We are Communal Beings

                                        

Hello Beautiful souls!

Ever since the pandemic there has been an increase in mental health issues. So much so that it has been referred to as the "Mental health crisis". People who never experienced or had any reported mental health issues are starting to experience and show symptom's of mental health disorders. Some suggestion's to why this may have occurred is due to the isolation period we all endured during the pandemic. Which has raised awareness to the importance to community on mental health. It is said that human beings are Communal beings. This means that we thrive and survive while engaging amongst one and other. Once this stop' or we isolate ourselves it shows massive effects on our mental health. This would also explain why the most reported mental health issues have been reported in America. America tends to be more individualized society and it has its effects on our well being.  A blue zone is a place where it has the most healthy centurions. Most blue zones had a high reporting community based living. This means they had friends, neighbors, family, acquaintances that they engaged with daily. Most research has showed this has had its effect on the development of their brain health which may have possibly helped them to avoid dementia. As engaging in social interaction has positive effects on our brain health. Many studies have even showed that people who reported feeling lonely lived a reported 8 years less than people who didn't have such feelings. So what is considered lonely? Well it is said if you have less than 5 close friends or family that you could call for anything then you would be considered lonely.

So what am I suggesting? We need social interaction to keep ourselves healthy. It is important to find our community and "our tribe" that we are comfortable with. We are communal beings so we need to be apart of a community in order to keep ourselves healthy. Socializing impacts us and stimulates us in more ways than one. Primarily our brain health. Socializing improves our mood and it keeps the circuitry in our brains healthy. I'll insert a diagram to indicate how so.

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So don't be afraid to get out there! Make new friends! Live, please live your life. There are so many people to meet and who would love to meet you. Let others in and see where it goes. Do it for your health, brain health, mental health and longevity! I only see benefits to engaging in social interactions, so get out there friends! I hope you enjoyed the post and feel free to share with whoever you believe this would be helpful to. Follow and share ! I wish you the best health and peace. Share that peace with the world.

Music Therapy

 

Hi Friends,

Today's subject is music! Specifically the connection between music and your well being. Naturally this thought came after my sound healing post. As a young girl I have always felt very connected to music. I specifically gravitated towards songs and singing. I personally find singing very healing form of expression. Growing up I later found out I had "perfect pitch" by my choir conductor. To this day I still follow my musical pursuits and side projects. Definitely not singing necessarily but still following my passion in it. Upon writing my sound healing post, Ive also learned that in the holistic community music is found to be very healing. Many of us feel this deep connection to music.

Lalaloveandbelively began as a project for me to spread the word about holistic health but has now evolved as a brand. Lalaloveandbelively is now a brand representing life, love, well being, holistic health, events, community, exercise, dancing, music and anything in relation to being lively. It's a fun brand full of life so, its great to see how it in itself is evolving. Music is a huge part of the brand. It's interesting to see the correlation between music and how it causes stress relief and uplift your mood.

Music has the ability to instantly change our state of mind and mood and evokes emotion from us as well. Music is so powerful and it does have the power to free us from negative emotions. Music takes us to another place in a matter of seconds. Music therapy is many times used in somatic healing session's. Music is also used for sound healing sound baths. It has a great impact on mental health as well. Its pretty safe to say that there is a huge correlation between music and our holistic well being.

There are many various therapies that can be used for healing involving music such as 

-Sound Healing

-Somatic Therapy

-Music Therapy

Ive written about both sound healing and somatic healing but lets dive deeper into music therapy.

It is a clinical use of music for well being. It can involve listening to music, singing, playing instruments, songwriting, or even composing music. This is used primarily to reduce stress, improve mood and self expression. Contemporary dance is a great example of this display of emotion and self expression through music.

So I really hope you try different forms of therapy. Music therapy is such a great choice especially for the more artistic ones. As always I wish the best for you and I hope you can spread the joy, peace and love with everyone that your encounter. Feel free to share this post with whoever you believe it will benefit. Follow on instagram @lalaloveandbelively .  Peaceeee! Until next time <3