Building Love and Trust By Singing in the Church Choir!

What she didn’t know was that a simple move like joining the choir could build positive emotions like trust, love and acceptance. Here is how that happens.

Positive emotions involve a hormone made in your brain that travels to the base of the brain by being secreted by the pituitary gland. Most of us have heard of this hormone because of child-birth and breast feeding.

This hormone, called Oxytocin, does more than aid reproduction. When it comes to social bonding, it performs! Oxytocin has an impact on our feelings of relaxation, trust and psychological stability. It can even reduce stress responses. And it is involved in the first stages of romantic love.

But here is the good news. You don’t have to get pregnant, breastfeed or fall in love to release this hormone. Simply, join your church choir or singing group.

When you sing in a group,

So if you want to feel bonded and accepted, join a choir or singing group. Or if the choir seems too intimidating, play music with others; this has the same effect.

Need more positivity? Make a joyful noise to the Lord and make it a group event!