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Singing to good health
By Karla Callaway
Graham Welch, director for advanced music education at London’s Roehampton Institute, states the following:
Are YOU ready to add a healthy, new dimension to your life? Try singing! Sharing the joy of singing will enrich your life far beyond the notes and music.
For more information about singing contact Voices of the Metro performance chorus at 214-551-5659, email membership@voicesmetro.org or visit our website at www.voicesmetro.org.
- Singing exercises the vocal cords and keeps them youthful, even in old age.
- Singing expands your chest, back and shoulders thus improving posture.
- Singing also lifts moods and releases pain-relieving endorphins.
- Singing improves circulation which boosts the body’s immune system.
- Singers suffer less depression, make fewer doctor visits a year, take fewer medications and have increased their other activities.
- Singing gives the lungs a workout, tones up abdominal and intercostal muscles and the diaphragm, and stimulates circulation.
- Singing makes us breathe more deeply than even many forms of strenuous exercise, so we take in more oxygen, improve aerobic capacity and experience a release of muscle tension as well.
- Not only does singing promote well-being, it can also help to prolong life.
Are YOU ready to add a healthy, new dimension to your life? Try singing! Sharing the joy of singing will enrich your life far beyond the notes and music.
For more information about singing contact Voices of the Metro performance chorus at 214-551-5659, email membership@voicesmetro.org or visit our website at www.voicesmetro.org.
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