Resonance in Practice
Where sound and vibration become part of care, connection and everyday life.
Body Tambura® in Neonatal Care
Dr. Friederike Haslbeck — Supporting Premature Babies Through Music
At the University Hospital Zurich, music therapist and researcher Dr. Friederike Haslbeck works with premature babies in neonatal care, using music and the gentle sounds of the Body Tambura as part of her therapeutic work.
The instrument's delicate sound and vibration offer a unique way of bringing music into one of life's most vulnerable beginnings.
Featured by RTL, 2023
The Body Tambura® in Palliative Care
Music Therapy at Ricam Hospice — Berlin, Germany
Music therapy is an established part of care at Ricam Hospice in Berlin. Music therapist and psycho-oncologist Astrid Steinmetz works directly with patients, using music, personal attention and instruments such as the Body Tambura as part of her therapeutic practice.
German broadcaster RBB accompanied Astrid in her work, offering an intimate glimpse into how music therapy can bring comfort, presence and connection to people receiving end-of-life care.
The Body Tambura® in Neurological Care
Anthony Hall — St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford, UK
Music therapist Anthony Hall demonstrates the Body Tambura and shares how he works with the instrument in the hospice setting at St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford, United Kingdom.
Through its gentle sound and tangible vibration, the Body Tambura offers another way of bringing music, presence and human connection into palliative and end-of-life care.
Watch Anthony Hall demonstrate the Body Tambura®
The Body Tambura® in Neonatal Care
Music Therapy for Premature Babies — Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland
In the neonatal unit at Kantonsspital Baden, music therapist Renate Nussberger works with premature babies using the Body Tambura alongside other therapeutic sound instruments.
The gentle sounds and vibrations become part of a carefully held musical environment, bringing sound, presence and sensory connection into neonatal care.
Watch the music therapy session below
The Body Tambura® in Pediatric Neurological Care
Music Therapy Following a Hypoxic Brain Injury
Three-year-old Laura experienced a severe hypoxic brain injury following a drowning accident and remained in a persistent disorder of consciousness.
Music therapist Birgit van Beuningen works with Laura using a Body Tambura as part of her music therapy.
Placed gently on the body, the instrument allows sound and vibration to be experienced directly, offering a deeply sensory form of musical contact when other forms of communication may be limited.
The Body Tambura® in Neurological Rehabilitation
Music Therapy Following Stroke — Between Worlds
Music therapist Maret Jochheim works with a stroke patient using a Body Tambura from the Deutz KlangWerkstatt as part of his therapeutic care.
The footage is taken from the award-winning documentary Between Worlds (Zwischen Welten), which followed two patients in coma over the course of a year, documenting their individual journeys and the people accompanying them.
The film was first broadcast on ARTE on December 12, 2010, offering a moving glimpse into music therapy as part of neurological care and rehabilitation.