Live Therapeutic Harp
Rest • Reconnect • Restore
Therapeutic music can support us to…
Rest
to ease overwhelm, replenish our depleted systems, reduce and release tension associated with stress, anxiety, and emotional distress.
Reconnect
our inner & outer selves by soothing dysregulated nervous systems, releasing emotions, and inducing a deep restful state that allows us to enter into inner conversations with parts of our selves that need support & care.
Restore
our systems to a balanced state by influencing our hormones, relaxing our physical bodies, and regulating our brains in a way that supports us as we process grief, joy, disconnect, or life transitions.
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Individual Therapeutic Harp Sessions
Personalized live therapeutic harp for anyone desiring support with rest, nervous system regulation, bereavement, illness, life transitions, or general wellbeing. Shalom is available to visit clients in hospital, hospice, or at home. Virtual sessions are available and effective.
Rates for individual sessions start at $150 per 50 min and take into account the instrument required and travel.
Therapeutic harp sessions with Shalom are covered by extended benefits plans that include therapeutic services with a Registered Social Worker.
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Group Therapeutic Harp Sessions
Shalom offers curated group sessions for staff wellness, workshops, retreats, conferences, and for special populations served by community agencies.
For group sessions Shalom typically includes a brief chat about the science behind therapeutic music and the impact music has on the brain, body, and nervous system.
Rates for group therapeutic harp sessions are variable, both taking into account the instrument required and travel.
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Ambient music for special events
Shalom loves to provide background music to set a spacious atmosphere for special events including receptions, art openings, dinners, weddings, events at retirement homes, and gatherings of all kinds.
She takes special care to curate her setlist to suite the audience and ambience you desire for your event.
Rates for ambient music are variable, taking into account the length of time requested, instrument required, and travel. Please email for an estimate.
What people are saying…
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“Shalom created a safe, therapeutic space that allowed for me to connect with the internal parts that have been emotionally impacted by my current health condition. Shalom is a very tallented musician with a natural ability to weave therapeutic music in such a way that allows for people to not only relax, but to be able to feel safe to explore the emotions and thoughts that may come up during the session.”
V. Chang, virtual harp therapy session
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“Shalom played so beautifully. Her connection to my needs, her skill as a musician, and the sense of calm and support that flowed outwards from both herself and her harp created a space that made me feel held, and allowed me to safely move so much emotional and physical stress out of my body. Shalom was attentive and compassionate, and it’s clear that she offers so much more depth of care than just a simple playing of music. There is a healing and nourishing quality to her music and her presence.”
S. Unrau, therapeutic harp sound bath
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“Shalom was warm, kind and responsive to my needs and made me feel comfortable as I experienced this type of therapy for the first time. Her musical abilities combined with her sensitivity towards me made for a wonderfully restful and restorative time. Shalom is professional yet warm, and creates a safe container for people to experience the healing of harp music.”
J. Neill, private outdoor therapeutic harp session
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“Shalom understood the environment she was engaging and created reverence for a period of time that would have otherwise passed without notice. The impact was mindfulness, and peace. I can see that Shalom has the skills to bring comfort to a great many people. I have known people going through very hard times and wish they could experience the care this therapy brings.”
N. Brunn, in-home private harp therapy session
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“The experience exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was beautiful. I felt very calm and relaxed, the tempo was perfect to put me at ease and improve breathing and muscle tension.”
R. Corbett, private outdoor therapeutic harp session
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“I have a condition that causes generalized tension and tremors. The music was relaxing and soothing enough that I actually dozed off at one point; I was completely relaxed throughout. That is rare for me.”
S. Ambrose, individual virtual therapeutic harp session
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“The afterglow of the harp music continues. For me it was beyond beautiful. I know that I travelled somewhere during the music, not certain where, not that it matters. My whole body and being truly experienced a major shift deep in my core.”
C Metz-Murray, therapeutic harp sound bath
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Working in an environment of constant change, exposure to stress and dysregulation Shalom's Therapeutic Harp supported my team to soothe their nervous systems and rest together. This collective sound/somatic experience drew us closer together. As our nervous systems calmed, we were able to connect at a deeper level. This outcome came as a surprise as I thought it would "just" be a nurturing thing to do. In the end it was a powerful team building and restorative experience.
Lisa Lowe
Programme Director Alderwood - Expanding The Circle The Children's Foundation
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Shalom is a very skilled therapeutic musician who is highly in tune with her clients' needs. As an experienced meditator, I can say that reaching deep levels of concentration and peaceful abiding requires lots of regular practice and effort. After hearing Shalom's beautiful playing, I was able to reach a similar level of consciousness quite effortlessly and quickly. It was quite astonishing in fact. Her gift is very special and I highly recommend her work to anyone interested in reconnecting with themselves in a beautiful and safe way.
Christian Bideau, in person harp therapy session
Who is therapeutic harp for?
Therapeutic harp can support a nearly infinite number of situations and experiences. It is wonderful as a support for general wellness, self reflection, and emotional and nervous system regulation. It can also act as a deep support during times of chronic illness or grief and loss, can provide pain relief, respite from stress and overwhelm, and weave a supportive framework for multiple body systems during times of transition such as pregnancy, birth, or death. Therapeutic harp can bring awareness and relief to an individual or group in many diverse situations. Essentially it is for anyone who is drawn to it or seeks it.
What is special about therapeutic music?
Therapeutic music is an offering with the purpose of providing an intentionally restorative environment. The therapeutic musician creates a space of safety through careful awareness of the listener’s needs in order to create a musical landscape that allows them to reconnect with themselves and experience multiple therapeutic benefits.
What’s so magical about the harp?
With its resonant tone and ethereal quality, the harp lends itself particularly well to the offering of therapeutic music. People who experience therapeutic harp often report feeling gently held, safe and connected to various aspects of themselves that may have been difficult to access before their session.
What is it like to experience therapeutic harp?
In a therapeutic harp session, Shalom creates a soothing blanket of sound, weaving together improvised music with gentle songs, often of ancient origin and in emotive modes. The music creates a dreamy and otherworldly ambiance to foster relaxation and restoration. Often music is continuous for up to an hour in order to promote deep rest and relaxation as well as other therapeutic shifts in awareness and body.
Recipients frequently say they feel as though they are in a dream-like state, suspended between sleep and alertness, and they come out of the session deeply relaxed. Others have noticed a variety of experiences that range from opening up forgotten memories, to release of emotions, to gently heightened awareness of sensations and releasing of tension in the mind & body.
The experience is inherently gentle and safe.
Shalom’s Harps
Tara
Shalom’s primary instrument is a 36 string Celtic Lever harp made from Canadian cherry wood. It was lovingly built by her father in the Tara style, and has a deeply resonant tone. The original Tara harps were built by Irish harp maker James McFall of Belfast in the 1800s and early 1900s. Tara has supported Shalom through numerous significant life transitions, and has been her musical therapeutic companion now for several decades!
Nightingale
Shalom’s therapy harp is a 27 string Nightingale made from curly birch. It was built by harp maker Jeffery Lewis of Lewis Creek Harps in Michigan, and its pure and full sound is highly sought after for therapeutic music sessions.
Nightingale came into Shalom’s life in the early 2020s as she expanded her journey into therapeutic music.
Professional Collaborations
Interested in Collaborating? Reach out to inquire about working together on a project or event!