Highlights
- Music is used as a way of therapy by many therapists.
- Music is found in all cultures and traditions, and its significance spreads across all demographics.
- Connecting places, people and dreams, the healing power of music is beyond the mechanical understanding of the human mind.
Music holds the capacity to collectively heal the mind, body, and soul. Melodies and rhythms are spiritual and connect human minds on a single note. How magical does it sound? - yes, music is all about magic, spirituality and peace.
Going through a challenging day, stuck in traffic or lost a loved one, a person can always find solace in music. Some say music is the most excellent form of art: creating a melody that mesmerises the ears- the impact is beyond worldly pleasures!
To surprise some, music is used as a way of therapy by many therapists. It produces emotions, provides stimulus, and helps people heal from various mental, emotional and physical traumas.
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How music helps in healing people?
- Melodies are stressbusters: Apart from people depending upon music for overcoming negative emotions, therapists also use music to invoke positive emotions in people. For instance, many therapists use music therapy for treating autism, schizophrenia, etc. In addition, many people believe that music is an excellent way of getting rid of moderate to severe emotional and mental disorders.
- It connects the mind and the soul: Many say music is not for the mind; instead, it’s for the soul. The combination of melody, tune and rhythm, and a perfect pitch and content make music spiritual and universal. The vibrations music produces help the listener to identify themselves through those vibrations and feel peaceful and rejoiced.
- Music is an energy booster: Music is an excellent source of motivation for activities that people might not be motivated to do otherwise; for example, listening to upbeat music while exercising lifts the mood and motivates towards breaking own records. Moreover, music synchronises with other activities, like doing laundry or washing dishes; listening to music sets everything synchronised and smoothes out the action.
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- Discards pandemic blues and other anxiety points: Listening to music produces happy hormones in the mind that enhance solace and peace in the human mind. People might feel low at times, especially during the pandemic when things are not going good at all ends. In such scenarios, music helps in dealing with situations and mellows the mind.
- Music befriends people: People who find it hard in mingling with people always jell in well with the music. Music helps in befriending people with one another and also it befriends people with the melody. People’s sense of belonging with music is unique and cannot be replaced with any other art form.
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Bottom line
Conclusively, music as a therapy and as a habit should be promoted as it’s a great source of meditation, melody, and spirituality. Music is found in all cultures and traditions, and its significance spreads across all demographics. Connecting places, people and dreams, the healing power of music is beyond the mechanical understanding of the human mind.