Whistling…

I love to hear someone whistle but, I have never have been able to do it myself. When I try, my nostrils inflate and just air and "phew" come out. It's quite a vision. My father though, was a regular whistler and used a unique tongue method to softly whistle lovely tunes around the house. My mother subscribed to the two finger technique for more of a loud, "I'm over here" whistle (usually followed by a laugh because it was so unexpected). And, hearing my husband whistle (when we were still dating) made me swoon. It wasn't even part of my, "must have" list but, just a real bonus. :) Did you know that there is even a Global Whistling Championship? Frank Oppedijk of the Netherlands won this year. https://youtu.be/Qv6YVHPc6Lo

But, besides being beautiful whistling has health benefits too. It reduces stress and anxiety and is great for your lungs (think healthy lungs entering into the winter months). As Dr. Leonard Hirshberg of John Hopkins University wrote in 1916, "whistling is a tonic of the heart, the head and the hand. A sad heart never whistles. [And when one does] the most arduous labor, the most direful malady and the most costly calamity fades into harmless nothingness". 

Here's to whistling. See you next week.

xo
Kathryn
A Happy Balance

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