Notes from this week’s episode:
Listening to calming music can help reduce your stress levels and help you relax and can also help improve your mood and outlook on life by lifting your spirits and reducing negative thinking.
Discussion points:
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Our experience as listeners
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How Shann starts each day with music. “I am” meditation by Dr Wayne Dyer
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How Ananga creates music – instruments, pacing and time
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Ayurveda and music
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Why choosing to relax and setting aside time each day to consciously enter into a relaxed state is key to calming your mind.
Some recommendations: • Classical Music: Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi • Instrumental Music: Yiruma, Enya, Kitaro • Jazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane • New Age Music: Enigma, Deep Forest • Guided Meditations: Anxiety Slayer, Headspace, Calm
While music is helpful for relaxation it’s also a wonderful way for moving stuck energy in our bodies.
Shaking out stress and trauma with dance music is an excellent practice.
It can help to reframe difficult emotions and experiences and improve your mood. Dancing can also help to increase endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good hormones.
Some playlist recommendations
Calming Music
• Peaceful Piano Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX4sWSpwq3LiO
• Calming Classical Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVFeEut75IAL
• New Age Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWTWhA27mtRFK
Dance Music
• Dance Party Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oKz4DsTP8zbL97UIPbqp4
• Reggae Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXbSbnqxMTGx9
• Electronic Dance Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5naKPTSE4Y1OI5YE97KvoO
To wrap up today’s episode we’re sharing a calming breathing relaxation from our Tranquility album. Come back next week for a conversation with Chad Lawson Pianist, Yogi and creator of the album Breathe with over 500,000 streams.
