You love music. You listen to music all the time. Maybe you sing, play an instrument, or compose music. You don’t need to have musical talent to use music to enhance your well being, and even your health.
Learn simple techniques to enrich your mind, body, and spirit through music. The methods can be applied in your daily life, particularly when you are feeling down or stressed out. Developed by a board-certified music therapist and a vocalist/pianist/composer/recording artist specializing in Indian music, these strategies combine science with the wisdom of Eastern philosophy.
In the course, discover how to unlock your creativity. You will learn not only how to listen to music in a new way, but also how to listen to the impact that music has on you. You will find out how to care for yourself by practicing coping techniques that are supported by music that is special to you.
Welcome to Music for Wellness! Here we will cover all the details about the course and what you'll need to know to get the most out of your experience. Then, we'll begin to work on improvisation and creating music based on how we feel. Improvisation can seem daunting to many, but we will focus adding new ideas little by little until you are comfortable using your voice. We'll work on circle singing exercises and talk about looping in order to create your own song.
Integrate Creating Music Into Your Life•3 minutes
5 readings•Total 40 minutes
Course Resources•10 minutes
Earn A Course Certificate•10 minutes
Connect with Your Classmates•5 minutes
Module 1 Resources•5 minutes
Key Terms for Module 1•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 55 minutes
Module 1 Quiz•30 minutes
SELF-ASSESSMENT: Project #1•15 minutes
Review: Music for Creativity•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 45 minutes
Project #1: Create Your Song•45 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 5 minutes
Meet and Greet•5 minutes
Module 2: Music For Comfort
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
In this module we will focus on using music to comfort ourselves during stressful times. We will start with connecting to our breath and learning to control our breathing. We will continue by talking about creating lullabies and practicing Musical PMR. Finally, we will go through Pranayama exercises and how they can be used for different results.
In this module, we will begin to take the music that we create and the music that comforts us and use it to focus our feelings into something we need. We will start by chanting and learning about mantra. Then we will use repetition to meditate and change our mood. Finally we will create the modern form of mantra, jingles, to help us focus during different times in our life.
What's included
6 videos3 readings3 assignments1 peer review
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6 videos•Total 20 minutes
Introduction to Music for Awakening•2 minutes
Annette's Example of Improvising for Awakening•2 minutes
Rhythm and Chanting•1 minute
What is Mantra?•5 minutes
Practicing Mantra and Meditation•6 minutes
Integrating Mantra (Jingles) Into Your Life•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 25 minutes
Module 3 Resources•5 minutes
Key Terms for Module 3•10 minutes
Annette Improvising for Awakening•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 55 minutes
Module 3 Quiz•30 minutes
SELF-ASSESSMENT: Project #3•15 minutes
Review: Music for Awakening•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 45 minutes
Project #3: Create Your Jingle•45 minutes
Module 4: Music For You
Module 4•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this final module, we will look at how listening to music can help us focus during stressful times. We will practice active listening and letting music help us control our emotions. We will then practice creating playlists for different needs in our life so that we always have music ready when we need it.
What's included
5 videos4 readings3 assignments1 peer review
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5 videos•Total 14 minutes
Introduction to Music for You•2 minutes
Dr. Hanser plays Debussy•3 minutes
Your Personal Playlist•3 minutes
Active Listening Exercise•4 minutes
Integrating Functional Playlists Into Your Life•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 27 minutes
Module 4 Resources•5 minutes
Key Terms for Module 4•5 minutes
How Does Music Make You Feel?•10 minutes
Are you looking for more?•7 minutes
3 assignments•Total 35 minutes
Module 4 Quiz•15 minutes
SELF-ASSESSMENT: Project #4•15 minutes
Review: Music for You•5 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Project #4: Create Your Playlist•60 minutes
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Hello,i am sorry but i want to withdraw from this course. i have not been able to find out how to do that.
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Great professors, I especially enjoyed Suzanne's lectures, both are great! Thanks for making it available to all of us.
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Inspirational, flawlessly taught, perfect depth. It was great to consolidate and validate knowledge. Thanks to the great professors for the calm and clear teachings!
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