Dec
6
First off we have already published that stress is inescapable and you can’t remove it from your life.
How?
First try and lead a more socialable life. Instead of sitting at home and watching television for about five -6 hours per day, go out with buddies and have a great time. The more you doss around with people, the more socialable person you become and the happier you may be.
Next try to do more sport. Force yourself to other activities and you will not regret that. I know many people who claimed the above and when attempted socializing more and do more exercises, they life has changed also.
When you come back from work, or exercises, you can finally sit in your chair or lay on your bed and play the relaxation music. But not all of the relaxation music is good for that purpose. Try the relaxation music that calls alpha music. That sort of music will put you into an alpha state, the state when you are really relaxed and can rest correctly. The next day you’ll be refreshed and ready to take up new challenges. The more your brain is in alpha state, the better concepts and creative work you’ll have. The relaxation music will help you ease the strain if you had a fight with somebody close to you. Infrequently the relaxation music played in the background can even stop fights at home as you all ease your nerves thanks to that special kind of relaxation music.
Megan Allpphhaa
By: jason cyprus
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The good relaxation music with years of research and experience and the one that can put you into an alpha state of mind can be found at www.thealphamusicofjohnlevine.com
Nov
26
Music on the Operating Room
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Roberto Assagioli M.D.
Music can be employed as assistance in obtaining physical, emotional and spiritual health. During the first half of the nineties, I investigated the therapeutic consequences of distinct types of music on patients under adequate anaesthesia. This investigation was done in Johannesburg at the Garden City Clinic, over a period of four years (1991-1995), with statistics done at the Witwatersrand university, by dr. Jackie Galpin.
Data available on investigations done to test the therapeutic benefits of music, would fill a library of its own. That was not what was done. The effect of music with a known therapeutic value, was investigated on patients under adequate anaesthesia - testing for reduction in pain levels and a shorter recovery period. It is an accepted dictum in psychology that people in a deep sleep, coma or under anaesthesia can hear (not remember). That the auditory pathways up to the auditory cortex actually remain open and untouched by anaesthesia. That you can talk to people in a coma or undergoing surgery, and that the body would respond to whatever was said. In many hospitals, positive suggestions are given to patients in a coma and on the operating table. The capital aim of the project was to test music to serve as a credible alternative for the positive verbal suggestions.
Music has powerful effects on people, whether they are educated in music or not. Wertheim (1961) states that “muscle perception and performance is an inborn capacity of the human brain. This ability is common among human beings and is independent of education or culture…..” This makes the application of music as a therapy, or music as an aid to any other therapy, very simple.
Science, Medicine and Anthropology have completed many years of investigation on the effect of music on the physical body. As early as 1830, articles were published by J. Dogiel, which outlined experiments done to affirm music’s dynamic effect on the body. Absolute physiological reactions were established, and amongst other things, it was proved that music act on the circulation of blood, and can cause blood pressure to rise and fall. According to this, these alternations of pressure rely mainly on the influence which auditory stimulation has on the medulla oblongata and the auditory nerve.
During the first half of the previous century, many investigators throughout Europe agreed that music increases metabolism in a very adequate way, and that it changes muscular energy and enhances respiration.
The positive effects of music on physical and psychological health are truly widespread. In an article on music as cause of disease and healing agent, Assagioli (1965) states that “through its influence upon the subconscious, music can have a still more definite and specific healing effect of a psychoanalytic character. If of an appropriate kind, it can help in eliminating repression and resistance and bring into the field of waking consciousness many drives, emotions and complexes which were creating difficulties in the subconscious”.
It is known that certain kinds of music have the ability to reduce pain, whether it is physical or emotional. Scarantino (1987) states that “Pythagoras of Samos taught his students that certain musical sequences, chords and melodies produced definite responses in the human organism, and could change behaviour patterns that accelerated healing processes”
In a further discussion Scarantino states “In the 1970’s, Bulgarian researchers, under the direction of Dr. Georgi Lazanov, discovered a holistic approach to learning, that allows the body and mind to work in harmony through the linking of music and verbal suggestions…. While listening to largo movements from works of Baroque era composers, with tempos slower than the average heartbeat (sixty beats per minute or slower), the vital signs of test subjects slows down in rhythm with the music, relaxing them physically but leaving their minds alert for the assimilation of information. When the various educational data was presented to the students while the music played in the background, the students experienced significant increases in awareness and retention of information and a whole repertoire of health benefits, including relief from pain and headaches…..”
