside, chronically and critically ill, dying, elderly, infants & children, birthing mothers, caregivers, in alternative health clinics and healing environments, and for corporations who provide rest & relaxation time for their employees!
* Rav Avraham Greenbaum: The Wings of the Sun.
Laurie Riley, author of Body, Mind and Music, writes: "Music is the birthright of humanity. It is something we are all born able to do. We cannot help it; we are music...Our cells, our molecules, our atoms, our quantum particles all vibrate with the aliveness of rhythm; without we are, literally, dead."
Our bodies are affected by sound. More and more today, live music is being used as a complementary healing modality. Music transforms the experience of illness or death, it connects one person with another even when s/he may not be able to interact. It calms, relaxes,and creates a comforting environment. Live music can: reduce blood pressure, accelerate physical healing, stimulate memories, relieve anxiety, induce mental imaging, provide a way to release emotions, reduce stress, provide a way to express feelings, augment pain management, provide a segue for grieving, relieve mental tension, provide companionship, ease the delivery process of a birthing mother, provide time for contemplation, refresh, renew, and nurture mind, body and spirit.
It is believed that just a half hour of music can produce the same effect as ten milligrams of valium.
*The use of music for healing was once a highly developed sacred science. Music was originally utilized as a communal activity with magical and therapeutic intentions. The use of specific tones, frequencies, intervals and chants was extremely refined and specific. Sonic vibration was known to be the fundamental creative force of the universe.... Vibrational medicine music is bringing forth necessary changes in ourselves on both physical and mental levels to be able to live harmoniously in our times and in times to come. This is a journey of evolving conscoiusness which successfully unifies us with the essence of perfection who we ultimately are.
* Trans-Hyperborean Institute of Science
Stella Benson, author of The Healing Musician, reminds us that, "Music alone does not cure. Healing, within the context of therapautic music, is best understood as a process or a means to an end, not a product or an end in itself....Healing music is a holistic mechanism causing a chain reaction, which can affect the physical body, the emotions and the spirit."
Applying healing music is a healing art.
Please feel free to contact Rahel to play individually-tailored music, and to facilitate comfort, relaxation, and a healing environment for: patients at bedside, chronically and critically ill, dying, elderly, infants & children, birthing mothers, caregivers, in alternative health clinics and healing environments, and for corporations who provide rest & relaxation time for their employees!
