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Key Takeaways
Many reportmental health benefits from music.
Music interventions such as listening to music, singing, music therapy, etc.
The researchers concluded that there are many overlapping benefits between the music and exercise interventions, according to Boyd.
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Music is a powerful mechanism, according to Boyd.
Alternatively, Klemm asks if music can help to decompress on your way home.
“Would your favorite ‘pump-up jams’ give you more motivation in your workout?
If you enjoy live music, can you block time out regularly to see a local band perform?”
Music is not a prescriptive intervention, as Klemm notes there is not one most effective approach.
Music affects many parts of the brain at once.
One area of the brain it affects is our reward center."
The ways in which music has benefited Klemm’s clients vary.
Myers encourages questions like, “What music is resonating with you?”
and “How does that music impact your body, as well as your emotional state?”
Music may be a powerful untapped resource, which Meadows notes should be used more.
In this way, Meadows recommends thinking about what music can offer.
“Do you need it to soothe and relax you or motivate and inspire you?
Once an understanding of what music offers is confirmed, Meadows notes choices can be made.
Meadows explains, “The style or genre of music you listen to will be down to personal preference.
Choose the music you want.”
When we listen to music, Meadows notes that the whole brain can be activated.
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