Sing Your Way to Health
By Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, MA, MT-BC, LCAT
“Sounds” unorthodox, yet a person can sing his or her way to health. Singing improves one’s
physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. One doesn’t need professional training—although
that helps—to do what comes naturally and doesn’t cost a penny. And if singing off key is a
sensitive issue, then do it in solitude.
Singing improves one’s physical health by vibrating the bones and organs in the body. Bones,
the structure of the human anatomical form, carry vibrations throughout the body. Each organ
optimally resonates on a different pitch and sound. For example, the stomach resonates on
the sound of “bah.” When a person is literally out of tune, that creates a disease state.
Disease can be rewritten as “dis-ease,” or a state of imbalance. Singing different pitches will
tune up the body naturally. If a certain body part like the back is hurting, sing “into” the back,
as if each vertebra is a key of a piano. Go up and down the scale and visualize singing up and
down the spine. At the same time, visualize healing light entering the affected body part. Sing
through the pain until it subsides. Of course, one should also follow medical advice. This is a
self-help suggestion which doesn’t require medication nor waiting for the doctor to return a call.
Singing also boosts vitality, physically and emotionally by causing the body to produce
endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals which one creates by exercising, dancing, and
engaging in joyful activities. These chemicals boost not only one’s mood but also strengthen
the immune system. Norman Cousins, for example, recovered from a near-fatal illness by
creating endorphins when he laughed his way to health by watching comedies. Rabbi
Nachman of Breslov, who suffered from tuberculosis, said that the best cure was believing in
the Creator and being happy. Singing does that by creating endorphins. Endorphins can
alleviate stress which makes a person vulnerable to a dis-ease state and rebalance oneself.
On an emotional level, singing validates a person’s feelings; it can alleviate loneliness and
pain and lift one out of sadness or strengthen joyful feelings as well. Feeling sad, lost, or
helpless? Get stress out of the body: Sing and walk through the pain. Stuck in traffic? Don’t
get upset: Start singing through your frustrations. Of course, accentuate the positive and sing
about joy and gratitude.
Lastly, singing promotes spiritual health. One’s inner voice is validated when a person sings
the song of his soul. Sing about anything: What one sees, does, hears, experiences whether
pleasurable or painful. The Psalms speak of singing praises to the Creator.
The Moharash, a saintly rabbi, wrote in Sayings of the Moharash that people
who are nervous and depressed should listen to instruments of song [and
sing] because doing so will strengthen their nerves and their health will be
restored. Promoting spiritual health affects one’s physical and emotional
health as well by strengthening the aura, the protective energy field around
the body. When a person is healthy, his aura is strong; when one is sad,
angry, depressed, or ill, the aura is weak. So, singing strengthens the aura,
and, thus, improves one’s spiritual, emotional, and physical well being.
So, start singing and improve your health. Sing your reaction to this article.
Who knows? You might just write the next hit song by singing.
Shoshana Averbach, a Sea Gate resident since 1999, works as a music
therapist, social worker, and music instructor. She also is an accredited
healer who practices energy and spiritual healing and is available for
consultations. For more information, see her web site: healingnotes.com.
By Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, MA, MT-BC, LCAT
“Sounds” unorthodox, yet a person can sing his or her way to health. Singing improves one’s
physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. One doesn’t need professional training—although
that helps—to do what comes naturally and doesn’t cost a penny. And if singing off key is a
sensitive issue, then do it in solitude.
Singing improves one’s physical health by vibrating the bones and organs in the body. Bones,
the structure of the human anatomical form, carry vibrations throughout the body. Each organ
optimally resonates on a different pitch and sound. For example, the stomach resonates on
the sound of “bah.” When a person is literally out of tune, that creates a disease state.
Disease can be rewritten as “dis-ease,” or a state of imbalance. Singing different pitches will
tune up the body naturally. If a certain body part like the back is hurting, sing “into” the back,
as if each vertebra is a key of a piano. Go up and down the scale and visualize singing up and
down the spine. At the same time, visualize healing light entering the affected body part. Sing
through the pain until it subsides. Of course, one should also follow medical advice. This is a
self-help suggestion which doesn’t require medication nor waiting for the doctor to return a call.
Singing also boosts vitality, physically and emotionally by causing the body to produce
endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals which one creates by exercising, dancing, and
engaging in joyful activities. These chemicals boost not only one’s mood but also strengthen
the immune system. Norman Cousins, for example, recovered from a near-fatal illness by
creating endorphins when he laughed his way to health by watching comedies. Rabbi
Nachman of Breslov, who suffered from tuberculosis, said that the best cure was believing in
the Creator and being happy. Singing does that by creating endorphins. Endorphins can
alleviate stress which makes a person vulnerable to a dis-ease state and rebalance oneself.
On an emotional level, singing validates a person’s feelings; it can alleviate loneliness and
pain and lift one out of sadness or strengthen joyful feelings as well. Feeling sad, lost, or
helpless? Get stress out of the body: Sing and walk through the pain. Stuck in traffic? Don’t
get upset: Start singing through your frustrations. Of course, accentuate the positive and sing
about joy and gratitude.
Lastly, singing promotes spiritual health. One’s inner voice is validated when a person sings
the song of his soul. Sing about anything: What one sees, does, hears, experiences whether
pleasurable or painful. The Psalms speak of singing praises to the Creator.
The Moharash, a saintly rabbi, wrote in Sayings of the Moharash that people
who are nervous and depressed should listen to instruments of song [and
sing] because doing so will strengthen their nerves and their health will be
restored. Promoting spiritual health affects one’s physical and emotional
health as well by strengthening the aura, the protective energy field around
the body. When a person is healthy, his aura is strong; when one is sad,
angry, depressed, or ill, the aura is weak. So, singing strengthens the aura,
and, thus, improves one’s spiritual, emotional, and physical well being.
So, start singing and improve your health. Sing your reaction to this article.
Who knows? You might just write the next hit song by singing.
Shoshana Averbach, a Sea Gate resident since 1999, works as a music
therapist, social worker, and music instructor. She also is an accredited
healer who practices energy and spiritual healing and is available for
consultations. For more information, see her web site: healingnotes.com.
Sea Gate Beacon
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