Have you burst into song today? You should: singing is fun, good for your health and can relieve inner tension, experts say.
“Singing in the shower boosts self-confidence,” says Markus Henrik, a German author and musician who says science shows that sound reverberates in a shower, while the flow of water helps to relax you.
“Singing in the shower is good for you,” says Karl Hoermann, a German music psychologist and pianist. “It’s liberating. It doesn’t matter whether you hit the notes or not. Warbling a melody makes you breathe more deeply, which brings more oxygen into your body.”
A Swedish study has found that singing in a choir has a positive effect on your cardiovascular system. Your heartbeat starts to adjust to a song’s rhythm when you sing in a group, which stabilises your cardiac rhythm.
