Practise Ukulele to relax and take the Zen approach to Learning Ukulele during COVID19 Lockdown.
"I’ve taken up the
ukulele.
You can’t come out the other end of this period without
having developed at least one new skill." Tom Gleisner
Don't get your self in knots learning ukulele. In these times of stress take time to ENJOY the learning of ukulele.
We live in an age of hustle bustle and hyper-productivity;
now with the COVD19 lockdown and isolation maybe it is your time to embrace
learning for learning's sake.
Society is giving you time and permission to stay home on
the couch, but rather than binge on Netflix and TV put that time to good
use. Pick up that little box of joy that
is a ukulele, indulge in the Zen of some mind to muscle connection and learn a
skill that’s great for your mental health as well as your cognitive brain
health.
Listening to music is well known to alter our moods, lift
our spirits and call forth memories and help lay down new memories. But it is immensely pleasurable to make music
with your own mind and hands; to take an inanimate object and make it sing is
akin to magic.
Zen and the art of ukulele.
I am a fan of approaching practise as if one was to meditate
on the physical act of making music. Practise is by definition a repetitive
process, but if you get into “the zone’ it can take on a Zen like quality that
has wonderful benefits for your mental and physical well-being. Feel the strings under your fingers, listen
to the sounds you make, feel the vibration of the body of your ukulele, lose
yourself in the rhythm of the repetitive task.
The creative process is essential to our mental health. In learning to make music on this little box
of joy you can find a space inside where you can allow yourself to emerge. You can calm yourselves in the repetitive
nature of developing the mind muscle connection.
Learning to coax music out of your ukulele is learning for
its own sake, ukulele is most defiantly not a competitive sport. Learning Ukulele Skills is unlike learning
work skills. Ukulele doesn't have to
have an achievement-based focus, or a competitive capitalistic outcome to be
valuable.
Music is a science-backed way to boost mental health during
stressful times.
Many psychological
music therapy studies have shown that taking part in a fun activity helps
improve your mood and allows you to function better on a day-to-day basis. Ukulele will give you a positive boost in
cognitive stimulation, mental health, and enjoyment.
Approach your lockdown ukulele as a fun hobby, be kind on
yourself and it will become your mental health haven.
A little bit of joyous fun time from the uncertainty
of life right now.
Expressing your
artistic musical self has positive impacts on your mental health and wellbeing
during times of stress.
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