The Power in a Lullaby

Ancestral Wisdom of Singing and the Vagus Nerve

The melody of “Brahms’ Lullaby” has been with me so long that I think it is part of my DNA. Almost every night when I was growing up, it was that melody that was sung to me over and over again. In my family, we call it the “Nah, Nah Song” because every time I was ready to go to bed I would grab my “grandma blanky” and go up to my mom singing the melody:…