[HANASHIR:10140] Re: music for healing

[Dr. Alan Mason <dralanmason...>]

The "best" (for lack of a better term) Healing Service I ever attended 
consisted of 30+ minutes of silence, with people invited to stand in front 
of the open arc (ark?) and just stare at the Torah(s).  The Rabbi stood 
alone in the back of the Sanctuary.  It all sounds odd, but, believe me, it 
was powerful.

Alan Mason

----Original Message Follows----
From: Andy Curry <acurry (at) san-carlos(dot)rms(dot)slb(dot)com>
Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:10138] Re: music for healing
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:01:36 -0700

I second Marge's comments.  I (and probably many others) don't like to be
told what to do.  Some of the "guided imageries" have reminded me of a
Disneyland ride.  The more successful healing services have been those in
which the leader is able to get out of the way and let the people speak.

Andy

At 09:51 PM 10/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
 >>>>
Many of the Healing Services I"ve attended have been disappointing. I think
there is often a tendency to over-manage the people who come -- follow this
guided imagery, say this, do that -- and they often feel jerky, like no one
thinks about how hard it is to re-enter the world of relationships when one
has been meditating or praying.

The best advice I can give is think about the flow of the program --
niggunim or chanting flow to readings flow to guided imagery/meditation
flow to sharing flow to exchange of blessings flow to an upbeat song that
is full of hope. I hope this helps -- Marge Eiseman

P.S. Of course, I can recommend songs, but that is secondary to designing
this well. Good luck!


H & R Shubert wrote:
I would like to hear from anyone who has had experience in giving programs
in music for healing -- of the spirit and/or of the body.  I am putting a
program like this together and am also making myself available in an music
advisory capacity to a coalition of rabbis and health care providers who
are interested in the subject of healing.  I would like to know how you may
have run programs, what worked and what didn't work.Thanks,Rachelle Shubert

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Andy Curry, Kansas City
acurry (at) lenexa(dot)sema(dot)slb(dot)com




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