Therapy by Alice 
Flash Sale!
Posted on March 24, 2020 Leave a Comment
I have samples available for sale right now! I can accept Paypal, venmo and cash app. Sample packs start at $15 and can be personalized to your needs. This price includes shipping and tax.
Also right now is the best time to join as a distributor. They just announced 50% OFF to starter kits! That means it’s only $49 instead of the $99!!! I wanted to offer you this because I think you’d be really great at this! If anyone has ever considered starting their own business now is a great time. This is a great opportunity to receive extra product that you can sell or use yourself and have the ability to buy products without committing to a three month auto ship. You can even decide to make some money with It Works if you want! Contact me for me info or drop a comment below and I will follow up with you.
A Little Live Music
Posted on March 23, 2020 Leave a Comment
Sunday
Posted on March 22, 2020 Leave a Comment
I don’t have any music today. I have been making my own Ginger Beer and crocheting. So far I have resisted baking brownies though as the days go by I’m not sure my self control will hold out. I am working on doing some self improvement and self discovery. I will never have time like this again I’m sure (at least I sure hope not)
I’m listening to this webinar by Music Therapist Tim Ringgold. I find myself wishing I had had the vision to have somewhere else to go with my career. I feel kind of stuck today and feeling like what I do doesn’t really matter. I feel like I’m not going to be who I want to be. I worry that I am not creative enough or Innovative enough. And of course, in this environment I worry about being broke. I have committed to having a massage place with another therapist. I am trying so hard to have faith and carry on. I know that the place is a great opportunity. I made a commitment to someone else and I don’t want to let her down.
Tim Ringgold has shared his insight about stress and how to overcome change lag. His system is called Vero. He is also the first music therapist who did a Ted Talk.
The webinar I’m listening to is below…If I am not supposed to post it, I’m sure someone will tell me.
https://event.webinarjam.com/go/replay/1/y8476uqtlt9tr
I wish I had chosen a more lucrative career. I find myself wondering how I got here and how I can move forward. I wish I knew what the steps to move forward were.
Today We Talk About Stress
Posted on March 20, 2020 Leave a Comment
Today I have made a few word art pictures (I didn’t make the first one, I found it which gave me the idea) I plugged in all the words that came to mind and then played with the shapes etc. It was a fun exercise and made some pretty artwork and made me feel better.
Below is my playlist for today. I started with different songs, but as I went through the music of my favorite band, I realized that most of the music I listen to that’s fun and not Christian these were the songs I really like. They are in no special order. These are just songs that have words I like and a couple that are fun and make you dance and tap your toes. How do you deal with stress? What are ways you are keeping yourself calm in these stressful times? What are your favorite songs for destressing? Please drop these in the comment section below.
Today with all the stress and now with California basically shutting down we have to keep our spirits up. For me music does a lot of that. If I listen to music then I limit my time listening to news and depressing virus news. If I listen to music I won’t be worrying about how I’m going to make money for the next two months or if my NATRC ride will even happen. My anxiety does tend to get the better of me, especially at night when I should be asleep. I find that my heart is beating almost 100 per minute and this is not a great feeling.
Friends tell me to trust in God. It’s not that I am not trusting in God. I completely trust God and I know where I am going when it’s time to leave this earth. I have asthma, and whenever I get any kind of upper respiratory bug I am sick for a long time. I am one of the high risk people…So I’m not real enthused about the possibility of getting it.
On to the songs…Carbon Leaf is a band more people should know about. The usually come to Texas in September and Maggie and I try to listen to them every year we can. The first year we were supposed to see them is Ironic though b/c we should have seen them in person in the fall of 2009. We were heading to a NATRC ride the next day and Peter had had the Swine flu…we were tired and trying to stay away from him so we wouldn’t get sick. So, we didn’t go…Ironically I got sick with the flu two days later so I guess it’s good I didn’t expose all those people.
Let your troubles roll by…it’s an easy going song that just goes well with the troubles we are having now. It basically says let it roll by and it’s the best way to live. What about Everything? is one of my favorites. Again it talks about all the big problems in the world and how we should let it affect us…the last chorus says “what about when buildings fall, what about that midnight phone call” which are the two things no one wants to think about. I’m pretty sure the line about the buildings must have been 9-11. comfort has a line in it that Maggie and I both love…It says “the more you live the less you will die” which is a good reminder in today’s times. Who brings you comfort? The Donnybrook affair and gone are just fun fun songs. Life Less Ordinary…it’s the first song they were known for and sometimes you will hear it playing at the super market.
As always remember that Adagio Massage and Music Therapy is here to support you with services in the times of no contact. I have a doxy.me room and can meet you there to work on music goals or music therapy goals. I do basic instruction in flute piano or even the banjo (though admittedly I will do well to get you through your first basic chords) I also am available for birth music consultation and for bereavement work.
In this time of no contact I’m doing everything I can to keep the doors open and my business going.
