How Music Can Heal Our Brain and Heart | Kathleen M. Howland | TEDxBerkleeValencia

[@DilCardyn]

Music is my only friend helping me to come out of unpleasant circumstances promptly. No matter whether I go with the tune, it helps me attain peace of mind. Music is like magic which is always there for me.

[@kandyappleview]

"Please don't presume we're there to entertain or perform. That's a magical byproduct of what we do" This resonates with me. One of my former teachers talked about what art really is. The painting, the recording, the sculpture.... that's not the art. That's the byproduct of art. The art is the dragging of the brush across the canvas, the feeling of creating or experiencing sound that resonates through the entire body, the use of the hands and tools to mold and shape. The evidence we get to enjoy for years to come is but a magical byproduct of the art that took place.

[@throughjenslens44]

Beautiful 👏

[@kathleenhowland4228]

Thank you for watching and finding meaning in my work!

[@aidenarrata4989]

Well said

[@siohosy2630]

her voice is like music....

[@kathleenhowland5411]

What a lovely compliment. I thank you most kindly

[@han1995422]

Kathleen Howland It’s a joy to hear your voice in class too :)

[@slimsonite2111]

Right? So soothing. I can only imagine how intriguing classes are

[@emilythesongbird2306]

What a beautiful and powerful talk! I witness the healing power of music in so many ways on a daily basis. It is so important for us to not just see music as entertainment but to realize it's therapeutic nature. Thank you for sharing so openly and honestly, with such poise, grace and compassion. In Harmony and Gratitude

[@kathleenhowland4228]

I am so pleased that you found the power of music in my talk. May it serve you well! Thank you for watching

[@thearomaticcompound.2766]

Hello there, Can music affect internal glands for good? (Or can it also damage them?) I'm a newbie here, Any help/advice will be much appreciated.

[@robintucker]

She is the MOST wonderful. I take her class at Berklee College of Music.

[@Xelann]

Her voice is so melodic and soothing, I wish I could have that effect.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you!

[@scottfranson4215]

Please never stop teaching,I think you will have more to say and it will mean more then you know now. It will be WONDERFUL

[@kathleenhowland4228]

Thank you for your encouragement. It means so much to me!

[@_HeARTSconnection]

Music makes the people come together. I listen to sound bowls almost every day. I sing and I know that it and music in general has helped me through many trials in life. 💗🎶

[@pam685]

I am cooking and the truth is that everything they say comes at the moment that it has to arrive, I was interested in how we manipulate the networks and how we can use them to our benefit and I came to healing music and shamanic healing music and then unintentionally or destination I arrived here !!! With this voice blessed gift from heaven! just listening to his vocal intonation vibration accurate that makes me happy and I'm cooking with such incredible enthusiasm, my English is very limited (using google translate now) but that matters ... with that voice that is like the love-filled lullaby of a mother arms and it makes us feel so tender ❤️👍🙏😄

[@kathleenhowland4228]

You used the pronoun 'he' so I'm not sure you meant me. In any case, I am glad you got something that could serve you well

[@pam685]

@@kathleenhowland4228 wonderful the day you came to this world to delight yourself with your melodious wisdom thank you !Iam admire you alot Are so smart , I am from Peru, but I live in Florida and I keep practicing to improve my writing and pronunciation practice . Good health, true love and very honest beings and with immense tenderness in hearts around for you always 🙏😊👍😊😇

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Music is magic. Can help create new neural pathways. And increase the size of certain parts of your brain. I also do other neuro plasticity exercises. Like writing with both hands etc.

[@Schhmoop]

I love your serene, confident energy...beautiful talk.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you. I was nervous on the inside but committed to doing my best for the profession

[@ImVicBlanco]

@@kathleenhowland5411 You didn't look nervous at all.

[@kathleenhowland4228]

@@ImVicBlanco I was but knew how important the mission was. In fact, I went outside to manage my anxiety and ended up listening to my meditation/relaxation playlist. I found a seat in the dolphin theater when there was not a show. I listened to that blessed music in the sun of Spain while dolphins played with a ball. I perhaps was too relaxed! Normally I am very spirited. Thank you for watching!

[@eunuchpetsu]

energy doesn't think.

