My husband I got home a little while ago from a visit with my parents. My folks live an hour away, so it’s not a very long drive but it’s long enough to listen to several songs. We drove, the night muggy from the rain of the day, the windows down to let in the summer air that wasn’t exactly cool but was cool enough not to need the air conditioner going in the car.
And we blasted the radio, enjoying the music as we rode.
Oldies were playing… Gloria Gaynor, Hall & Oates, Billy Joel, the Stones.
I danced in my seat to the fast ones. Sometimes I sang along.
It made me think about the role music plays in my self-care.
I LOVE music. LOVE. All sorts of music, most genres. It can soothe me, uplift me, get me moving, or get me crying.
I’m currently doing some online courses where we get up from the phone or computer or wherever we might be listening, and we dance to music for a few minutes – we do this as a way to help shift the energy, as well as to help integrate and ground what we’re learning. We move and dance to music by Loreena McKennitt, James Asher, and others.
It’s new to me to incorporate music and movement into classes and learning experiences. And I love it.
Music is energy… and music shifts energy.
Music feeds my soul. It nourishes me. It helps me release blocked emotions. It helps me connect more to joy.
That’s why it’s such an important part of my self-care.
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Ginger Simpson White 