VEDM Comprehensive Knowledge & Healing Library

This guide brings together peer-reviewed research, clinical frameworks, educational tools, and

community-based healing resources that support trauma recovery through music, rhythm, movement,

and connection. It reflects the mission of Veterans Exploring Dance & Music (VEDM) to bridge science,

culture, and lived experience in accessible, non-clinical ways.

Academic & Clinical Resources

• Bartel, L., & Mosabbir, A. (2021). Possible mechanisms for the effects of sound vibration on human

health. Healthcare, 9(5), 597. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050597

• van der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score. Penguin Books.

• Bhat, S., & Shanmugavel, A. (2020). Whole-body vibration therapy in PTSD. Journal of Mental

Health, 29(3), 320–327.

• Altenmüller, E., & Schlaug, G. (2015). Neurologic music therapy. Progress in Brain Research, 217,

237–253.

• American Music Therapy Association. Music Therapy and PTSD in Military Populations.

https://www.musictherapy.org/

Educational & Practical Resources

• Porges, S. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory. Norton.

• Sound Healing 101 (MindBodyGreen) – https://www.mindbodygreen.com/

• NIH Music & Health Initiative – https://www.nih.gov/

• Veterans Yoga Project – https://veteransyogaproject.org/

• Harvard Health Publishing: Music as Medicine – https://www.health.harvard.edu/

• TED-Ed: How Music Affects the Brain – https://ed.ted.com/

• Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Institute – https://www.ti-eati.com/

Community & Culture-Based Resources

• Cymatics – Visualizing Sound in Motion (YouTube) – https://www.youtube.com/

• Under the Electric Sky – EDM documentary (various platforms)

• CloZee (SoundCloud) – https://soundcloud.com/• Bonobo – Live mixes (YouTube) – https://www.youtube.com/

• Healing Frequencies charts (various sources)

• Above & Beyond – Acoustic sessions (YouTube) – https://www.youtube.com/

• Healing Bass mixes – Bass Therapy (YouTube)

• SoundSelf VR Meditation – https://www.soundself.com/

• Festival Culture & Mental Health (Psychology Today) – https://www.psychologytoday.com/

National Non-VA Support Organizations

• Give an Hour – https://giveanhour.org/

• The Headstrong Project – https://theheadstrongproject.org/

• Warrior Music Foundation – https://warriormusicfoundation.org/

• Mindful Warrior Project – https://www.mindfulwarriorproject.org/

• Yoga for First Responders – https://yogaforfirstresponders.org/

Regional Resources – Tampa Bay

• Crisis Center of Tampa Bay – https://www.crisiscenter.com/

• Franciscan Center of Tampa – https://franciscancentertampa.org/

• Local trauma-informed yoga and sound healing practitioners (Tampa Bay area)

Regional Resources – Atlanta

• Skyland Trail – https://www.skylandtrail.org/

• Atlanta Mindfulness Institute – https://atlantamindfulness.org/

• Expressive arts and music therapy programs across metro Atlanta