The Healing Harp
My Meditation
students have been asking me to make a Guided Meditation CD for
years. I'm happy to announce the release of "Healing Harp
Meditations". I lead the listener on a meditation that starts
with focus on the breath, followed by relaxation techniques and
creative visualization, set to original, New Age Harp music played
over the sounds of the Ocean. Thack One is called "The Pearl"
A seaside meditation. Track Two is "A Meditation for Bedtime"
Designed to encourage deep, relaxing sleep.
"Healing
Harp Meditations"is now available on CD!! $17.00 plus shipping
The
Harp is a healing instrument. It's soothing sound can easily lull
one into a relaxed state. Since 1998 I have been using the Harp
in Nursing Homes to help patients and residents feel better. I
have gotten some amazing feedback.
In one
instance, as I was walking down the hallway of a Nursing Home
, the activities person I was with suggested that I play for a
women who seemed to be packing a suitcase in her room. I played
a couple of pieces. She sat down and listened, then put her suitcase
back in the closet. Later, as I was leaving I was told that when
this woman gets her suitcase out, she is approaching an aggravated
state that requires strong sedatives that put her out for several
hours. Because of the Harp music, she went back to calm without
the drugs.
On another
occasion I performed for a group of Alzhiemers patients. They
were very quiet. I wondered if they were enjoying the concert.
When I finished a nurse commented "That was amazing! They
never sit still for that long!"
I had
just finished a concert for a Senior Housing Complex. As I was
leaving I was stopped by one of the residents. She had just arrived
there during the past week. She told me that the Harp Music had
made her "The Happiest I've felt in twenty years." She
asked me for a CD. I've seen her many times since, and she still
tells me how happy the Harp has made her.
I was
once asked to play for a 90 year old women who was near death.
She had not spoken to anyone in months. After a couple of pieces,
the activities person asked her if she liked the music. She replied
"Yes I do". It was a special moment.
Research
supports my experiences with the Healing Power of the Harp. In
San Diego, CA, Questionnaires were completed by over 300 Hospice
patients and their families. After being exposed to Harp Music,
84% of patients noted decreased anxiety, 70% noted decreased fear,
71% improved breathing, 92% denied nausea, 63% decreased pain,
77% harp therapy was of great benefit, 22% some benefit, 0% no
benefit.
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