Monday, August 22, 2011

Music Can Improve Your Overall Health

By Kay Banister


There is a lot of research available today that shows how music can be very beneficial to our health and quality of life. I think most people will agree that they like listening to music in some form or anther from time to time. Certified therapist have been treating many different illnesses such as heart disease, Alzheimer's, asthma, and others with music therapy.

Music stimulates the release of pain masking Endorphin's in the brain. Research has shown that simply listening to 1 hour of music a day can ease pain by 20 percent. This can reduce the cost and need of prescription pain medicine.

Using music along with images can be very strong. You focus on an image that you want to produce a sensation that creates the emotions you want to feel. What you do is focus on an image that results in you feeling a certain way. If you add some music to it - it will be stronger.

Here is how to do it. Look around your house for a nice quiet spot to sit down and relax. Have a seat, shut your eyes, and elevate you feet. Find a song or set that will encourage the feeling you want.

Try to relax, focus on the image, and breathe nice and slow. Listen to the music if you start to lose focus and you will return. Enjoy the music and relax for as long as you can after the music stops.

The more you do this the more it will benefit you. Practicing will help you get better and you will be able to focus anywhere. You will be able to naturally produce the emotions just my focusing your mind.

Having trouble sleeping at night? A 4 week study showed that people who listened to classical music improved there sleep quality. It is called brain music therapy and it boosts the level of melatonin which the brain links to sleeping.

Have you been depressed lately? Depression is very common to go through at some point in a persons life. A recent study showed that listening to classical music can relieve the symptoms depression by 25 percent. Music can also reduce you feeling of fatigue during exercise and lower blood pressure.




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