KARAOKE THERAPY
SING YOUR HEART OUT AND YOU’LL FEEL BETTER!
by Sandi Schwartz
Want to get your family out of the COVID-19 funk? Try karaoke. Lift up everyone’s mood with singing and dancing. Hook up a karaoke machine and get started. You can be an amateur or have a terrible voice and still reap the benefits of singing. Research shows that singing can naturally boost our mood as we release endorphins, the “feel good” chemicals in our body. Besides improving our mood, karaoke offers physical, emotional, social and educational benefits.
PHYSICAL Breathe Better: Singing helps slow
our heart rate and improve our breathing pattern. When we sing karaoke, we are usually standing up and using our whole body to get into the song, which forces us to breathe more efficiently.
Strengthen Immune System: One study found that
singing can improve our immune system. Professional choir members had their blood analyzed before and after an hourlong rehearsal, and the results showed the amount of proteins in the immune system that function as antibodies were much higher right after the rehearsal.
Improve Posture: To be a successful singer, we need to stand up straight with our shoulders and back properly aligned.
EMOTIONAL Express Feelings and Emotions: When we belt out a song that has meaning to us or inspires us, we trigger an emotional response within ourselves. Singing, therefore, helps us express our feelings and emotions in a creative way. 48 Atlanta Parent August 2020
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