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"For example, I love music. As a past musician, I was exposed to music all the time. music soothes me, so the stress from my busy practice necessitates I make time for music. It is the same with yoga. Although my intense travel schedule pulls me away from my regular yoga class, the practice is a necessary pan of my stress-relief plan. Music and yoga work for me, but they may not be right for you. Create a stress-relief plan that fits your personal interests. Here are some helpful hints that have worked for my patients. Exercise." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"Soothing music may also reduce anxiety and stress. One study showed that after listening to music while trying to go to sleep, the level of sleepiness was significantly increased and the time to sleep onset was much lower. The music became more effective each night of continued use.187 Some studies of insomnia in postmenopausal women demonstrate that HRT significantly improves sleep quality, shortens sleep onset, and reduces nighttime restlessness and awakenings." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

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"If your child likes musical programs, it might be worth investing in a karaoke machine or a music teacher to fine-tune his or her musical talent. Sometimes, it takes a bit more exploration beyond the obvious to figure out what might interest the child. If your child enjoys movies like The Little Mermaid, you can suggest swimming as a fun activity." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"As a past musician, I was exposed to music all the time. music soothes me, so the stress from my busy practice necessitates I make time for music. It is the same with yoga. Although my intense travel schedule pulls me away from my regular yoga class, the practice is a necessary pan of my stress-relief plan. Music and yoga work for me, but they may not be right for you. Create a stress-relief plan that fits your personal interests. Here are some helpful hints that have worked for my patients. Exercise." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"Immersing oneself in great music can also be a powerful self-release. Many people believe that of all the arts, music is the most direct expression of our soul and of the divine, and that the most sublime release from self comes from listening to great music—or making music. I am a lousy guitar player and I sing just about as poorly, but during one of the worst stretches of my life, playing the guitar and writing a couple of songs was as good a release from my "sorry self" as I could find." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.)

"I did six, seven or eight miles, came home, put on some music and the music even sounded better. The next day I didn't take any pregnenolone. I went to the library and got the research published in the '40s and '50s, all of it, read it all, word by word. I couldn't find anything about visual and auditory enhancement. One thing they did mention in the study of factory workers was that quite a number had noticed an enhanced sense of well-being. The study of the pilots in simulated flight also mentioned an enhancement of well-being, but nothing about visual and auditory enhancements." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Meditation can play a role here, as can destress-ing exercises and techniques, prayer, listening to calm music, going for walks, playing with your companion pets, spending quality time in your relationships without arguing, and pursuing hobbies or anything that can bring you joy during the day—or night, for that matter! Bring your energy to a calm place. Get rid of all excess stimulation around you. Have a candlelit meal with nice soft music. Take a bubble bath, if that is what appeals to you. Do things that are just fun, and watch your blood pressure come down." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Many people believe that of all the arts, music is the most direct expression of our soul and of the divine, and that the most sublime release from self comes from listening to great music—or making music. I am a lousy guitar player and I sing just about as poorly, but during one of the worst stretches of my life, playing the guitar and writing a couple of songs was as good a release from my "sorry self" as I could find. While we all can listen to God—or that which is greater than us—few can effectively communicate to the world what we hear." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.)

"The musician, it will be said, may be so engrossed in music that he would contrive to interpret every piece of mechanism as a musical instrument; the habit of thinking all intervals as musical intervals may be so ingrained in him that if he fell downstairs and bumped on stairs numbered 1, 5, 8, and 13 he would see music in his fall." - Ken Wilber, Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists (Get the book.)

