Is a Song In Our Heart…and Mouth and Ears…good for the Heart?
Have we taken a few minutes yet to sing today?
Hopefully, we have at least a partially memorized song bank within us.
If we grew up in a musical family, or church of any kind, or were part of high school glee club, or had access to Top 40 radio and DJ TV dance programs – inside songs are waiting to be sung.
The health and fitness connection to music is nicely outlined by Opera North website in 10 Reasons Singing is Good for You:
- Singing makes you feel better. …
- Singing enhances lung function. …
- Singing helps you beat stress and relax. …
- Singing helps improve memory. …
- Singing builds a sense of community. …
- Singing lets you express yourself. …
- Singing can help with pain relief. …
- Singing boosts your confidence.
With the final two items being that
9. Singing features in Wellbeing Studies and
10. Singing Is for Everyone – Singers and Non-Singers alike.
Even if some of us might consider ourselves in the can’t carry a tune and tone deaf camp, we now have permission to include singing in our health and fitness regimen.
The writing of 1913 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Rabindranath Tagore encourages our voice...
“God respects me when I work, but he loves me when I sing.” “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”– Rabindranath Tagore
Already we feel better. I’ll leave us with these four words from one of Christianity’s most renowned hymns by Stuart K. Hine –
“Then Sings My Soul… ” WF!
Fitness Class Update: No Classes This Week. WildFire! will be attending a Functional Aging Institute Conference.
Good Ideas should come back from My Stay with other Healthy Aging Specialists!
