Let music heal you

September 26

10:34 2018

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“Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.” Y. Harburg

It’s such a wonder to see how sound, tunes can change an entire atmosphere.

Music is different things to different people. Just like everything in life, everyone has their peculiar taste but one constant thing despite all is that music has the ability to ‘settle’.

This isn’t me trying to define what music should be or do.

No! Music is whatever you think and feel it is.

However, it is clear to see, music moves you.

You know how you’re in an otherwise quiet and uninspiring place and then a tune begins to play…. then you hear this really amazing voice and automatically everything else pales in comparison.

That voice reaches out to you, soothes your spirit and touches you within in ways you cannot even understand.

Yes! That’s the power of music!

There’s music everywhere; the rhythm, the sound, the melody, even the lyrics.

Not a music lover? You probably haven’t found the right type of music that speaks to you.

We can all think of at least one song that, when we hear it, triggers an emotional response. It might be a song that accompanied the first dance at your wedding, for example, or a song that reminds you of a difficult break-up or the loss of a loved one.

“We have a such a deep connection to music because it is ‘hardwired’ in our brains and bodies,” Barbara Else, senior advisor of policy and research at the American Music Therapy Association .

The elements of music – rhythm, melody, etc. – are echoed in our physiology, functioning and being.”

Increasingly, researchers are finding that the health benefits of music may go beyond mental health.

It also has the potential to help people with neurological deficits.

Did you know that “A stroke patient who has lost verbal function — those verbal functions may be stimulated by music?

It is used to improve social behaviors and increase focus and attention in autistic children/teenagers.

It’s more than just a melody!

Makes you feel better when you’re sad, helps you dance around the house when you’re happy, and makes you cry when you really need a good cry.

Permeating our feelings and emotions, Music is therapy.

Not feeling too good? Listen to music that changes your current emotional state On the flip side? Listen to music that enhances your current emotional state.

Be purposeful with your auditory environment. Surround yourself in the right environment.

Let music heal you.

Remember Freedom is Peace; Optimism is Nature; Action is always within reach. BE MORE!

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