Susan Boyle and the Mind-Body Connection

What does Susan Boyle have to do with the mind-body connection? Well, I think that ever since she made headlines, her name and her whole persona have an effect on people around the world. I've talked with friends who don't even have a computer but who know who Susan is and what she accomplished. Her story is the classic, favorite, beloved tale of the underdog who rises to the top to win. She became an instantaneous internet super-star and the YouTube video on her "Britain's Got Talent" has been downloaded over 20,000,000 times! I know that for me, the mere mention of her name makes me feel excited, proud, and hopeful for humanity at large.
Tonight, enjoy this final performance of her's on Britain's Got Talent and be looking for her to become a media name for years to come!

Announcing a new course on" Music as Therapy"

I want to tell you about a wonderful new course that will be offered online this summer by my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey.  The course will be quite comprehensive and cover many aspects of healing with music, how music affects the mind-body, the brain and lots, lots more.  The course is being offered through the University of Hawaii where Arthur taught for many years, but you can take it from the comfort of your own living room!

To learn more about it, go to www.musicforhealthservices.com.  

The photo above is of Dr. Harvey playing the piano in an operating room!  Sign up for this course if you want to study with an international leader in the field of music and medicine!

Do you know about "Second Life"?

Two days ago I was interviewed by Dave Schwartz of Music Academy Online. The hour-long interview was done in Second Life, a technology that gives humans animated avatars on-screen. If you'd like to watch/listen to this and learn about how I went from being a musicologist to being a clinical musicologist, click http://www.slcn.tv/music-academy-onlive-dr-alice-cash-ph-d. I really think you'll enjoy this one!

Music and Emotions--the mind-body connection

Music is powerful...that is a given. We need no scientific proof for this, all we have to do turn on a radio, or a TV or an iPod or even start humming or whistling or even THINK about humming or singing or listening to a favorite song! Floods of memories and events and feelings will wash over you and you are transported to a farway time and place! The reason for this flood of pleasure or sadness, or even anger is because music elicits powerful memories and because the mind and body are inseparably connected, we feel like dancing or smiling or laughing or crying!

Now, can this power be harnessed? You know it can be! When we're tired or lethargic but there are still hours in the day and work to do, we know just what to reach for that will energize and motivate. For me it's usually the oldies, pop music of the 60's. When we're exhausted and need to relax, unwind, and get ready for sleep, something slow and serene is in order. For me, that might be some Celtic melody or Enya. Slow jazz or moody blues can also be good. If you're sad and grieving or mourning the loss of a friend, a relationship, a job or a pet, you know the music that will help you through it. For me it might be a minor key violin or cello concerto...Dvorak comes to mind, or Bruch or Mendelssohn. But guess what? These awarenesses that we have have are not widely stood. Many people don't realize how powerful music is and it is valued primarily as entertainment. What will YOU do to spread the word? I have a full line of healing music products at www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com/products.html. Please check them out, buy a few for yourself and your family and share them with the world! Thanks!

The Sound of Love?

“We are marrying human hearts to the “Universal Solvent” with the “Universal Language” - Music, to produce the “Universal Healer” - LOVEDr. Leonard G. Horowitz
528HZ Cymoglype by John Stuart Reid
Synthesizer Re-tuning to the Perfect Circle of Sound:Researching the Sound of LOVE - 528HZ Cymoglype by John Stuart ReidA Preliminary Study with Implications for BioEnergetic Healing
Here are two tutorials for professional keyboard players to re-tune from the standard A=440Hz tuning, to 528Hz–LOVE tuning. You will be amazed, possibly even shocked, to learn how A=440 was precisely selected to spiritually suppress you to the max; and why retuning now to LOVE, shall deliver you and civilization from chaotic degeneration to lasting harmony in our hearts; thus, yielding lasting peace on earth.
For conscious keyboard professionals features Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, Executive Producer of LIVE H2O, interviewing sound engineering specialist, Michael Walton of SomaMagic Studio. In Part 1, Michael explains how to re-tune the Korg Oasys synthesizer using the Perfect Circle of Sound tuning fork set and a Korg chromatic tuner. Creating a new scale by tuning the Oasys to the Solfeggio frequency-equivalents required exclusion of dissonant tones 417Hz and 714Hz. Walton discovered that the standard tuning A note is the precise frequency equivalent to the 741Hz F# frequency in the Solfeggio. The chance this precise association between the ancient and modern scales might have happened by chance, versus by sinister imposition, is discussed in greater detail at http://www.hydrosonics.org.
The team discovers that scale-building from C equal to 528Hz frequency demonstrates 417Hz and 741Hz are disharmonious and potentially bioenergetically degrading to humans. This tutorial, developed with funding from LIVE H2O co-sponsor, OxySilver.com, is contributed to assist advanced keyboard players in retuning synthesizer software and band performances in 528Hz LOVE…
Part 1 of 2

Part 2 of 2

Another example of music that goes straight to the heart

Tonight I went to the Kentucky Center for the Arts to hear opening night of "Wicked." I felt like it got off to a little bit of a slow start...the first half was 90 minutes long, but the final song made it all worth the wait!! If you have a chance to go, I recommend it!

Listen to Dr. Cash perform Bach

You're watching a snippet of a lecture/recital that I did last Fall at Clemson University in S.C. The piece that I'm playing is Bach's Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk.1. If you close your eyes and listen to this piece, you will begin to feel calmer and more peaceful. Give it try. Music affects the mind and body simultaneously. While you listen, your breathing will begin to slow down and your heart rate will also slow down. This is a wonderful piece to listen to when you're feeling stressed!