Top 5 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Relaxation Music

Have you ever wondered why certain music and songs make you feel relaxed and peaceful? In a world full of chaos, we find ourselves turning into our favorite playlist and zoning out to our paradise. 

We listen to music in various scenarios, like studying, exercising, cooking, traveling, and sleeping. Sometimes we hear nature sounds, finding our calm, and occasionally upbeat hip hop boosts our energy levels. Even new moms take the help of music to help calm their kids down and help them sleep better.

Relaxation music has proven to do wonders for our minds and body. Let's learn more about it in this blog.

Releases “Happy Hormone”- Dopamine

As per healthline.com, listening to music can boost our happy hormones, "Dopamine," relaxing our minds and giving us peaceful happiness. Music that gives you chills is a good source of dopamine release, leaving you rejuvenated. A good mood from listening to music helps in increasing serotonin levels as well.

Induces good sleep

There are many reasons why music helps get you in a state of relaxation and induces sound sleep.

• Low heart rate: Relaxing music notes help calm the constant noise in our mind, reducing our heart rate. The specific music used for sleeping has lower tempos. This reduced heart rate automatically induces sleep. 
• Low breathing rate: When we sleep, our breathing rate is lower than usual. Calm music gives peace to our minds, reducing our breathing rate. In such a situation, our brain signals that our body is going into a sleep state.

Boosts productivity

Neuvana.com says loud and upbeat music can make you attentive and more alert. It helps you stay in the moment, unlike slow music that distracts you from life's living realities. 

People listen to metal, rap, pop, etc., while exercising, walking, or partying. Listening to such music is a great way to increase your productivity in any activity you want.

Improves brain performance

In 2020, Harvard health published a blog revealing interesting findings of the study conducted by AARP. It is observed that-

• 68% of people who listened to music during their childhood had "excellent" or "very good" ability to learn new things
• People who listen to music have better mental wellbeing and function better in daily life.
• Music keeps brain networks and all regions activated, and helps improve cognitive functioning, physical and mental wellbeing, and happier life.

Improves concentration

It is observed that listening to certain sounds, like natural sounds of rain, flowing river, seagulls, etc., helps in improving concentration. These sounds help in meditation practice, studying, and relaxing your mind. Various meditation apps and websites like calm, mynoise.net, nature sounds.tv, etc. have a library of such sounds.

There are some sounds, songs, and music that were created in a very scientific way to induce a sense of calmness and relaxation. Various sound therapists and Marconi Union came together to create a music piece to help develop the feeling of euphoria. It produced a song called "Weightless," which is proven to lower blood pressure, heart rate, and stress level. Similarly, there is a list of top 10 songs scientifically proven to be the most relaxing songs of all time. 

Here is the list published by heysigmund.com:

• Marconi Union- Weightless

• Airstream- Electra

• DJ Shah- Mellomaniac

• Enya- Watermark

• Coldplay- Strawberry Swing

• Barcelona- Please Don’t Go

• All Saints- Pure Shores

• Adele- Someone Like You

• Mozart- Canzonetta Sull’aria

• Café Del Mar- We Can Fly

In addition to the above songs, certain sounds are soothing enough to calm our minds and relax us in and out. Some of these sounds are known to us as nature sounds, but some, like ASMR, white sounds are new to the list. Let's check out the top 3 relaxing sounds.

1. Nature Sounds

   It is well known that nature sounds are comforting to our souls. We tend to feel good while listening to waterfalls, raindrops, ocean sounds, birds chirping, etc. These sounds feel so natural to our ear that it feels like a part of our soul. Bettersleep.com says such sounds stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system, which keeps the body's system balanced. When in stress, try one of the sounds of birds chirping or raindrops and observe for yourself.

2. White Noise
   

   White noise is the mixture of all the audible sounds a human ear can hear. There is no relation to it with the color white. Some people believe it is the continuous sound of "sh." As per the Archives of Disease in Childhood report, the experiment has found that children sleep faster with white noise. You might have observed yourself sleeping in front of the television in the early days at night with static noise; that's the early exposure of us to white noise.

3. ASMR

   Autonomous sensory meridian response or "ASMR is a sound that produces a tingling feeling throughout the body." ASMR has recently come to light for inducing relaxation. Fingernail tapping, whispering, brushing, etc., can reduce negative emotions such as stress and anxiety. Research in 2018 concluded that ASMR videos improve sleep, reduce anxiety, and make you feel much better when you fall sick.

Choose what's best for you.