Have you ever noticed how the sound of music can soothe you, or a crying child, how it relaxes, and how it can lift up your mood, no matter how low you’ve gotten? For those that play an instrument, they too know the healing power of music.
Think about the last time you listened to the radio and the emotions that you felt as each song played. You know that it depends on what type of music you listen to or play on what it does to your mood. Some music can make you want to dance, make you angry, or it calm simply calm you down or even make you cry.
Music can bring back long lost memories as well. But for the healing properties listed below, classical music is probably one of the best choices, but all music can have some effect on your mood and life.
Music Fights Stress
One of the biggest things that people use music for, most of the time without even knowing it, is for stress relief and relaxation. When you visit a massage therapist they play some new age or classical music while they do their job, and that blended with the the massage itself and aromatherapy is enough to relax you for the whole day.
People that play an instrument, or sing, also feel stress drift off them when they play their instrument of choice. Sure they may have gone through some stress when they were learning to play, but that all goes away when they know their craft and can pick up their instrument and just enjoy it.
It Battles Depression
In much the same way that music helps fight stress, it can also help battle depression. Music has an amazing way of tapping into your emotions and making you feel what the song is about. This is why mood lifting music can do much to remove depression.
Learning to play an instrument can also help with issues with depression. It gives you something to focus on other than your worries. The biggest bonus of using music for therapy is that it is something you can do right from your own home.
Music Can Help With Cognitive Function
Studies have shown that listen to and playing music can have a great affect on the mind, keeping it active no matter what age. Music helps children learn and develop quicker and also may help stave off things like dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Music therapy does so much good for the mind that music therapists are using it to help children learn to communicate, which could make great advancements in the world of autism.
It Helps With Social Function
Music can also help you be more social, not just help communicate better. If you play an instrument it’s likely on occasion you play for an audience or with friends. You share that music with them and you also learn to communicate with them on other levels.
If you don’t know how to play and want to learn, you can find lessons through a site like LessonRating.com. Through classes you can also learn more communication skills and learn social graces that come along with music.
It’s truly amazing how many great things music can do for your mind, whether you play or just listen. The important thing is that you do listen, and let the healing power of music soothe your mind and soul.
Guy Gardener says
I never realized a therapeutic massage done right is three different sorts of therapy at once. That is a really neat thought, and I am going to have to be on the look out for places that utilize this in the future. If they are missing the music one though, do massage places allow you to wear headphones?