- Paperback: 390 pages
- Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser (1 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1578630088
- ISBN-13: 978-1578630080
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 737,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Like millions of other people, when you're feeling "blue", you might listen to music to reflect your feelings, or to cheer you up. Dr. Ortiz has focuses on this basic impulse and created an effective, systematic way to deal with life's vagaries. He offers "Musical Menus" of carefully selected songs and melodies, reflective of specific emotional states that you can use to progress from identifying your pain to healing it. He provides creative exercises, koans (mediative questions), anecdotes, and case histories that reveal the transformative power of music. Dr. Ortiz uses behavioral, cognitive, and affective psychological techniques incorporated with toning, chanting, affirmations, and visualization to help you deal with issues such as chronic pain, lack of self-esteem, depression, anger and more. You can use music to change your life, and Dr. Ortiz shows you how!
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William Davis, Ph.D., RMT, Colorado State University
The Tao of Music brings together the best thinking form Western and Eastern philosophers with regards to using music to improve emotional, physical and psychological health. Dr. Ortiz has done a masterful job in summarizing the current data in the field and it is my hope that anyone interested in this fascinating subject will read this book.
The Tao of Music brings together the best thinking form Western and Eastern philosophers with regards to using music to improve emotional, physical and psychological health. Dr. Ortiz has done a masterful job in summarizing the current data in the field and it is my hope that anyone interested in this fascinating subject will read this book.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
John Ortiz has provided professionals and lay persons alike with an invaluable resource in The Tao of Music. As a musician and occupational therapist, I am presently sharing the joy and healing power of music with persons having a variety of maladies, including the general "well" public who wants to maintian wellness. In my work, I use Dr. Ortiz's book as a guide for such areas as depression, insomnia, stress management, aging and pain management. I have found his "Musical Menus" helpful in providing music which speaks to us beyond aural awareness - music which touches mind, body, emotion and spirit. With the inclusion of popular, classical and New Age listings, we are given a wide variety of masically nourishing selections from which to discover what appeals to our individual musical "tastebuds." Ortiz goes to great lengths to emphasize that music plays an important part in healing without being a quick fix, and to bring us solidly substantiated research in this exciting field. His work clearly comes from many dedicated years of working with people and researching, as well as having a passion for music. It is truly a work of love, from his heart to ours.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book is filled with wonderful, well researched, practical information. The case stories presented throughout the book are fascinating and inspirational. It is obvious this book came from the heart. The exercises are excellently described, simple to follow and best of all, they work! I had no idea that something as accessible as the music we so often take for granted can be consciously used to help us to literally transform our lives. In particular, I have found the chapters on using music and sound to help us get to sleep, to design a complete exercise program, and as an aid for meditation and creativity extremely helpful as well as fun. However, Dr. Ortiz's chapter on using music to add spice to "Romantic Intimacy" tops them all! This book has everything! I recommend it 100%!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As a music therapist, I found this book insulting. The music choices sited are simplistic and unresearched, and could hurt (in some cases) more than help. Just listening to "The Sunny Side of the Street" when you are depressed is not enough and can alienate and compound a problem. Music is an extremely powerful medium, and without understanding elements besides just tempo and lyrics it is impossible and irresponsible to give informed advice on ways to use it therapeutically.
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