More Senior Singing Superstars!

It's so fantastic seeing all the smiling faces in my Singing For Health class! I always have 'superstars' who come up front and help me with leading the songs, and they love it! Singing makes you happy; it makes you laugh; it brings people together, especially when some seniors tend to get isolated and socially reserved. Here are two superstars, Don and Jean!

Singing and Brain Development

Singing causes endorphins to flow, stimulating good feelings throughout the body and stimulating brain activity.  
Singing encourages deep breathing, which brings more oxygen to the brain.  
Singing requires the brain to work at many tasks simultaneously.  
Singing strengthens memory.  
Singing teaches opposites, such as fast and slow, loud and quiet, long and short, tension and release. Every good song carries some of these elements of contrast in it.

In short, singing helps to develop your brain.

Singing causes your brain to be fit