Music is powerful. How often do you listen to music  in your everyday life? Music can transform your life from mundane to incredible just like that. It is medicine for the heart. It can soothe the mind and heal the body. Therefore, music is indeed very therapeutic. Singing, too, is similarly beneficial. It can relieve your stress in one go. Next time you feel low, try raising your voice and bursting into a song.  See how that goes.

The stress busting property of music makes it very valuable task to be added to your routine. We all take up listening to music to cater to our moods. Whichever mood we are in, it gets incredibly defined and signified by the music we play. You can turn on your music even while you are studying and notice how your performance improves.

There are several health benefits to music. First of all, it is good for our heart. We instantly feel better when music is played and this is because it can reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure, cortisol levels. At the same time, it can also increase serotonin and endorphin in the blood, thus alleviating pain and making us feel happy. This is the reason why music helps to improve our mood. As it can reduce stress, it is excellent for controlling symptoms of depression.

Listening to music is one of the activities in which most parts of the brain is engaged. It can bring up memories. Hence, it is good for dementia and Alzheimer's patients. If you are suffering from any bodily pain, try listening to music. Music can help you feel better as it reduces pain by adjusting the levels of biochemicals in our body. Overall, music is known to improve your performance. Try listening to five to six songs everyday. It'll definitely improve your mood and the quality of your life.

You might have wondered what music therapy means. It is the scientific use of music by an experienced professional to harness its various potential health benefits. Music therapy is not only used for its health benefits. It can also be used for educational purposes. Several activities are included in a music therapy. Such as singing and writing songs, listening to songs, improvising on songs etc. There are four broad categories : receptive, recreation, improvisation and composition. Therapists make use of these four categories to design a therapy session.