Home / Creative Self Help / Virtual Gallery - Change the Mood with Music

Creative Self Help - Virtual Gallery - Change the Mood with Music

Virtual Gallery - Change the mood with music

Research shows that music affects us in many ways. Most of us enjoy listening to music, whether that’s to dance to, or to relax with via a release of tension and stress.


Using music as part of coping with the pressures of life can be very effective. What music really relaxes us when we are tense, what music perks us up when we are low, what music inspires us?


To find out more about how strongly music can affect us, try this fascinating mood-shaping exercise.


You’ll be viewing our virtual gallery and listening to different sound tracks whilst considering the mood of each painting. See what happens when different sound tracks play.

 

What might these exercises offer?

Looking at paintings

  • Can be relaxing or energizing
  • Can stimulate our imagination

 

Listening to music:

  • Stimulates our brainwaves – allowing us to concentrate better or relax, dependent on what we are listening to
  • Gives us an effective stress management and relaxation tool at the touch of a button
  • Takes our minds off worries
  • Helps us feel more optimistic
  • Can teach us about how to influence our mood
  • Helps us feel more in control of life
  • Empowers us to care for our wellbeing in gentle yet effective ways

 

How long will the exercises take?

You can spend as long or little time as you like on each exercise. All exercises are split into stages so you can complete them over a period of time, whether that’s a morning or afternoon, or a week or longer. We suggest you make yourself a tea or coffee and enjoy the time to yourself, immersed in the exercise of your choice.   Take as many breaks as you need. Remember it’s a good idea when doing a creative exercise to have a break from it and come back to it with fresh eyes.

Page 1 of 9