Today's DailyOM Offerings...
May 1, 2012
Guided Meditation: Revitalize Mind, Body and Spirit
Kelly Howell with Robert Schwimmer
1995
Kelly Howell is a pioneer in the healing art of sound waves and brain-hemisphere synchronization. The right and left sides of our brains are so often at odds, wasting valuable energy and causing undue stress. For Guided Meditation: Revitalize Mind, Body and Spirit, Howell collaborates with acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Schwimmer, who provides a gently ethereal score over which Howell guides active meditation and under which she activates healing theta wave frequencies and her acclaimed “hemi-sync” process, which requires the listener to use headphones.
Theta waves increase the user's ability to focus, facilitating healing and enhancing creativity. As Howelll notes in the intro, this CD helps "nurture your sense of self, your creativity, and the dynamic expression of your power." With Schwimmer's ocean-deep relaxation music pulsing to theta, we're given a key to relaxation and awareness of the sort many of us have never known in our entire lives, until this moment. The guided meditation of the first track involves journeying into the centers of creativity and awareness, into the woods where, as Howell's voice warms to golden nurturing hues, we find a beautiful, heated stream cascading into a pool. "You see the steam rising from the surface of the water and feel the moisture in the air around you," Howell says. And the hemi-sync motive kicks in when Howell speaks calming overlapping words that lap into the center of our minds like counterpoint waves and eddying tides.
The energy and rejuvenating glow of the heated spring are what theta waves and brain synchronization are all about, as we find on the second track, which is all just music and theta waves that can be enjoyed without the benefit of headphones. Schwimmer's music is great to unwind to, with its unobtrusive minimalist glow anchored by huge almost subaudible theta waves. As Howell notes, the most effective maximum long-term benefits occur after six to eight weeks of daily use. That shouldn't be too much of a chore when the use involves what amounts to finding a place to sit and entering a tranquil inner spa. Revitalization of Mind, Body and Spirit is only a play-press and closed-eyes away.
May 1, 2012
Perseverance in Conviction
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
You may be intensely determined to reach your goals today. Your ambitions may be at the forefront of your mind, so you may find that you can recognize how your actions in the present affect your ability to get what you want. You may find that your increased drive helps you to focus on your personal and professional efforts. This can be a positive time to undertake a rigorous project or take on additional responsibilities because your ambition can give you the strength to overcome difficult challenges. Consider how you might use your newfound drive to propel yourself forward in order to overcome obstacles that have blocked your path. As you make choices today, you may feel more inclined than usual to reflect upon how each option will affect your future.
Your determination can give you the willpower you need to progress rapidly toward your goals. Life is replete with distractions that interfere with our focus and make the path toward success more arduous than it needs to be. When you are determined, you are more conscious of what might put you off course and better able to fix your attention on your long-term goals. You won’t hesitate to make sacrifices in the present that will help you attain the future you desire. Your conviction and commitment will be evident in your lifestyle, as your choices will be reflect your aims. You’ll be strong enough to evade distraction, even in its most pleasurable forms. The determination you feel today will provide you with willpower that will help you build the future you desire.
May 1, 2012
Enjoying Life
Remembering the Moment
It is only in the present moment that we experience being alive.
Life, in all of its fullness, is happening right now. While our thoughts are sometimes elsewhere, beautiful opportunities and moments are being passed over and lost to the flow of time. And though we cannot possibly fully experience each leaf that falls to the ground, sometimes we get so attached to reaching our goals that we don’t pay attention to the wonder all around us. When we do that, we live in a world that exists only in our heads, while we miss life itself. There is so much to be enjoyed and appreciated that we need to remember to pay attention to the present moment, because it is the only space in which we can experience being alive.
We learn from our past, but dwelling on it keeps us from being fully present to life in the moment. We create our lives with our thoughts, but focusing so firmly on our imagined future keeps us from co-creating with the universe, so we might never allow ourselves to live our dreams as they manifest. It’s possible to be so happy and comfortable in our inner worlds that we lose touch with the business of life. We may enjoy spending large portions of time in meditation, or focused on our thoughts.
Life must be attended to, and if we are wise, we can enjoy it at the same time. We can awaken ourselves to the moment we are living right now by taking a deep breath and simply looking around. In doing so, we refocus our attention to our location in the real world. Then we can learn to appreciate the process of working toward our goals as much as their attainment. Balancing ourselves between the present moment and eternity, we can experience and enjoy the full range of reality available to us as spiritual beings living on earth.
