What Music Soothes Your Soul and Refreshes Your Spirit?

Music to Lift Your Soul

Sometimes it seems like there's nothing that can lift that shadow weighing on your soul -- until you hear that perfect song. Whether it's the lyrics, or tune, or combination of both, the restorative benefits of music is astonishing. Find out what some Beliefnet users find to be the music that soothes their soul and refreshes their spirits.

Here, the first musical choice to lift your mood...

A little spiritual boost

I’d say either Collective Soul or System of a Down; Collective Soul when I need a spiritual boost or a quiet moment and System of a Down when I need clarity of any kind, normally in the spiritual sense.

- Shadowplay_kilgannon

Create music, speak to a higher power

While I do enjoy listening to music and often find it spiritually refreshing, a central engine to my spirituality is the crafting and creating of music itself.

The act and process of creating music somehow opens a line of communication with God.

- Green.is.my.favorite.color

Music that hits the spot

I'd say country music. It makes me feel relaxed. It’s our tradition to ride to school while listening to country music. Country songs aren't too emotive or too noisy -- it's just right. And when I’ve had an awful day at school, we get picked up again and country music is playing, and I’d forget my worries and all the problems I had during the day.

- LiobaAsia

Find hope in a song

Amy Grant's "That's What Love Is For ", Sheryl Crow's "Light In Your Eyes" and Martina Mcbride's "Wake Up Laughing” are all deeply spiritual to me. They are grounding and hopeful -- just listen.

- whitebird

Taking you back to your roots

Evenesence -- something about her soulful voice makes me feel good deep inside. It has a little rock-n-roll in it. And what takes me back to my roots is The Carpenters' “We've only just begun”!

- Motherhealer13

New Age for a new outlook on life

I enjoy New Age music. Not just any--I like the husband & wife group 2002, David Arkenstone, and my favorite, Medwyn Goodall. His music can give me a lift or help relax me when I’ve had a stressful day.

- LuvBear

Restore and refresh with some Gospel

Music does soothe; after a hard day of teaching school I find that turning on my favorite gospel station helps restore and refresh me. Most of what I listen to is Christian music and a little jazz--it has to be positive and uplifting.

- Faithfilledlady

Calm down with the right song and the right lyrics

What calms me the most is modern American-style music with artful lyrics---from rock to blues to R & B and straight on down the line.

- Leopardlady

Easing heartbreak

So much music, I could never narrow it down enough to tell you who my favorite musician(s) are. It really depends upon my mood, but there a few standouts for soothing the spirit and easing a broken heart. After my first true heartbreak, I thought I would die from the pain but listening to “Mystery Walk” by Joe Taylor renewed my hope in the worthiness of humanity.

-agnosticspirit

Settle in with the classics

Johann Sebastian Bach, every time. And Panis Angelicus performed well.

- Afrocelt

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