The harp has long been associated with its delicately comforting tones, but many professional harpists today have decided to take their talents beyond conventional performance, and into the realm of medicinal healing as certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioners.

“What makes the harp unique for healing is the instrument’s properties such as the resonance from the strings, including the range of pitch and tonal color. These set up an important relationship between the sound and the recipient. There is now substantial documentation of the responsiveness to and appreciation of music by peoples of all ages and culture.

Harp Therapy is not a performance but a service providing what the recipients need for healing or balance at that given moment. The ego must get out of the way and the harpist hold the spiritual realm of every being and recognizes that each individual has their own resonant tone, style of musical preference, and their own rhythm. Combining these elements, we offer the client/ listener their own personal musical journey or “their own cradle of sound” to help them in emotional, mental, physical and spiritual healing.”

Those who generally benefit, say practitioners, are people who are experiencing severe life transitions such as birthing or dying, those suffering from terminal illnesses, chronic injury and disease, and psychological and emotional issues.

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