Music can help calm your baby when he gets restless or anxious. There are several choices you can choose from, depending on the nature of music you want your baby to listen to.
The type of music you prefer when trying to relax can also be good for your baby. There are good compilations of Mozart or Bach music that you can use for his bedtime. The music of Enya or Georgia Kelly can be very calming, relaxing and peaceful.
When your baby is doing his day activities or playing, you can play nursery rhymes or music for kids to stimulate his senses. Some kids also respond positively to Phillip Glass music that has a simple and rhythmic sound. It can enliven and cheer up your baby. Soft or lively gospel music can also be good options to keep him in a good mood. Soothing music can help in getting him to take short naps during the day. It can also lessen his tantrums, which you will surely find helpful.
Additionally, you can be creative in choosing baby music by picking nursery rhymes or kiddie songs from movies that you like. They will not only stimulate his hearing senses but can also entertain him visually.
White noises or sounds that are monotonous can also be restful for the baby. White noises like the sound of a vacuum cleaner or electric fan or other sound devices that mimic the sound of the ocean or rain can be helpful. They can block disturbing noises from outside your house that can make your baby restless and irritable. It is not necessary to create an artificially-silent environment for your baby. This will make it more difficult for him to sleep when surrounded by normal sounds or noises.
Music can also soothe not just your baby but you as well from the stressing noises outside your house. Listening to classical music and making it a part of your daily routine can be a wonderful way of bonding.
Just as food nurtures your baby's growing body, so do the elements of music such as tune, tone and synchronization nourish his rapidly developing brain. Even when your baby is still inside your womb, research shows that music has a positive effect on his neuron system that is said to be responsible for his future learning, language development and musical ability. Music is also an ideal therapy for stressed-out and tired mothers. Just having music playing in the background can significantly alter the way you and your baby feel.
Many people when they begin learning meditation find it hard to really get into the swing of it. They will purchase books and cd's on meditation but nothing really seems to work. Most meditation kits that you buy either on the internet or at a bookstore will come with at least one style of meditation music, but be warned if you use the wrong type of meditation music for the meditation technique you are using during your meditation session all that will happen is that you will get frustrated and you will not achieve the outcome you are looking for.
There are many different types and styles of meditation but I want to categorize them into three core groups:
The style of meditation music used for the relaxation meditation technique is dramatically different to that used in the reflective meditation technique and affirmation meditation technique. Let me explain ?
The core object of relaxation meditation is too simply so down, relax and allow the stress in your body to simply flow away. It is crucial with this style of meditation that the music you use for the meditation technique is easy to listen to and has elements in the music that your accentuate peace and harmony. For example the meditation music may be played on a flute with water flowing in the background. Alternatively, the meditation music might be based on noises in a rainforest or in the bush. The music being used must reflect the object of the meditation session.
For affirmation meditation techniques the best style of meditation music to use is something that has a beat. One of the best meditation music styles I like for this technique comes from the Sound track of Kundun. The music used in the sound track is written based on the sounds used in Tibetan Monasteries. The beats or drums within the music can help you in setting a rhythm for learning and empowering your affirmations.
Where as the style of music that you should be using for the reflective meditation techniques should have a beat of 60 beats per minute. Baroque music played at 60 beats per minute is the best style. It has been shown through a range of studies that because our heart rate is designed to beat at 60 beats per minute, when the music is played at this rate it heightens our ability to learn.
Essentially the research showed that the baroque meditation music causes your brain to produce more alpha or calmness waves when listening to this style. This calmness happens on both the left and right sides of your brain. This simply results in you calming down and relaxing in a similar way to when you whistle a happy tune. The "alpha" state of mind is ideal for learning and creativity, which is what you are trying to achieve during a reflective meditation session.
If you were to use say the a strong beat mediation music say from the Kundun soundtrack during a relaxation meditation session you would find that it would be difficult to relax and in fact you will most likely find that you are unable to focus on your meditation.
Choosing the right style of meditation music for your meditation is absolutely crucial to ensure that your mediation session delivers the results that you would expect.
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