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Archive for November 2026

The Art and Science of the Healing Environment: Neurobiological Validity in Live Therapeutic Harp Practice

By stephen.lepke | November 14, 2026
Certified Music Practitioner Barbara Lepke-Sims smiling while playing harp for a patient in a hospital bed

How live therapeutic harp music creates a healing environment—from the lyre of ancient Greece to the modern NICU—and the neurobiology of how it triggers the relaxation response. Originally published in The American Harp Journal, Summer 2026.

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