Happiness Break: Making Music With Your Body, With Keith Terry

Relieve stress, boost self-esteem, and increase focus through a simple body music practice. And do it with a friend to feel more compassion and a hit of oxytocin. Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc8aer74 How to Do This Practice: Try using these movements to create various rhythmic combinations with your body: One: Clap your hands, slightly cupping with each clapping instead of hitting your full palms together. Two: Tap your right hand to your left chest. Three: Tap your left hand to tap your right chest. Four: Tap your right thigh with your right hand. Five: Tap your left thigh with your left hand. Then loop back to the top. Today’s Happiness Break host: Keith Terry is a percussionist and body musician who uses a variety of surfaces to create interesting rhythms. Learn more about Keith Terry: https://tinyurl.com/5av66v5f Watch Keith Terry in action: https://tinyurl.com/299vuw4a More resources from The Greater Good Science Center: The Science of Synchronized Movement (The Science of Happiness Podcast): https://tinyurl.com/mrys53k4 Five Ways Music Can Make You Healthier: https://tinyurl.com/4ckbtc2e How Music Helps Us Be More Creative: https://tinyurl.com/4mj6vs44 Wired for Music: https://tinyurl.com/ye2xkjxz Four Ways Music Strengthens Social Bonds: https://tinyurl.com/y257y25p How was your experience creating body music? Email us at [email protected] or use the hashtag #happinesspod. Find us on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2cyp46rp Help us share Happiness Break! Rate us and copy and share this link: https://tinyurl.com/2cyp46rp We’re living through a mental health crisis. Between the stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout — we all could use a break to feel better. That’s where Happiness Break comes in. In each biweekly podcast episode, instructors guide you through research-backed practices and meditations that you can do in real-time. These relaxing and uplifting practices have been shown in a lab to help you cultivate calm, compassion, connection, mindfulness, and more — what the latest science says will directly support your well-being. All in less than ten minutes. A little break in your day.