Allow me to paint a picture for you. You are down in the dumps. Your friends drag you to a happening party at a cool, new lounge in the city. You don’t really feel up to it. Surprisingly, once you are there, the rocking music uplifts your spirits a wee bit. Before you know it, you are head banging to the music with your friends.
Can’t quite relate to the situation? Err… How about this? You go to a spa to get yourself pampered. There is soft, soothing music playing in the background. You feel your tense muscles slowly relaxing, even before your massage session begins! Well, that’s the effect of music on your body, mind and soul! There are innumerable situations in which music affects us and our moods.
A change in mood however, is not the only dimension to the effects of music. It has a healing and therapeutic impact on the human mind as well. Music therapy is popular in the field of health care these days. It is practiced in order to heal people with varied health problems. Music with strong beats stimulates the brain to react faster and increases alertness. Similarly, music can induce a positive state of mind in people suffering from depression, stress or anxiety. Music therapy is also useful in reducing blood pressure and boosting levels of immunity. With so many benefits associated with it, it comes as no surprise that this form of therapy is gaining popularity each day.
The best thing about using music as a tool for healing is that one can do away with drugs and medication and replace it with music for treatment. That’s what you call the positive effects of music without the unpleasant side effects! Great, isn’t it?
-Ruchika Mathur, Bespoken Words Team
6 comments:
Great article..wants me to grab my headphones and listen to some nice music while I work!
Music makes my day better - always! I know what to listen based on my mood!!
yep...music keeps me going..a great companion...whether ur in a a mood to party, romance or get nostalgic or finish hopeless assignments...it works every single time!
Thank you :)
And yes..very true.. The kind of music we want to listen to at a given moment depends a lot on our mood!
Its amazing to know what music can do to us. Listen to a song when you are low, and you feel happy again. And when you are in a good mood, you feel like getting up and dancing. It is like your best friend who's always there to keep you happy at all times. :) :)
I totally agree with you Sapna :)
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