Day 8: Music’s Healing Power

Singing is like praying twice, said the nuns who taught me in grade school.

Andrea Bocelli got the same messages from the nuns who taught him and on Easter Sunday, he gave a free concert, Music for Hope, using his glorious gift to send healing vibrations to the world. The world responded. Millions live streamed it and others have watched since. The video has logged over 27 million views in less than 24 hours.

Aside from being a great form of prayer, music has healing properties. A simple internet search for the benefits of music will give you dozens of articles with a variety of benefits from lifting depression to improving memory to reducing pain (and so much more.)

Why does music work? Because it shifts our vibrational energy. We, along with everything in the universe, are vibrational beings. And the vibrations of the chords in music can release hormones that affect how our bodies and brains work.

Our body is one huge electrical system: our heartbeats, our brains, our eyes, our spinal column, and every other system use electro-chemical signals to work. Music is one way to feed the body with vibrations that can synchronize with those electro-chemical signals to change our moods and body systems processing. And it works whether the music is sacred, classical, or popular.

Since childhood, I’ve enjoyed singing in choirs and listening to many kinds of music. God has often communicated to me through song. It can make me cry when I need a good cry. It can comfort me in trying times. It can make me smile, especially when I’m having a bad day. It can make me appreciate all the love I’ve been given.

I have my favorites and you certainly have yours. So let us use prayer-filled music, popular music, and any sort of music that speaks to you during this trying time to boost our good vibrations and spread the love.