Add Music to Your Life
Stress. For people constantly on the go, it's a fact of life. There is always something to do and never enough hours in the day. Some people work well under stress. They thrive on the "Life in the Pressure Cooker." For most of us, a little stress is a good thing, it can be a powerful motivator, but too much of a good thing is rarely good. When stress starts taking over your life, its time to do something about it.
Nobody's life is totally stress free, but there are ways of lowering your stress level while maintaining a busy lifestyle.
Listen to music.
Music
Music
Many studies have been conducted on the benefits of listening to music. It is piped into operating rooms, used in pain management, and played during physical therapy sessions. It can alter our moods, our outlook, and often our productivity.
Add a little music to your routine. It can make all the difference in the world.
You can slide stress relieving music into your routine without altering your routine.
Relaxing Music
Add Music to Your Daily Routine
You can start the day out right by waking up to music. It can set the tone for the rest of the day.
Listen to soothing music as you commute to work. It may temper down the road rage when the jerk in the Jaguar cuts you off.
Let it play in the background as you write reports and type memos.
The Sounds of Nature
Sounds of Nature: Sampler
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Sounds of Nature: Carribean Coastline
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Echoes of Nature: Ocean Waves
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Relaxing Sounds of Nature
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Music and Nature Sampler
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Sing in the shower.
Listen to music while preparing a meal, and lower it to background level as you share your meal.
End your day with the soothing strands of music as you drift of to sleep.
Dulcimer and other Soothing Instrumentals
Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer
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Hammered Dulcimer Christmas
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Celtic Dulcimer Favorites
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The Most Relaxing Harp Album in the World... Ever!
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The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever!
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My Muse likes to listen to Celtic Music
Celtic Women
The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection
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This is my all time favorite CD. I listen to it all the time.
Celtic Music
Celtic Meditation Music
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Celtic Meditation Music
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Celtic Music For Stress Relief
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Mystic Irish Rain
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Music In The Great Hall: Instrumental Music From The Ancient Celtic Lands
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What kind of music do you listen to?
Do you use music to help you relax and focus while working?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byAbsolutely. My Muse refuses to work without music.
poutine says:
I like to listen to sonatas while working, it helps me to concentreate.
Posted January 07, 2009
Nope. Its too distracting. Besides, a little stress never hurt anyone.
OhMe says:
I love music but I usually don't have it on while I am working. It is getting harder and harder for me to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. lol
Posted December 21, 2008
Listen to the classics
![Complete Classical Music Library: The Symphonies, Vol. 1 [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5136aeVyeKL._SL75_.jpg)
Complete Classical Music Library: The Symphonies, Vol. 1 [Box Set]
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25 Classical Favorites
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The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe
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Masters of Classical Music (Box Set)
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Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music
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My Muse prefers Celtic Music
I love to listen to music when working on the computer. I'm not sure my Muse would willingly work without it. It helps me focus and new ideas seem to drift in with the music.
I love to listen to Celtic music and 
mountain music featuring the Dulcimer. Even my students have developed an appreciation for the soothing strands of music I play between classes and on my planning period.
I can't imagine a life without music.
What kind of music do you like to listen to?
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- AndyPo AndyPo Aug 17, 2009 @ 11:39 am
- Excellent lens. I like a wide variety of music, but I find jazz is the best for reducing stress.
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Jun 2, 2009 @ 9:41 am
- Could not live without music! It wakes me up, calms me down--whatever I need at the time...
Rolling this one to my squidoo.com/justbreathe, squidoo.com/turnitup & squidoo.com/focusbetter -- 5***** and nice work!
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie May 3, 2009 @ 8:08 am
- I don't always work with music playing -- sometimes I turn on the TV and turn the volume down so that it is just a chatter of people in the background.
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- AnandaCreative AnandaCreative Apr 11, 2009 @ 7:30 am
- A great lens and so true, as Hans Christian Anderson said "Where words fail, music speaks"
Music can heal on many levels
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- poutine poutine Mar 16, 2009 @ 6:52 am
- I just lensrolled your excellent lens to :
My Ten Most Loved Instrumentals
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