I came across this TED talk by Robert Gupta, a Violinist with Los Angeles philharmonic orchestra. I have heard people mockingly asking me “so, if music can heal, can it be used to cure cancer?” etc. I don’t know what are the possibilities of using music in the field of medicine (there are a lot of researches going on about this already), but I can testify that music really heals the emotional troubles and it soothes the soul. And if music can do such wonders with our mind, I believe it definitely can make an effect in the body too, if we are to believe that our mind and body are connected. And if placebo effect, holistic medicine etc are working, why not music as a medicine?
Anyways, you will enjoy Mr. Gupta’s talk more if you have seen the movie The Soloist. For now, over to Robert Gupta:
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