The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology - Using Music to Change Your LifeLike millions of other people, when you're feeling blue, you might listen to music to reflect your feelings, or to cheer you up. Dr. Ortiz has focuses on this basic impulse and created an effective, systematic way to deal with life's vagaries. He offers Musical Menus of carefully selected songs and melodies, reflective of specific emotional states that you can use to progress from identifying your pain to healing it. He provides creative exercises, koans (mediative questions), anecdotes, and case histories that reveal the transformative power of music. Dr. Ortiz uses behavioral, cognitive, and affective psychological techniques incorporated with toning, chanting, affirmations, and visualization to help you deal with issues such as chronic pain, lack of self-esteem, depression, anger and more. You can use music to change your life, and Dr. Ortiz shows you how! |
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... effect , in musical terms , the Tao could be described as the sound of the lost chord . It is necessary for us to undersrand that " rhythm is nature's way , " and it is up to our species to learn as much as possible about how these ...
... effect , in musical terms , the Tao could be described as the sound of the lost chord . It is necessary for us to undersrand that " rhythm is nature's way , " and it is up to our species to learn as much as possible about how these ...
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... effects that music and sound constantly exert on our thoughts , moods , and even behaviors . How many of us are aware , for instance , of the background music playing as we meander along the corridors of our local grocery store ? Beyond ...
... effects that music and sound constantly exert on our thoughts , moods , and even behaviors . How many of us are aware , for instance , of the background music playing as we meander along the corridors of our local grocery store ? Beyond ...
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Contents
Depressed Moods | 3 |
Pain | 29 |
SelfEsteem | 37 |
Stress | 51 |
Anger | 61 |
Sleeplessness | 77 |
Control | 87 |
Relaxation | 93 |
Being Versus Trying to Be | 261 |
Clearing the Mind | 267 |
Rhythmic Synchronicity | 275 |
Psychological Noise and Masking | 281 |
Contextual Cuing | 287 |
Acoustic Memory | 291 |
Expectations | 293 |
Whys | 303 |
Memory Recall | 105 |
Time Management | 111 |
Grief and Loss | 119 |
GrowthChange | 125 |
Procrastination | 133 |
Aging | 141 |
Physical Exercise and Music | 151 |
Improving Communication | 165 |
Companionship | 173 |
Relationship Issues | 177 |
Romantic Intimacy | 183 |
Motivating the Mind | 201 |
How To Listen Educating the Ear | 213 |
Centering Silence | 223 |
Creativity | 233 |
HeAr and Now | 243 |
Letting Go | 249 |
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The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology : Using Music to Change Your Life John M. Ortiz No preview available - 1997 |
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