Healing Muses projects to more than double its healing music services this year in the East Bay and San Francisco, to hospitals and clinics serving a broad spectrum of the community:
Kaiser Permanente 96 services at sites throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
Berkeley Primary Care Clinic 12 services. This clinic serves the uninsured, very low income and homeless population in Berkeley
Regional Cancer Center, Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo 12 services.
Healing Muses Winter Newsletter 2011
Highlights:
How music heals
Summary of 2010 activities and fundraisers
New fiscal year sees Healing Muses on track with goals
This animation gives the feeling of the effect of what Healing Muses does. It starts dark with a fast heartbeat and EKG which slow by the end of the piece due to the influence of the music. Music from Healing Muses' Reflections CD. Photos by Melia Tichenor. Animation by Doug Thompson. Apple QuickTime is required to play this video. It can be downloaded free here.
“Part of the thrill of music seems to come from the release of endorphines, the powerful opiate-like chemicals produced in the brain that induce euphoria and relieve pain.”
—David Sobel, MD
Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion
Northern California Region,
Kaiser Permanente,
Oakland, CA
“My daughter was in surgery today, and I've been an emotional wreck. Your music helped calm me and made the waiting so much easier.”
—Mother of a young patient
“Patients find the music soothing, and it adds lightness and joy to their hospital stay.”
