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Humming v. Music-Listening
Humming and Breathwork for neurocognitive flow
A recent study asked participants to first listen to music for five minutes each day, while feeling the sound vibrations within the body. Next, they were asked to participate in two-part breathing (abdominal) and then hum different tones...the videos are below. The overall outcome was that people who are centered deeper within themselves moved outward, with signs of new smells, and integration of vision and hearing. People who were centered in their outer body (doing, thinking) moved further inward, finding some peace and greater knowledge of the self (attention to felt vibration). Once one becomes aware of something different, there is a shift in their energy, and a flow and new neurological connections are forged. You may try the program for yourself below:
Listening to this music, try to feel the sound vibrations where the video is suggesting... Participants did this for five days (and some are still continuing now :)
In the next video we had participants practice breathing the two-part breath, and then went into humming on the exhale. If the breathing is too fast for you, or you feel hyperventilated, you can slow down. The emphasis is on drawing breath through the abdomen, filling the abdomen first, and then the chest. Then exhaling long and slower than the inhale. Participants who could feel vibrations within generally liked the humming more than music-listening because it bolstered self-efficacy, and a feeling they could induce change within their own body and mind.
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