{"id":5122,"date":"2026-04-23T04:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-psychological-benefits-of-humming-bbc-global\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:08:13","slug":"the-psychological-benefits-of-humming-bbc-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-psychological-benefits-of-humming-bbc-global\/","title":{"rendered":"The psychological benefits of humming | BBC Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCW5Ftg0_uI?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Humming is believed to be a surprisingly effective tool for managing stress, improving our mood, and helping us feel calmer.<\/p>\n<p>When you hum, vibrations resonate in your chest and throat, stimulating the vagus nerve.<\/p>\n<p>This nerve is a major part of the parasympathetic nervous system, which research suggests can help your body manage the way it responds to fear.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to BBC Global: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bbc_global?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com<\/p>\n<p>#bbc #health #stress<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LCW5Ftg0_uI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humming is believed to be a surprisingly effective tool for managing stress, improving our mood, and helping us feel calmer. When you hum, vibrations resonate in your chest and throat, stimulating the vagus nerve. This nerve is a major part of the parasympathetic nervous system, which research suggests can help your body manage the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":5123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,17,16,18,19],"class_list":["post-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology","tag-bbc","tag-bbcnews","tag-bbcreel","tag-factual","tag-features","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}