Music Therapy with Shari

16/04/2025

💜 Just tapping in a moment amidst parental leave to share these golden nuggets 💜 Happy Music Therapy Week!!

11/09/2023

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Today is the first day of ̄ori, . Developed by Language consultant, Keri Opal, the term for music therapy, ‘haumanu ā-puoro’. Hau means wind while manu is a bird - so therapy is interpreted as wind beneath the bird’s wings that helps it to fly and prosper. The Māori name of Music Therapy New Zealand is Te Roopu Puoro Whakaora O
Aotearoa (Healing Music Group, New Zealand).

22/06/2023

How did I miss this?! Is it too late to set up a creative challenge now? https://www.createfordementia.org.nz/
Tell you what: if someone has a small-ish crochet challenge they think I can finish by June 30th I'll set up a fundraising page and get crocheting! If you like it when it's finished you get first chance to buy it, if not then I'll auction it off, proceeds go to Alzheimers New Zealand. Think fingerless-gloves, slippers, beanies, ear warmers, amigurami animals and characters (Star Wars ones my favourite!), hand puppets, dishcloths, facewipes, christmas tree decorations - ooh my latest is a cupcake pin cushion! Go on...I've been home sick, I could do with a challenge....

This June, let's get creative for a cause. Pick a fun, creative challenge, register your personal profile and raise funds to help us create a dementia-friendly New Zealand. Brought to you by Alzheimers New Zealand.

19/05/2023

Anyone who knows me will tell you how significant it is that I'm wearing a pink shirt today (yes I had to buy one especially!), that's how strongly I feel about us speaking up, standing together and stopping bullying.

Tolerate it no longer. Tell yourself it's just banter, just a joke no longer. Think, oh they'll be ok I won't go make sure no longer. Click on the link no longer. Speak up for the survivor. Find a private moment to check in with the bully, mention what you've noticed and ask how you can support them, or ask someone else to have that kōrero, coz no doubt there's something going on for them that they need support with. Speak up, stand up, stop bullying.

14/03/2023

Made me think of the too many times someone's said to me they're not musical or they can't sing or that someone else told them that and not to. Our heartbeat is rhythm, our voice is our in-built instrument, and we - who want to - should music like this elephant musics 🥳🐘🥁🎶💜🥰

23/12/2022

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

18/11/2022

My oh my music therapy week has been busy! So busy I forgot to get a photo of me in this! Celebration highlights: giving an in-service to a current workplace and afterwards discovering staff in the music room exploring ideas 🥰, a care home making the change to access this gloriously fun and motivating therapy service and when I started this week everyone was rearing to go 🥳, and just this morning a client retrieving this flower from the garden as a token of appreciation on behalf of everyone. Huzzah!

16/11/2022

This 🥰

Keryn shares her story and the power of music to transcend.“I see people just transform. They noticeably look lighter and start smiling. And, they may have ...

14/11/2022

Happy Music Therapy Week! Have a listen to my dear friend and colleague on the radio, and make the change to music therapy - you might know or be a musician who wants to enter into or make a change within healthcare or education professions - music therapy might be the right fit! Head to www.musictherapy.org.nz or https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/explore/postgraduate-programmes/master-of-music-therapy/overview to find out more about this delectable profession :)

01/11/2022

Huzzah!

Christchurch will come alive with the sounds of music from 14 – 20 November as our city celebrates Music Therapy Week, with this year’s theme being Make the Change. Kimberley Wade, Neurologic Music Therapist and Director of Southern Music Therapy (SMT) explains, “Music Therapy New Zealand want...

28/10/2022

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27/04/2022

Thought I would pop this one here, very powerful music shared this week as part of Anzac remembrance. Where were you when you were 19?

Live on the Don Lane Show, 1983. Unlike the single, this version features the full band - only John Schumann, Hugh McDonald and drummer Brian Czempinski pla...