Singing brings you these 12 psychological benefits

Singing helps our body and mind experience a flood of positive emotions.

Singing is one of the easiest and most pleasurable activities.All you need is a memorable melody and a place where you can do it without disturbing others (not just in the shower).

But, besides being a pleasant experience, singing has several benefits for the functioning of our mind. Let's see what they are.

The benefits of singing

This activity has several advantages, and many of them are not directly related to our psychological well-being. In the following we will focus on the positive points of singing that have to do with an improvement in the performance of our mind, or on the subjective or in the subjective well-being that it produces in the person who performs it.

1. Singing makes us secrete endorphins.

Endorphins are hormones that, when produced in large quantities by the body, produce a feeling of well-being that can turn into euphoria. Something similar happens when we hear someone singing and we like the melody, perhaps because our brain mentally "rehearses" what we will experience.Perhaps because our brain mentally "rehearses" what we would experience if we were to sing that piece ourselves.

2. It serves to unload tensions

The release of endorphins and the action of exercising the muscles responsible for participating in the modulation of singing make us feel a little more tired but satisfied and relaxed after singing, something that also happens with physical exercise in general.

Through the effort and the small improvisations we make when modulating our voice, we release tensions accumulated during the day. we release tensions accumulated during the day.partly because it is a task that requires almost all our attention and links it to a pleasurable activity.

3. Improves immune response

This benefit is related to the previous one, as stress is one of the factors that has the greatest negative impact on the immune system. By reducing stress through singing and other resources, a better general state of health is achieved, as well as a sense of well-being.

4. Helps improve breathing

After making chanting a habit, we learn at a good pace new ways to move the muscles involved in breathing, especially the diaphragm.especially the diaphragm. This makes us optimize the use of our lungs and make our own a way of breathing that squeezes well the faculties of our organism, oxygenating us better. Even if the size of our lungs does not change, we will make better use of them.

5. It is good for the Cardiovascular system

If we sing for several minutes with assiduity, we will be doing a light but easy exercise.We will not need additional materials to do it. In this way, in turn, we will promote the proper functioning of the cardiovascular system.

6. Helps to improve posture

It is possible to sing while bent over, but it is uncomfortable and counter-intuitive. That is why most peoplee most people stand up straight when singing, something that can become a problem.This can become a habit through these little rituals and, little by little, become our standard posture in any situation.

7. Tones the muscles of the belly

Singing doesn't make you slim, but it does make your abs a little more toned.. This, in addition to being aesthetic, means that our thorax becomes somewhat stronger and more resistant.

8. It could prevent dementia

Currently there are some studies that link singing with the prevention of the onset of dementia symptoms that appear with age. The reason is that it is an activity mediated by several cognitive processes that are exercised when singing, becoming more "elastic" and adaptable to circumstances even when the neural networks begin to be damaged.

9. Clears the airways

Singing causes air to pass at different levels of pressure through the airways, making them "cleaner".This makes them "cleaner" and prevents the accumulation of harmful bacteria. Of course, be careful not to damage the vocal cords.

10. Helps connect with babies

Babies learn language through the musicality and rhythms that are present in words.. That is why they respond enthusiastically when you sing, and often establish a dialogue with the music through their movements.

11. Makes memorizing somewhat easier

Musicality is an ingredient that is often used in mnemonic tricks to make certain information remain engraved in our brain and not be forgotten. In the same way, having a wide repertoire that we are used to sing is a good base to "memorize" things on that canvas.

If there is a part of a song that reminds us of a person because there is a word that resembles his name and because the melody reminds us of his character, for example, we already have a way to never forget who he is.

12. It helps to connect with others

Singing in a group is one of the best ways to feel part of a community and break the barrier of isolation. The processing of music is related to mental processes that are closely related to our emotional memory, which makes When we sing, we become very involved in what we are doing, and if more people participate in this, we will feel in tune with them.. 

This feeling of belonging to the collective was present in the first uses of music by our species, and that is part of the reason why singing sessions are widely used in support groups.