In last week’s “Stardust” blog, I was surprised by sudden overwhelming feelings of being loved which shocked me, they were so physical. I had another odd explosive physical experience with music so striking last year, I wrote brain scientist Bruce Perry about it.
"Just Give Me a Reason" by P!nk popped up on my MP3; suddenly I dropped everything and found myself dancing violently around the condo – and I do mean violently. I had to take off my socks 'cos without more traction on the carpet, I'd have slipped and broken my neck.
I've performed operatic music for 25 years: Mozart, Bach, Beethoven. Not your average rocker. What’s up?!?
Perry says: “The brain is organized in a hierarchical fashion with fear first arising in the brain stem [reptile survival brain] and then moving all the way" thru the rest of the brain. So "the only way you can move from super-high anxiety states, to calmer more cognitive states, is rhythmic regulation: Patterned, repetitive rhythmic activity: walking, running, dancing, singing, repetitive meditative breathing...”
Sound stupid and ineffective, like a doctor saying “Scram and go calm down at the gym” ?
I thought so – until it hit me upside the head...
READ MORE....http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/Music-Perry-1/
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