Benefits of Incorporating Singing and Music Into Your Life

Music and singing play an essential role in development, believe it or not. We often incorporate music into everyday activities and experiences to enhance them. Many parents like to encourage a love of music for their children and engage them in fun things that involve music and singing. What parents don’t know, is that in doing so, they are helping to build upon their children’s development, language, social skills, and many more.

When we incorporate singing and music in our lives, we provide ourselves with many advantages. Besides bringing joy and comfort, we are provided with some essential life skills. Consider enrolling in voice lessons and see the many benefits they can provide.

You might find yourself singing while doing household chores, or humming your baby to sleep. Music provides us with the ability to express ourselves and let loose our emotions without being fearful of judgment. 

You can display this type of love for singing and music with others so that they are more likely to be true to themselves and their feelings. Music has an incredible power that evokes emotions and allows us to be more perceptive of others and their feelings.

Instilling music in various ways can also help you or others to relax in more tense situations. For example, maybe you have to take your child to the doctor – you can perform some singing in a calm voice while in the waiting room to help put your child’s mind at ease. At home, if things are stressed or feeling upsetting, you can turn on a fun song and allow yourself to let loose with your best dance moves. Music and movement together help to lower blood pressure and even give you some exercise in the process.

If you’ve enrolled in voice lessons or a music class, you are giving yourself more in-depth knowledge about music. Learning and music education have been proven for years to help with other areas of life, including time management, discipline, and communication.

For example, you have to practice to become better at your skill. You have to set aside time within your schedule to continue to practice your singing or musical instrument so that you can further develop and eventually master your chosen song or performance. Finding discipline to create a schedule, stick to it, and exercise patience are all major benefits that can be utilized in work, school, and other activities.

Lastly, when you are able to finally tackle that challenging piece of music and sing or play it to near perfection, you are given a big dose of confidence. Many people experience a great sense of pride in their hard work when it pays off during a performance.

The best part about having music in your life in this manner, is that once you have accomplished singing or performing, you give yourself the drive to do more, and take on more difficult pieces in the future. With this kind of initiative, there’s nothing you can’t do!

AUTHOR: KERRI HARDWICK