Music is a powerful relaxation tool.
Listening to music...
- decreases anxiety levels,
- lowers your blood pressure and heart rate,
- changes plasma stress hormone levels,
- affects your respiration,
- reduces muscle tension,
- increases endorphin levels, and
- boosts your immune system
In fact, music is so powerful, hospitals worldwide use music to reduce anxiety in patients waiting for surgery.
Learn more about how music affects our moods and our minds
- Effective Uses of Relaxation Music
- What Makes Relaxing Music?
- Music & Emotions: Can Music Really Make You a Happier Person?
- The Heart Effect: Startling New Information About How Music Affects Your Health
- Music's Outstanding Benefits to Your Health: Seven Reasons to Listen
- Music and Healing: Why Mozart?
