Motivation and Wellbeing through SINGING

Boosting profits and employee engagement takes a song

There’s a reason why talent shows like The X-Factor and Australia’s Got Talent are packed with singers. As our society has shifted from the 18th Century entertainment - gathering round the piano for a post-dinner singalong – to 21st Century on demand music and videos, one thing remains. People really enjoy singing.

No matter how you choose to do it, any singing in your life is a good thing. Singing delivers a host of physical and emotional benefits including increased heart rate and improved breathing, lung capacity, posture and mood. Just like sport, it releases endorphin. And while singing alone is good, singing with others can be even better.

The trouble is, technology has removed us from singing. At the press of an iPod you can hear such good singing, we often sing less ourselves. Yet physiologically, singing connects us to a different part of our brain. The part that gives us pleasure. Singing as part of a larger group, hearing voices soar together, is even more...(Click here for full article)