Welcome to Music and Happiness
- DO YOU ENJOY MUSIC?
- DO YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR HQ (HAPPINESS QUOTIENT)?
- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW MUSIC CAN BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE AS WELL AS PLEASURE?
- DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITH INCREASED ZEST AND ENTHUSIASM?
- DO YOU WANT TO STACK THE CARDS IN YOUR FAVOR AS YOU GROW OLDER?
YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
AT MUSIC AND HAPPINESS.COM YOU WILL
READ ABOUT MUSIC AND LISTEN TO AUDIOS AND DISCOVER THE TRUE SECRET FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH. WE BRING YOU INFORMATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND ENLIGHTENMENT.
We now know that your brain can continue to develop however old you are,
provided you give it the right kind of stimulation. Here we offer cutting edge
information about ways to do just that.
If you follow our posts on this blog, you will find ideas for applying music
combined with positive psychology in your daily life. If you have special
requests, contact us and we will try to honor them in our posts. Check out our
newsletter-with-a-difference (hint: you can listen to it).
We also offer in-person workshops and classes where you can join us to play with
music, because we strongly believe that music is most powerful when you can
listen closely with greater understanding; move to it in whatever way your body
naturally responds; sing or hum along as instinctively as breathing; use it to
support guided visualizations; even do something you find creative as you
listen. The vitality you will carry away from these experiences will enhance the
rest of your life.
Please join us in this journey to happiness by contacting us and
subscribing to our newsletter.
Recent Posts
- RECORDINGS OF DECEMBER 2008 NEWSLETTER
- RECORDINGS OF NOVEMBER 2008 NEWSLETTER
- RECORDINGS OF OCTOBER 2008 NEWSLETTER
- MUSIC PLAYED IN OUR OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
- SAVORING PHILIP GLASS
- MILES DAVIS: A CASE OF TAPPING INTO INNER STRENGTHS
- PLAYING THE BUILDING
- SING, SING, SING!
- BEREAVEMENT, OPTIMISM, AND MUSIC
- A NEW YEAR FOR MUSIC AND HAPPINESS
Congratulations!
The fact that you have found us means you are a proactive person who is looking for ways to enrich your life. You probably enjoy music as a listener, perhaps also as a player, perhaps even as a composer. This is a place where you can learn a great deal about all kinds of music. You can also learn about the exciting link between music and the science of well-being.
Why is music so important to humans? Some say speech started as singing. Some say music is in our very DNA. Music has the power to give us access to our deepest self, to our highest sense of purpose, and to transcendent beauty beyond our individual life.
Music is a democratic art, available to everyone. Even tone-deaf people can love music. Even deaf people can hear the sound of music in the reverberations under their feet.
There are so many questions about music to explore. For instance, how do different kinds of music affect us, and why? Can we use music to change our moods in more than temporary ways?
How To Use This Blog
On this site we bring you crucial information about the fascinating relationship between the art of music and the science of happiness.
Did you know that you can easily increase your happiness through listening to and playing or singing to music in a mindful way? As you can guess, happiness is vital to human well-being over the life span.
Reading these posts and listening to the music he recommends will
- give you new insights,
- stimulate your mind
- and lift your spirits.
Even your body will respond with pleasure to what you hear and think and feel.
This becomes especially important as you grow older. Music is a painless way of maintaining a more youthful mind and spirit and body.
Who We Are
We are Josh and Lynne Berrett, a husband and wife team married since 1965. We are also proud parents and grandparents. Music and Happiness is the brain child of our Third Age.
If you follow our posts on this blog, you will find ideas for applying music combined with positive psychology in your daily life. If you have special requests, contact us and we will try to honor them in our posts. Check out our newsletter with a difference (hint: you can listen to it).
We also offer in-person workshops and classes where you can join us to play with music, because we strongly believe that music is most powerful when you can listen closely with greater understanding; move to it in whatever way your body naturally responds; sing or hum along as instinctively as breathing; use it to support guided visualizations; even do something you find creative as you listen. The vitality you will carry away from these experiences will enhance the rest of your life.
We haven’t even begun to describe the many ways our approach to music can enrich you.