Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Haines covers wellness, style and beauty. When we’re in search of healing, the five senses are our first line of treatment.

Explore how music therapy across cultures promotes healing, enhances mental and physical well-being, and supports overall health.

Music and its healing powers can be traced to the ancient Greeks, who visited the healing temples of Asclepios to seek inner peace and relief from suffering. According to Pavli (2024), in the ancient ...

The commercialization of self-care has created a distance between people and authentic healing traditions. Yet within African and Caribbean cultures lie centuries-old practices that offer profound ...

Armand D'Angour has received funding from the British Academy, from the University of Oxford, and from Jesus College, Oxford. In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the ...

For centuries, healing remedies from ancient Indian traditions have been the foundation of natural health in hundreds of millions of homes. These were not only cultural observances but more ...

Ever wondered what Cleopatra might have reached for when she had a headache? Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing ...