How To Clear Your Brain
Anything that gets my brain to work on optimum levels receives my undivided attention. So I make sure to exercise every day.
Some days, like this morning, I only have 10 minutes. This calls for an intense bodywork regimen. For at least three days a week I make sure to get a total of 45 minutes of exercise a day. And when I’m indoors, especially in cold weather, I make sure to play calm and life enhancing music while I’m working out.
This morning I listened to a CD from Tibet a friend brought me from China. It has beautiful instrumental music accompanying Tibetan monks singing, ‘Om Mani Padme Hum.’ Other days it’s Handel’s ‘Water Music’ and ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks.’ Or a Mozart piano concerto. My ‘Renewal’ CD, from The Secret Power of Words and Music package is also a favorite.
If you haven’t tried the music and exercise connection, now’s a good time to start.
Loads of research has proven that exercise is good for the body and mind. Recently ABC News reported on an exciting new study which shows the powerful effects ADDING music to your workouts has on your brain.
The results in mental performance are pretty amazing.
First, I want to tell you about the study. Charles Emery of Ohio State University knows that exercise helps people feel more positive about their lives. As a lover of music as well as an exercise enthusiast, he decided to open a new window into his research and see what would happen if he combined those two passions.
Emery tested his theory on 33 men and women who were in the final stretch of their cardiac rehabilitation program.
What music was used? High frequency classical music. Namely, Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ played while each person exercised. Here is what happened. Participants performed more than Twice as well on a verbal fluency test after listening to Vivaldi’s music during exercise than they did after exercising without any music.
‘When there was no music, there was no change,’ Emery says.
Why did he choose Vivaldi? Because previous research showed that the ‘Four Seasons’ helped people with lung disease perform better mentally. You’re probably noticing by now that classical music has such a good track record that scientists can pretty much predict the positive outcome of their studies.
ABC News reported that the invigorating and soothing music of ‘The Four Seasons’ stimulates your brain because it’s complex while retaining a natural order. It forces your brain to organize its cells.
Imagine a particular kind of music being so powerful that it will organize your brain.
Emery’s research focused on recovering cardiac patients, because they often suffer some mental decline as a result of being sick. But he says high frequency music works for Everybody.
Whether you exercise or not - and I hope you do - adding classical music is a good idea. Listening to inspiring words, spoken beautifully, also rejuvenates your mind. This kind of mental stimulation works for your brain like exercise works for your body. The more you do it, the more those muscles — including the ones Between your ears — stay in tune and function more efficiently.
Tune into happiness and tune out of stress.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle
P.S. Tomorrow I’m holding my first teleseminar for the Pythagorean Club. Come and see what all the fun is about.
Some days, like this morning, I only have 10 minutes. This calls for an intense bodywork regimen. For at least three days a week I make sure to get a total of 45 minutes of exercise a day. And when I’m indoors, especially in cold weather, I make sure to play calm and life enhancing music while I’m working out.
This morning I listened to a CD from Tibet a friend brought me from China. It has beautiful instrumental music accompanying Tibetan monks singing, ‘Om Mani Padme Hum.’ Other days it’s Handel’s ‘Water Music’ and ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks.’ Or a Mozart piano concerto. My ‘Renewal’ CD, from The Secret Power of Words and Music package is also a favorite.
If you haven’t tried the music and exercise connection, now’s a good time to start.
Loads of research has proven that exercise is good for the body and mind. Recently ABC News reported on an exciting new study which shows the powerful effects ADDING music to your workouts has on your brain.
The results in mental performance are pretty amazing.
First, I want to tell you about the study. Charles Emery of Ohio State University knows that exercise helps people feel more positive about their lives. As a lover of music as well as an exercise enthusiast, he decided to open a new window into his research and see what would happen if he combined those two passions.
Emery tested his theory on 33 men and women who were in the final stretch of their cardiac rehabilitation program.
What music was used? High frequency classical music. Namely, Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ played while each person exercised. Here is what happened. Participants performed more than Twice as well on a verbal fluency test after listening to Vivaldi’s music during exercise than they did after exercising without any music.
‘When there was no music, there was no change,’ Emery says.
Why did he choose Vivaldi? Because previous research showed that the ‘Four Seasons’ helped people with lung disease perform better mentally. You’re probably noticing by now that classical music has such a good track record that scientists can pretty much predict the positive outcome of their studies.
ABC News reported that the invigorating and soothing music of ‘The Four Seasons’ stimulates your brain because it’s complex while retaining a natural order. It forces your brain to organize its cells.
Imagine a particular kind of music being so powerful that it will organize your brain.
Emery’s research focused on recovering cardiac patients, because they often suffer some mental decline as a result of being sick. But he says high frequency music works for Everybody.
Whether you exercise or not - and I hope you do - adding classical music is a good idea. Listening to inspiring words, spoken beautifully, also rejuvenates your mind. This kind of mental stimulation works for your brain like exercise works for your body. The more you do it, the more those muscles — including the ones Between your ears — stay in tune and function more efficiently.
Tune into happiness and tune out of stress.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle
P.S. Tomorrow I’m holding my first teleseminar for the Pythagorean Club. Come and see what all the fun is about.
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