Relief of physical pain and stress was also observed during the investigation at the Garden City Clinic, Johannesburg. A double blind experiment was performed to investigate the effect of four different genres of music on the pain, discomfort and recovery levels of patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomies and laparotomies, and it was found that patients who received music had lower pain- and stress levels, specifically with the use of Mozart’s piano concertos.
Baroque Music (1600-1750) - Music of this period is characterized by neatness and precision. Composers were highly influenced by the strict rules of Pythagorean principles and harmony. Their philosophy was that music is the bridge that links all things in the universe.
Well known composers from this era are: Bach, Händel, Vivaldi, Teleman and Corelli.
Classical Music (1750-1825) - During the 18th century a movement called “The Age of Reason” began amongst philosophers such as Voltaire, Locke and Jefferson, who believed that the world could be controlled through reason and science. During this period it was believed that there had to be a reason for everything, and an all-over simplicity was sought that was not known in earlier centuries. The Classical period in music tends to be associated with this movement, and composers perfected the forms of classical music such as the sonata, symphony and concerto. Music from this period tends to be “easier listening” for the musically unsophisticated.
Well known composers from this era are: Mozart and Haydn.
Romantic Music (1825-1900) - Composers from this era wanted to overwhelm their listeners and wanted to “melt their hearts”. The main focus was on the melody and the romantic themes tended to be lyrical.
Well known composers from this era are: Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.
COMBINING MUSIC AND DEEP BREATHING
Relax by breathing deeply while you sit in an upright position with closed eyes. Listen to the music of any of the above-mentioned composers, especially the slow movements of concertos from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras. Remain in this meditative-position for as long as desired.
The combination of breath- and music therapy provides a powerful tool in establishing the physical and emotional health of the individual.
By: Nymph Kellerman
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Nymph completed her L.T.C.L. in music and drama, and obtained a B.A. Psychology and Philosophy a few years later. She trained as formal singer under various renowned vocal advisers and performed in numerous concerts, recitals, and oratorios. After a car accident that lead to a few neuro surgeries, she began investigating the benefits of deep relaxation and wrote a few books and numerous articles on the subject.
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Nov
23
The purpose of each relaxation music should be the creation of relaxation, concentration, optimistic mood and inspiration. That kind of music, called also new age music, is being employed in several treatments like anxiety management and massage or in many activities that need relaxed state like for example yoga. What the good relaxation music should contain.
The bulk of that type of music is rubbish and is available in the shops in special cheap bins. Why this happens? The music that undsfinishes up in such cheap bins is being recorded for the mass, solely to sell it. Hence that music isn’t going to put you into relaxed state, even if you think it does, you only imagine that you are relaxed. How often did you attempt to go to sleep after listening such cheap music and had difficulty to do that? How frequently the music you have listened to happened to be aggravating and useless? It is often because as I debated earlier not for putting you into a chilled mental state but to sell the million copies and earn the cash. It is analogous to the food products you purchase in the market. The one that are far more dear only contain natural elements. Same is with the good relaxation music. If this is inexpensive, it implies that it wont aid relaxation or can even do more damage than products. Typically the relaxation music is compatible with the 40 min or 1 hour length care. It is insisted that good relaxation music should put you into an alpha mental state. Alpha state is the state when you’re relaxed but aware. Many AHA or EUREKA moments occurred when you were in that state.
Try a search for the relaxation music that put you into alpha state, so called alpha music, as well as the one that have many years research.
If you’re a consultant, especially music specialist, you know about the importance of selecting the right music for your care.
Megan Allpphhaa
By: jason cyprus
About the Author:
The good relaxation music with years of research and experience and the one that can put you into an alpha state of mind can be found at www.thealphamusicofjohnlevine.com
Nov
22
Music and Sound Healing
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Music and healing are part of each other, and current research is pointing to that more and more. Recent studies have shown that music can slow down and help balance brain waves, reduce tension and stress by affecting endorphin levels, reduce physical tension by changing the vibrational frequency of cells, and even evoke feelings of love and inner peace.
