Choirs Heal

How to sing in a choir and have fun!!!

Choirs are back in fashion. Why? Because they bring people together, they are great for your health, and are fantastic places to socialise.

Thanks to Gareth Malone, from 'The Choir is Back' BBC, choirs are showing how music can hold a fractured community together, as well as sparking confidence and life into people of all ages.

What about your health?
New scientific studies, as well as practise based projects are showing that singing helps the body in all sorts of ways. Deep breathing and voice sounding builds muscles, pumps the blood more effectively through the body, lowers blood pressure and stimulates the production of beta endorphin, a natural painkiller. Learning new music works the brain like learning a new language. Singing keeps you young and happy.
... and what about socialising?
Well, I have made many great friends through choir and singing, not to mention the love of my life!! Who knows who you might meet in a choir.
The best bit of all, I think about being in a choir, is it is the only time you get the opportuinity to be completely bathed in gorgeous sound and harmony. It sends shivers down my spine when the choir hits a chord and holds it. To be immersed in harmony like that is great for your health and your soul. Believe me, it is a wonderful experience.
Follow the links for some interesting reading:
BBC Choirs
Health and Choirs
Best New Age Choir

Harmoniya in February 2010

Photo from Stroud News and Journal

We had a great day on February 14th for World Sound Healing Day. My lovely sound healer friend and I gave a sound bath and guided meditation at the Cotswold Health Clinic in Stroud, Gloucestershire. We used crystal bowls, harp, voice and singing bowls.
I hope to do more of them in the future. We raised money for the Wildlife Trust, and did lots of healing and sent lots of love out to Gaia.
World Sound Healing Day has now been recognised by the Global Conciousness Project. noosphere.princeton.edu/

Have a resounding February. Try your own at home mini Sound Bath.....

• Lie in a comfortable place on your back with a throw over you, or in bed.

• Place some cleansed crystals around your body, or hold a heart crystal in your hand.

• Then calmly play an Om meditation CD, or powerful affirmation CD with chanting. (best results when using soundproof headphones)
  

• Allow the music to wash over you, and relax.