Sound Therapy

In case you’re wondering if the Magic Cake is a cake you can eat without adding to your hips - sadly, no. It’s the name given to a day of interactive activities on Saturday, June 7th at Mountfield Village Hall. Tom from the Music Gym will be working with MJM-Access to provide fun, interactive installations, […]

We’re learning at the Music Gym all the time. One thing we’ve learned is how much people love the simple things - inflatables to hit one another with, balls to throw to each other - and our members are no exception.
Although the Music Gym is designed to engage people with profound disabilities through the use […]

There have been two developments this past week in the groups that can use the Music Gym.
First, it’s been adopted by the training company JamBerry Ltd. for corporate team-building. This can be for including everyone in making music, even those who really believe they can’t play a note, or for tailor made modules such as Find […]

 Before Christmas the Music Gym had a visit from Mark Knowles of the BBC. He stayed several hours, talked to members and support staff and thoroughly immersed himself in the spirit of the Music Gym. The film he made, although very short, reflects his interest and his understanding of what happens there.
If you didn’t see […]

It was party time at Lets Do Business in Hastings yesterday when we distilled the Music Gym from 5000 square feet down to 50 square feet. In that small space we were still able to convey the sense of movement affecting visual imagery, sound and vibration.
It was an opportunity to let people know that the […]

On Friday we came to the end of our second year of the Music Gym and there was a party atmosphere at Horntye Park. People of all ages, from 8 to 70, turned up to try out the Music Gym.

Councillor Vivienne Bond paid us a visit. She turned out to be a special needs teacher […]

Here’s the second of our occasional films showing in more detail what goes on at the Music Gym and how we set it up.
We call this section the Dancing Boards because we use wooden boards to locate the “hot” areas and that’s where people dance - so it does just what it says. Movement on […]

If you’re looking for ideas to extend a sensory room this is the first of a series of short films showing how we use Soundbeam in our work with people with profound disabilities. We include switches for those who can use their hands - they encourage manipulation and introduce the idea of making something happen.
The […]

Here’s a glimpse of the work that goes into making the Music Gym happen every Friday in Hastings. The backing track is one of Tom’s - Don’t Bring Shame on the Family - but as the slideshow ends before the vocals start the title won’t make any sense….
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For a long time we’ve wanted to enable others to use our methods to engage people with profound disabilities in meaningful activities. Now we can do that, through our offshoot organisation - Responsive Environments Ltd.