17 Amazing Benefits of Singing

Singing is one of those miracles of life that brings joy to many people, but it can also bring many other wonderful benefits.

Singing on its own helps you experience happiness in a whole new way by altering your physical and emotional well-being. When one sings in a group, an incredible transformation occurs. This occurs through the release of endorphins, which ultimately brings on feelings of pleasure and euphoria. Oxytocin is also released and enhances sensation of trust and bonding. For those of us who suffer from the winter-time blues (especially in the Pacific Northwest), this can be an excellent opportunity to kill the depression and loneliness. Usually when you sing, there is a lower level of cortisol, signaling a lower level of stress, which ultimately helps you achieve a true level of contentment.

So... what can singing do for you?

1. ​Strengthens your Immune System - No more seasonal colds for you!
2. Can help with Parkinson’s disease​ - ​​This claim is based upon numerous studies. For these patients, it can improve vocal and swallowing control in these patients. They may even help them regain their balance.
3. It's a Workout! - You will run out of breath one way or another. Also singing is great for toning the facial muscles, diaphragm, and intercostal muscles.
4. Improves your Posture - if your posture stinks, then you will run out of breath even quicker!
5. Helps with Sleep - Do you like a full night's rest? Try singing for a few hours before you conk out for evening... you will notice some changes.
6. Natural Anti-Depressant - This is through the activation of endorphins like oxytocin.
7. Lowers Blood Pressure - Ever heard of a heart attack? Singing helps to lower your blood pressure, which may decrease the likelihood of a stroke or heart attack.
8. Lowers Stress Levels - Endorphins! Woohoo. Singing more, increases your ability to deal with stressful moments, more often.
9. Improves Cognition - Singers and musicians have higher IQs than non-musicians. BOOM. That's right... we're wearing our smarty pants.
10. Improves Memory - This is important considering 1 in 3 people will likely develop dementia. Yikes! That means you are 33% likely to lose your mind. Keep those brain cells active!
11. Improves Mental Alertness - Mental alertness and memory go hand-in-hand. 
12. Helps you make Friends - "We all need somebody to leeeeeeean on"
13. Boosts your Confidence - Singing will make you better looking.  Haha. Just joking, but seriously... Think about it... rockstars/musicians whether male, female, or otherwise, have a tendency to attract people to them  automatically because their voice is magnetic.
14. Helps your Communication Skills - This is right along with decreased stress levels, mental alertness, memory, and building confidence. You communicate better when you are a better version of yourself.
15. Helps you Appreciate others Singing Skills - You will realize that singing well is difficult, but practice does make perfect, and those who do work hard, acknowledging them will only make you are stronger singer.
16. Increases Empathy and Understanding with Different Cultures - People all over the world in different religions, belief systems, creeds, genders, and identities have many ways of expressing themselves through the voice. You will gain a greater appreciation of them through realizing your own abilities. 
17. Leads to a Longer Life - There was a joint Yale and Harvard study performed showing that you will live longer and likely live BETTER longer.

So, have you learned anything?  We have! Here in our barbershop chorus, we realize that no singing, is like having no life at all. Thus, singing = LIFE  

~ Puget Sounders

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