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CARE-GIVING
THROUGH MUSIC
Healing Music with Bonnie
Leigh, C.M.P.
Certified Music Practitioner
~Music and
caring from the heart~
Give
the Gift of Healing Music
Bonnie Leigh, a
Certified Music Pracitioner, brings pleasant and appropriate live music
to the bedside of the ill and dying patient using the small lap harp
or the mountain dulcimer.
MUSIC CAN..............
- Equalize
and slow down brain waves
- Affect respiration
- Affect heartbeat, pulse and respiration
- Reduce muscle tension and improve body movement
- Affect body temperature
- Increase endorphin levels
- Regulate stress-related hormones
- Boost the immune system
- Stimulate digestion
- Stimulate a feeling of well-being
- Ease the delivery process of a birthing mother
- Provide companionship
- Provide a way to release emotions
- Facilitate the transition process of the dying
- Provide a segue for grieving
- Reduce stress, relieve anxiety
Healing is the
restoration, realization and/or maintenance of physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual wholeness. Research indicates that music
is useful in a healing environment.
Healing Music not only
benefits the patient but can help family and friends deal with
stress, anxiety, anger and the grieving process.
"BOOKLET"
"From My Heart to Yours" - by Bonnie Leigh, CMP. Thoughts
and experiences
of a Music Practitioner Intern. A day by day account of preparing for,
being nervous, and the actual
patient visits. Booklet
$10.00 plus $2. Shipping and Handling. Send a check
to: Bonnie Leigh, CMP, PO Box 4160, Brick, NJ 08723
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For more information about the Healing
Music of Bonnie Leigh, C.M.P.
contact
732-920-1506 or e-mail Bonnie@bonnieleigh.com
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For more information about
the MHTP program or to contact a
Certified Music
Practitioner in your area visit www.mhtp.org
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