Music Wellness with McKenzie

10/29/2025

Elder Futhark Rune Art and Readings

10/02/2025

I don't currently have any music wellness groups scheduled, but in the meantime, you can schedule a Rune Reading with me every other Thursday!

She's been with us for a bit, but her services are now more accessible. Please welcome, McKenzie!

McKenzie Nicewander is a board certified Music Therapist (MT-BC), rune reader, and rune
artist. McKenzie owns and operates two businesses, Music Wellness with McKenzie and
WitchRunes. Music Wellness with McKenzie is her music therapy practice which aims to foster
mind, body, emotional, spiritual, and interpersonal connection through music. Offering these
services in a group format, McKenzie pulls in elements of music including live music,
songwriting, music making, and active music listening to create an experience of inclusivity,
success, and connection. WitchRunes is McKenzie’s spiritually focused business which utilizes
the Norse Elder Futhark Runes to help individuals grow and feel empowered in their personal
spiritual journeys. As part of this, McKenzie creates and sells handmade, energetically charged
rune artwork, jewelry, and rune sets. She also offers rune readings and rune classes as part of
her mission of spiritual self empowerment.

McKenzie feels that both her music therapy practice and her rune work are integral parts of who
she is as a healer. When doing a rune reading, she will often bring in her understanding of
mental health and human behavior to create a full bodied reading experience. When leading a
music wellness group, she will often tie in the experiences of connection to one’s spirituality and
spiritual journey. Overall, it is McKenzie’s goal to help everyone that she works with forge their
own path towards mental and spiritual wellness and healing.

07/25/2025

We will be hosting WitchRunes on Saturday August 9th From noon until 8pm
15 min reading $25
30 min reading $50
Bindrune special $15
Bindrune special:
A personal bindrune can be drawn by Witchrunes for $15 and can be tattooed by one of our artists for an additional cost

07/22/2025

It's been quite a while since I've shared one of my concert experiences. I'm very excited for this to be my comeback show!

If you've kept up with some of my other posts, you've seen me mention The Records Department multiple times. The have hosted me to lead Music Wellness sessions, they showcase my WitchRunes artwork, and now, they've been a venue for Blue Moon Assault, my husband's band!

Dog Skull started off the night with some serious energy and riffs. It was so fun watching them get the crowd hyped up. I was very impressed by the amount of movement they got going and managed to contain in such a small space. If you like heavy music that makes you want to move, check out these guys from Grand Rapids!

Following Dog Skull was Blue Moon Assault. My favorite way to describe these guys is the heavy dad rock band of Milwaukee. They're truly unique in the influences they pull from, such as Black Sabbath (RIP Ozzy) and Alice in Chains. I was a little worried with how the crowd would take to them following Dog Skull given that they aren't quite as heavy, but it looked like everyone enjoyed BMA just as much!

This was an extra meaningful show given how special The Records Department is to us. This was Blue Moon Assault's first show in Illinois and a completely different crowd than they're used to playing for. While they typically play for the bar crowd, those in their early 40s - late 50s, folks attending this show were much younger, with probably half of them under 21! It was really moving getting to see just how much the younger generation craves live music. With how digital this day and age is, it's nice to see that some things really never change. As humans, we want, even NEED the energy and connection that live music brings. Keep supporting live music and the business that hold space for it!