Unraveling-Songs for Memory Loss
Posted on March 19, 2020 Leave a Comment
This playlist is a work in progress but these are two songs that are incredibly powerful in speaking of love and loss of memory and the grief this causes in our lives.
The first song, Unraveling, is about a woman dealing with her Grandmother’s loss of memory as her memory slowly leaves her due to the ravages of Alzheimer. The second song is about a husband and wife who were never apart separated by medical conditions and loss of memory. Get a hanky when you hear them. They are sad songs.
Songs for Fresh Sadness
Posted on March 18, 2020 Leave a Comment
My father passed away on December 23, 2019, 31 years to the day that we lost his mother, my grandmother. Because I am a music therapist through the loss of my dad I began to think about all the music that either reminded me of him, or came to mind in my grief while I was mourning him. I sent several of these to my step mother, but I’m not sure if she’s really a music person, so I have no idea if these songs comforted her.
The first song, When I’m gone, was especially powerful to me when I thought of her and how sad she would be without my dad. They had been married for almost 23 years and they were best friends. The traveled a lot and enjoyed each other’s company. When I first heard this song I cried like a baby. I still cry every time I listen to it.
Part of the reason it hits me so hard is Joey + Rory themselves. They had a beautiful love story and then she was struck down by cancer and died. When I first discovered them as a singing duo she was already gone, but I had no idea. So I was driving in the rain, listening to their music on You tube when I story popped up about her fight with cancer and her death. I had spent the day working with hospice patients and I was overwhelmed with sadness so profound I couldn’t even talk. I still think about their incredible love for each other and it makes me happy and sad at the same time.
The next song, by JJ Heller Your Hands is a song I come back to in times of trouble. It always reminds me that no matter what trouble is in the world the Lord shelters us in his hands and take care of us. More important to know now more than ever.
The third song is just a great song. It is the song I sang to my dad before I left on the 22nd of December. It was one of the last communications i Had with him. As I sang it I swear he was singing along from somewhere inside himself. His eyebrows kept moving expressively and it made me smile. I did not know it was the last time I would see him or sing for him, but I’m glad that was the last song I sang. I imagine my dad running down the streets of Gold in Heaven (Gold for Mizzou of course) and praising Jesus with the singing voice he never had. I imagine he’s in a choir with Gene Wilder and they are holding a hymnal.
Below are these things on what I hope to be a growing spotify list.
Boosting the Immune System
Posted on March 17, 2020 Leave a Comment
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/foods-that-boost-the-immune-system
Here is a great article about how we can boost our immune system in this time of fear and concern.
New Office Coming
Posted on March 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
AdagioMassage and Music Therapy will get a new office in Gatesville, TX Beginning April 1, 2020. I will be sharing office space with Butterfly Effekt massage on Bus 36. I will be offering traditional massage as well as specializing in stretching and I hope to be able to offer yoga classes as well. I will also have space to conduct private music therapy sessions and work with people in grief music and birth music sessions. Stay tuned for more details.
I can’t make this stuff up
Posted on February 19, 2020 Leave a Comment
So this am when I was making my breakfast. I reached in to take my Bacon out of the oven at the same exact time the bag of English Muffins decided to fall from above the microwave. My unsuspecting hand let go of the bacon and the whole thing came crashing to the floor. I barely managed to save the bacon, but the bag of muffins was toast b/c the plastic melted due to the heat of the grease. Also, the cats were very excited to find that they could lick up all that yummy bacon grease. It was such a mess!
Grief Work
Posted on January 9, 2020 Leave a Comment
I suddenly lost my father in December, two days before Christmas. On December 8 he was fine (or so I thought–he was quite the faker apparently) and by December 23 he had left this world for his final destination. He lived his life well, loved intensely and traveled the world with his second wife, Shirley. He had a great love for all things related to the Missouri Tigers.
I really can’t begin to wrap up 85 years of my father’s life in a short blog post, but he did inspire me to move forward with an idea I have had in the back of my mind but wasn’t sure could be ‘real’.
In the aftermath of his death, I turned to music, as I have so often in my life. Of course, this makes sense because I am a music therapist and I have spent a lot of my career (my favorite part) working with hospice patients and their families with music and massage therapy. I found so many songs that made me think of him. Some made me laugh and some made me cry, but I did find that I focused on songs that allowed me to grieve as well as rejoice in his deep faith in God.
In the days that followed his death I shared many of these songs with my step mother, my husband and my Facebook friends. I began to realize that not everyone has access to and knowledge of many of these songs. My unique training as a music therapist allows me to offer a perspective that others might not have.
So…I have a new venture I am launching. I want to work with people to help them with their grief with music therapy as the basis. I feel like I have a lot to offer in compassion and musical knowledge. This work can be done over Skype, zoom, hangouts or in person. As far as rates go, I will be offering an introductory package to be discussed with each client, by private treaty. I want everyone who needs this help to be able to receive it.
Therapy by Alice 