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You already know that music can inspire you, calm you down, help you heal after a breakup, or spice up your workout… but healing music? What’s that all about?
In this blog, we’ll answer all your questions, including:
- How is music healing
- What type of music is best for stress reduction
- Where to find healing music
- How to make your musical moment even more hygge
- Which tea to pair with your music ☕
All About Healing Music
Healing music is pretty much what it sounds like: using music to improve your physical and emotional wellness. According to a 2017 study, a 30-minute healing music session helped reduce pain in patients who just had spine surgery. [You can read the full study here.]
Meditation — especially when paired with music, chanting, or prayers — provides many health benefits include:
- Reduced stress (yay!)
- Reduced feelings of anxiety and depression
- Improved memory
- Reduced blood pressure [Here’s what Harvard Publishing says about this!]
- Reduced pain (recall that study about post-op patients!)
- Decreased risk of serious conditions such as heart disease and stroke (both can be made worse by stress)
- Improves cognitive performance
What Type of Music Is Best for Stress Reduction
While all music is good for your brain, not all music is calming. Some music is better suited to help you focus on an intense assignment or push through a workout. Music researchers found that certain genres are better suited to stress reduction. This includes:
- Classical music
- Nature music (sometimes called soundscapes)
- Cinematic scores (they are often emotional and help trigger endorphin and dopamine responses)
- Reggae
- Jazz
You may also find that searching for music with a certain frequency is helpful. These are known as Solfeggio frequencies.
The modern world is finally catching up to the powerful frequencies that ancient cultures have been using for years (396, 417, 432, 528, 639, 741, and 852 Hertz) for years.
Source: Better Sleep
Each frequency affects you differently and serves a different purpose. Here’s a quick example:
- 417 Hertz: Inspires change
- 528Hertz: Helps reduce cortisol and increase your own inner awareness
- 741 Hertz: Known as the detoxing frequency
Learning about sound frequencies and healing and stress reduction may seem a bit … out there. Keep in mind, though, there are hundreds of studies on the powerful effects of music on the human body. Digging deeper into the specific frequencies of the music is just the next step. Researchers found that listening to the right frequency helped stop toxic effects on human cells. You can read the study here.
Also, fun fact, sound waves are even used in medical settings! Shockwave therapy (sound waves) can be used to treat wounds, fractures, plantar fasciitis, and more.
Where to Find Healing Music
You can find calming music anywhere: YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and the list goes on.
Here’s a few playlists to get you started.
741 Hertz
432 Hertz
528 Hertz
Calm Music
Relax Music: Stress Free Binaural Fire Sound
Calming Jazz
Spiritual Healing – Relaxing Music with Gregorian Chants for Mindfulness Meditations
Make It a Hygge Moment and Brew a Cuppa
Feeling stressed out? Carve out some time to practice a little stress reduction with one of my tried-and-true de-stressers: a hot cup of tea.
“There is no problem on earth that can’t be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.”
– Jasper Fforde
Tea could be its own blog post, but for now, let’s just focus on how to take your music listening session up a notch with a hot cup of tea.
Pop on your electric kettle and brew a cup of calming tea. My favorite calming teas are:
- Organic Chamomile (where to buy)
- Lipton Calming Tea has a slight lavender taste (where to buy)
- Yogi Calming (where to buy)
Once your tea is ready, turn on the music of your choice and get cozy under a blanket. Even 15 minutes of listening and sipping can soothe a weary soul.
What’s Your Go-To Music for Stress Reduction?
Let us know!
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