Healing Rhythms

05/21/2026

New publication alert! 🎉📚

We’re celebrating Christina Wood and her contribution to the newly published article, Embedding Music in Care at Mayo Clinic, featured in Mayo Clinic’s Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
This publication highlights the growing role of music in healthcare settings and explores how music can be thoughtfully embedded into patient care to support healing, connection, emotional well-being, and whole-person care. 🎶❤️

We’re proud to see music therapy represented in meaningful interdisciplinary research and grateful for the continued advocacy for the arts in healthcare. Congratulations, Christina, on this exciting accomplishment! 👏

05/21/2026

We’re excited to welcome Mayo’s Humanities in Medicine interns and grateful for the opportunity to share more about our community-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the work being done through ongoing integration, research, and partnership with Mayo Clinic.

Looking forward to having these students shadow, learn, ask questions, and experience the meaningful connections between healthcare, community engagement, advocacy, and the humanities in action. Thank you to Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine for investing in future leaders and creating opportunities for learning, collaboration, and curiosity.

05/18/2026

Build your “hard day” playlist before you need it. 🤍 Fill it with songs that help you breathe deeper, feel understood, remember good memories, shift your mindset, or simply feel less alone. Music can be a powerful support tool when stress and anxiety show up.

05/17/2026

We are thrilled that the licensure bill for music therapy passed!! 🥳🙌🎶👏

From our Past-President Todd Schwartzberg...

"Last night, May 16th, 2026 at 9:45 pm, HF 3825, the bill that includes Minnesota Music Therapy Licensure officially PASSED the Minnesota House Floor with overwhelming bipartisan support in a vote of 123-10!

This means that music therapy licensure in Minnesota is now heading to Governor Tim Walz's desk to be signed into law."

Congratulations to the state of Minnesota, the Minnesota Music Therapy State Recognition Task Force, music therapists, colleagues, legislators, families, clients, advocates, organizations, partners, the Minnesota Department of Health, and all others who helped to make this happen!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

05/16/2026

Now hiring in Rochester, MN 🎶

Join a full team of music therapists serving the Rochester community—home to one of the world’s leading medical communities.

This role also supports children, families, schools, and community needs—bringing music therapy into everyday spaces where connection, regulation, and healing matter most. 🎶

05/15/2026

So grateful for the opportunity to share this caregiver education event with the Hutchinson community. 💙

A huge thank you to Lutheran Social Service for collaborating on this meaningful outreach, and to the Hutchinson Senior Center for hosting such a welcoming space for connection and learning.

We’re also deeply appreciative of the support from MNRAA and the Southwest Initiative Foundation, whose grant funding helped make this community education and outreach possible for caregivers and families throughout Hutchinson and the greater McLeod County area.

And a special thank you to a familiar face from our music therapy community, Kay for attending and supporting this event.

Community care matters, and it’s always encouraging to see people come together to support caregivers in such tangible ways.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
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05/12/2026

Join us for Melodies That Matter 🎶
Discover simple, meaningful ways to use music to support and connect with your aging loved ones — while caring for yourself, too. Featuring live music examples, practical tips, and a relaxing music-based self-care experience led by a Board-Certified Music Therapist from Healing Rhythms Music Therapy! Register today!

05/12/2026

POV: You just found your dream music therapy workplace 🎶👀🩵 Apply today on indeed.com

05/11/2026

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re highlighting the power of choosing music with intention. The sounds we surround ourselves with can support regulation, expression, comfort, connection, and healing in everyday moments. 💚

05/09/2026

9 years ago, our first Rochester music therapy clinic opened its doors with a vision of bringing connection, support, and healing through music. 💙🎶

Under the fearless leadership of Christina, we’ve continued to grow, adapt, and support one another through global pandemics, workplace challenges, and every unexpected season along the way. We’re so proud of all we’ve accomplished together and deeply grateful for every client, family, and community partner who has been part of this journey.

Here’s to 9 years of resilience, growth, teamwork, and so much music.

05/08/2026

Now hiring: Full-Time Music Therapist in Rochester, MN! 🎶 Join a passionate, skilled team of music therapists serving communities across southern Minnesota. Ready to make a difference through music? Apply today on Indeed!