Posts tagged: insomnia

How Can Healing Music Help With Stress?

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Yesterday our family had one of the most stressful and challenging days in a long time. My wife and I had to run to doctor appointments, deal with a sick dog, deal with teenage drama and through all of this the only car we have broke down leaving us stranded for the day.

It just seemed like one thing after another, we felt as if we were being tested by a higher power. These stressful events lasted until 1130pm.

When we realized how late it was getting we knew there was no choice but to get some sleep.

The Challenge:

We were so stressed from the days events our bodies were vibrating and we both figured there literally was no way we would ever get to sleep.

The Solution: Read more »

Can Music Help With Certain Types of Sleep Disorders?

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Sleep disorders don’t just cause drowsiness, there are other risks which can be life threatening and some which can be simply annoying.  There are several types of sleep disorders to consider:

  • Insomnia
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Narcolepsy

Depending on the person and your situation these sleep disorders can be mild to extreme. For the purpose of this post we are going to focus on the milder cases, most of which can be caused from time change, jet-leg,stress from work, worry etc.

For any situation which involves loss of sleep please consult your physician should it persist.

Recently one of our friends mentioned he had been doing an abnormal amount of work related travel. Up until two weeks ago this was causing him loss of sleep due to different time zone changes.

During one of his flights he had the opportunity to read a magazine article, from one of the popular Men’s health publishers, which mentioned lack of sleep for travelers.

Apparently the article mentioned the use of healing music as a prescription to help your body relax and your brain be soothed into a slight meditative state. The article went on to say during a recent study of 20 travelers the effects of music assisting in improving sleep patterns was amazingly successful.

After reading the article he decided Read more »

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