Do you want to have more fun? Put yourself in a good mood? Feel better about life? Then, listen to upbeat music on your way to work. First of all, listening to upbeat music will put you in a great mood to start your day. Secondly, researchers have found that music does more than soothe the heart; it also relaxes the inner lining of the arteries. This widens the arteries, which allow blood to circulate more efficiently, and lowers blood pressure. However, be careful to choose upbeat music. Music that is considered stressful will have the opposite effect.
Have you ever had a song that you really like come on the radio? In seconds you feel better; your toes are tapping, your fingers are snapping and your heart is lighter. It is amazing and so easy to change your mood. Our associations to music are very strong. For example, my father has been gone for almost 20 years. Yet to this day, if I hear any of the songs that were played at his funeral I am immediately saddened. Just think what happens when you hear your high school or college theme song, memories will come flooding back to you.
Music has therapeutic effects. It can be curative and restorative for a wide variety of conditions. According to the American Cancer Society, music can help relieve the aches and symptoms of someone with a chronic disease while enhancing the patient’s joy and general well-being. Music therapy can ease the pains of chemotherapy, lower anxiety, restore an individual to a good mood, lift a depressed person’s spirit and even help insomniacs get a good night sleep.
So download some great fun, meditative, and joyful songs onto your iPod, and feel the positive effects of music.
Jean Sumner has pursued an interest in wellness her entire life. An avid runner, she is passionate about exercise, eating healthy and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Jean was diagnosed with cancer in May, 2009 this only served to fuel the flames of her passions and encouraged her to learn more about wellness. This diagnosis actually led to the beginning of World Wellness Education with a mission of “Teaching the world about wellness — one story at a time.”
As Jean pursued alternative methods of treating cancer she met countless individuals who had great stories to tell regarding how nutrition, spirituality and exercise helped them to overcome their various illnesses. Since these stories were moving, motivating and timely she thought that each of these stories may make a difference in others’ lives. With the knowledge that we learn from stories more quickly than other teaching methods an organization was born in hopes to make a difference in the well-being of every individual on the planet.
Prior to Jean’s involvement with World Wellness Education she was a bank manager. With the significant change that was going on in the banking industry, Jean learned that her staff did much better with change if they took it one step at a time. She has now transferred this learning to the Wellness industry and created small weekly changes that one can make which will lead up to a significant amount of positive change by the end of the year.
This information is not meant to be medical advice. No action or inaction should be taken solely on the contents of this information. Instead, you should consult appropriate health professionals on any matter relating to your health and well-being.