"However, if the heavy music is played too far in advance of a race or other athletic event, even the day before, it will tire the athlete before the competition begins. Many types of classical music played at a low volume have been shown to have a positive physical effect on the body. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of music therapy in helping reduce stress-related symptoms and boost relaxation. A seemingly mundane activity, watching TV, has been receiving a lot of interest over the past few years." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"There were specially designed baths filled with water and iron filings, into which projected large iron rods; there were hanging mirrors that were supposed to reflect back and intensify the invisible energy circulating in the room; and there was mysteriously unfamiliar music playing in the background behind a purple curtain. The music, produced by a new invention called the armonica, was not just there to help create a mood; like the iron filings and mirrors, it was supposed to act as a physical aid to the intensification and conduction of the animal magnetism." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"The geoscientist George Philander likens global climate to a performance by a giant orchestra: "Acting in concert, the ocean and the atmosphere are capable of music that neither can produce on its own. El Nino is an example of such music. An ever broader range of climatic fluctuations becomes possible once the interactions involve, not only the atmosphere and hydrosphere, but also the cryosphere [the Earth's ice volumes] and biosphere."2 We have only just begun to understand the complex climatic forces that shaped the post-Ice Age world outside the tropics." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Heavy music played at high volume is perceived as a threat by the body and gets the adrenaline pumping, readying the athlete for competition. In the short term, stress will reduce the effectiveness of the pain receptors; this is advantageous to athletes, and the benefit of being biologically scared. However, if the heavy music is played too far in advance of a race or other athletic event, even the day before, it will tire the athlete before the competition begins. Many types of classical music played at a low volume have been shown to have a positive physical effect on the body." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"An accomplished violist in high school, he entered Lewis and Clark College with a full music performance scholarship. But after two years of college and a move to California, the early dream of an orchestral music career faded. He enrolled at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and switched to natural sciences. After an undergraduate degree in chemistry and three years as a graduate student, he finally settled on medicine, enrolling in medical school at the University of California, Irvine, where he met his wife." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"My first career was playing music, working in recording studios, and later running assignments for a recording artist management and music publishing company. It was an up-and-down life. I'd make thousands of dollars playing music for a few evenings and then not work for weeks. People in the entertainment business have a well-earned reputation for being brutally honest. To be successful and thrive, you had to have a thick skin to put up with rejection, and work harder and smarter. But I couldn't do that. I resisted looking closely at what wasn't working and I took any setbacks personally." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"The musician, it will be said, may be so engrossed in music that he would contrive to interpret every piece of mechanism as a musical instrument; the habit of thinking all intervals as musical intervals may be so ingrained in him that if he fell downstairs and bumped on stairs numbered 1, 5, 8, and 13 he would see music in his fall." - Ken Wilber, Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists (Get the book.)

"The Power of Music- music has been documented to help relieve stress, and you can find special CD's for just this purpose. Personally, I recommend the music of Ray Lynch or Robert Aviles. • The Power of Exercise- Exercise increases the production of stress-relieving endorphins. Exercise is a great stress-reliever and has the added benefit of promoting healthy digestion. It may seem like just one more thing to add to your schedule, but exercise is worth it. I recommend rebounding (on a mini trampoline) for stress relief and toxin removal. Plus, it's fun!" - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"The quality of the music depends upon each musician performing according to the way the music is written. Each instrument played according to the score is essential for a harmonious production. Vitamin B-3 is one of the essential components of nature's grand symphony, as performed by each cell of our bodies. By discussing only vitamin B-3, we are not down-playing or minimizing the significance of other nutrients. They are all essential, and for optimum cell function, they are needed in specific concentrations." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"One study showed that after listening to music while trying to go to sleep, the level of sleepiness was significantly increased and the time to sleep onset was much lower. The music became more effective each night of continued use.187 Some studies of insomnia in postmenopausal women demonstrate that HRT significantly improves sleep quality, shortens sleep onset, and reduces nighttime restlessness and awakenings." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"That is why most of us prefer our own mother's cooking to someone else's cooking and why those who grew up in homes where classical music was appreciated nearly always like classical music. Experimental research has found that "mere exposure" increases our liking for various types of music, faces, geometric shapes—even nonsense syllables.50 We even prefer the image we see in the mirror each day rather than its reverse as seen in a photograph, though our friends prefer the photo." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Research has shown that music may influence central physiological variables, including blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, EEG measurements, and body temperature. music also influences immune and endocrine function. Listen to any music that makes you feel good, use soothing music at night before bed, or listen to Dr. Andrew Weil's Sound Body, Sound Mind: music for Healing. Find any way to relax that works Take a walk in the woods, romp around with your dog or cat, play a game with a friend—all of us find joy and peace and restoration in different activities." - Mark Hyman, M.D., Ultraprevention : The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"What happens at the cellular level is sort of like an internal game of musical chairs: if the music stops and B6 sits down in the "estrogen chair," then the estrogen molecule is out of the game. / BECAUSE THE B VITAMINS WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM SUCH VITAL TASKS AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL, YOU SHOULD TAKE A B-COMPLEX VITAMIN, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO OF THE B VITAMINS." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"If your taste in music runs toward heavy metal rather than easy listening, ringing in your ears can be a sign of ear nerve damage from excessively loud music. Like the feeling of fullness in your ears (see Stuffy Ears, above), a ringing sound can be a sign of excessive earwax or an indication that a foreign object—such as a cotton swab , , SIGN OF THE TIMES or even an insect—has taken up residence in your ear. Occasionally, a ringing sound in your ears can be Medieval artists earmarked earwax as a useful binding material for paints." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Learn more about music's effect on health — at the Texas Center for music & Medicine at www.unt.edu/tcmm. Breathing Device Lowers Blood Pressure Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Resperate guides people through deep-breathing exercises. As breathing slows, muscles surrounding the small blood vessels relax, so blood flows more freely and blood pressure drops. The device includes a sensor belt to monitor breathing, a handheld computer unit and headphones. Musical tones delivered through the headphones indicate when to inhale and exhale." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

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