HAPPY SOUL-FILLING SUNDAY!!!!!
Yes, for some of you I’m still on this band wagon and I will be for a long while. The energies from this time in our history are exceptionally difficult for most. For those of us who are sensitive, like yourself, they may feel overwhelming and depleting.
This is my weekly reminder for doing just that.
So let’s recharge and let some light in!!!!!!!!
Music today and sounds we might not think of as musical are our focus today.
“Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast” is as true today as when it was stated in “the Morning Bride” over 300 years ago.
Over 40 years ago I did a very short study on how music affects the human body. By taking vitals and playing different tracts of music I put together data that began to show how our bodies react to music of different genres. Others have done similar and more lengthy studies. There is a clear correlation between music that we love as an individual and our body’s health. What you love in music will have a great benefit on your blood pressure, heart rate, central nervous system, and even down to the cellular level.
As I type this I’ve started my Henry Mancini CD. Growing up with my Dad’s knack for buying boxes of records at yard sales gave me a great start for a love of music. Years ago I had original albums from the early years of recordings all the way through at my disposal. I urge you to find music you may not have listened to in a long time or ever before to help you in your every day life.
Last week as I was working on a few things I listened to Frank Sinatra’s music. Some of his older and younger pieces. Frank Sinatra in his prime had an amazing vocal range. His voice was far more than the “crooner” he was pegged as over the years. That music helped my jobs go faster and not this was not readings ;)
This morning I’ve had to deal with a few things that can accelerate anyone’s blood pressure. Humans are the craziest people kind of thing. So I turned on Henry Mancini’s Greatest Hits.
Yesterday it was a personal acquaintance’s album from France. He plays a great blues and boogie woogie piano! Phillipe an amazing musician. Yesterday, that was what hit the spot for my cleaning up and more energy detoxing. Yes, music can help you energetically detox.
Just as yoga is marvelous for moving your energy and body, so is musical movement. Movement helps our whole being. If I could find a good single man that loved to dance a waltz, foxtrot or tango we would have a great start! LOL!
Other music/sounds that can help are singing bowls. I remember picking one up yeaers ago, playing it to test the sound and my whole energy vibrated and I became dizzy for a moment. That was an awesome experience! That experience also encouraged me to reflect more about sound and research which needs to continue. You can find sound healing from bowls or other instruments like the Digeridoo just about anywhere now.
Nature sounds for me are some of the best “music” to have. I’ve lived out in the country/rural areas most of my life. Birdsong helps me in the morning and comforts me at night as they sing their sleepy end of day melodies. My middle daughter, and this is almost 40 years ago now, sang to the whales in the movie “Star Trek – The Voyage Home” and, walking over in her walker, patted the screen whenever she heard whale song. She would sing to that film every time we played it! I still smile thinking of that!
Years ago when I was in England, I enjoyed listening to the rooks in the trees start their daily fussing. I used to love feeding the robins and listening to the other birds. Some of the tunes they sang were similar to here stateside and others were quite a change. The nature around us can be a wonderful choice of music for our self and soul.
Regardless of what you personally choose, whether it be The Beatles, Beethoven, or Bonjovi let yourself enjoy. It will lift and refresh your energy as many studies have shown. Try it yourself to find out!
* William Congreve, 1697, from the play The Morning Bride”
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