| All of us like listening to music and each one of us | | | | American music wherein the flute dominates is |
| has our individualistic preferences. We have at | | | | most relaxing. The serotonin in the body increases |
| times listened to the Go-Gos in a car or sang the | | | | with the effect of music and this provides us with |
| Melody; ourselves at our graduation. We may | | | | a feeling of elevation. Music also is known to |
| have listened to Ode to Joy at a wedding and | | | | reduce the heart rate and increase body |
| heard Bruce Springsteen or Madonna while in | | | | temperature. In fact it has also been found out |
| college. Even though tastes differ, each one of us | | | | that any kind of music performed in person helps |
| listens to music and has a favorite type of music | | | | to put the left and the right brain in sync. Those |
| and a favorite singer or band. | | | | performing also go through a cathartic effect and |
| Music is not only fun but also gratifying. It has a | | | | get a sense of accomplishment. |
| soothing effect on the listener and calms the | | | | There are ways in which one can enhance this |
| nerves. Music touches our lives in various ways | | | | effect of music. The best way to de-stress |
| that are sometimes conspicuous and sometimes | | | | yourself is to lie back with a pair of headphones |
| subtle. And that is the reason why it is | | | | and become a part of the music. Select music |
| uncommon to find someone who does not listen | | | | that has a pace slower than 72 minutes per |
| to any kind of music. | | | | minute. This will ease your heartbeat and relax |
| Dentists play music in their waiting rooms and | | | | you. Combine music with your morning walk and |
| clinics. Many operation theatres have channel | | | | you will feel doubly rejuvenated by combining the |
| music running. Drivers prefer to drive through a | | | | goodness of exercise and music. |
| maze of unending traffic while listening to music | | | | Sounds of nature are music to the ears and they |
| and even baseball players have been known to | | | | can have a similar effect. Sit back on the garden |
| hum along during warm-up. These days most | | | | bench and hear the music of the birds, the |
| corporate houses have unobtrusive instrumental | | | | cricket, the wind and the rustling leaves. You can |
| music playing in their offices all the time. This | | | | also find the sounds of the woods or the ocean |
| reduces job stress. | | | | captured in a CD these days. |
| It seems that the reason why music has a | | | | Choose any kind of music that you like for |
| comforting effect on us is because it reminds us | | | | relaxation. It is important that you enjoy the |
| of the first time we heard it in our mother's | | | | general hum and beat of the chosen music to be |
| womb. Thus it provides us with a sense of | | | | able to extract the maximum benefit. In our |
| security and well being. Many researches have | | | | normal lives, we tend to get too busy in our past |
| been done on the physiological aspect of music | | | | paced lives to take enough advantage of this |
| and it has been discovered that Celtic or Native | | | | cathartic effect of euphony. |