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Hi...found this in my husband's Rotary bulletin on last week's speaker-- << Janna Lee Houfmann, from Powell Gardens, and owner of Rhythmic Medicine, a company promoting the healing power of music, gave an explanation and demonstration of the calming effect of music. She has been a music therapist since 1978. She teaches music as a relation technique plus other stress reducing techniques. A research study in Baltimore has established that 1/2 hour of classical music has the same relaxation effect as 10 mg of Valium. Our bodies entrain to rhythms A music tract of 60 beats per minute can lower blood pressure. Health care providers are using headphones with calm music in recovery rooms. Music that is too complex will not produce relaxation even if the music is played softly. Peaks and valleys of the music will cause the body to be expecting change rather than to relax. Jana has produced tapes and CD's to teach her method. Her primary customers are health care providers who use her products and techniques with their patients. >> Barbara Blake-Krebs in KS [log in to unmask]