❐ Nervous System Regulation: Singing—especially when it engages extended exhalation, humming, or chanting—stimulates the vagus nerve.
This initiates the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering heart rate, reducing blood pressure, and switching the body out of "fight-or-flight" mode.
Research on OM chanting, choir singing, and Bhramari (humming bee) pranayama all indicate measurable increases in HRV(Heart rate variability which measures how well your autonomic nervous system balances) and reductions in cortisol.
❐ Vocal Vibration: Held vocal tones production physically triggers mechanoreceptors (sensory nerve endings) along vagal branches(especially the pharyngeal and laryngeal branches) in the throat, efficiently massaging" the nerve from the inside.
Singing and Piano lessons are offered in Nanoose Bay, serving Parksville, Nanaimo, Qualicum Beach, and Ladysmith areas in BC.