Podcast Yoga Music and Darth Vader
Podcast – Yoga Music and Darth Vader Here is another podcast in our relaxation suggestions series. We discuss the hand in glove relationship between the physical and mental aspects of yoga combined with the mental imagery and internalisation of the music that often accompanies it. And Darth Vader. Click the PLAY button to listen. To hear…
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…
Featured Musician Steve Rees
Steve Rees – Post Falls, Idaho, USA. Harp. Steve Rees plays the harp. And, wow, his skills and music are simply breathtaking. Steve discovered the calming effects his harp and his music had on people almost by accident. As a registered nurse, he spent much of his day working with sick and worried patients. “I…
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…
8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 1
8 Ways Music Can Help You To Calm Down and Fire Up – Part 1 Music has an incredible effect on people. It can make you laugh, cry, angry, happy, sad, joyful, worried, frightened, energetic, calm, at peace. It can make you want to dance, or want to sleep. Music can help you relax.…
Interview with Richard Goldsworthy
Interview with Richard Goldsworthy In my internet and musical travels I have been fortunate enough to find and listen to some wonderful music created and composed by some wonderful musicians. Another musician who specialises in calming music has come to my attention – Richard Goldsworthy. I would like to bring him to your attention…
Between Music and Medicine
Between Music and Medicine. I can become lost in TED.com . The incredibley intelligent, articulate and inspring people who share their thoughts and expertise is simple amazing. Here in this talk, Robert Gupta – a musician and a doctor – describes how he chose between music and medicine. He describes the ideas of music being able…
Waves clouds and all that Jazz.
Waves clouds and all that Jazz. The other day I was watching a YouTube video documentary about the ancient Inuit (Eskimo) people who lived somewhere in Northern Greenland more than 500 years ago. Recently an old grave has been discovered containing the perfectly preserved and naturally mummified bodies of 8 people – all female, including…
Interview with John Barnard
Interview with John Barnard Through-out the course of this Calming Music blog I have discovered and had the privilege of listening to some wonderful music. It has been a pleasure to correspond with some of these fine musicians. So much so, that some of these musicians have contributed to the calming music featured here…
Nature Beauty Gratitude
Nature Beauty Gratitude Here is another inspriring TED talk worthy of your valuable time. In it, Louie Schwartzberg discusses the sheer beauty of nature and enhances his words with his amazing time lapse photography. Then he shows a very short film he has been working on – again with profound but simple narration behind his visually…
