Re: Looping Therapy

[Madoud@aol.com]

Janeal Hoffman, I believe is her name is a music therapist...she created a 
special CD for use with high blood pressure....It goes to 55 BPM I 
believe.  
It is called Deep Daydreams....I have seen it work well.  she explained 
the 
idea of entrainment to us...and gave a documented clinical example.....In 
a 
preemie ward they noticed that babies with irregular or slower heart beats 
were exposed to  tones at BPM consistent with healthy heartbeats began to 
achieve those rhythms. the CD was her creation...It was not necessarily 
the 
tones...but the BPM..but the tones she uses are soothing....and they have 
a 
seamless loop quality to them...I gave a tape of the music to a client 
that 
was have high blood pressure exacerbated by worry and also at least one 
child 
in the family who was ADHD and I mean the real thing.....there was a side 
benefit....the kid slowed down as well......all other extraneous stimulus 
was 
removed,,,,TV, radio etc....it had a very calming effect..... I know that 
sometimes when I get into a looping groove and start to layer the whole 
effect  seems to create a trance state.. time just suspends itself and 
most 
often I feel better and somewhat gratified.  I often will use wireless 
headphones and do things in the garden or around the house while 
listening....it also seems to feed creativity,,,,I will later sit 
down...write a guitar tune or flute melody and something new comes out of 
the 
blue.....but there is some vague recollection of its genesis originating 
from 
a looping exercise.  About those babies.....future loopers?