I often highlight the importance of mothers having the opportunity to express love and to receive love from their babies through mindfulness-based music listening. Through this process, mothers use the music to help focus on their babies and tune into […]
Last year I wrote an article for this website on music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) titled, Soft and Slow Makes the Baby Grow. I explained how music for premature infants should be very soft and slow, […]
Mindfulness is focusing on the present moment without judgement. This practice involves allowing thoughts to pass by without dwelling on them. For example, you are cooking and you notice that the top of the pepper is missing. A judgement would […]
In my previous article, I reviewed the hearing abilities of unborn babies and how hearing impacts brain growth. I also outlined measures that can be taken to protect unborn babies’ hearing. Besides protective measures, mothers can utilize music safely to […]
When someone is experiencing a crisis situation, they are concerned about the present moment. The goals are short-term. For example, when I worked in the neonatal and intensive care unit (NICU), I noticed that many of the mother’s displayed mental […]