How many people can say that when they are feeling angry or down they go in to their room and put on their favorite songs that can just totally turn their frown upside down? Whether it is the catchy tune, the lyrics, or maybe even the memories that link you to that particular song, music is often used as a natural healing method.

For years now, music has played the role of a healing. This dates back to ancient Egyptian times were music and healing were shared behaviors that were natural to mostly everybody. According to Pythagoras, a teacher in ancient Greece, taught students the certain sequences of sound played the right way could actually change behavior patterns and accelerate the healing process. This proves that music can link to certain parts or organisms and brain waves in your body that can change ones mood just by listening to it.

There are recent studies that show that we as humans are not the only ones that benefit from the healing of music, this also proven to work in Animals as well!
Alianna Bonne, a harpist performed a recent study by playing hour long sessions to canines at a veterinarian clinic. After the sessions the animals showed an immediate lowered heart rate and anxiety level. To view the full story of Bonne’s healing harp music visit : http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22539914/

However, even though music has its way of being useful, some artists today are taking music to a negative level by singing mean, vulgar and demeaning lyrics. The process of music healing can be reversed also which is what I will be talking about in my next week’s blog.
There is no doubt that music (when used correctly) isn’t an affective and beneficial remedy to cure anyone in their time of need.