Of course, if music can slow down your body’s rhythms and effect soothing, peace and healing, it can also have the opposite effect. A well-chosen set of music can help energize you and prepare you to work hard and be creative. Studies have also shown that athletes working out and practicing to music use more energy, stretch themselves further and burn more calories than those who work without music.
There’s a great deal of information available now about music and healing. Sound healing, music therapy, and the power of sound to effect changes in the mind, body and spirit are becoming more and more accepted. It’s sometimes difficult to tell how much is true and how much is marketing hype.
I became interested in the healing power of music as a by-product of trying to produce the most beautiful music possible. Years back, Leonard Bernstein invited me to perform as concertmaster in the world premiere his production of Mass. While there, he invited me along to speak with management and producers in the recording industry.
I learned from them, to my surprise, that the violin, the instrument that I consider the most beautiful and evocative of any, was not considered by the recording industry to be a marketable sound - that people would not buy recordings that featured the violin.
That piece of news amazed me. To me, the violin is the most beautiful, evocative and versatile instrument ever created. In the hands of a skilled musician, the violin can gloat, laugh, exult or cry. It can express nearly any emotion that humans can feel in their hearts and souls. I challenged myself then to produce works of music that presented the violin as I know it - the evocative and expressive voice of the soul.
That was the beginning of my own music label and catalog, Li-Sem Enterprises. As it grew, I began to hear from those who work in the fields of healing, both the traditional hospitals and doctors’ offices, and those working in CAM (complementary and alternative medicine), telling me that they were using my music in their practices, to enhance meditation, focus awareness and evoke emotions.
Perhaps the most potent, powerful story that I heard was that of a teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia who did not speak at all, but who, while listening to my CD Fragrance of a Dream, looked up and said, “This music is so beautiful it breaks your heart.”
Those stories and touches from others led me to begin exploring the world of healing with sound and music, and what I find both amazes me and confirms my own belief that music is one of the most potent healing tools the world has ever possessed. I am still very much a student, a pilgrim on a quest to learn all that I can about the ways that different tones, vibrations and sounds can affect the body and attune with the emotions and the spiritual.
It is a wonderful journey, and one that I intend to share with as many people as I can. As a beginning of that sharing, here are some things that I have learned, and that I believe about how music helps to heal and regenerate the body.
1. Your body will heal itself if you give it the right tools. I believe that some music can help your body to heal by helping it to realign its balance. At the same time, it is far too early in the research for anyone to tell you which musical selections will heal a specific medical condition. I would be irresponsible if I recommended that music replace other more traditional forms of healing and therapy. Music is a complementary way to give your body the tools that it needs to help itself heal.
2. One of the most important and effective things that you can do for your body is to help it relax into a meditative state. There is a great deal of research to support that a state of meditative calm inspires your body and your mind to renew itself.
3. Sound is one of the best tools for inspiring the meditative state in which your body is receptive to healing and renewal - but it is important to choose your music carefully. Some music - classical music in particular - seems to go there instinctively, but most music was not designed to relax you.
We are barely beginning to understand the ways that music affects us and effects healing in us. The research is exciting and ongoing, and I spend a great deal of time working with different bodies of healers in various fields to aid this research in all the ways that I can.
I incorporate what I have learned into the production of the titles and arrangements chosen for every new Li-Sem Catalog release in the hopes that this wonderful gift that I was given, the gift of making music, can become a gift to others - one that helps heal and refresh and renew, and in the process becomes part of a positive change in the world.
By: Daniel Kobialka
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World-renowned violinist Daniel Kobialka embraces both the classic and the avant-garde in his search to create sounds that enliven and heal. Dr. Bernie Siegel states, “I found years ago that music creates a healing environment… I find Kobialka’s to be the best available.” Visit Kobialka’s website for more articles and healing music.
Oct
12
Why should I care of choosing the right relaxation music?
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What should the good relaxation music include.
