Music and healing therapy workshop,

About the event

The MHT workshop, first of its kind in Perth, features an exceptional clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by well credentialed professionals.

The MHT workshop is a free event targeting children and youth of all ages to senior adults, in which Prashant Pillai & his team would be presenting an interactive program using music within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of sample participants, the workshop provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, individual's abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives.

In the workshop, listening, chanting, mindful meditation, and discussion are introduced to create pathways for healing. The workshop is designed for people from all walks of life who would like to use music as a tool for healing and calming the senses. In this world of redundant schedules, chaos and stress, healing audio and music is the best and easiest way to rejuvenate the feel-good hormones in human body and reboot the mind. Loaded with Live experience and demonstration, this workshop will impart how to use music as a medium of communication to engage the emotional and spiritual side of the listener. You’ll also learn simple techniques to comfort influence and elevate the mood of the listener.

The presenter, Prashant Pillai, is a well-known music composer and music producer from India, who has worked on a wide range of commercial feature films. He spearheads a spirituality project, and has been able to help people in their daily emotional and physical healing process, helping them live a better life through healing music. With over 20 million views and over 1,00,000 subscribers ardently following the music, this project has found immense success and Prashant is stoked to share his learning’s at this workshop.

In short, Music as Healing Therapy workshop is about achieving non-musical goals using music. A portion of the proceeds from the MHT will go to help the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation for clinical research.

2. Impact

We firmly believe this program will have an impact on our people and Perth society as a whole. The following are the community benefits that will result from this initiative.

a. Keep Stress Away.

Stress is usually found in the elderly, children with disabilities, people with drug addictions and more. Music has for long been known to affect the mood of a person. It can make someone feel happy, experience a sad event and more.

b. Improve Memory

People with a disease like dementia, which have symptoms like memory loss, show improvement in remembering things after some music therapy sessions. Music has been known to evoke past experiences in the brain. It is said that music interacts with part of the brain that specializes in memory. It stimulates it to start remembering things that had happened long ago.

c. Reduce Depression and Anxiety

Music therapy will help a person respect themselves and recognize that they are unique. Playing music requires that one is focused on it. It tends to make the brain forget the worries and experience something new. People can then express themselves freely. And in the end, they are in a better position to see the word from a more positive side.

d. Enhance Communication Skills

In a music therapy session, a person is sometimes required to sing. This requires the person to know the words well. Singing will demand that they say the words appropriately and in time. This can then be used in real life. People with disabilities who wouldn’t previously talk properly have learned to talk music therapy.

e. More Socialization

People who are stressed or depressed because of maybe diseases like cancer, socialize better when they have had music therapy. Music will evoke emotions in people they may haven’t experienced in a long time.

f. Better Movement and Coordination

Playing with a rhythmic beat involves that part of the brain that controls movement and coordination. It’s the same thing when you dance, the brain will slowly learn to control the muscles if you hadn’t moved for some time.

g. Deal with Pain

Studies have showed that music therapy can help people with cancers deal with the pain. It is from one study that was done on children suffering from the disease.

h. Control Emotions

Music helps people experience emotions like sadness or anger and many others in a controlled environment. It enables them to deal with that same emotion in real life better.

i. Reduce Fear

We all have fears. Some fear of losing a job, others about losing a loved one who is sick and much more. But music can help anyone cope with these kinds of fears. Music takes our minds on a journey that can change the way we think.

Why should you sponsor?

Sponsors of the MHT workshop have an exclusive opportunity to enjoy the success of this unique program while displaying commitment to the local community. At Rhythm of Kerala, we take pride in offering mutually beneficial sponsorship packages that offer a wide range of rewards for participating companies and organizations.
Sponsoring the MHT workshop provides you with a distinctive opportunity to connect with the local community, to build brand awareness and show your company’s commitment for making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Feel good about supporting our initiative as you enjoy an unforgettable day.
Sponsorship benefits
• A significant opportunity to showcase brand equity
• Intensification of corporate image through partnership to community event
• Direct access to a diversified audience
• Uplift goodwill by way of community event association
• Opportunity to showcase and market products
• Great publicity
• Networking Galore
• Recognition
• Enhanced company profile

Shivani Sankar

Rhythm of Kerala Inc (ROK) is a non-profit incorporated group formed to promote Indian music. We conduct musical performances blending mainly South and North Indian music within the wider Indian Community and the Western world. ROK has been informally conducting musical night events over the past 3 years. However it was formally registered as a non-profit association in March 2013 and was officially inaugurated in July 2013 by the Fremantle Mayor and an Internationally acclaimed Indian Film director at one of our biggest events. So far ROK has conducted over seven events all over Perth. We were the only band presence in the Indian Association's 2013 Independence program (NAVARANG) held at the Burswood Crown theater. Our aim is to spread the language of music without barriers and in this way keep our culture alive. We also aim to support charities and fund raising programs in the future when and where possible. Our band consist of over 18 permanent musicians including vocalists and instrumentalists. We usually invite guest artists for our events according to each ones talents and interest. All our artists are talented and passionate about music - some of our lead vocalists such as Dinesh, Sibyl, Meera have been finalists in music programs such as "Meri Awaaz Suno", "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa", "Australian Indian idol". Our instrumentalists have all been performing in and around Western Australia in many cultural programs and have performed alongside internationally acclaimed artists during their visits to Perth.

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