Add the song to your life. It will make you happier and healthier. Recent studies support that singing regularly provides many benefits to our body and our emotions. We tend to sing, hum, hum or murmur our favorite songs or pieces of music.
Our brain loves music and it is known that we even store it in our genes. This way we feel better when we sing whether in the shower, in the car, doing chores at home, walking, playing sports or cooking. We can choose from thousands of melodies and musical styles. It not only entertains us and makes us happy, it also feeds us. GGcare tells you some of its most important benefits.
Sing regularly:
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Increases immunity: reduces the level of cortisol (stress hormone) and lowers blood pressure, providing immediate relaxation and strengthening the immune system.
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Improves breathing: the practice of singing forces us to exercise our breathing and chest muscles more, providing more oxygen to our lungs and cardiovascular system.
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Strengthens the muscles: the muscles of the palate, throat (improves snoring), trunk and neck, making it an extraordinary exercise. Furthermore, if we sing daily we will tone our abs.
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Oxygenates the brain: increases concentration and memory. “The Alzheimer's Association of the United States ” has carried out several studies confirming that singing is of great help for patients with Alzheimer. It exercises them mentally, helps them channel their emotions better and communicate more satisfactorily with them.
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It is a natural soothing: relaxes facial muscles and prevents premature aging of the skin. It also helpsrecharge our batteries in moments of tiredness, impatience and anxiety by showing us the present moment and relaxing us.
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It brings happiness: inside the ear we have a small and powerful organ “the saccule” which is responsible for responding to the vibration of singing, stimulating the brain to release endorphins (molecules of happiness) therefore, we immediately feel pleasure and happiness, improving depressive states, stress and anxiety. In addition, by producing serotonin it lifts your spirits, increases your self-confidence and gives you security.
- Benefits sociability: singing in a group makes you feel in tune with others. Generates a participatory and communication feeling. Furthermore, group happiness improves our empathy and increases our spirits.
In the same way that when listening to music when we sing we are impregnated with a general well-being, which we do not control, it only flows and feeds us.