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