“Science has now proven that when we chant we improve our health in amazing ways without taking medications, supplements, herbs, or anything— It’s Totally FREE”
– Sivana Spirit
Chanting spiritual words such as “OM” calms our mind and decreases stress. In the book “Human Sounds” by Jonathan Goldman he followed a group of French Benedictine monks who chanted every single day and then decided to stop chanting. When the chanting stopped they started getting sick. When they were chanting they were hardly ever sick. Studies have also shown that when we chant on a regular basis our immune system is boosted and we are less likely to become ill. Studies done at the University Cleveland showed that those who did chanting had a psycho linguistic effect on their body which caused an increase in good brain chemistry so they started healing.
Chanting Can Heal the Body. Dr. Alan Watkins researcher at the Imperial College London told reporters that chanting of any kind including Gregorian Chants, Indian Chants, and other chanting can actually heal the body in general.
We Have More Energy When We Chant. Gregorian chanters who were chanting had lots of energy. When they gave up chanting they started feeling very run down and fatigued. Chanting can boost up our energy level.
Chanting Can Reduces Anxiety, Fear, and Anger. Chanting helps to regulate the hypothalamus of the brain. This is the control center of emotions and chanting also helps to calm down the amygdala of the brain or the anger center of the brain. Our amygdala becomes hyper-sensitized to anger and more anger starts to create more activity in the amygdala of the brain and this creates a vicious cycle. But chanting calms both areas and thus helps to heal the amygdala and thus anxiety starts to disappear and also anger.
Also, a study done by the University of Hong Kong showed that when people were chanting and shown fear-inducing photos areas of the brain that would normally light up on MRI scans that indicate fear started to disappear. Thus chanting can also help to moderate and get rid of fear.
Chanting Can Lower Blood Pressure. Studies done over a 24 hour period show that those who chant actually lower their heart rate and lower their blood pressure while chanting. And that also helps them keep their blood pressure lower throughout the rest of the day. Why this happens might be because we breathe better while chanting, and we also feel better and thus good hormones such as dopamine help to create better health and thus we feel better and actually are better. A study done by Telles, Nagendra, and Nagarathna showed that those who do chanting have improved cardiac output and lower blood pressure.
Chanting Can Create a Better Mood and Ease Depression. Studies show that chanting creates more endorphins in our body and thus helps to create a better mood. A study in the International Journal of Yoga using MRI showed that those who did chanting actually stimulated the limbic system of the brain and helped those where were depressed. There are many areas of the brain that are simulated when chanting including the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, hippocampus, anterior cingulate gyrus, insula, parahippocampal gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex, and thalamus. Also, chanting has been shown to help those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. And chanting can increase brain function for those suffering from strokes and epilepsy.
Chanting Lowers Stress Hormones. Another study was done in China taking those who did Photchong Chanting and doing EEG scans of their brains before and after chanting. Found that those who did chanting had lower levels of theta waves and even delta brain waves after chanting and thus they had a must lower amount of stress throughout the day. But it was not only those doing the chanting, even those who listen to chanting had lower stress.
Chanting Slows the Aging Process. One study by Lavretsky in 2011 showed that when people did chanting they actually had an increase in cellular telomerase activity which slows our cellular aging process.
Chanting Creates Better Sleep. With fewer stress chemicals in our brains and bodies, we sleep better and thus we wake up feeling refreshed and ready for another day.
Chanting Creates Less Negative Emotional Challenges. Studies show that those who chant have less tendency to have negative moods and thus feel better on a regular basis. This all comes about because of changes in our brain chemistry.
We Have More Feelings of Well Being When Chanting. A study done by Gupta and Bhatt in 2013 showed that those who did chanting on a regular basis had more feelings of well-being, less stress, and they had a better mental aptitude.
Chanting Helps Our Digestive System. Other studies show that those who do chanting have less anxiety and stress which leads to less digestive upsets in general. Stress can cause digestive problems, stomaches, diarrhea, and more. Chanting can help alleviate or prevent these symptoms.
The Words We Use for Chanting Matter. Studies show that the words used for chanting are important. Sanskrit or other spiritual words work better. Simply listening to chanting can help but actually chanting is even more beneficial.