I'm putting this in "The Work" category because I think it might be important for keeping folks going when the Work becomes difficult (is it ever not?)
The Type of Singing That Boosts Mood, Immune Function and Reduces Stress
https://www.spring.org.uk/2016/04/the-type-of-singing-that-improves-mood-immune-function-and-reduces-stress.php
Now, as many of you know, we are great advocates of singing together via karaoke or just playing instruments and singing. But I have noticed (and have heard some complaints) that very often, the songs selected for karaoke do not really fit in the "inspirational programme and uplifting songs" category. I think this should definitely be changed.
For millennia, music has been employed to interact positively with the gods, so to say, and I think we can redefine that as interacting positively with the Information Field from which our reality emerges. And so, what is being sung, and how it is sung, may be very important.
On a few occasions, the Cs have given some small hints about this indicating that the Western scale is most beneficial and that melodic, harmonic songs are optimal. I think we should take those hints seriously.
Considering the fact that quite a number of people are going through some dramatic changes as a result of iodine therapy activating their endocrine gland interface with higher levels, perhaps singing should be considered one of the methods that can be utilized to ease this passage?
If you have never sung in a choir or chorus, you might wonder what kinds of songs lend themselves to choral arrangements other than religious songs? I sang in chorus for two years in high school and, as I recall, the trend was show tunes from Oklahoma, South Pacific, Camelot, old songs and spirituals; also things like "Blue Spanish Eyes", "Hawaiian Wedding Song" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" cowboy ballads, madrigals, folk songs. Essentially we sang about anything that was melodic and could be arranged for different voices.
Now, obviously, I'm not saying that we need to create choirs, I'm just saying that perhaps a different approach to karaoke needs to be taken: like careful selection of songs, group singing of the selected song(s) possibly numerous times until it really sounds good; trying out harmonies and using the different voices creatively, etc.
In short, karaoke should NOT be just a self-gratifying free for all where anything goes. It has a purpose and that purpose is very serious.
The Type of Singing That Boosts Mood, Immune Function and Reduces Stress
https://www.spring.org.uk/2016/04/the-type-of-singing-that-improves-mood-immune-function-and-reduces-stress.php
Singing in a choir for only one hour can improve mood, reduce stress and even boost immune proteins, a new study finds.
The largest improvements in mood were seen among those suffering with the greatest level of depression and lowest mental wellbeing.
The research involved 193 people whose lives had been touched by cancer and who were members of five different choirs.
Dr Ian Lewis, one of the study’s authors, said:
“These are really exciting findings.
We have been building a body of evidence over the past six years to show that singing in a choir can have a range of social, emotional and psychological benefits, and now we can see it has biological effects too.
We’ve long heard anecdotal evidence that singing in a choir makes people feel good, but this is the first time it’s been demonstrated that the immune system can be affected by singing.
It’s really exciting and could enhance the way we support people with cancer in the future.”
Dr Daisy Fancourt, the study’s first author, said:
“Many people affected by cancer can experience psychological difficulties such as stress, anxiety and depression.
Research has demonstrated that these can suppress immune activity, at a time when patients need as much support as they can get from their immune system.
This research is exciting as it suggests that an activity as simple as singing could reduce some of this stress-induced suppression, helping to improve wellbeing and quality of life amongst patients and put them in the best position to receive treatment.”
Diane Raybould, 64, who was diagnosed with breast cancer and has been singing in a choir since 2010, said:
“Singing in the choir is about more than just enjoyment, it genuinely makes you feel better.
The choir leaders play a huge part of course, but so does the support of the other choir members, the inspirational programme and uplifting songs.
The choir is a family, simple as that.
Having cancer and losing someone to cancer can be very isolating.
With the choir, you can share experiences openly and that is hugely important.”
The study was published in the journal eCancer Medicalscience
Now, as many of you know, we are great advocates of singing together via karaoke or just playing instruments and singing. But I have noticed (and have heard some complaints) that very often, the songs selected for karaoke do not really fit in the "inspirational programme and uplifting songs" category. I think this should definitely be changed.
For millennia, music has been employed to interact positively with the gods, so to say, and I think we can redefine that as interacting positively with the Information Field from which our reality emerges. And so, what is being sung, and how it is sung, may be very important.
On a few occasions, the Cs have given some small hints about this indicating that the Western scale is most beneficial and that melodic, harmonic songs are optimal. I think we should take those hints seriously.
Considering the fact that quite a number of people are going through some dramatic changes as a result of iodine therapy activating their endocrine gland interface with higher levels, perhaps singing should be considered one of the methods that can be utilized to ease this passage?
If you have never sung in a choir or chorus, you might wonder what kinds of songs lend themselves to choral arrangements other than religious songs? I sang in chorus for two years in high school and, as I recall, the trend was show tunes from Oklahoma, South Pacific, Camelot, old songs and spirituals; also things like "Blue Spanish Eyes", "Hawaiian Wedding Song" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" cowboy ballads, madrigals, folk songs. Essentially we sang about anything that was melodic and could be arranged for different voices.
Now, obviously, I'm not saying that we need to create choirs, I'm just saying that perhaps a different approach to karaoke needs to be taken: like careful selection of songs, group singing of the selected song(s) possibly numerous times until it really sounds good; trying out harmonies and using the different voices creatively, etc.
In short, karaoke should NOT be just a self-gratifying free for all where anything goes. It has a purpose and that purpose is very serious.