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Music Can Lower Stress

Certain melodies can provide real and measurable heatlh benefits by lowering stress.
January 20, 2009
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Listening to music can be very relaxing. What we may not realize, though, is that certain melodies can provide real and measurable health benefits by lowering stress. According to Allen Elkin, PhD, in Stress Management for Dummies, “the music needs to have a particular beat to induce a sort of meditative state whereby your breathing and heart rate slow down and your blood pressure lowers.”

A recent French study points to soothing New Age melodies as the type of music that can reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol. And according to Dr. Elkin, there are field-tested Baroque and classical compositions that also have a calming effect, including:

CHOPIN: “Nocturnes”
PACHELBEL: Canon in D
HANDEL: “Water Music”
SHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21

Source: Caring Today magazine, Sept/Oct 2008

 

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