Who should attend? We welcome musicians that are interested in learning more about how music can assist in the healing process.
The webinars are carefully chosen for their rich content that contribute to the quality of life of those injured, sick, and dying, through advancement of skills and methodology of the musician.
Continuing Educational Units are honored by programs accredited through the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians using the seated hours standard of measurement. (List of pre-approved programs)
Participants must be in attendance during the live presentation to receive CEU credit, or submit a reporttconfirming the study. CEU credit ranges from 2-4 CEU's per webinar. To request a Certificate of Attendance please click Administration, and include the title and date of webinar attended.
What Makes Your Music Healing? presented by Stella Benson: Friday, February 24, 2012, 2-4pm, PST. Explore "what makes your music healing," includes a deeper analysis of the music in your repertoire, either your own composition or the composition of another, that is your favorite. Learn the healing elements inherent in your presented score or improvisation, and methods for transforming that same composition into other "moods," increasing the value of that piece. With that same piece, you learn the techniques that make arrhythmic music mesmerizing, peaceful and soothing. Learn various aspects of the art and science of arrhythmic music and how you can take your music even further into the service of your listener. Participants leave with a basic sense of how to transform existing tunes into many different types of musical conditions, and how one tune has "many lives." Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. All musicianship levels welcome. Bring your instrument. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 2-4 CEU credit)
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Healing Rhythms, presented by Stella Benson: Friday, April 13, 2012, 2-4pm, PDT. Rhythm, probably the most important element of therapeutic music, is analyzed of its various aspects and features to reveal its unlimited therapeutic uses. Learn the power of consistent and inconsistent cadence on the natural rhythms of the human body, pacing and movement techniques to create the desired effect on various patient conditions. In this experiential webinar learn how to use pulse structures, and different rhythm types, to enhance your therapeutic music skills. Participants learn about playing rubato and arrhythmic style music; the different types of entrainment phenomena; and therapeutic methods for the use of long pauses and elongated tones in graduated musical phrases and how they affect the listener. All levels welcome. Bring your instrument. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 2 CEU credit)
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2012 Spring Events
Subtle Energies & Music, presented by Stella Benson: Friday, April 27, 2012, 2-4pm PDT. Healing musicians influence, and are influenced by, subtle energy. The new science of subtle energies is emerging with surprising results that can affect our work as healing musicians. Learn what the research community has learned, how we are affected by subtle energies, and how we affect subtle energies, which can enhance or defeat our service at the bedside. Includes three 2-6 minute videos, and a short audio lecture on Geometric Effects on the Human Psyche. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 2 CEU credit)
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Music and Spiritual Pain, presented by Stella Benson: Friday, May 11, 2012, 2pm-4pm PDT. Learn about Ethical Goals, the Universal Spiritual Elements, Spiritual Pain Patterns and Spiritual Pain Symptoms, and how to move towards Spiritual Awakening. Investigate alternative musical scales and frequencies that can be applied to various spiritual pain conditions. Explore how music can create a sanctuary for those in spiritual pain. Begin to diagnose and assess spiritual pain. Learn to help the patient live each day with respect, companionship and with as much meaning as possible with your presence and music? Participants leave with broader sense of identifying spiritual pain and alternative ways to musically address it. Included are four 4-9 minute videos. All musicianship levels welcome. $80.00/2hrs. per person.(Optional 2 CEU credit)
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The Labyrinth & Music, presented by Stella Benson: Friday, May 25, 2012, 2pm-4pm PDT. Learn how to bring the Labyrinth experience to the bedside of your patients and their loved ones. Patients and loved ones can “walk” the Labyrinth without leaving the room, using the experience as a spiritual journey and powerful tool for transformation, peace and possibility. Part of the process is "the great dignity of the symbol regardless of one's own religious background." Includes a 9-minute video "Intro to Sacred Geometry." Bring your instrument. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 2 CEU credit)
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2012 Fall Events
Five Elements & Healing Tones (formerly Chinese Musical Elements) , presented by Stella Benson: Fridays, September 7, 2012, 2-4pm PDT. In this two part webinar increase your bedside repertoire with this uniquely designed workshop inspired by the Classical Four Elements from ancient Greece, Chinese Five Elements, Hindu and Buddhist cosmologies, Four Temperaments, plus ancient and modern healing tones. Gain a foundation for the many uses of the single healing tone, including its corresponding patient Condition. Learn about the circulation of our own life force, “Chi,” in the human body, which is thought to affect the functions of the internal organs, psychological condition, and emotions in order to prevent and cure illnesses. Participants will experience healing tones for self-care and potential prescription. Attendees take away a new perspective for bringing unique healing music therapies to the bedside, as well as ancient musical scales based on healing tones for improvisation as they relate to the archetypal elements, plus several new international scales. Expect homework exercises between sessions. Bring your instrument for this experiential webinar. Included are six brief videos. Bring your instrument for this experiential webinar. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 2 CEU credit)
The Art of Healing Modes, presented by Stella Benson: Friday, September 21, 2012, 2-4pm PDT. This webinar goes into unprecedented detail in the science, practice and affect of each of the seven Western modal scales, modeled after Stella Benson's new book “The Gift of Healing Modes.” It is rich with handouts, a work book, interactive and independent exercises, audio samples, links and more. Participants learn the healing value of Western modal scales through detailed modal analysis, the fundamental physics of modal sound production, and the foundation behind human responses to each modal scale which is healing music at its simplest, most intimate and most powerful. Participants increase their musical skill by learning how to segue, or modulate, from one modal mood to another without interrupting the feeling in the listener. The exercises between the two live webinars allow the participant to go beyond a four hour webinar, going into a full two weeks of musical experience and practice. Participants leave with a deeper, richer, and more applicable understanding of the power of Western modes in the clinical environment. Bring your instrument for this experiential webinar. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. All musicianship levels welcome. Bring your instrument. $80./2hrs. per person. (Optional 2 CEU credit)
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Private Lesson with Stella Benson: Get a one-on-one lesson with Stella Benson: What is a healing musician anyway? Learn various aspects of the art and science of healing musicianship. Explore "what makes your music healing." Want to learn how to play arrhythmically? Do the lesson using Skype. Bring your curiosity and instrument. Must set-up a mutually agreed upon time and date. Contact Stella Benson to set a schedule. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. All musicianship levels welcome. Bring your instrument. $40.00/1hrs. per person.
Playing With Spirit, The Art of Therapeutic Music and The Practice of Healing Presence, presented by Jacqueline Spring: Spring 2012. Participants examine transpersonal growth with tools inspired by modern and ancient traditions. Attendees explore how the “healing presence” of the therapeutic musician may be enhanced if perceived through windows of spiritual practice, spiritual development or transpersonal psychology. The practice of therapeutic music from an understanding of “healing presence” as it is supported by one's own spirituality is vital for those who utilize music as a healing modality. Participants are exposed to opportunities to delve into their own personal growth and values, using tools from other traditions to find potential spiritual enhancement. Coming from a platform of religious pluralism, participants explore deeply held values, from a humanist standpoint and seeking value in spiritual tools that might enhance their therapeutic music role and spiritual path. Participants look into the heart of various world religions, and connect these concepts to the practice of therapeutic music. Participants leave with creative ideas to draw upon, and further areas of spiritual exploration to utilize in their own work as therapeutic musicians. Please see "Time Zone" in the navigation panel to the left for national/international time conversions. $80.00/2hrs. per person. (Optional 4-6 CEU credit)
