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Read on for tips and tricks, session ideas, song shares, advocacy videos, app reviews and more from our team of music therapists!
Honoring the Rainbow: Colorful Music Therapy Interventions for Pride Month
Rainbows, Rainbows & more Rainbows! Watch Sarah share some fun and creative ways to play, sing and learn about all things RAINBOW! #groovygarfoose #pride
Spring Cleaning for Music Therapists
I’ve recently spent a lot of time spring cleaning my virtual world (Thanks, global pandemic). Working almost entirely virtually for the past year has really forced me to spruce up my inbox and google drive. Now I have lots of cute little digital folders. 🙂 However,...
An Allistic Approach to Autistic Acceptance Month
April is Autism Acceptance Month. While no one on our team is Autistic, we are all allies and take a client-centered, humanistic approach to working with all of our clients and their families. We seek to amplify their voices and help every client, autistic or...
Amplifying Black Voices in Music Therapy and Music Education
In the past year, I've been learning and unlearning. It's been eye-opening, challenging, and most significant, humbling. While I feel less than confident in writing this post on a topic I feel ill equipped, I'm compelled to write to amplify some of the Black voices...
Self-Love Music Therapy Intervention
This virtual Valentine’s Day intervention is all about self-love and is appropriate for all ages and abilities.
2020 Year in Review
Thank you for supporting Groovy Garfoose in 2020. And thank you for allowing us to keep the music going this year!
Relax. Reflect. Be Grateful.
In 2017, when I started my journey with the GG team, it taught me alot about the importance of self-care. Three years later, the importance of self-care, ESPECIALLY in 2020, couldn’t stand more true. As this year comes to an end, it’s been pertinent to focus on my own...
Thanksgiving Piggyback Songwriting
Check out these Thanksgiving parody songs to get in the holiday spirit. Use them in music therapy for self-expression and communication.
3-Minute Manifest Meditation
2020. What. A. Year. If you're like me, you're ready for some positivity. A fresh start. A healthy world. Normalcy. Of any kind, at this point. While I wish I had a crystal ball and could snap my fingers to heal the world, I cant. BUT...I CAN share how I've...
Engaging the Senses Virtually
Engaging the senses via Telehealth is possible! Check out some of these ideas and begin flexing those creative muscles.
4 Online Resources for Self-Care from Home
Read this blog post to learn about some self-care resources used by our team.
Guided Meditation for Action
In an effort to continue to publicly support our Black community, we are sharing a guided meditation with music as just one of many tools we can use to prepare our hearts and minds for change.