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Defining a Certified Harp Practitioner (CHP)

Many people have asked what is a Certified Harp Practitioner (CHP). Being a CHP is obviously something I’m very passionate about! To [...]

Defining a Certified Harp Practitioner (CHP)Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:19-06:00

A Beautiful Destination

A couple months ago, I spoke to the new International Harp Therapy students. In preparation for our call, the host asked me [...]

A Beautiful DestinationTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:23-06:00

Speaking again for your group/organization?!

In the past blog posts, I mentioned the Virtual Harp Summit that I “attended,” including utilizing some of this information for the [...]

Speaking again for your group/organization?!Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:25-06:00

The Circle of Life

I played the harp yesterday in the hospital where I volunteer. My friend, who does Healing Touch, and I were working together. [...]

The Circle of LifeTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:19-06:00

Integrating Harp Therapy in Health Care Systems

While my harp therapy teacher's mission is to have a "harp player in every hospital and hospice by 2020," my vision includes: [...]

Integrating Harp Therapy in Health Care SystemsTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:22-06:00

Beyond Surgery Program

I recently completed coursework from the “Beyond Surgery Program.” After attending the 18 hours of required training, I am now a Surgery [...]

Beyond Surgery ProgramTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:23-06:00

Harp Therapy Conference

In mid-August, a group of harp therapists from the Midwest met in Cedar Falls, IA. We had a great time, but also [...]

Harp Therapy ConferenceTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:23-06:00

International Harp Therapy Conference

This weekend, several students and graduates of the International Harp Therapy Program (IHTP) will gather in Cedar Falls, Iowa for a conference. [...]

International Harp Therapy ConferenceTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:24-06:00

Announcing New Research on Harp Therapy and Healing Touch

In May 2006, I began volunteering with Barb Schommer (Certified Healing Touch Practitioner/Instructor) at Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, MN. The Woodwinds' Integrative [...]

Announcing New Research on Harp Therapy and Healing TouchTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:25-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

A Happy Thanksgiving message from Tami Briggs (Musical Reflections’ founder) – Thanksgiving is a favorite time to reflect on all of the [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:26-06:00

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“Surrounded by the right sounds, we all can be invigorated, energized, and balanced. It has been demonstrated clinically that music adds to our general health and well-being.”

John Diamond

“Music is an extremely important instrument of the Divine.”

Hal A. Lingerman

“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“Music is God’s best gift to [humans], the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven.”

Charles W. Landon

“Music is the answer to the mystery of life; it is the most profound of all the arts; it expresses the deepest thoughts of life and being; a simple language which nonetheless cannot be translated.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”

Charlie Parker

“David took a harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”

1 Samuel 16:23

“Through vibration, harmony, tone, melody and meaning, music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Art is more than important—it is central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.”

Bill Ivey

“The human being is essentially sound, vibrations, and melody.…”

Holger Kalweit

“Music speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls.”

Charles Kingsley

“The more we cultivate great music in our lives, the greater will be our attunement to unlimited sources of the Creator’s power and direction.”

“Seek out a wise player on a harp: and it shall come to pass…that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well.”

I Samuel 16:16

“I am Music….Even before life began upon this earth, I was here—in the winds and the waves….And when Man came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle, and most powerful medium for the expression of Man’s emotions….For I speak to all men, in a language that all understand….I am the food of love. I have taught men gentleness and peace. I comfort the lonely. I am a necessary luxury to all men.”

Anonymous

“…the time is fast approaching when Man will select his music with the same intelligent care and knowledge he now uses to select his food. When that time comes, music will become a principal source of healing for many individual and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated.”

Corinne Helene

“Music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man’s life.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch