Music and Breathing..New book of Asma Al Majid

Music and breathing are two concepts that have deep connections.

Asma Al Majid, in her recent book entitled "Music and Breathing", confirms that music plays a real role in cases of stress, fear, breathing difficulties and anxiety.

This work is the result of many years of research, and accurate bibliographic treatments, backed by very serious reflective work.

This research presents a new method that combines music and breathing to develop the abilities of the respiratory system.

The book also relied on the use of music in the science of tumors. Asma Al Majid provided vocal training, or in a more comprehensive term, a “musical training”, which falls under the “technical discipline”.

Respiratory technologies developed in France since the seventies, which have been used in cases of childbirth and dentistry, and also presented a contrast inspired by the emerging corona virus, to overcome the fears of patients during the quarantine period, and those provoked by cases of shortness of breath.

The book also includes a specific study on environmental patterns that affect breathing patterns, and supports the hypothesis of the relationship with viral development, depending on the region, which is a study of interest to many studies on the spread of such viruses, and Asmaa relies in his book on music therapy, although music does not treat diseases Physical, but it strengthens the immune system, which helps in the treatment of physical diseases, and relied in that on many important scientific references, and her personal experience with music.

Al-Majid considers in her book that music is not just a response to calmness, but rather a catalyst that restores us to activity, times of fatigue and frustration, and helps in healing from physical or psychological weakness, and that theoretical support for cognitive behavioral psychology and neuroscience, and that depends on the use of clinical applications Concrete, it depends on precise exercises.

The book is compact and constructive, and through it the author presented the experience that yoga has provided in the field of music therapy, and the book combines science with the presentation of practical exercises, and makes them accessible to everyone who has a fear of pain and anxiety regardless of his personal situation, by listening to specific musical pieces, or standing up The person can play an instrument or sing, get into a gentle rhythm and breathe deeply.

This description of the book was provided by Dr. Edith Lecour, who is the greatest of books on music therapy in the world, as she is an honorary professor at the University of Paris, and a group psychoanalyst in France, and has written many books and articles that have been published in 12 countries, and many universities and scientific researches depend on her writing. .

It is worth noting that Asma Mohsin El-Majed, a researcher with a PhD in cultural and musical sciences in Tunisia, a specialist in behavioral and cognitive psychology, a specialist in art therapy, she is also a member of the world pole of music therapy and many associations concerned with musical sciences.

The writer held the position of President of the International University for Humanities and Creativity, Tunis Branch.

Al-Majed received a diploma in "Neuro-Linguistic Programming / Training of Trainers / Hypnosis" from Canada, and a diploma in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from Laval University.

During postgraduate studies, the researcher obtained a higher diploma in playing the qanun instrument and another in Arabic music and was the first maqamat professor to obtain a diploma in Tunisian music to study directly at the El-Rashidi Institute, which is the oldest Tunisian music institute, the National Institute, and other

Her research was devoted to music in relation to psychology and Sico pedagogy. She also worked at length on activating the culture of music therapy in the Arab world within educational or cultural institutions.

The author received various training in music therapy from the Faculty of Medicine in France and some societies and the Neurology and Psychiatric Hospital in Tunis. She also trained speakers and voice leaders in order to improve communication processes. Among the most important of her research we mention in music therapy the research of musical mediation in cancer treatment "Mediterranean Music Center", music and Alzheimer's treatment, music education with its current challenges (in the opera house), music psychedagogy, "The Journal of Cultural, Linguistic and Artistic Studies", and audio coaching "The Journal of the Human Sciences", a concept that is still working on today and many other research in Musical Sciences.