[@InnasWorld]

It is so lovely to see you react and interact with the people who commented beautiful things about your TED talk. I too want to tell you, that especially your calm way of talking is evidence of the power of what you came to talk about - speaking has its own melody and it also has an influence on our nervous system, so well done! Thank you so much@@kathleenhowland4228

[@Rachel-wv4cg]

I never appreciated music so much, thank you.

[@mattcarlson8262]

I am sure that babies can feel vibrations much sooner that the third trimester. Wonderful talk.

[@emilythesongbird2306]

Thank you Kathleen for your thorough and beautiful explanation and affirmation of the power of music to heal. I agree with you wholeheartedly. Music began bubbling up inside me 15 years ago as I began to feel and experience the healing power of music in my life. Then I too began to use music to heal others through a unique music healing program I developed. It does transform. I see it with alzeimer's patients, children of all ages and their families. I am deeply grateful for your talk and for the power of music to heal our cells and our planet.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you!

[@yvonnerahui8729]

Do you have your music online that we may listen to as well? That would be good.

[@dhirenderbajaj4529]

I am so happy that I want to be a music therapist..... Thank you so much..

[@kathleenhowland5411]

It is a beautiful profession. If ever you are in Boston, you would be most welcome to sit in a class at Berklee.

[@SomosLaNuevaEra]

Smile on your face and in your mind‚ positive energy will come to you to help dispel negative things ❤️

[@couldliveonyoutube1841]

Thank you so much. Validated the power of music and the high level of people who are musicians. They live a life where words or intellect could never adequately describe what the music itself is saying

[@kathleenhowland4228]

We should elevate the role of artists in society. The neuroscience really informs this noble aspiration. Thank you for watching!

[@RealGoldRealWealth]

Kathleen I'm coming late to your presentation but wanted to thank you for all you study work and service. One objection though that grated almost from the start was your reference to "children born tone deaf" without qualification of any sort. One "expert" told me I was tone deaf because when I was a teenager, I couldn't match my voice with a few tones played on an organ. He told me to give up. For thirty years I believed this to be true, that I was defective and didn't have the music chip. So I stopped trying. I felt robbed of thirty years of music appreciation when I learned that in fact normal children are not born tone deaf. I was not tone deaf. I now enjoy an enjoyable singing and playing musical life.

[@audreyo761]

Mom's heartbeats, first thing u learn

[@GraceDollesin]

And moms heartbeat is a form of music. Love music !❤️❤️❤️

[@talktimewithreidmoriarty]

that was fabulous Kathleen. i know this to be true for my son with autism yet still took notes because you explain it so well! i'm glad Allie shared this with me:)

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Andrea Moriarty Thank you for your warm response. I have greatly enjoyed your book and getting to know your daughter better. All the best!

[@2012BeyondtheWorld]

She has a soothing voice, does she sing as well?

[@marmarlen11]

Such a great representation of a complex and beautiful field!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Marlén Rodriguez-Wolfe Thank you for your comments and for watching. I hope it will serve your aspirations well!

[@quentinfernandez4673]

Marlén Rodriguez-Wolfe I see you enjoyed every bit of this presentation. I totally agree. I haven't learnt music but when I play my gospel music which I composed I feel that that day turns out to be a great day.

[@barbarahernandez4166]

the gift of music

[@kathleenhowland5411]

indeed it is a gift and an inherited human right!

[@raphaellepepin2034]

so inspiring ❤️ her tone calms me so much, love it!

[@kathleenhowland4228]

I am so pleased that my voice could be supportive of you and that the digital world can connect us to what matters. Thank you for watching

[@raphaellepepin2034]

@@kathleenhowland4228 ❤️

[@shaneD7378]

I was just wondering about this after my personal experience with music as a coping strategie and of course ted have covered it perfectly

[@emilyhedrick2851]

I love her voice.

[@klowen11]

Great picture of what music therapists really do! I love that your knowledge, experience, and passion for what you do is so apparent in your talk.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you for your generous response. I greatly appreciate it!

[@kathleenhowland4228]

I'm so glad I was clear about the beauty and power of music therapy. Thank you for watching.

[@samantharose4952]

Wonderful and inspiring talk. Thank you. I think you've just introduced me to my purpose...

