The Best Stress Buster! Music
Stress & Music There is no doubt that all of us undergo a great amount of stress during this period of reading for the MBA. There is no denying the fact that we must balance our professional and private lives in such a way that we get the best out of both worlds. The crucial triangle - family, job and the MBA brings about a considerable amount of negative stress. Even though positive stress is not a bad thing, negative stress is not good either. The positive stress, also called eu-stress is a reaction we have whenever we are faced with a demand which we can handle. It is a spark that can push your body to its limits in order to achieve a certain goal. People believe that, music is a ‘universal language’. Anthony Storrs, in his excellent book, ‘Music and the Mind’ stresses that in all societies, the primary function of music is collective and communal - to bring and bind people together. People sing together, dance together, in every culture, and one can imagine ...