The Feel Better Effect of Music

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As little as a couple of minutes of movement almost always makes people feel more positive and have more energy or feel more balanced in their energy. Music is particularly interesting because the way that the brain hears music is as an invitation to move. The right playlist can make you run longer or lift heavier or give something you're all and enjoy it more at the same time.

Pay a visit to your local gym, observe the grimacing patrons as they pound the treadmill or march in place on the StairMaster, and you might conclude that exercise is no fun. But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to Kelly McGonigal, who lectures at Stanford, teaches dance classes, and wrote “The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage.” Today, she explains how exercise — of all kinds and in all doses — can strengthen your mind, elevate your mood, and deepen your social connections.