[@kathleenhowland5411]

It is a noble purpose indeed

[@leekei5929]

As a huge hardcore music listener I listen to all type of music, which brings me the question that if a woman in pregnancy or a patient who has neurological disorder loves hiphop or rock, would it still be effective to cure and help their conditions to be stable??? I would have asked her this if i there

[@WhitneyJonesMusic]

Being of service to our fellow humans = purpose driven lives! :-) #MT-BC

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+WhitneyJonesMusic To be of service is a great joy! Glad you connect with that too. Sending you all the best!

[@deannasander7668]

I know this is true for autistics. My son was non-verbal but it was singing that brought on vocabulary of single words, then phrases came later. It started echoing the songs he heard to now coming up with questions in a form of melody rather than monotone statement.

[@wendymagee4333]

Impressive presentation from an esteemed colleague. Beautiful personal testament too.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Wendy Magee Thank you so very much! I appreciate your comments and support!

[@anitacast189]

We in Fort Wayne IN are seriously studying music as medicine. Thank you for this ted talk.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

This is exciting, Anita. Please keep me abreast

[@LysergiCoyotl]

At the Sweetwater HQ? 😂

[@katerinahiles945]

Kathleen Howland you provide a summary of what my purpose as a Music teacher is. I have a dual degree in Music Education and Special Education. I work as an Intervention Specialist and as a Music teacher in the elementary school setting. Currently I am looking for a PHD program that would help me tie both professions together and focus on helping students with exceptionalities in the school setting. Is there a program that you highly recommend?

[@kathleenhowland5411]

What a lovely combination of degrees. I don't know of any in our area. Whatever program attracts you should subsidize your tuition! You are a progressive.

[@n.krishnarao2128]

Yes Doctor. There r certain Ragaas in South Indian classical music that can act on Nerves system . Certain ragas like " Kalyani " on heart and Rag " Hindola" on low B.p...and so on..👍🤝💐

[@portlandmusictherapy]

What you say at 11:50 is stated so well!! Thank you!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Music Therapy PDX I appreciate your response. Thank you for watching!

[@divadish2]

Awesome Kathleen - Bravo!

[@Lilith_Hypatia]

This is the field that I want to work on! very fascinating Ted Talk.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Breauna Johnson It is a beautiful profession and I would warmly welcome you to our ranks. If you are in Boston and wish to sit in a class at Berklee, please feel free to contact us!

[@Lilith_Hypatia]

Kathleen Howland wow thank you so much for the kind response! Berklee is one of the schools I'm actually looking at, so eventually I just may if I find my way down:)! Either way, it is amazing what you as music therapist do.

[@432hzLoveFrequency-TruthInside]

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” - Nikola Tesla To understand anything non-physical, one needs a certain level of creativity and imagination. Frequencies are hard to see but easy to feel.

[@peggrimes4447]

Amazing Kathleen, so proud of you!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

I thank you most kindly, Peg!

[@paulflanagan6048]

Encouraging and well presented. Thanks.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I very much appreciate it

[@codeknight7]

I all ways say music is my medication.

[@sylviakruger5000]

Thank you!

[@limitisillusion7]

Tony Wright has some interesting theories regarding right/left brain imbalances and the role music can play.

[@susannau.3535]

This is what Paul Barton does with elephants at santuary...plays piano in areas where he knows they will pass by. They listen and sway to the sounds...he plays a lot of classical. So animals respond as well...the saying music Soothes the savage beast.

[@kathleenhowland4228]

Thank you for watching!

[@bes1batch1976]

Great info, maybe music can also be a uniting force for all humans

[@kathleenhowland5411]

I believe that wholeheartedly!

[@AllIn1Studio]

bes1batch1976 It is! I have played solo piano all over the world and it has brought so many different cultures together under one roof. Magical. Also, remember We Are The World? Xmas carols? Happy Birthday!!...the list goes on. Instead of National Anthems we needONE for our global community of all humans, all races and creeds. Perhaps I should compose it!!!

[@chrisw5139]

A nice and thorough music therapy presentation. Love the developmental and speech pathology focus. Didn't know there were any MT-BC SLPs!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

+Christopher Wojdak There are only a few of us. It's such a nice and natural pairing of skills though. Thanks for watching!

