The Magic of Music: Healing, Memory, and Connection

Music has been used for millennia to heal the body, mind, and spirit. Recent research offers insights into its therapeutic potential.
The Magic of Music: Healing, Memory, and Connection
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Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
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Anne, who had dementia, was having a rough morning in the dining room at her retirement and care center. Nothing was right—or could be right—and she was in a terrible mood.

Rob Cheifetz, a music therapist working with Anne while doing an internship at the care center, began playing “You Are My Sunshine” on the piano at the request of another patient in the dining room.

Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.