Humming - Maybe the Bees Know Something?
Have you heard the buzz? I mean the buzz that humming is helpful? Humming helped me recently. I was on a short flight and one the things I usually do to stay calm while I travel is to listen to a book. But this time my earbuds would not work. I just suffered through for a few minutes and then remembered what I read on instagram recently, that humming was a great reducer for stress. And so I hummed and it helped! As simple as that. It's easy, it's cheap, it's immediate. What's not to like about that? Psychology Today gives this explanation of humming: Humming does more than create sound; it produces vibrations that ripple through the body, stimulating the vagus nerve . The stimulation activates the parasympathetic nervous system —the system responsible for calming you down and reversing the fight-or-flight response. When activated, the body shifts into rest-and-digest mode, which decreases stress and promotes relaxation. According to the Mayo Clinic Some of the poss