Music and Well-being

At a young age, music stirred emotions within me that were initially confusing, leading to significant anxiety throughout my life for many years.

However, with tremendous effort and patient learning, music became the remedy that ultimately helped me overcome my anxiety, and it has never returned since.

Now, my life revolves around music, as I seek the rewards of this precious gift to nourish and delight my inner soul.

It’s important to note that music didn’t directly solve my anxiety, but once I grasped how to live my life without anxiety, I could fully immerse myself in music and experience the resulting sense of  music and well-being.

As a teacher, I have applied my successful experiences to music education, leading to incredible results for those who believe that music can be a language for healing our troubled existence.

In my observations, the cause of anxiety varies from person to person, but I’ve noticed a common factor: when individuals grasp the meaning and process of satisfaction, their anxiety tends to disappear.

When a student learns to find contentment in their goals and genuinely enjoys the learning journey, anxiety gives way to healthy boundaries that guide them toward pleasure and satisfaction. This shift helps them avoid unnecessary frustration or the need to shield themselves from the unknown.

These principles can be applied at all levels of music education, including understanding the pace of learning, the number of repetitions needed for assimilation, how to compose, arrange, and play with others, as well as how to express oneself effectively.

By following this pathway, students gain the ability to make choices that foster comfort in their creativity, resulting in overall well-being and fulfillment.

Music is a unique form of expression that goes beyond words and involves sounds that deeply shape our understanding. It shares this characteristic with the language of mathematics.

In traditional music learning, there’s often a focus on visual learning, analysis, and overthinking, which can lead to anxiety. Students may end up playing without truly connecting to the emotion behind the sound.

However, the key to successful music learning lies in understanding that the sound itself is paramount. Emotion drives the music, and the need to express it guides the coordinated movements required to produce the desired sound and the consequent relationship of music and well-being.

To achieve this, aural learning is emphasized from the beginning, connecting the sound to the beat, and then learning how to play it. This approach mirrors how we learned as children: listening, having fun, imagining, singing, and playing.

With the guidance of a teacher, this method offers a structured pathway for training that accelerates learning speed significantly. As a result, satisfaction is guaranteed, and anxiety is reduced, offering a more enjoyable and effective way to learn music.