Category Archives: Calming Music Musings
Stress Free Students
Stress Free Students Around the world, students everywhere are dusting off their school shoes, checking to see if their school uniforms still fit and getting ready for the new school year. Summer holidays in the Southern Hemisphere and Winter Break in the Northern Hemisphere has come to an end. Groans from bedrooms around the world…
If Julia Roberts can, so can we.
If Julia Roberts can, so can we. A number of years ago, Julia Roberts played the lead role in a movie called “Eat, Pray, Love”. It was a great movie (and a great book by Elizabeth Gilbert before that) about a woman who was unhappy with her life and decided quit her job to follow…
Video 8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down Part 3
Video – 8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 3. Continued from Part 2, which in turn was continued from Part 1. The final video in our series, I am discussing the ways in which music can help us to calm down and fire up. Keep your ears…
Video 8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down Part 2
Video – 8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 2. Continued from Part 1 Part 2 of our video series continues on from where Part 1 left off. Sitting by the river in Jamieson, surrounded by the sounds of the Australian bush, I continue with my discussion about…
Nice Non-Denominational Holiday
I’m Dreaming of a Nice Non-Denominational Holiday A few nights ago I was at a local Amateur Theatre – Nuworks – which my oldest daughter has been involved with. She was in a recent show that was put on by Nuworks and with any luck she will be involved in more productions next year. They…
The Art Of Stillness
The Art Of Stillness TED.com is a very inspiring place to hang out. Full of interesting and thought provoking speakers, there is something for everyone to learn from. In this TED Talk, Pico Iyer discusses serveral of the ideas mentioned here at Calming Music Weekly. He talks about the concepts of being still, of taking the…
Less Holiday Stress More Holiday Turkey
Less Holiday Stress, More Holiday Turkey. It’s that time of year again… you can feel it in the air, on the street, in the car, on the road and certainly in the shopping centres and malls. “Making a List” – yep, done. Frantically rush to finish the multiple projects at work that absolutely MUST BE…
Blogging for Fun or Profit
Blogging for Fun or Profit It is a curious thing, this blogging caper. Writing about stuff, recording audios, recording videos, sharing posts on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube – trying to get your voice heard above the noise. These days, every man and his dog has a blog. Even cats have blogs. Some blogs are gems, most…
Medical Miracle found in Music
Medical Miracle found in Music OK – I need to make this very clear right up front. I am NOT a Doctor. Nor have I had any medical training whatsoever. In fact, the only experience with medicine I’ve had is once I dislocated my toe when I mis-judged the kitchen doorway and I had to…
8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 2
Continued from Part 1. 8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 2 5. Boring Things cease to be boring. Homework gets done. The day goes faster. Let’s face it – not everything we do every day fills us with excitement, lifts us up to do the…
