[lou_lou]

I cant find my post on this in the archives - so once again -
what we can do right now to feel better more often~
because~
this is the only therapy that I know of that works...
MUSIC...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nnLTPPDRXI
Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses the effect of music therapy on Parkinson's disease patients. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Alfred A, Knopf, 2007), Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/auth... or http://www.oliversacks.com

[jcitron]

That's a very interesting quick documentary. As someone who plays the piano, I can understand the effects of rhythm on me. I find that I walk better and move better if I am counting beats and play some music in my head. It's like they keep me going in a forward steady motion.

John

[SEE SAW]

Originally Posted by jcitron

That's a very interesting quick documentary. As someone who plays the piano, I can understand the effects of rhythm on me. I find that I walk better and move better if I am counting beats and play some music in my head. It's like they keep me going in a forward steady motion.

John

Hi John, I read the commentary above with interest. I too have noticed that when taking exercize walks I find I do much better if I march to military marches I compose in my head as I go along... left, left, left right left...
See Saw

[jcitron]

Hi See Saw,

I do the same thing when I walk, or even take it one step farther. I'll play in my head one of the things that I'm working on. I wonder other people notice that I sometimes mumble as I walk. They'll think I'm crazier than I really am.

I think it's the forward motion of the rhythm that keeps us moving because we force our selves to keep up with the beat. When I play the piano, I find I play my best if I count out loud like I did whent I was first learning. If I count internally, I lose the beat and everything becomes unsteady.

It's totally weird how this works, but I like it.

John