WEBVTT - Sing a Lullaby

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<v Speaker 1>Stay Calm is a production of I Heart Radio. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Bob Roth, and I've been teaching people to meditate

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<v Speaker 1>for fifty years, helping them to stay calm under pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>reboot and re energize their lives, and basically be a happier,

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<v Speaker 1>healthier version of themselves. And now I want to help

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<v Speaker 1>you do the same. Welcome to Stay Calm, your daily

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<v Speaker 1>dose of calmness. Every weekday morning, I'll share a meditation story,

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<v Speaker 1>offer a simple practical tip about how you or a

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<v Speaker 1>loved one can stay a bit calmer in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we'll end each episode together with a moment

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<v Speaker 1>of gratitude. My hope is that I can share what

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<v Speaker 1>I know to anyone who needs it. Ready, sit comfortably,

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<v Speaker 1>take a few deep breaths, and let's begin today's journey. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to talk a little less about meditation and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more about lullabies. Because on Stay Calm, we

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<v Speaker 1>talk talk about tools that can allow us or our

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<v Speaker 1>children or parents, friends to access a deep calm that

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<v Speaker 1>lies within every human being, that gives us an equanimity

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<v Speaker 1>and a resilience to the challenges of life, and wakes

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<v Speaker 1>up the neural pathways of the brain that are needed

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<v Speaker 1>for decision making, creativity, focus, problem solving, resilience. Now, meditation

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<v Speaker 1>is great for a child from about the age of

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<v Speaker 1>ten years and up. There's even a transcendental meditation technique

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<v Speaker 1>for children from the ages of four to ten. But

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<v Speaker 1>what about this most vulnerable population, babies. It turns out

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<v Speaker 1>the first thousand days of a baby's life, from conception

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<v Speaker 1>to the second birthday, are the most impactful days that

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<v Speaker 1>child will ever have. It's during this time that a

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<v Speaker 1>child learns to think, walk, talk, see, and it's during

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<v Speaker 1>this time that the child is most vulnerable to the

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<v Speaker 1>stress of the mother, father, fear, and anxiety in the environment,

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<v Speaker 1>and that can have a powerful negative influence in the

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<v Speaker 1>formation of that child's life. We know music in general

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<v Speaker 1>has that powerful effect on health, but let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>the level of a lullaby, a song sung to the

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<v Speaker 1>child by a loved one. That human voice resonates far

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<v Speaker 1>more deeply in the life of that baby. It stimulates language,

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<v Speaker 1>it promotes cognitive development, it improves memory and attention span,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's a big one, it decreases stress levels and anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>The baby is crying and upset before bed or wakes

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<v Speaker 1>up in the middle of the night with a nightmare,

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<v Speaker 1>and the loved when comes in and sings a lullaby

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<v Speaker 1>for a few minutes and the baby drifts off to sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>A negative emotion has been transformed into a wonderfully positive emotion.

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<v Speaker 1>Or when the mother sings a lullaby, she releases a

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<v Speaker 1>hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is a so called breastfeeding hormone.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also the Cutler's hormone. What that does is it

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<v Speaker 1>strengthens the bond between mother and baby. And now the

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<v Speaker 1>baby falls asleep surrounded by such trust, intimacy, and protection.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, what lullabies do. They help set a routine

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<v Speaker 1>in that child's life. Oh, my mother, my caregivers singing

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<v Speaker 1>a lullaby, it must be time for bed. Isn't it

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<v Speaker 1>interesting that such a simple thing is a few minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of singing a lullaby can have such a profound transformative

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<v Speaker 1>effect in the life of this vulnerable child. And if

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<v Speaker 1>we have an infant, or we know someone who has

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<v Speaker 1>an infant, we want to take the time to give

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<v Speaker 1>that child an influence of calm and peace, to sing

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<v Speaker 1>a song that will wake up from deep within that

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<v Speaker 1>child that influence of calm and peace and will strengthen

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<v Speaker 1>the neural pathways and put this child on a trajectory

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<v Speaker 1>for a healthy, happy life. What I'd like to do

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<v Speaker 1>now is conclude with two of my favorite lullabies. To

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<v Speaker 1>La Tula, which is a Zulu lullaby, and my old

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<v Speaker 1>favorite summertime sung as a lullaby to lat too to

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<v Speaker 1>lam to lat to loam to lat to to lam

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<v Speaker 1>to lave to love to la to to love to

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<v Speaker 1>lave to love, to laugh to to love mamori as

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<v Speaker 1>I cooking, gasy am hollelka ety boabo o boo your

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<v Speaker 1>live sob sieh my buncabe batty booabo who boo some

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<v Speaker 1>summer time and the living is easy fash or jumping,

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<v Speaker 1>and the cotton is u, your dad is reach, and

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<v Speaker 1>your mos good looking. So hush little baby do te

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<v Speaker 1>croy one of these