The month of January was a very quiet one in many ways. Where I live we had another lockdown and there was very little one could do out in the world. I found myself at home alone a lot and though I enjoy the silence and my own company, I was also finding it very hard not having any voices around me. I am not one to leave the television on as many people do just to have the background sound. When the television is on I want to sit and watch it.

Recently I started going through the music I had downloaded onto my computer. I also started shopping for some new music to download. I have a very eclectic taste in music. I opened up my playlist and started listening to Andrea Bocelli. It was amazing how different I felt. There was something about his voice and the music that he was singing that lifted my spirits and filled my body with an energy that had long been missing. It was medicine for my soul. I played album after album all day and by the end I was dancing and moving about with a new kick in my step.

My son is a musician and I often find myself wondering how he knows just what sounds go together to make the recordings he does. It is an intuitive process I am sure and for me the music is timeless if it touches the right cords of the spirit. I wonder how many people actually listen to music as a form of medicine. My knowledge of energy and the body has taken me to a very different place these past few months. Understanding how the body responds to outside stimulus and seeing how that can change our mood and even our perspective is quite astounding.

If you are so inclined I invite you to find the music that speaks to you and play it often and as loud as you can so that it fills the room and you are infused with the energy that the musician has so graciously provided for your pleasure. Music can be Medicine for the Soul.