The Way to Awaken

  • Suzanne B. Hanser
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Abstract

Hanser reveals how music can awaken the breath, body, mind, and energy. Using a broad definition of awakening, she presents techniques for musical awakening, including active breath work, focusing, movement, yoga, drumming, imagery, lyric analysis, humming, playing singing bowls, chanting through the chakras, and singing Power Songs. Hanser describes a technique to literally awaken after surgery, or a medically-induced sleep. The opportunities for music therapy to awaken are vast, when there is openness to new ways of unlocking creativity.

Keywords

Tuning Fork Music Therapy Lyric Analysis Music Listening Left Nostril 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Suzanne B. Hanser
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  1. 1.Music TherapyBerklee College of MusicMassachusettsUSA

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