The Practice--Uncovering emotional blocks through favorite music
Exploring Music from Childhood and Beyond (Healing Potential) music of my teen years In the realm of healing with music, two theories predominate. First, music therapists employ music to remove blocked emotions, relieve overtaxed brains and nervous system, help with brain diseases and malfunctions, motivate depressed or lethargic clients, etc... Second, sound healers raise the frequency or vibration of their client’s body. So this leads to two views of what to do with harder-to-digest music such as heavy metal or hard-edged hip hop. While I understand both points of view, and practitioners and researchers from both camps have evidence to back up their work with music, if someone’s goal is to lift their vibration, heavy metal and hip hop with hateful lyrics won’t accomplish this mission. However, for the purpose of this article, I’m gazing at music therapy in the form of a psychological tool. After acquiring a higher speed internet service a...
