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iMUSE - iMUSE for Complex Needs

Project details

  • Location: Clifton Explore, Rawcliffe Drive, York YO30 6NS
  • Time: Wednesdays from 2pm - 5pm
  • Cost: £10 (subsidised places available)

MUSE is a 1-to-1 therapeutic multi-sensory experience. It provides a relaxing and creative space where you can connect with the world around you, make your own choices and develop non-verbal ways of communicating. IMUSE uses interactive technology to help you:

  • Relax – a vibrating mattress gently massages the body to a soothing rhythm. This helps calm and focus the mind, relax muscles and reduce anxiety and stress.

  • Make or listen to music – you don’t need any previous musical experience to make your own music with iMUSE. Motion sensors detect your movements and turn them into sounds. Or you can just listen to some of your favourite music.

  • Create visuals – visuals respond to sounds in the room and iMUSE transforms them into calming moving images.  Or you can choose your favourite images or videos.

  • Use switch technology – a switch enables choice of colour and pattern for the projected visuals.

Each 1-to-1 session lasts for 30 minutes. Our facilitator works with you to find out which sounds, music and visuals help you relax and focus. Then they use these to personalise your iMUSE experience so it’s tailor-made for you.

Who benefits from iMUSE?

  • Anyone who responds to and enjoys music and sound.

  • Anyone looking for a creative, interactive or therapeutic activity that enhances wellbeing.

  • People with a range of learning, physical and cognitive disabilities, including those who experience anxiety, discomfort or pain.

What benefits can iMUSE bring about?

  • Improving physical wellbeing by reducing pain, muscle tone, and improving sleep.

  • Helping you become relaxed and calm if you are agitated and anxious.
  • Creating music or visuals can help you develop non-verbal ways of communicating

  • You can learn how to control the iMUSE space by making and expressing your own choices.

  • Helping you focus, making it easier to concentrate on activities and the environment around you

  • Building confidence, resilience, and independence to help you connect or reconnect with others.

  • Taking control of your own wellbeing by establishing a  self-care routine.

  • Finding enjoyment in being creative through technology.

We also offer additional support so you can continue your iMUSE experience by building it into your regular self-care routine at home.

To find out more you can email us at imuse@aamedia.org.uk or call us on 07762 428818 for a chat.