Guided Meditation: Revitalize Mind, Body and Spirit
Kelly Howell with Robert Schwimmer
1995
Kelly Howell is a pioneer in the healing art of sound waves and brain-hemisphere synchronization. The right and left sides of our brains are so often at odds, wasting valuable energy and causing undue stress. For Guided Meditation: Revitalize Mind, Body and Spirit, Howell collaborates with acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Schwimmer, who provides a gently ethereal score over which Howell guides active meditation and under which she activates healing theta wave frequencies and her acclaimed “hemi-sync” process, which requires the listener to use headphones.
Theta waves increase the user's ability to focus, facilitating healing and enhancing creativity. As Howelll notes in the intro, this CD helps "nurture your sense of self, your creativity, and the dynamic expression of your power." With Schwimmer's ocean-deep relaxation music pulsing to theta, we're given a key to relaxation and awareness of the sort many of us have never known in our entire lives, until this moment. The guided meditation of the first track involves journeying into the centers of creativity and awareness, into the woods where, as Howell's voice warms to golden nurturing hues, we find a beautiful, heated stream cascading into a pool. "You see the steam rising from the surface of the water and feel the moisture in the air around you," Howell says. And the hemi-sync motive kicks in when Howell speaks calming overlapping words that lap into the center of our minds like counterpoint waves and eddying tides.
The energy and rejuvenating glow of the heated spring are what theta waves and brain synchronization are all about, as we find on the second track, which is all just music and theta waves that can be enjoyed without the benefit of headphones. Schwimmer's music is great to unwind to, with its unobtrusive minimalist glow anchored by huge almost subaudible theta waves. As Howell notes, the most effective maximum long-term benefits occur after six to eight weeks of daily use. That shouldn't be too much of a chore when the use involves what amounts to finding a place to sit and entering a tranquil inner spa. Revitalization of Mind, Body and Spirit is only a play-press and closed-eyes away.
May 1, 2012
Perseverance in Conviction
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
You may be intensely determined to reach your goals today. Your ambitions may be at the forefront of your mind, so you may find that you can recognize how your actions in the present affect your ability to get what you want. You may find that your increased drive helps you to focus on your personal and professional efforts. This can be a positive time to undertake a rigorous project or take on additional responsibilities because your ambition can give you the strength to overcome difficult challenges. Consider how you might use your newfound drive to propel yourself forward in order to overcome obstacles that have blocked your path. As you make choices today, you may feel more inclined than usual to reflect upon how each option will affect your future.
Your determination can give you the willpower you need to progress rapidly toward your goals. Life is replete with distractions that interfere with our focus and make the path toward success more arduous than it needs to be. When you are determined, you are more conscious of what might put you off course and better able to fix your attention on your long-term goals. You won’t hesitate to make sacrifices in the present that will help you attain the future you desire. Your conviction and commitment will be evident in your lifestyle, as your choices will be reflect your aims. You’ll be strong enough to evade distraction, even in its most pleasurable forms. The determination you feel today will provide you with willpower that will help you build the future you desire.
May 1, 2012
Enjoying Life
Remembering the Moment
It is only in the present moment that we experience being alive.
Life, in all of its fullness, is happening right now. While our thoughts are sometimes elsewhere, beautiful opportunities and moments are being passed over and lost to the flow of time. And though we cannot possibly fully experience each leaf that falls to the ground, sometimes we get so attached to reaching our goals that we don’t pay attention to the wonder all around us. When we do that, we live in a world that exists only in our heads, while we miss life itself. There is so much to be enjoyed and appreciated that we need to remember to pay attention to the present moment, because it is the only space in which we can experience being alive.
We learn from our past, but dwelling on it keeps us from being fully present to life in the moment. We create our lives with our thoughts, but focusing so firmly on our imagined future keeps us from co-creating with the universe, so we might never allow ourselves to live our dreams as they manifest. It’s possible to be so happy and comfortable in our inner worlds that we lose touch with the business of life. We may enjoy spending large portions of time in meditation, or focused on our thoughts.
Life must be attended to, and if we are wise, we can enjoy it at the same time. We can awaken ourselves to the moment we are living right now by taking a deep breath and simply looking around. In doing so, we refocus our attention to our location in the real world. Then we can learn to appreciate the process of working toward our goals as much as their attainment. Balancing ourselves between the present moment and eternity, we can experience and enjoy the full range of reality available to us as spiritual beings living on earth.