Musical Reflections

In a rush to get your last holiday gifts? We, at Musical Reflections, can help! We have 15 CDs (likely something for everyone on your list!), an MP3 player called “Angelic Vibrations,” a “Healing Harp Music for Relaxation and Sleep” PlayAway, and the Amazing Mini Music Machine.

Once we receive your order, we put everything in the mail as soon as possible. We look forward to serving you, knowing Santa was generous this year in your household!!

Musical Reflections has an entire section on our website called Music Devices. To fill your home or office with music (and joy!), we offer several musical “gadgets” – the PlayAway, an MP3 player and the Amazing Mini Music Machine (AMMM). In this blog post, we’ll focus on the AMMM.

The Amazing Mini Music Machine is a small speaker (fits in the palm of your hand), is portable and comes with a pre-loaded flash drive with five hours of Tami Briggs’ harp music.

It features:

• Outstanding sound quality.
• Compact design (3″ x 2″ x 2″).
• Lightweight, easily portable and ideal for moving from one location to another.
• Re-chargeable with a long-lasting lithium battery; plays without being plugged in to electricity.
• Capability to use a flash drive.

It comes with:

• Battery charger.
• iPod cord (the AMMM Machine can be used as a speaker for your iPod, iPad or iPhone).
• Instructions for ease of use.

The AMMM is a really unique holiday gift for your friends, family and those you serve. Click here to order today.

I was recently reading an article and it talked about three applications for music:

1. As “background” for an entire space/large area
2. Customized for a specific place/area
3. Individual listening.

I believe this is very applicable to the healthcare setting. For example, I see these three examples at Woodwinds Hospital where I volunteer:

1. The piano by the fireplace is played almost every day over the lunch hour. This is an example of music in a large area. The pianist usually plays a variety of music to accommodate many different music tastes. It is common to hear visitors comment, “How wonderful it is to have live music every day!”
2. An example of music in a specific place reminds me playing at several different nursing stations this past summer when the staff went through a stressful computer system conversion. This was customized music for each specific area.
3. Playing live harp music for individual patients or giving a patient a PlayAway is an example of listening individually.

This same article mentioned research, “When healthy adults listened to 15 minutes of music they liked, their blood tests afterwards revealed higher levels of interlukin-1, a polypeptide hormone necessary to immunological reactions, and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, both signs of stronger immunity.”

I believe this is rationale to be mindful about incorporating music as a healing modality in the healthcare setting in three different ways:  covering a large/open area, customizing for a specific location/purpose, and encouraging individual selections. What a goal for the Year 2015 and beyond!

Do you need a few more holiday gifts? If so, we have a suggestion!  Musical Reflections offers 15 CDs for relaxation, comfort, stress reduction and sleep. These CDs + the Amazing Mini Music Machine and the PlayAway:  Healing Harp Music for Relaxation and Sleep are perfect gifts for almost anyone on your holiday list!

Order by tomorrow, December 19^th, to assure delivery by Christmas Eve!

From all of us at Musical Reflections, we wish you a lovely holiday season filled with beautiful music, peace, joy and love … and of course, all goodness in 2014!

Are you tired of the same ol’ gifts for your loved ones this holiday season?

Musical Reflections is excited to offer two different musical devices that are unique – the Amazing Mini Music Machine and the PlayAway: Healing Harp Music for Relaxation and Sleep.

AMAZING MINI MUSIC MACHINE Affectionately called the AMM Machine – it fits in the palm of your hand! It is a mini-speaker and comes with a flash drive that is pre-loaded with 5 hours of Tami Briggs’ harp music. Click here to order. A perfect gift for your family, friends and/or those you serve, it features: Outstanding sound quality. Compact design (3″ x 2″ x 2″). Lightweight, easily portable and ideal for moving from one location to another. Re-chargeable with a long-lasting lithium battery; plays without being plugged in to electricity. Capability to use a flash drive. It comes with: Battery charger. iPod cord (the AMM Machine can be used as a speaker for your iPod, iPad or iPhone). Instructions for ease of use. Click here to order today!

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PLAYAWAY® HEALING HARP MUSIC FOR RELAXATION AND SLEEP This tiny audio player is pre-loaded with 5 hours of Tami Briggs’ beautiful, relaxing harp music. The PlayAway® is: Simple to use Portable and useful in many settings Durable for repeated use Lightweight. It comes with: Battery (for immediate use) Ear buds Handy storage case Easy-to-use instructions. No cassettes, CDs, downloads or internet connection needed … just press “Power” and play! Click here for more information and to order.

The holidays are fast approaching … does this make you excited, nervous, joyful, stressed?  Again and again, I hear women talking about the stress of finding the perfect gifts for those on their lists.

At Musical Reflections, we are excited to offer 15 CDs for relaxation, comfort, stress reduction and sleep. These CDs + the Amazing Mini Music Machine and the PlayAway: Healing Harp Music for Relaxation and Sleep are perfect gifts for almost anyone on your holiday list!

Click here to order today!

My mom just had her second back surgery in 5 ½ months and both times she was hospitalized, she slept two hours during the night. The reason? Nurses laughing at their station and “yucking it up” in loud voices in the middle of the night, not closing her door with light streaming in … is this the best we can offer for helping patients sleep? Maybe  there needs to be a sign (like on hotel doors):  Shhhh! Sleep in progress.  Obviously, nurses need to check on patients and sometimes those interruptions wake up the patients, but we know sleep is so restorative and one of the key elements for healing. How can we do better?

My mom’s hospital experience has re-ignited my passion to bring peace and calm, relaxation and sleep to our healthcare system. It’s a big job (!) but someone has to do it … I am on it!!! I always feel like an important part of my work in hospitals is to help people relax and if they fall asleep while I play, I take that as the highest compliment. I know then that I’ve done my best work! Whether it’s playing live or getting my CDs onto the hospital’s closed-circuit TV system or getting the PlayAway into hospitals across the country, I’m on a mission!  Contact me if you want to help your healthcare system move to greater peace and healing. I look forward to connecting…

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we are excited to introduce the new PlayAway^® ♦ Healing Harp Music for Relaxation and Sleep. It makes a unique gift honoring our Moms and/or any of the important women in our lives. The PlayAway^® “Healing Harp Music” is a tiny audio device pre-loaded with five hours of Tami Briggs’ relaxing harp music. Click here for more information and to watch a video clip about it.

The PlayAway^® “Healing Harp Music” is simple to use, portable and useful in many settings, durable for repeated use, and lightweight. It comes with a battery (for immediate use), ear buds, handy storage case, and easy-to-use instructions.

Order yours today by clicking here.