Harp Therapy | Musical Reflections

Virtual Harp Therapy

In the International Harp Therapy Program (IHTP) Facebook group, we have been discussing if harp therapy is effective virtually. I had a [...]

Virtual Harp TherapyTami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:32-05:00

Blessings of CoVid-19

I was recently on a Zoom call and someone asked the question, "What are the blessings you've received from the coronavirus?" Honestly, [...]

Blessings of CoVid-19Tami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:32-05:00

Teaching Harp Therapy Lessons

I posted about harp therapy lessons a couple months ago. After playing at the hospital and hospice bedside for the past 24 [...]

Teaching Harp Therapy LessonsTami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:32-05:00

Harp/Music Vision!

In the last blog post, I talked about I'm a musician who also loves sports! And interestingly, I had an intense dream [...]

Harp/Music Vision!Tami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:33-05:00

Announcing Therapeutic Harp Lessons

After being asked repeatedly to share my “secrets” to playing the harp therapeutically, I have created a new eight-week offering! In these [...]

Announcing Therapeutic Harp LessonsTami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:34-05:00

Additional Thoughts about Therapeutic Music in the Healthcare Environment

This will be our last blog post in this on-going series of discussing therapeutic music in the healthcare setting. I have a [...]

Additional Thoughts about Therapeutic Music in the Healthcare EnvironmentTami Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:36-05:00

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 Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:37-05:00

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 Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:47-05:00

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 Briggs2021-07-11T16:24:49-05:00

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 Briggs2021-07-11T16:43:59-05:00

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“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

“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

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

Holger Kalweit

“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.”

Hazbat Inayat Khan

“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

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

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

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

Charles Kingsley

“…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 has been called the speech of angels.”

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

Charlie Parker

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

“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

“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