Singing Lifts the Heart
I thought this article in the Awake magazine in 2000 was very interesting. RESEARCH shows that SINGING Is good for the BRAIN. g00 4/8 pp. 28-29 Watching the World Singing Lifts the Heart Scientists have found that singing releases chemicals in the brain that make you feel relaxed and happy, reports the German newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Researchers say that singing gets the “molecules of emotion” in the brain moving. Thus, “singing is said not only to express emotions but also to create them,” states the report. Music teachers note that many people today feel that singing is “old-fashioned” or that their voices are not very good, and they therefore leave singing and music to the media. This research indicates, however, that people benefit when they themselves sing.