Today's DailyOM Offerings...
November 25, 2014
Music for Healing
Steve Halpern
2002
Music touches our hearts and resonates within our bodies. The right music can truly renew us, helping us to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Great musicians have always recognized this therapeutic power of music, and researchers are finally proving them right. The Sound Medicine Series features the works of inspired musical pioneers who are exploring music’s healing power.
Music for Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Your body is a self-healing instrument. If you give it a chance, it will always tend toward homeostasis or healthful balance. Sound healer Steven Halpern uses soothing and free-floating keyboard compositions to draw the body into this state of balance and harmony.
Combining artistic inspiration, sensitivity, and sophisticated sound technology, his compositions synchronize the hemispheres of the brain and amplify the production of alpha brainwaves. This natural response is associated with feelings of deep relaxation, contentment, and well-being.
Steven Halpern, PhD, stands at the leading edge of the growing public understanding of the relationship between music, body, mind, and spirit. An internationally acclaimed composer and recording artist, Halpern has produced over 60 recordings and authored several books.
His music has been featured on 48 Hours, America’s Talking, and in USA Today, the New York Times, and Yoga Journal. Halpern’s recordings are used in hospitals, healing clinics, and leading spas worldwide.
November 25, 2014
Grounded in Your Sensibilities
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
A desire to adhere more fully to the values you hold dear can come over you without warning today. Whether you embrace conventionality or strive to embrace exploration, you will likely feel driven to examine your beliefs carefully. Your in-depth analysis of your existence can show you how to lead a truly fulfilling life. As you recognize and then adopt ideologies that complement your lifestyle, you may find that you begin to feel highly grounded and sensible. Since your values are no longer in opposition with each other, you can comfortably embrace those activities, guidelines, and personal preferences that make your world seem like a bright and nurturing place. You will likely feel complete today as you come to understand yourself more fully.
We remind ourselves of what is truly important in our lives each time we reformulate our value systems to make certain that our everyday practical decisions are not in opposition to our personal philosophies. The whims of the world can distract us from our true goals and our individual ideologies, so we gain a newly intense sense of self each time we ground ourselves in our sensibilities. We remember all those beliefs that helped shape us as people and can, with each phase of life, discard those that no longer add value to our experiences. In reinforcing our values, we once again become whole, autonomous individuals capable of independent thought. When you actively think about who you are and the choices you make today, you will feel like yourself again.
November 25, 2014
The Effect of Not Doing
When We Don’t Take Action
by Madisyn Taylor
Our actions shape our lives, but what we don't take action on can be just as powerful.
Life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. Every one of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the actions we take contributes to the complex quality and character of the universe’s unfolding. It simply is not possible to be alive without making an impact on the world that surrounds us. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every action not taken. And when it comes to making the world a better place, what we choose not to do can be just as important as what we choose to do.
For example, when we neglect to recycle, speak up, vote, or help somebody in immediate need, we are denying ourselves the opportunity to be an agent for positive change. Instead, we are enabling a particular course to continue unchallenged, picking up speed even as it goes along. By holding the belief that our actions don’t make much of a difference, we may find that we often tend to forego opportunities for involvement. Alternatively, if we see ourselves as important participants in an ever-evolving world, we may feel more inspired to contribute our unique perspective and gifts to a situation.
It is wise to be somewhat selective about how and where we are using our energy in order to keep ourselves from becoming scattered. Not every cause or action is appropriate for every person. When a situation catches our attention, however, and speaks to our heart, it is important that we honor our impulse to help and take the action that feels right for us. It may be offering a kind word to a friend, giving resources to people in need, or just taking responsibility for our own behavior. By doing what we can, when we can, we add positive energy to our world. And sometimes, it may be our one contribution that makes all the difference.
Music for Healing
Steve Halpern
2002
Music touches our hearts and resonates within our bodies. The right music can truly renew us, helping us to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Great musicians have always recognized this therapeutic power of music, and researchers are finally proving them right. The Sound Medicine Series features the works of inspired musical pioneers who are exploring music’s healing power.
Music for Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit
Your body is a self-healing instrument. If you give it a chance, it will always tend toward homeostasis or healthful balance. Sound healer Steven Halpern uses soothing and free-floating keyboard compositions to draw the body into this state of balance and harmony.
Combining artistic inspiration, sensitivity, and sophisticated sound technology, his compositions synchronize the hemispheres of the brain and amplify the production of alpha brainwaves. This natural response is associated with feelings of deep relaxation, contentment, and well-being.
Steven Halpern, PhD, stands at the leading edge of the growing public understanding of the relationship between music, body, mind, and spirit. An internationally acclaimed composer and recording artist, Halpern has produced over 60 recordings and authored several books.
His music has been featured on 48 Hours, America’s Talking, and in USA Today, the New York Times, and Yoga Journal. Halpern’s recordings are used in hospitals, healing clinics, and leading spas worldwide.
November 25, 2014
Grounded in Your Sensibilities
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
A desire to adhere more fully to the values you hold dear can come over you without warning today. Whether you embrace conventionality or strive to embrace exploration, you will likely feel driven to examine your beliefs carefully. Your in-depth analysis of your existence can show you how to lead a truly fulfilling life. As you recognize and then adopt ideologies that complement your lifestyle, you may find that you begin to feel highly grounded and sensible. Since your values are no longer in opposition with each other, you can comfortably embrace those activities, guidelines, and personal preferences that make your world seem like a bright and nurturing place. You will likely feel complete today as you come to understand yourself more fully.
We remind ourselves of what is truly important in our lives each time we reformulate our value systems to make certain that our everyday practical decisions are not in opposition to our personal philosophies. The whims of the world can distract us from our true goals and our individual ideologies, so we gain a newly intense sense of self each time we ground ourselves in our sensibilities. We remember all those beliefs that helped shape us as people and can, with each phase of life, discard those that no longer add value to our experiences. In reinforcing our values, we once again become whole, autonomous individuals capable of independent thought. When you actively think about who you are and the choices you make today, you will feel like yourself again.
November 25, 2014
The Effect of Not Doing
When We Don’t Take Action
by Madisyn Taylor
Our actions shape our lives, but what we don't take action on can be just as powerful.
Life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. Every one of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the actions we take contributes to the complex quality and character of the universe’s unfolding. It simply is not possible to be alive without making an impact on the world that surrounds us. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every action not taken. And when it comes to making the world a better place, what we choose not to do can be just as important as what we choose to do.
For example, when we neglect to recycle, speak up, vote, or help somebody in immediate need, we are denying ourselves the opportunity to be an agent for positive change. Instead, we are enabling a particular course to continue unchallenged, picking up speed even as it goes along. By holding the belief that our actions don’t make much of a difference, we may find that we often tend to forego opportunities for involvement. Alternatively, if we see ourselves as important participants in an ever-evolving world, we may feel more inspired to contribute our unique perspective and gifts to a situation.
It is wise to be somewhat selective about how and where we are using our energy in order to keep ourselves from becoming scattered. Not every cause or action is appropriate for every person. When a situation catches our attention, however, and speaks to our heart, it is important that we honor our impulse to help and take the action that feels right for us. It may be offering a kind word to a friend, giving resources to people in need, or just taking responsibility for our own behavior. By doing what we can, when we can, we add positive energy to our world. And sometimes, it may be our one contribution that makes all the difference.