Dementia-Friendly Guided Harp Relaxation
Host: Fiona Kyle, professional harpist
Professional harpist, Fiona, leads a simple guided dementia-friendly relaxation to the soothing sounds of the Clarsach (Scottish/Celtic Harp).
During the session, Fiona invites us to slow down, unwind and rest as she plays a selection of relaxing harp music. Fiona began playing the Clarsach while attending the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh.
This session was part of Dementia Action Week. You can find other Dementia Action Week sessions on our Dementia Action Week 2025 page.
If you enjoyed this session, visit our Dementia-Friendly Relaxation Playlist on YouTube for more activities!
Video time
20 minutes
Benefits of Listening to Music for Dementia
According to NHS England, music can have many benefits in the setting of dementia. It can help reduce anxiety and depression, help maintain speech and language, enhance quality of life and light up emotional memories.
Listening to or engaging in music can help express feelings and ideas, encourage exercise through dance and movement, encourage social interaction and reduce distress for people living with dementia and their caregivers - Dementia UK
• A comfortable place to sit or lie down
• Pillows
• Water
• Optional: ear phones or ear buds to cancel out external noise
More from Dementia Action Week 2025
This May we're supporting Dementia Action Week, an Alzheimer's Society campaign that brings people together to take action on dementia and to raise awareness of the importance of a timely and accurate diagnosis for people affected by dementia.
We are marking Dementia Action Week at the Virtual Village Hall with a programme of sessions designed to support people living with and affected by dementia.
