1. Music Therapy Stress Management Strategies

2. What is Music Therapy ? Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements by an accredited music therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Music has nonverbal, creative, structural, and emotional qualities. These are used in the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development. -Canadian Association for Music Therapy

3. How Music Therapy Works  Strong beat’s in music can affect brainwaves to stimulate in time with the beat  Fast beats bringing concentration and being more alert  Slower beats bring a calm, meditative state  Music strengths our ability to switch our brain between fast and slow

4.  Breathing and heart rate can also be changed by music  slower breathing = slower heart rate  Music can also be used to create a positive state of mind  Therefore affecting depression and anxiety, which are linked to stress

5. Benefits  Lowering blood pressure  Reduce the risk of stroke and other health problems over time  Boost immunity,  Ease muscle tension  Benefits pregnant women who listening to a half-hour of soothing music twice daily for two weeks, show a reduced level of stress  Natural