Music therapy is a unique form of psychotherapy that has a broad range of applications. Music has the advantage of being an unobtrusive instrument with communicative flexibility, reaching to clients who may not accept other forms of therapy. The transformative qualities of music are valued because a client can ascribe meaning to sounds, or…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the embodied qualities of aerial practice among 13 US undergraduate students (M[subscript age] = 20.46 years old). Drawing on the philosophy of embodiment, interview questions addressed bodily sensations, cognition, and the role of music and mirror viewing. The first emerging theme from the…

This real-life story can be rationalised as an auto-ethnographic appreciation of the journey of Diane and I. The journey is new to us when it was once known and planned. The path has veered with new challenges realised since the "death sentence" was passed. This longitudinal research, is original and unique, drawing initially upon the…