The Practice: De-Stressing With Music
photo by Patricia Herlevi Employing Music to Untangle Your Nerves We've all had those days where every muscle and tendon in our bodies seems to have tied themselves in knots. The head throbs, and one more loud noise could send us into a dark place, well, literally, if you end up with a migraine (like I do). And those of you out there who work in the healing profession or in the arts lean towards oversensitivity to stimuli causing you to feel the stress of this burdened planet more than others. I know, I'm one among you. But because of my acute sensitivity, I learned how to employ the healing power of music in my life. The problem is that someone could be extremely sensitive and not know it. I went most of my life, until my late thirties before I knew why certain stimuli left me with a pounding head and a nauseated stomach. I thought my jangled nerves were just a normal after-effect of living in the modern world, not that I cared to live in s...