Life Rhythm Music Therapy

01/18/2024

🎹Some Thursday music for you. Yup, it’s a mellow one but music that inspires me. This is a tune by Sara Bareilles that she wrote for her Broadway show, Waitress. In my bucket list of performers to see live, S.B. is up there! The way she conveys emotion through her songwriting is truly that of an amazing storyteller, and her voice and piano arrangements gets me in all the feel good places. Hope you enjoy and that you’re smiling where you are! Sj 🧜‍♀️❤️🎶

((PS… is it summer yet? 🌴☀️))

Sitting on the island of St. John and inspired. This song resonates with me and cheers to Sara Bareilles for the songwriting. I’ve yet to see the musical but...

07/19/2022

Such an honor and so fun to work with my Latham students again for their End of Year celebration! They rocked it!! Thanks for the opportunity, Latham! 🎵❤️

05/31/2020

Music therapy in action! Helping children being treated for severe burns with music as pain distraction. Brilliant. Nice work UHealth Jackson Children's Care MT-BC’s. Rockin’ it!

In a typical dressing change on the burn unit, the child is surrounded by adults in masks, gloves, hats, and robes. Only mom or dad are there that they recognize. Everybody else looks strange and scary and they crowd around the bed. But there are also two ladies, one of them is singing with a guitar and the other is playing along on a paddle drum. They make it playful, they refocus the child’s attention from the wound to the music and voice. At times the pain will become severe and the child will scream or pull away, but with redirection and changing up the music, the music therapists are able to reengage him, so the nurses can finish their job and change the dressing. Music therapy in burn care is very intense but also very effective!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Featuring Stephanie Epstein and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center music therapist Mary Kauffman at University of Miami/Holtz Children's Pediatric Residency

05/04/2020

🎵Thanks Hannah Harmony Garden Music Therapy Services for creating this fun adaptation on my original song, “Walking Through the Jungle”! Perfect for early childhood animal and story exploration. Check it out here!

Follow Miss Hannah through a song story jungle adventure! What animals will we find? Stay tuned as Miss Hannah releases more videos of Marching Through the J...

04/23/2020

🧩Parents with kids on the spectrum.... here’s an awesome social story about seeing people wearing masks in public from Autism Little Learners! Click the link inside for a printable PDF file too.

Happy Monday! I had a couple of requests for a story about seeing other people wear masks out in public. I had been thinking about writin...

04/21/2020

🎵Another great music class for lil kiddos happening today! 10:15am EST

Got any song requests??

04/21/2020

🎵Want to keep your lil kiddos entertained for a bit? Join online music class with Rachel Rambach of Listen & Learn Music! (2) 45 min classes for a min. donation of $5 = MuSiC fUn! PLUS a copy of the lyrics and a link to watch the class over & over. Great deal! Perfect for early childhood kiddos! (Rachel is also a Music Therapist like me!)

Even though we can't be together in person right now, I would still love to make music with you! We'll be livestreaming Listen & Learn music classes via Zoom, so you can join right in from the comfort of your own home. 1) Tuesday, April 21 @ 9:30 am CT 2) Wednesday, April 22 @ 9:30 am CT These class...

03/27/2020

Hey y’all! Here’s a super simple ABC song for you- slowing down the whole LMNOP part. ((Inspired by the cutest lil Harper!)) Molly the moo cow co-stars. 🎶❤️ Subscribe for more music tools and tips for early childhood and kids with special needs.

Stay safe, sane and positive. We got this.
Ms. Sarah jane

Hey y’all! Subscribe for more music tools & tips for Early Childhood and Kids w/ Special Needs. Simple ABC’s song with the L-M-N-O-P slowed down! ((This one’...