Also chanting monks, and demonstrating vigilants! -----Original Message----- From: dialogue-request <dialogue-request@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 2:10 am Subject: Dialogue Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3 Send Dialogue mailing list submissions to dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dialogue-request@lists.wedgeblade.net You can reach the person managing the list at dialogue-owner@lists.wedgeblade.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Dialogue digest..." Today's Topics: 1. From The Week news magazine year end issue (James Wiegel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 07:06:47 -0700 From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> To: Ellie Stock <elliestock@aol.com> Cc: "dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>, "oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Dialogue] From The Week news magazine year end issue Message-ID: <A605C87E-BAD4-4809-9D95-ED307B2D2AB1@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Group singing can create a rewarding feeling of oneness. Swedish researchers monitored the heart rates of 15 choral singers as they hummed, sang, and chanted. The singers? pulses increased and decreased together as the music?s tempo changed, and their heartbeats aligned when the songs required them to breathe in unison. ?You are synchronizing with other people, and harmonizing your hearts,? says study author Bj?rn Vickhoff. That could explain why singing together strengthens solidarity in groups from football fans to work crews. The controlled breathing that singing demands also seems to have a calming influence, achieving ?the same effect as breathing exercises in yoga.? Jim Wiegel