Exploring Music-based

WellnessJoAnn Jordan

Board Certified Music Therapist

Where do you hear music?

How do you use music in your life?

Did you know music can: Change your emotional outlook

Control pain

Direct you mental and physical energy levels

throughout the day

Enhance creativity

Improve your memory

Increase motivation

Reduce anxiety

Regulate vital signs (heart rate, blood

pressure)

Taking Control of the

“Music” in Your Life

Being receptive

Re-creative

Composing/Creating

Learning

Receptive Listening

Purposeful selecting of

music

Imagery when listening

Re-creative

Alone

In a group

Singing

Playing

Your Voice as a Tool for Relaxation

Experiential

Oh, Watch the Stars~American Spiritual

1. Oh, watch the stars, see how they shine. (2x)

The stars shine bright in the middle of the night.

Oh, watch the stars, see how they shine.

2. Oh, watch the stars, see how they run. (2x)

The stars run down at the rising of the sun.

Oh, watch the stars, see how they run.

3. Oh, watch the sun, see how it sets. (2x)

The stars rise up at the setting of the sun.

Oh, watch the sun, see how it sets.

Composing/Creating

Lyrics

Notes/music

Improvisation

You Gotta Move

You gotta move, You gotta move.

You gotta move child.

You gotta move.

When the Lord get’s ready, you

gotta move.

You may be __________.

You may be ___________.

You may be ___________.

You may be ___________.

When the Lord get’s ready,

you gotta move.

Music can help build community

Experiential

Learning

Read

Learn/experience music

outside your comfort

zone

Learn to play or sing

Recommended book

“Manage Your

Stress and Pain

through Music”

by Dr. Suzanne B.

Hanser and Dr.

Susan E. Mandel

Music has power

What do you

want people to

know about

your

preferences?

I will take control of the music in

my life:

by receptive listening:

_________________________

by recreating:

_________________________

by composing/creating:

__________________________

by learning about:

__________________________

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