The Pink Lotus Academia, an online and offline tutorial platform focused on Indian classical artforms and yoga, shares with PEAKLIFE why and how music is the ultimate stress buster.

We are going through unusual levels of stress during the pandemic: social distancing, studying and working from home, lack of human contact beyond the immediate family, illness, and bereavement. Keeping this in mind, the faculty of Pink Lotus Academia in Delhi proposes music as a stress buster.

Music enables emotions to come forth and take all the stress out of your system. Dating back 43000 years ago, music came before language – so it has worked as a medium to emote and express. Here are reasons why music can be your stress buster during these trying times:

1. Music reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, improves our mood as well. Listening to music that matches our mood can help in releasing emotional tension and stress.

2. It encourages the feeling of being understood and connecting with other humans on a much deeper level thus enabling genuine human connections and driving stress off our life.

3. Music enables emotions to come forth and take all the stress out of your system

4. Since life has rhythm, it makes more sense to connect to music as it keeps us in touch with the world – and the more connected you are to your surroundings and nature the less stressed you feel.

5. Music improves our memory- the lasting imprint of a favourite piece can come back even after years of not listening – just the first few beats and you know the song – so whenever you feel stress listen to your favourite number and in no time you are out of it.

6. Music brings people together without the need of words – it’s a great stress buster as and when you don’t wish to talk even to your best friend because you are so stressed just send your favourite piece and you strike upon a conversation non verbally through music

7. Music has no limitations, no boundaries, it never judges, it just helps us to connect what is inside us and take our feelings away.

8. Music can ease our pain – not just mental but physical as well – it’s that magic potion that you apply to make all the stress disappear.

Next time you’re feeling overwhelmed, down, or confused, rely on music to take away that stress and fatigue!