Janalea Hoffman	Lukasz Lagun-Kuzminski

The Healing Concert
Sponsored by the Touched by Cancer Foundation

Saturday, May 10th
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tickets are $10

Location: Rhythmic Medicine Studio
10425 W. 177th Terrace
Olathe, KS 66062

Please RSVP. You may make checks payable to: Touched by Cancer Foundation and send to Rhythmic Medicine at the above address. Or, you may call to register and pay by credit card - 913-851-5100.

Proceeds will benefit music therapy projects for the Touched by Cancer Foundation.

Join Lukasz Lagun-Kuzminski, award-winning violinist, and Music Therapist, Janalea Hoffman, for a unique program that is part concert/part music therapy. Lukasz performed in Carnegie Hall this year and Janalea is a pioneer in the field of music therapy. This is a rare opportunity to hear a great violinist in a very intimate setting!

In addition to the live music The Healing Concert consists of a Powerpoint presentation about how music effects our brain and general well being. It is divided into different sections according to how our brain responds and the slides are illustrated with live musical examples. Janalea Hoffman started a unique nonprofit, Sounds of Comfort, which has a mission of playing music for persons with health challenges. Janalea and Lukasz have developed a unique musical experience that is part concert/part music therapy. In this experience you will learn how to listen more effectively to maximize the therapeutic benefits of the music.

Comments from attendees:

"The Healing Concert at Unity Church For Creative Living in Jacksonville Florida was one of our highest attended events in quite some time. The combination of the musical energy coming from the piano and violin, as well as the peaceful presence of Janalea and Lukasz created a wonderful sense of relaxing and healing energy in the room. Janalea and Lukasz demonstrate peace and healing with their skilled, professional, talented performance, as well as sense of humor. Together they created a very intimate, relaxed, and unique experience for all of those attending. I highly recommend attending one of Rhythmic Medicine’s healing concerts."

—David Talbert

"Fantastic"
"I wish I could bring everyone I know to this concert."
"This is the most meaningful musical experience I have ever had."
"This concert was equal to 2 days of an Esalen workshop."

—Judi Carlson, Ph.D.

" I found the Healing Music Concert to be mentally and physically refreshing, emotionally and spiritually touching, and informative. The Healing Music Concert was inspiring to both our team members and members of our community who attended.

Chaplain Erick Morales, one of our pool chaplains, gave me permission to forward the comments which he sent me after attending the concert with his wife. . . . thank you so much for putting together such a beautiful concert for our staff and others. It was a blessing, we really enjoyed it very much, especially my wife. She describes it like medicine and therapy for her soul. She needed that relaxation time away from the busyness of life. We are grateful! . . . She felt Gods presence moving through the music. Wow! Let's do it again!"

—Debbie Lewis, Board Certified Chaplain, MDiv, MS
  Manager, Spiritual Care Department
  Dr. P. Phillips Hospital

"We loved your Healing Concert. I have never gravitated to the violin before. Now I listen to your CD all the time and love the violin. Also, your therapeutic CD's have made a difference in making some of our patients more peaceful."

—Teri Belletto, Director of Volunteers
  Daytona Beach Hospice

Janalea Hoffman, founder of RHYTHMIC MEDICINE, is a pioneer in the field of Music Therapy. She is a musician, national speaker and Director of the Rhythmic Medicine Studio and is one of the first music therapists to start a private practice.

A primary aspect of Hoffman's work lies in how music affects our bodies physiologically, and has developed specific techniques for using music to help lower heart rate and blood pressure also helping to alleviate pain. She has been a pioneer in the uses of music and guided imagery to help clients get deeper insights into themselves and their issues. Hoffman authored the book, RHYTHMIC MEDICINE, Music With a Purpose and has published fifteen CD's specifically for therapeutic purposes. She was one of the first people to write music for specific medical uses. In 2006 she founded a non-profit organization, SOUNDS OF COMFORT, whose mission is to provide appropriate music for people who are very ill in hospitals and for the dying. She developed the techniques of Musical Acupuncture for pain control and Musical Biofeedback which have been widely used by health care professionals.

Janalea received degrees from the University of Missouri - Kansas City and master's degree from the University of Kansas in music therapy. Among the many awards she has received is the Madonna Spirit Award from Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Nebraska for innovative work in music and medicine.

About Lukasz Lagun-Kuzminski:

Lukasz Lagun-Kuzminski was born in Szczecin, Poland. Since his first appearance as a soloist with the Szczecin Philharmonia at the age of 14, he has continued to study and perform throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. He is the recipient of many awards and scholarships and this year, received his advanced arts degree from Park University. He was also awarded in 2006 the Most Distinguished Musician Award in Italy.

To read more about the Touched by Cancer Foundation, visit their website: http://www.touchedbycancerfoundation.com

Read more about Janalea Hoffman and Rhythmic Medicine.

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