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The Healing Power of Music

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By Irene MainaPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Music, it’s not a strange word or concept. I mean we all listen to music while we go about our daily lives. The question is, do we ever really pay attention to music itself? To what the lyrics say or the beat of the music? Better yet, do we pay attention to ourselves while listening to music? We all know music has the power heal and it’s the universal language in this distorted world of ours. But have you ever really sat down and listened to yourself while you listened to music? Like really paid attention to your mood? Your heart beat? Just being completely in one with your inner self?

None of us truly listens to ourselves. Yeah, I know we all put on some music we either dance to it and get delirious or use it to set the right mood. It is used in movie or TV scenes to create a certain effect. However, the very few of us who pay attention to our bodies while listening to music realize the motivation and magic behind the sounds and beats.

When I am down, there is only one thing that can change my frown into a smile and that is music. My everyday motivation comes from what I listen to. Be it something jumpy and groovy or nice and slow, my mood is greatly reflected by the music I listen to. Music is such a huge part of my life that I have created playlists for each time and situation in my life. I created these playlists according to my current mood and the one thing I never came to realize was that, my own family and friends related to my playlist. Someone once told me that the playlist I was playing was befitting the current mood and time we were in, which was driving in the evening.

But this is what I mean, music has a huge power not just to connect and heal us as people in the world. It has the power to connect and heal us as individuals. When you give yourself up to the magical power of music, you get to experience this alternate world that you once never knew it existed. It transports you to this wonderful, magical, mystical place where everything is just right. My fear and worries do not exist here, no negative energy is allowed in. It’s one of those “happy places” that people refer to when speaking of their favourite place. Music transports.

Sounds eccentric, but for 3:30 minutes or however long the song goes for, try and let yourself get lost in the world of the song. Not the lyrics of it, let every note flow into your bloodstream. Become one with the guitar, the piano, the drum, all the instruments in the song. Breathe in and out with the rise and fall of each sound, then listen to the voice of the singer. Then slowly let in the lyrics. You will experience music like you have never listened to it before and will come to enjoy and appreciate it.

You will truly understand why music is healing and the universal language. This is the reason why South Americans dance the way they do. They become one with the song and move with its beats. It’s a magical thing to experience music rather than to listen to music. Music is there for our enjoyment, we are to experience it not just listen to it. It’s a 3:30 minute ride of your life that you should never miss. Live in the moment of the song. Find a soundtrack to your own life and you will never live life the same. I have a soundtrack to my life that no matter how bad or how tough life seems to be getting, it always makes me smile and uplifts me.

Go find your soundtrack! I have to dance to mine 😊

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