{"id":127,"date":"2015-05-25T18:28:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T18:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2017-07-24T18:43:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:43:25","slug":"playing-music-for-healthy-brains-and-clear-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Playing Music For Healthy Brains and Clear Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Canadian study documented in The Journal of Neuroscience reports, &#8220;Musical activities are an engaging form of cognitive brain training.&#8221; The study concluded, &#8221; Researchers found that musicians&#8217; brains were able to process speech better than those who were non-musicians. This, in turn, shows that learning a musical instrument could be important for ensuring better cognitive abilities and preventi<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ng decline later in life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Musicians jokes aside, This is very compelling information: playing music can keep our brains healthy and enhance our ability to communicate effectively!<\/p>\n<p>Communicating is one of the three foundation principles that I integrate into all of my Santa Cruz, Area, and worldwide, corporate and community drumming sessions and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>I break the Communicating principle into two intertwined elements: a) listening to each other with open ears, open minds and open hearts, and b) developing the skills for expressing ourselves clearly and articulately with the intention of creating a free exchange of information and ideas. This holds true for both playing music and living Life!<\/p>\n<p>Hey&#8230; this isn&#8217;t Rocket Science, or even just Neuroscience! This is a very simple principle that is an integral part of both playing a musical instrument, and of reinforcing positive Life Rhythms&#8230; patterns of attitude and action: We get good at the things we practice, so we want to make sure we are practicing the things we WANT to get good at!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid-400x261.jpg 400w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/PASCngClnJGPercEdTitleBvldVid.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Canadian study documented in The Journal of Neuroscience reports, &#8220;Musical activities are an engaging form of cognitive brain training.&#8221; The study concluded, &#8221; Researchers found that musicians&#8217; brains were able to process speech better than those who were non-musicians. 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