Brooklands Radio Your Health Matters

Jill Bennet talks to Emily Heuvel who has started a new kind of choir in Dorking in April. The ethos of Birch Tree Folk Choir is connection - to ourselves, our bodies, our heritage, our landscape, and to each other. The music selected is largely folk and traditional music, in part to reconnect with our heritage, and in part because this style of singing is more embodied, and stimulates the vagus nerve. Emily a psychotherapist as well as a trained musician, and the choir aims to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce issues including stress, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, and digestive issues such as IBS. www.birchtreechoir.com.