Humming is the easiest way to boost health and well-being

REDUCE Stress, Congestion, and More at HOME? (easy!)

There’s a practically effortless way to spike your physical and mental health and well-being in multiple ways.

Like lowering your blood pressure… reducing stress… relieving sinus congestion… improving breathing… and lifting your mood.

You don’t need to huff, puff, or break a sweat – in fact, it doesn’t require ANY exertion… at all.

And there’s NOTHING to learn… because it comes pretty naturally to most of us.

In fact, you’re probably already doing it.

And as new research shows, you may want to do it even MORE.

A Hum-Dinger for Better Health

If you can’t carry a tune…

Or don’t know all the words to a song…

What do you do instead?

You hum.

You may also find yourself humming when you’re happy… or frightened… or embarrassed…

Or when you want to show disapproval or total agreement.

Hmmm?… mmm hmm.

But humming can also work wonders for your health.

For example, you may hum when you need to relax.

And it works.

Humming helps slow your heart rate and increase heart rate variability – the fluctuation of time between heartbeats. A higher variability indicates better health.

See, that buzzing vibration in your mouth, throat, and vocal folds (the new term for vocal cords) stimulates your vagus nerve.

That’s part of your parasympathetic nervous system – your body’s built-in stress-buster.

It switches on when you’re nervous, scared, angry, or stressed out, helping you chill out and relax (or as the kids say, chillax) …

Ultimately calming your hyped-up cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive systems.

Those oscillating sound waves also deliver even MORE health benefits, research shows.

One study found that hummers had 15 times more nitric oxide in their sinuses and nasal passages than non-hummers.

Nitric oxide is key to strengthening cognitive and immune function, increasing blood flow, amping up libido, and more.

Another study involved folks struggling with breathing problems caused by allergic rhinitis.

But humming increased nitric oxide levels in their noses, resulting in fewer sinus problems and easier breathing, compared to those who remained silent.

Humming can also be a boon to mental health by increasing body awareness and “decentering” – the healthy separation from negative thoughts, emotions, and sensations.

Friend, that’s a LOT of benefit for something so simple and natural.

Back to Basics

Believe it or not, you’ve been associating humming with health and well-being since the day you were born.

See, humming is closely woven into our earliest memories of comfort and care, when as infants, we were soothed by our caregivers’ humming and lullabies.

Since we were too young to understand speech, we soaked in these melodic messages of love and care… making humming one of the first ways we bonded with our loved ones.

So the next time you’re feeling stressed, frightened, or blue… or are having trouble breathing… try humming.

After all, you’ve got nothing to lose…

And this simple, natural activity could deliver plenty of wins.

Source:

“Doing this may quite possibly be the easiest thing ever to boost your health.” StudyFinds, September 19, 2023. (studyfinds.org/humming-easiest-thing-to-boost-health)