There are thousands of relaxation music available on the market.
It is cheap and indeed sold in thousands of copies. However that music is not going to put you into relaxed state, even if you believe it does, you only imagine that you are relaxed.
The good relaxation music isn’t cheap. It is analogous to the food products you purchase in the market. The one that are far more expensive only contain natural parts.
Same is with the good relaxation music. The good relaxation music is based on years of research, measurements, investments and client satisfaction.
Usually the relaxation music is compatible with the forty min or 1 hour length care. Alpha state is the state when you are relaxed but aware. Many AHA or EUREKA moments occurred when you were in that state. Only few of relaxation music can do that for you. 90% of the music available on the market should end up in rubbish bin and should not be worth your attention. Try a search for the relaxation music that put you into alpha state, so called alpha music, as well as the one that have many years research. If you’re a specialist, especially music therapist, you know of the importance of choosing the right music for your care.
Megan Allpphhaa
By: jason cyprus
About the Author:
The good relaxation music with years of research and experience and the one that can put you into an alpha state of mind can be found at www.thealphamusicofjohnlevine.com
Oct
8
Is Meditation Subliminal Relaxation Answer To The Stress And Strain?
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Not many know that meditation subliminal relaxation is one of the most effective relaxation techniques and has the power to heel psychologically. Before understanding about meditation subliminal relaxation and how it benefits you, you should know what relaxation techniques are and how and on what problems do they work.
Calming and soothing down mind and body when in an unstable or burned out situation is called relaxation and methods that can be used to achieve this heeling, is termed as relaxation techniques. Since the technique that is being discussed is subliminal relaxation or meditation subliminal relaxation, the problem that is to be cornered is more or mental and psychological. There are a bundle of relaxation techniques to fight those emotional and psychological stress and strain experienced by our mind, often these stress also lead to physical stress later on.
Usually relaxation techniques are designed in a way that they can even be used together or in combination. Mediation subliminal relaxation is one such safe and easy technique that works with the combination or conjunction of power of meditation and subliminal technology. While it is easy for a person to understand what meditation can do for budding stress and fatigue, not many know that subliminal technology is a relaxation technique in itself and can work wonders for those emotional imbalance of a tired and stressful brain.
Subliminal is defined as a message usually auditory (or even visually) and is designed to be perceived or observed psychologically by the brain. This subliminal persuasion is a sound or vibration that is below the reorganization level or threshold level i.e. the message transferred subliminally is below the range of normal human hearing. Using music as a power to calm down the instability of mind and to energize the tired and worn out mind, subliminal relaxation is a technique that works the best when combined with meditation.
Music has heeling to it, which is why listening to good music is considered as a relaxation technique in itself. The best thing about it is that one can listen to whatever song or music he or she likes to feed the exhausted emotions with some peace and liveliness. To support relaxation there are number of tapes with calm or inspiring messages and soft music, then there are also these subliminal tapes with music and messages embedded in such a way that one can not hear the message but can feel them subliminally or on subliminal level.
Meditating with these subliminal records or music being played at the background works as magic in boosting great stamina, energy and relaxation to both mind and body as well as in helping body with those stress and strain. Meditation is all about closing your eyes and on focusing on your breathing and when done with power of subliminal music or music with subconscious messages, body tends to heel faster, becomes peaceful and becomes strong enough to control the emotional disturbances it has been going through.
Some of the areas where a meditation subliminal relaxation works the best are stress, strain, fatigue, weariness, nervousness, fear, lack of concentration, restlessness, headache, inability to think and imbalanced breathing due to anxiety.
For years meditation has been regarded as a solution to problems like anxiety, stress, exhaustion and emotional dilemma. Meditation subliminal relaxation is a perfect blend of heeling power of meditation with subliminal relaxation or ability of music to control the mind and body. Often such day to day stress experienced by people of all age group (whether youngsters, working class or house wives) makes them suffer from emotional problems leaving them disturb and helpless. Meditation with subliminal relaxation is a technique that is solely based on erasing such stress or strain or psychological imbalance by providing a whole new outlook, by providing a moment to relax and rejuvenate, by proving the energy required by mind and body to coordinate well and by providing you time to cope up with too much of stress on your mind.
