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Is music therapy effective?
Manila Bulletin
|June 11 2025
Many practitioners mix legitimate concepts with questionable claims about "vibrational retuning" and quantum healing.
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These unfalsifiable assertions make it challenging to distinguish between evidence-based applications and new-age marketing.
The Filipino connection
Interestingly, the Philippines has rich sound healing traditions that predate Western interest by centuries. Kulintang gong ensembles were used in pre-Islamic healing ceremonies by Maguindanao and Maranao communities, creating sacred atmospheres that connect practitioners with the spirit world. Cordillera peoples still use gangsa gongs and bamboo instruments like tongatong in healing rituals.
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