Peoples Music Therapy

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A big thank you to all of our new followers. Looking forward to staying connected and sharing our practice with our new Instagram community. We offer music therapy services to a wide range of individuals. Rooted in a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, social justice, holistic client/family centred approach, we feature BIPOC therapists who have experience working with racialized peoples and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. We have training in offering services to neuro-diverse individuals, incarcerated or at-risk youths, seniors with dementia, persons with psychiatric diagnoses including anxiety, depression, c-PTSD, and people experiencing addiction/recovery among others. Let us know how we can best support you and your family members in achieving optimal health. #peoplesmusictherapy #musictherapy #socialjustice #mindfulness #thankyou #solidarity https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5yYRxMBX-/?igshid=80rgs2lllk4t

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Think global, stay local #musicforpeace #musictherapy #mariachi #getoutside #beautifulbc #publichealth #covid (at English Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN371aWMQ_k/?igshid=1oqq3sx7sos3z

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With the recent update to public health updates allowing us to gather outside and spring weather nearing, it's time to reconnect safely with each other. Let's make music outdoors again! #musictherapy #macromusictherapy #dontstandsoclosetome #publichealth #covidsafe #covid_19 #iloveyou (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsT6dJAH8r/?igshid=11m1uywcc13rq

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- Enns, C. S.& Byars-Winston, A. M. (2010) "Men can be feminist therapists, and feminist therapy can be practiced with male clients. It is an erroneous perception that feminist therapy is conducted only by women and for women, or that feminist therapy is anti-men because it is pro-women" (Heflihy & Park, 2016). #feminism #musictherapy #macromusictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #musicforpeace (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHrKxNyAegf/?igshid=1dgilc3yes060

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~ Fran Herman Canadian music therapy pioneer, advocate, and friend to many in our field. I first heard of Fran's successes from a professor at @capilanou while completing music therapy coursework. She bravely went with music to serve the people that needed it most. With condolences to your family, we thank you for inspiring us. #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #wheelchair @hollandbloorview @hollandbloorviewfoundation #accentuatethepositive (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHrGmRSApfF/?igshid=1dz93r7ixfe9d

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There's something about sound that articulates the openness and ungovernability of experience "As each sound arises and captures your attention for a moment only to fall away in the next, let itannounce this space of conscious awareness." - Sam Harris #wakingup #mindfulness #meditation #sound #musictherapy #macromusictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #consciousness (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlbFB9AcX6/?igshid=d6ir0nljdeu6

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"Since there is death, immediately life becomes absurd. I’ve always thought that way. We can’t define Fado. Fado is mystery. The only thing that matters is to feel the fado. The fado is not meant to be sung; it simply happens. You feel it, you don’t understand it and you don’t explain it." - Amália Rodrigues #lisboa #lisbon #peoplesmusictherapy #macromusictherapy #musictherapy #fado (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHZWOMSAkg5/?igshid=s76ouozwpk1h

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- Christine Padesky & Kathleen Mooney, 2012 From a strengths-based approach to wellness #musictherapy #macromusictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #cbt #resilience (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVx9vWAPlh/?igshid=fvg7p4ciejuo

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Music, best shared #musictherapy #macromusictherapy #mindfulness #peoplesmusictherapy #mandolin (at Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVxBzSgp-d/?igshid=lufkbd67a978

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"...I have been singing folksongs of America and other lands to people everywhere. I am proud that I never refused to sing to any group of people because I might disagree with some of the ideas of some of the people listening to me. I have sung for rich and poor, for Americans of every possible political and religious opinion and persuasion, of every race, color, and creed. The House committee wished to pillory me because it didn’t like some few of the many thousands of places I have sung for." -Pete Seeger #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #macromusictherapy #peteseeger https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3sH3_g1oH/?igshid=13r3t4hkuzrr3

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Here we are selecting through dozens of strings for the right fit mandolin. If you pass through Cuba on your travels, bring along guitar strings, new or used. They are tough to come by. #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #macromusictherapy #musiciansnetwork #cuba #havana #busking (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLzvjwAEiK/?igshid=nbrd4d7ifujj

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...if we hope to have the vitality and stamina required to stay focused on our professional goals, we need to incorporate a wellness perspective into our daily living. - Gerald Corey #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #wellness #mindfulness #meditation #selfcare (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLvaffA54I/?igshid=hl674r07dg05

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#restring #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #havana #malecon (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCXQu-Sgmfk/?igshid=k2u8ot3z4bvl

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#blm (at All Over the World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCXPriMAjxO/?igshid=17w6sibzo2xtx

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Found them! Thank you for sharing your songs #cuba, I can finally sing #guantanamera #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #macromusictherapy #busking #sharingiscaring (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW9HxTA37A/?igshid=124cp010nldaq

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"...Furthermore, biomedical researchers have found not only that music is a highly structured auditory language involving complex perception, cognition, and motor control in the brain, but also that this sensory language can effectively be used to retrain and re-educate the injured brain." - Michael H. Thaut, PhD #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #neurology #neuroplasticity #cva #strokerecovery #strokesurvivor (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW7B0kAP-o/?igshid=1tpf1lzz5mnpu

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Searching for the street musicians of #cuba #musictherapy #peoplesmusictherapy #busking #mandolin #havana (at Havana, Cuba) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW619fAJcW/?igshid=1cdprqtm1lxm4