You know that feeling when your body feels like it's literally vibrating- but not that 'feel good' type of buzzing after an endorphin release- but the type that makes you feel restless and discombobulated?
How do you beat the buzz?
Well, we know that a few focused breaths go a long way.
And funny enough, one of the most soothing breaths from teaching music and yoga is through practicing creating a buzzing sound like a bee through humming. Bhramari pranayama (in Sanskrit- bhramari meaning the 'goddess of bees,' and pranayama meaning 'extension of the life/breath force.
In 'Music and Emotion: Humming in the Beginnings of Human History' ethnomusicologist Dr. Joseph Jordania says: “Now I want to discus another very important function of humming. Apart from expressing our good moods and attitudes, humming (and singing) can also calm an anxious person and relax a troubled mind. Ethnomusicologists know only too well that music has been universally and routinely used to sooth individuals in physical and emotional pain in traditional societies for thousands of years.”
Humming: one of the most simple sounds we humans make, but also one of the most profound.
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