Tag: music

Meditation for people with learning disabilities

When I started working in Camphill, a community of adults with learning disabilities, I could not imagine that the residents would ask me to do meditation twice a day. However, it took me a while to find out the right way for engaging them in meditation. I first tried to impart the style of meditation […]

How Positive Music Influences Us

Young woman in a headphones at the beach

Learn how positive music can boost your mental health and increase your happiness. Several years ago, I decided to start compiling a playlist of songs with positive messages. This playlist opened doors of communication with artists from around the world. Listening to it frequently has greatly enhanced my psychological, emotional, and spiritual health.

How Can Music Sustain Peacebuilding?

The existence of music is almost as old as the evolution of a human. Words in melodious sounds used in conveying information to a particular group of people constitute the entity of music as a cultural symbol. Different types of music are peculiar for different cultures. For example, the Yorubas* have their orin ibile (traditional […]

The Benefits of Using Technology to Aid Meditation

With its roots tracing back to prehistoric times and many different cultures, meditation has a long and rich history. However, over time, it has spread around the world to people of different cultures and spiritual followings. In 2017, this is still true, as meditation continues to increase in popularity. One of the ways meditation has […]

Spreading peace in Rototom

Our peace architects Alejandra Barbé Sevilla and Agnija Kazuša, together with the Peace Coach Ana Blanco, took part in the 23rd edition of Rototom Sunsplash Festival, that involved 250.000 people from more than 80 countries. The Rototom association was born in 1991. Since then, the entity has managed hundreds of concerts, built a culture centre, organized marches for peace, […]