You will want to read the ABZ’s of Musical Instruments Book 1repeatedly, because it is fun and because it provides layers of wonderful educational material. You will see something new with each read. You will find colorful pictures of musical instruments from all around the world, that children and adults can play and enjoy. You will find a 48 page book which includes an eight-page glossary, the song “Come Sing a Song With Me” by Carolyn McDade, a brilliant color chart, and that introduces the playful Spirit of Music. The book will captivate and nurture your heart and stimulate conversations about your culture and your family’s music.

 

 

 

 

 

This fascinating collection of essays contains a variety of perspectives about the use of expressive arts for facilitating physical and emotional healing. Each author within brings a fresh approach and unique experiences to their writing. Within these pages, you will find many ideas for the use of the arts and can learn how to engage the inner layers of the self that allow natural healing processes of the body and soul to flourish. When we fully engage an art modality, we find ourselves in a place in our consciousness that could be called ‘healingspace,’ where we feel ourselves whole and re-member ourselves as well. From psychic trauma to physical illness, disease of many kinds may be addressed through the various techniques discussed here. The tools offered by some authors are population specific and age appropriate, while several authors have given us the philosophical underpinnings for it all. While the authors within represent the grassroots voices of this new and rapidly expanding field, several of them have developed their own methods for using the arts, and have thriving practices. Our approach is wholistic. Music, visual arts, movement, dance, and poetry are discussed as separate modalities and in combination with one another in a process or flow. The reader will engage in our experiences with these modalities as they have been lived. The complementary CD that accompanies this book will allows the listener to have a full sound experience of toning. If a rationale is needed for establishing arts programs in medical centers or other health facilities, it can be found here. The book offers tools for self development and for group facilitation. Those wanting to expand their healing practice through the use of the arts will find the book to be a faithful guide. Anyone wishing for a fuller understanding of how the arts may work to facilitate healing will find much food for thought within these pages.

 

 

 

 

 

11″ x 8 1/2″ color copy of the Singer Certificate. Please ensure that the correct spelling is supplied for each recipient’s name.

 

 

 

 

 

11″ x 8 1/2″ color copy of the Music Making Certificate. Please ensure that the correct spelling is supplied for each recipient’s name.