[@kathleenhowland4228]

There are a few of us. I hope there will be more. thank you for watching!

[@godelcio]

Great talk, thanks for sharing! What is the best kind of music for neurorehabilitation?

[@AngelaSealana]

Thank you for your work!

[@douglaswoosley5136]

IM TURNING 69 IN JULY ON THE 18TH.AND I LOVE LEARNING WAYS TO KEEP MY BRAIN FUNCTIONING THANKS

[@kathleenhowland5411]

It is a great way to age! and to age well!!

[@serenityhaskillervibes5109]

I've been researching music theory and psychology from Killers to geniuses most of the time they need therapy because people speak on what they don't have little yet understand I am taking the the English language and turning it into music I refer to it as Sky code and I'm dyslexic

[@pointmotion1794]

Great Video! Music Therapy is life changing approach to treatment, and supports the much needed psychological morale to keep a positive state-of-mind. Keep up the great work!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you for kind and generous response. It means the world to me

[@witsend177]

Listening to a 'snow storm' recording stops and slows my ptsd symptoms. Still not sure why but its more than music sometimes just specific sounds act as medicine. My brain is messy sounds clean it up a little.

[@jennysabatini3662]

Thank you for the video! I enjoyed it very much. With your permission, I would like to include it in my english assignment.

[@kathleenhowland5411]

You would be most welcome!

[@theonewhoknocks2276]

very accurate representation

[@Ghuey527]

Very powerful and informative 👍

[@musictherapyacademy4958]

Yay music therapy! Awesome video :)

[@quentinfernandez4673]

Brilliant presentation and topic and very well brought out. I believe totally. A person can be identified by his favourite music and what he plays

[@kathleenhowland5411]

Thank you for your response. I very much appreciate it

[@gosiap8754]

Excellent Lecture ! Thank you :)

[@nicoladegiuseppe8354]

Very interesting, thank you

[@yitschaqkambi]

How long can I hear a certain music for healing a sickness, from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

[@classicmovieclips4223]

So what type of music heaps our brain?

[@priyankasen5307]

Good expression

[@yvonnerahui8729]

Look up 'Louie Giglio-Indescribable '..you will hear the sounds of the heavens. 'The heavens declare the glory of God'.

[@limitisillusion7]

I believe beauty is the purpose of the universe and music is one expression of that beauty... It's not called a "uni-verse" by accident. Such coincidences are too profound to be an accident. The universe is one song. I believe we are all musicians here to create and experience beauty, and pain is designed for inspiration. There can be no beauty without pain. If you were an eternal god, what works you do to pass the time? Only thing I can think of is to write a really, really long song. God doesn't play in 4/4 though. God's plays in infinity/0.

[@lemonadepie9631]

Um.. Those 2 notes sounded the same to me! I have dyspraxia though not dyslexia. Interesting

[@vaibhavpratapjain]

Same here!

[@CharlotteFairchild]

Fertile Prayers: Daily Fertile Prayers. We don't sing prayers enough.

[@crotchet1586]

And I thought my fish tank was big!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

A human mermaid, Hannah, swam in the tank during the program. Beautiful!

[@MegaMelayu]

I personally think music therapist MUST know about Music Science like Frequencies. Play classical music to non European it doesn't work .it's nothing in their R.A.M. neuron can't connected to the Brain.

[@jeannedancette418]

thanks

[@Scamander1417]

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response entered the chat.

[@GabrielKerr]

I'm a musician who lives in California. I've been struggling with the decision of whether or not to pursue a music degree, or to move into the medical field as a nurse or something like that. Can you offer any tips on where to begin with schooling, or websites to look at, or maybe even how to get certified in this type of field? It speaks to my interests very much. Thanks!

[@kathleenhowland5411]

I do hope you have found your way. I have a website called Music Therapy Tales and many music therapists have told their stories of finding the profession. All the best to you!

