The Healing Power of Sound and Music

 

As I witnessed the droning sounds of Tarek Atoui's hybrid sculpture performance Organ Within at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, I noticed a family of four -- two young parents with two young children -- sitting quietly on the floor pillows of the rotunda.

The younger child, no older than two or three years old, was preternaturally calm and focused in his mother's lap. He looked on, captivated and mesmerized, as the musicians walked from station to station. The performers adjusted metal tubes, scattered balls, and bells onto a thin vibrating membrane, and reached inside different compartments of the modular instrument.

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The Healing Power of Music

Have you ever been having a bad day, feeling down, depressed, unmotivated, and bummed out? We all have. What do you normally do to try to get out of your funk?

For some people, they may take a walk, clean the house, watch a funny movie, or call up a friend to chit chat. But what about listening to your favorite music? Try it. You might be surprised just how much better it makes you feel.

First, you're sad and lonely. Then you crank up the volume and the next thing you know, you're moving, grooving, dancing, and playing air guitar to your favorite album. I'll will bet you a million dollars (OK, $1) that you will absolutely feel better, almost instantly.

It's called music therapy and it can work on virtually anyone.

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