By: Jason Archer
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Sep
16
How To Treat Yourself With Meditation Music And Relaxation?
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Meditation music is a kind of music used for supporting the whole purpose of meditation and reviving the mind sensations. Relaxation is a way of refreshing the mind, body and soul by doing something peaceful, tranquil and enjoyable. Basic purpose of any relaxation technique is simply to take mind away from its stress and to pump up the weary body. Meditation music and relaxation have a synchronization that works best for bringing the tired and exhausted mind out of its gloominess.
Meditation has been a powerful source of relaxation and one of the most popular relaxation techniques. What meditation does is it treats the body of its emotional instability, adds to the health and makes a person strong in spiritual, physical and psychological way. To find out how meditation music and relaxation make a great pair for treating you, you need to know about the working and benefits of meditation and music individually.
For years people have been meditating, while it started as a way to way to become spiritually more active and to attain a way to connect to the inner self, today meditation has become a great way to attain a control over both the mind and body. With meditation having a power or ability to capture the mind, to motivate it and to revitalized it, people across the world have adopted meditation as a way to get over their stress, day long tiredness, to ease their anxiety and to balance their emotions. Similarly, music serves the same purpose of treating or heeling the inner disturbances of a person.
Have you ever tried listening to a favorite song of yours when feeling sadness, tiredness or irritability? Music acts has heeling properties that makes a person feel calm, composed and relaxed. The very reason makes music equally powerful and when combined or synchronized together, they prove out to be perfect way to relax and to treat a person in may areas.
Meditation music works by soothing the turbulence inside a mind using soft or inspirational sounds or rhymes that are bound to touch the emotions. If the question is why meditation and music together, then answer is simple meditation music works deeper and it has been proven that meditating with words or sound generates or create a powerful and emotionally strong environment or atmosphere. Meditation music also act as a tool that guides a person for attaining the calmness, for relaxing the mind and body when meditation and for helping them in focusing when meditating.
The basic principle on which meditation music and relaxation works is to push a person in to deeper sense of calmness, relaxation and to make him or her revive and retain the right frame of mind and body, thus the best way to treat your depression or exhaustion is to choose a good music track and meditate by playing it in background. Another reason why this new avatar of meditation has become so popular and is so amazing is the fact that, music without a doubt is a universal language and caters to need of all kind of people. From classical, western, jazz to instrumental there are hundreds of music categories one can choose from based on their preferences and begin with a meditation.
Some of health benefits of meditation music and relaxation include good and sound sleep, lower cholesterol, strengthening of immune system and more. Things you can work on or treat using the combination of meditation music and relaxation are anxiety, depression, fear, emotional imbalance, anger, mood change, mind and body fatigue, headache, sleeplessness, irritability, breathlessness and lack of concentration or inability to think.
The biggest misconception about meditation, music and relaxation is that one needs to be spiritual and should know mediation postures. But the truth is that meditation music is a simple way to relax and all it requires you to do is close your eyes (lie down or sit straight), breathe easy and concentrate on the music being played in the background. To practice meditation music you need not be a guru or spiritual guide or a yoga expert, as meditation music is all about exercising ones mind to refresh it, revitalize it and strengthen it.
By: Jason Archer
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Aug
5
Relaxing music?
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I love relaxing music. It’s also the only thing so far that can get rid of my weekly migraines. Nature sounds and especially water sounds (ocean, rain, waterfalls, thunderstorms). Does anyone know of any good CD’s to buy or song’s to download that help you relax? Thanks!
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Aug
2
Soothing/Relaxing Music ?
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What is (in your opinion) the most Soothing/Relaxing Music you have ever heard?
I am a college student, and am really stressed at the moment. And would really enjoy some music that could help unwind and sleep….
If anyone could provide me a clip, that would be real cool… thanks!
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Jun
30
Relaxation music?
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I am looking for some songs or an album that i can get off iTunes that is relaxing.
I was told i need to listen to relaxing music when i go to bed.
any suggestions?
Sewing
May
30
can anyone recommend any new age music (for percussion)?
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