[@howtosober]

It's wonderful to see the field of music therapy expanding. I do wish, however, that people would divorce themselves of the eurocentric view that it all somehow originated with the Greeks and Pythagoras, or otherwise in western-centered culture. This is false. Music entirely originated in India during the time of the Sama Veda, ca. 5,000 years, in which the saints and sages performed an exhaustive study of the sounds they heard in nature, which then became the Solfeggio tones that make up the scale structure of Indian classical music (from which all other music was formed). The entire discipline of music was studied and used to elevate the consciousness and heal the body. Only much later did the western world "discover" these same things.

[@-Vitalis-]

Music makes the invisible... suddenly appear.

[@dancke8436]

They sound the same for me 1:50

The human brain seems to have an internal "clock" very like, though slower than, what an electronic computer uses to parse operations. Information is not processed in a continuous stream, but rather in small units. The image refresh-rate of the human visual system, for instance appears to be somewhere around 60-80Hz, 60-80 cycles-per-second (the human auditory system only perceives sound down to about 20Hz). I would strongly suspect that this "clock speed" is in some way related to the ability to perceive "beat" in music. To be able to perceive a "beat", there HAS to be a fixed base-line signal to compare it to. Another thought...I've met one person who has no ability to perceive music as anything other than "noise". Changes in tone or tempo seem to be undetectable to him, and the amplified sound of a grinder, or a single tone from a car-horn are no different in his perception than a Bach concerto. There are rather a lot of people who have an impaired sense of "rhythm" as well. Even as adults, they clap and move to music as apparently haphazardly as infants. Obviously, while we all share similar hard-wiring and programming, there are significant variations in detail design.

[@privatprivat7279]

Why psychologists dont use this more?

[@christinahinton4538]

Is that tank real??

[@kathleenhowland5411]

It is. It is at the Oceanographic Institute in Valencia, Spain

[@dearrain]

Amazing

[@sundaybewarang5581]

i am a teacher with children with special need, and i can play keyboard. I have no certificate on music how can i become a music therapy.

[@sciencetroll3208]

The Autistics made the beat, we brought you down from the trees with it, we took you across the waters with it, and now you stuff us into sleeping in alleys.

[@lala-rt4nb]

SUBTITLES PLEASE

[@andrehendricks8044]

She does have a way about her

[@passiton3801]

Music was shown in all its "glory" in the death (euthanasia) scene from Soylent Green...

[@lioness7522]

I can’t tell the difference between the two sounds Kathleen makes just before the 2nd minute - I’m wondering if I should get tested for dyslexia….

[@alexyafalcon3203]

Same!

[@osamaqtaitat]

Heart!!??

[@mariobrandsma9830]

Combinefwith Harvard and psych and Nature , inmer love blooms , tjank uou for speach, virt hug

[@gunzrloaded]

Look how relearning music helped "LILI HAYDN".....!!!!! Cheers....!!!!

[@sherrypeterson2315]

❤️

[@debradenisedunlap1130]

🙏

[@mabelscott7971]

Hello

[@HelloZane]

♥️♥️♥️

[@אמנוןנחשלים]

Shw speakz as nice as lynda Hamilton

[@robertl.gyorgyi7911]

her voice reminds me of Siri

[@kathleenhowland5411]

interesting observation!

[@canttellyoucuzurastranger9400]

broooooo they got an ulua in there

[@ghostrider7628]

👍❤️❤️❤️

[@VladyslavKL]

🐋

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

The Archimedes water frequency 432 A4 Hg frequency above muddle C...! Then may I assume you will be joining our membership .! 440 A4 breeds misscontent and has no harmonic resonance by comparesonce to 432 A4..! Also Christopher a bortalomeo last invention was two pedals on a piano that depend on for 432 A4 for resonance..! 440 A4 concert pianist get a hacksaw and cut all three pedals off your piano they're useless at that tuning..!

[@raissabenoccithibes3768]

Her voice is like an AI generated voice.

[@SriRamPracharMandal]

Good one :-)

[@AsteriETERNAL]

It's not evolution, Lady. It's deliberate intelligent design! 🙄

[@SingingblissofRajat]

Asteri ETERNAL Natural Selection may be devine

[@doiknowmyenemy]

Evolution is the progression of intelligent design

[@Janeseakanesi]

Intelligent design by a Creator who also gave us music.

[@AsteriETERNAL]

@@Janeseakanesi Exactly👍😉