When you listen to music, your whole body tunes in and reacts in different ways, depending on the tempo, mood, and sounds you are enjoying. Ancient healing principles have incorporated music-based therapies for centuries, and current research is only now beginning to fully understand the deep mental and physiological effects that music can offer. Below, you will learn more about how music can affect you by bringing more happiness into your life.
How your body reacts to music
If you hear music that you enjoy, you may begin to notice an improvement in your mood. This effect occurs because listening to music releases endorphins that ease pain, reduce stress, and lower blood pressure. Over time, these therapeutic qualities of listening to music can boost immune health, reduce your risk for heart disease, and improve your overall mood. Moreover, your body will react physically to the music you hear by slowing or speeding up your heartbeat to match the tempo of the tune you are hearing.
Making your own music
Tonal sounds can also offer healing effects, and you can create these sounds yourself using tools such as tuning forks and singing bowls. Singing bowls are used with a mallet that causes the bowl to make a steady, soothing noise as you run the mallet over the edge of the bowl. Tuning forks are easy to use as well, and they create a calming humming sound when you hit them on a solid surface. Both of these musical tools are excellent additions to the home that will allow you to ease an over-stimulated nervous system to ease stress, pain, tension, or anxiety.
Selecting therapeutic recordings
You can enjoy the calming qualities of music anywhere when you listen to CDs of therapeutic music that incorporate the sounds of nature, powerful chanting, or ancient musical instruments. You can order a number of healing CDs from the Optimum Health Institute store by calling (888) 643-7867.
For a complete healing experience with Optimum Health Institute , sign up for our holistic healing program that draws on ancient principles from 24 spiritual disciplines promoting the healing of the mind, body, and spirit. Our program consists of three week-long sessions to be taken consecutively or independently in the company of other guests who are learning to cleanse the body, quiet the mind, and renew the spirit. To learn more about the details of our program, call (800) 993-4325 or visit our website.