What are the benefits of listening to music as a hobby?
There’s a clinical profession called music therapy. It helps people manage stress, cope with anxiety and even relieve pain. The benefits of listening to music are numerous. To name the medical aspects: music helps lower blood pressure and regulates pulse rate.
It all makes sense because exposure to music is relaxing, which means better sleep and an improved immune system. But the interesting fact is that every genre of music has its benefits. Listening to rock music, for instance, makes exercising more enjoyable.
On the other hand, classical music can boost creativity, and some classical is excellent for relaxing, making them suitable bedtime music. Listening to jazz can improve focus and energy level along with other benefits.
But if you enjoy gardening as I do, there’s another interesting fact about the benefits of music. There has been some research about plants’ increased growth rate when you play music for them. It’s just lovely.
Listening to music has many advantages. It can improve your mood, decrease pain and bring about emotional expression. It can benefit our mental and physical health. Some of the benefits of listening to music:
• It is heart-healthy because blood can flow more quickly, the heartbeat reduces, and the blood pressure lowers.
• It elevates mood. It boosts the production of dopamine. So the anxiety and depression decrease.
• It reduces stress.
• It relieves the symptoms of depression.
• It stimulates memory.
• It manages pain.
• It eases pain.
• It helps one eat less.
• It increases workout endurance.
Music, for me, either reflects or alleviates certain feelings. If I’m feeling relaxed, a little light Classical or Jazz music helps me stay that way. If you enjoy music, you know it helps you manage anxiety and reduce your gloomy mood. It motivates you through the workout, improves sleep, and relieves stress. You can change your sad mood into a happy one by doing so. Music as a hobby has numerous benefits. . Also, it gives you more productivity.
Music Makes You Feel Happy
According to a Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital study named ‘The neuroscience of musical chills,’ your brain increases dopamine levels when you listen to music. This hormone makes you feel happier.
• Music Improves Health by Lowering Stress
As you listen to music, your body reduces levels of cortisol (the stress hormone). According to the research, playing percussion instruments and singing boosts our immune systems. So if you’re having a stressful day, wear your earphones, jam to your favourite music, and sing along.
• Music Helps with Depression
More than 350 million people worldwide are dealing with depression, and the nights of 90% of them are sleepless. Sleep experiments show that listening to classical music vastly reduces depression symptoms. So if today is one of those days, why don’t you go ahead and cheer yourself up with some meditative or classical music?
• Music Makes It Easier to Sleep
Based on research on students, those who played calm classical music for 45 minutes before bedtime had a higher-quality sleep than those who didn’t listen to anything or slept while playing an audiobook.
• Music is Good for Memory and Learning
Experts believe that by listening to music, you can learn new things and recall old memories easier. The research showed that people who are: o Non-Musicians: Learnt better with upbeat music but tested better with neutral music. o Musicians: Learnt better with neutral music but tested better with upbeat music.
• Music Helps You Run Faster
People who listened to fast or slow but motivational music reached the first 800 metres of their route faster than runners who didn’t play any music or listen to calm tunes. So if you like running, play some upbeat music to enhance your performance.
• Music Cheers You Up While Driving
Most of us can agree that playing music and driving elevates our moods and helps us focus better on driving. Dutch researchers learned that playing music while driving is better than listening to nothing at all. The reason is that music can positively affect our moods, leading to a safer driving experience.