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December 7th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

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The right music can provide great stress relief.

Stress relief can be beautiful music to our ears reports: “A recent study performed by the Department of Psychology at the University of South Alabama investigated the effects of music on stress. They compared self-selected relaxing music and classical music with sitting in silence or listening to heavy metal music. They found that listening to self-selected relaxing music or classical music immediately after encountering a stressor significantly reduced the effects of stress, and relaxing music styles had a much more positive effect on stress than sitting in silence or listening to heavy metal music.”

Classical music, especially baroque, Gregorian chants, and music created especially for stress relief can help you to switch off and relax.

Why not take the time to relax with some great music today?

Celtic Stress Relief - Celtic music and knots

August 31st, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Yo can get stress relief in many ways. People are finding that there’s stress relief in some ancient traditions, like Celtic music and Celtic knots.

Celtic Music - for relaxation and meditation

There are certain features that should be associated with Celtic stress relief music when using this powerful method to dispel stress.  One of those features should be an appropriate musical rhythm.  Rhythm is the measured movement of the music.  To reduce stress the rhythm should be slow and methodical.  The appropriate number of the music’s rhythmic beats should be 72 beats per minute or less.  This is due to the fact that this is the average number that the human heart beats per minute.

In addition, the music that is used to relieve stress should produce powerful imagery.  That imagery could be rolling hills, lush green grass, softly flowing streams, etc.  The instrumentation and music of Celtic stress relief music creates those stress relieving thoughts.  This is due to the mind associating the flutes and stringed instruments of Celtic music with the countryside of Ireland and Scotland.

When listening to Celtic stress relief music allow its embrace and visualize the music like a light spring shower washing away the stress from the day.  Also, allow breathing to ebb and flow with the music.  In addition, it is important to concentrate on the music of silence between the notes.

Celtic Knots and Celtic embroidery

Another stress relief action that can be taken by individuals is by engaging in a hobby. 
A hobby will help to divert the thoughts and energies of the stressed individual and concentrate on an activity in which there are no expectations, timelines or other stresses. 

Therefore, one additional Celtic stress relief method is through the hobby of tying Celtic knots and Celtic embroidery. There are at least two benefits that can be realized through this Celtic stress relief method.

The first is that the Celtic knot is a symbol of eternity.  These interwoven knots are often seen on marriage bands.  The symbolism of these knots on wedding bands speaks to eternal love and commitment.  When involved in this Celtic stress relief hobby, the individual may be able to increase their spiritual awareness and realize that stresses pale in comparison to eternal things.

The secondary benefit is the education and satisfaction gained from creating something beautiful from stress.  The educational lesson is that stress can be channeled and used positively.

Music for stress relief

August 22nd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Music helps you to tap into your most primal emotions; it can also change your mood. This makes music ideal for stress relief.

One of the original functions of music may have been to express the inexpressible.  Music was used for laments, for worship and for medicine.  One of the oldest kinds of healer, shamans, used songs to seek assistance from the spirit realm to assist his tribe.  In modern times, blues music can make you feel good by listening to songs about bad times.

Times have changed, but the need for relief from, as Shakespeare put it, “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”, haven’t. 

Between worries about basic survival, there are also worries about traffic, about how to cook a new meal or meeting your date’s parents, about why the cat won’t use her litter box, and hundreds of other straws that can make your camel’s back reach breaking point.  By reducing stress, you can make yourself healthier, which can lead to being more energetic, creative and happy.

For stress relief music, you might prefer instrumentals to those with lyrics.  Some people find their minds latch onto words, whether sung or not, and can’t stop thinking about the song lyrics rather than trying to relax.  And then, there are some people who can only fall asleep with Metallica blasting at full volume (and they always seem to move next door, don’t they?)  Music taste is a very personal thing, so stress relief music that works for one person may do nothing for you.

Music for stress relief

Your stress relief music should remove you from your worries and fears.  It is as if you are placed in a temporary cocoon hanging outside of reality.  You can’t stay there all of the time, but a few minutes a day can make coming back to reality a lot easier.

Not your body’s reactions when listening to a favored piece of music.  Does your pulse quicken?  Then that’s not the best stress relief music for you.  You want your body to calm down, not speed up.  You might try tapes of classical, New Age or even songs of whales or birds to help you relax.  You want to be interested enough in the music to pay attention to it, but not so much that it bores you to tears and thus cause more stress.  The best stress relief music can balance between relaxing you and boring you.  You’ll know it when you find it. 

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