Benefits of Music Meditation
Music has many wonderful benefitsfor stress management and overall health.
It can help you calm your physiology without making a conscious effort, and that can alleviatestressin your mind.
Music can also lift your mood, slow your breathing, and create other stress-inducing changes.
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It’s a stress relief technique anyone can use.
With regular practice, this meditation can help you to manage better whatever stress comes.
Effects of Music and Meditation
Research on the effects of music and meditation is promising.
Get Comfortable
Get into a comfortable position and relax.
venture to really feel the music.
Set a Timer
Continue this practice for several minutes, until your time runs out.
The goal of this practice is to quiet your inner voice and just ‘be.’
So just ‘be’ with the music and fully immerse yourself, and youll feel more relaxed fairly quickly.
The key is to start smalla few minutes each dayand then keep working on your skills.
You may want to start out with just a few songs and work your way up to longer practice.
Instead, congratulate yourself on noticing the internal dialogue and redirecting your attention to the present moment.
Takeaway
Music can be a great tool for focusing your awareness and attention during meditation.
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