{"id":135,"date":"2015-06-24T18:11:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T18:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2017-07-24T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:42:13","slug":"playing-music-healthy-brains-and-clear-communicating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Playing Music = Healthy Brains and Clear Communicating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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 preventing decline later in life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Musicians jokes aside, This is very compelling information: playing music can keep our brains healthy and enhance our ability to communicate effectively!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Communicating is one of the three foundation principles that I integrate into all of my corporate and community drumming sessions and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/SchlsKnxvlleTestBvldVid.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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