How to relax at home during confinement? Play guitar!

The whole world is hit by the coronavirus COVID-19 and human habits are drastically disrupted. In some countries, there is already total confinement and in this case, it is stress which dictates its law. But did you know that there are many ways to manage stress? In the current context of general psychosis, playing the guitar at home can be an interesting option. \n\n\n

The guitar gives great pleasure

\nThroughout the ages, the guitar has been an attractive and fascinating instrument. Whether you are 8, 20, 40 or 70 years old, there is no age limit for playing guitar. So, whether for children or adults, the guitar is the ideal instrument to seduce or to give yourself space to express yourself through your own compositions. \n\nDuring this period of confinement, you can play all the styles of music you like on the guitar (blues, rock, pop, reggae, funk, punk or classical music). You just need to buy a matching guitar. So playing the guitar is quite fun and stress-relieving. Better still, it helps release the hormones of happiness. But apart from the pure pleasure of playing or reproducing songs, playing the guitar has many other effects on you, including your well-being and your health. \n\n\n

The guitar takes away the pain

\nDo you suffer from chronic pain? Will you have to endure physical or psychological suffering? You can learn to play the guitar to let go of your thoughts and thus significantly reduce pain. You take all your attention away from the pain, focusing on the melody, the musical vibrations and the atmosphere that the music gives off. This allows your body to relax and your mind to escape. Better yet, it can even unlock new creative spaces within you, which is always exciting. \n\nIn addition, playing the guitar has a real impact on our health, particularly on the elderly (those most exposed to the coronavirus, it is said). Because when you play music, the heart beats more calmly and you have less stress, fear and depression. While you are totally immersed in your guitar playing and letting yourself be carried away by the music, the blood pressure in the heart drops to a normal level and you feel absolutely relaxed. Older people really need it in these times. \n

Playing the guitar builds self-confidence

\nAlthough singing triggers an immediate feeling of well-being, playing your own music has several other benefits. You can fully express yourself and show others who you are. You can convey emotions that move you, a message and ideas, through your guitar. \n\nBy expressing yourself fully and without any censorship on your guitar, you will free yourself from a heavy emotional burden; which thus strengthens self-esteem. Humming a song or reproducing a piece may be easy for some, but composing music and reinventing it in this way reveals a personal challenge and once mastered, you will gain confidence. You will see that you are capable of creating something unique, in this period of stress and psychosis.\n