On Nov. 6, EPIC hosted a Wellness Wednesday session, Heartstrings, in the Mustang Room. It ran from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
The event included relaxing peaceful music along with instruments that people could play.
The importance of the session was to uplift, boost and relax people’s energy levels with calming sounds from the instruments while enjoying
Mental health program assistant of healing Rain Romeo hosted Wellness Wednesday. Romeo explains what made her want to be a program assistant.
“I wanted to help provide more acts of mental healing for the community and create more pathways for people to get more help,” said Romeo.
Healing Pilipinx Uplifting Self & Others (PUSO) aims to provide accessible mental support through free holistic health services and resources for the South Stockton Community.
Alelih Galvadores, a board certified music therapist who helped host the workshop, said she describes how music can connect with people.
“I think it can really break barriers and just the differences in people cause while people can have different tastes in music I think we can all relate to music helping our mood and quality of life, it just helps with the socializing aspect, and having that in common of enjoying music. I think everyone enjoys music to a certain extent and that can be a healing experience for people,” said Galvadores.
Galvadores’ earliest memory of music was watching American Idol with her family when she was about 3 or 4 years old. Connecting with singing and music helped become a significant part of her.
Nicole Haddad, a mental health therapist who also helped with the session, said she hoped participants would take away: “Coping strategies and finding ways to explore themselves through music for this event.”
