Harry Potter The Moives

Music, they say, soothes the savage beast and this is very true when we consider how music in its enchanting way works on our body rhythms bring harmony, literally, back into the body.

A story is told in the Bible of a King named Saul, who had an evil spirit that would torment him and make him feel awful. It was recommended that they find someone who can play the harp and then the evil spirit would leave and King Saul would feel better. And so they searched and found a young shepherd boy named David and he was commissioned to play for Saul whenever the evil spirit came upon him.

Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he'd feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him. 1 Samuel 16:23(KJV)

Researchers have found that particular types of music are more uplifting to the soul than others. Even though you might feel that a way to relax will be to listen to your favorite rock band, you are unfortunately mistaken. This will only rev up your engines and make you more anxious than when you started out. No, the right way to personal harmony must originate from a very particular type of music. Not all music relaxes, you need to personally feel more relaxed, your breathing should become slower and deeper for music to have a relaxing effect on you.

According to composer and music researcher Stephen Halpern Ph.D., "Music isn't all that meets the ear. If you were to have earplugs in your ears, you could still 'feel the music'" he points out. "That is because music is vibrations. And these vibrations affect your heartbeat, blood flow, brain waves - your whole body chemistry.

So it is by our body responses that we can tell if music is truly relaxing us or not.

To be able to truly enjoy the music, it's best if you can get yourself concentrated on it by either sitting still or lying down and really soak it in.

I realize that there are times when you just cannot do this and just listening while going about your work is better than nothing, but it will not have the same effect as actually absorbing yourself in it.

I personally love to simply run a hot bath with my favorite aroma, lavender. Then I light candles around the bathroom and switch off all of the lights. This is my special time when I can relax and toss away the cares of the day. In the living room, straight next to the bathroom, I have wonderful classical or new age music playing softly. As it spreads throughout the room, mixed with the scent of my bath and candles, I am in another world, totally relaxed without a care in the world.

Music, in my view, is the most influential and powerful therapy that you simply can provide yourself. It not only affects your soul, but your body and spirit as well.