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2 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK MARCH 17, 2021
A MINDFUL MOMENT
Alice Inoue
WLook On The Bright Side
e’ve all lost something in the past year — a job, a business, a canceled vacation, a person, a pet, a lost opportunity, or an
aspect of health. A series of small losses can even overwhelm a person to where they expect the worst to happen at every turn.
If you are feeling the pain of loss, remember that while it’s important to grieve, it’s just as important to mind your focus and look for where you have gained.
Just like a painter may add white to a dark color to lighten it, so also does looking for what’s “right” bring a lighter feeling to all that’s going on.
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Proclaiming That Music Is Medicine
“Music can ... cleanse ... all perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.” — William Shakespeare
CHASING THE
LIGHT
with Salena Ohta
As I walk onto the stage of the con- cert hall, I’m well aware this isn’t just any performance. I’m at Kua- kini hospital, and as I look out over the sea of faces in front of me, I see an audi- ence made up of patients recuperating from pain and illness. Some are in wheel- chairs, some are ambulatory, but all are waiting.
Oliver Sacks once called music “a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.”
the healing power of music. Oliver Sacks, a renowned neurologist, once wrote, “Music can lift us out of de- pression or move us to tears — it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurologi- cal patients, music is even more — it can provide ac- cess, even when no medi- cation can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a
necessity.”
I start to play Pachel- bel’s Canon in D Major and something fully magical happens. The cares and wor- ries etched on these patients’ faces dissolve as joyous music sweeps over them. By the end of the piece, a beatific radiance on their faces replaces their cares of the day.
It has been said, “Music can heal the wounds that medicine cannot touch.”
tually grew into almost 400 groups across the United States.
As a 16-year-old pianist, I have discovered a profound gratitude for the healing joy that music can bring. They, and I, find nourishment in
Music provides many teachable moments. Per- sonally, I have found that music can soothe me during moments of anxiety and can calm me in times of upset. I
Ronald Price was a mu- sic professor at an Illinois University. He suffered from cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s, but he discov- ered that when playing the harp for several hours a day, his symptoms lessened and even temporarily subsid- ed. Professor Price formed a therapeutic group called Healing Harps, and it even-
Some of the participants had severe disabilities, but they found benefit and re- lief from playing this music daily.
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