1% Thursday: Relaxing Music
This week, buy a new CD, or download some new music, that is calming and relaxing.
When we asked our visitors about getting to sleep with migraine, Kim from the USA said this:
What I do to get to sleep is play a CD of relaxing instrumental music very very softly. If I haven’t fallen asleep by the end of the CD I know it is time to try something different.
Good idea! Now, during some migraine attacks you may not want sound of any kind. But at other times, the music seems to help – a LOT.
And I suspect it’s not just the calming effect, but the way music influences us neurologically and biologically. A recent study even suggested a difference between “happy” and “sad” music. Finding the right music really can make a difference.
Some calming instrumental favourites of mine include:
- Dan Gibson’s Rocky Mountain Suite (also in MP3) (amazon UK – CD
and MP3)
- Dino’s Classical Peace (amazon UK CD
)
- Emile Pandolfi’s By Request (also available at amazon UK
)
Of course there are many, many other classic easy listening type artists – such as Kenny G
– well, you get the idea.
Get something new to enjoy, make your own mix if you like, and have it handy on your MP3 player or by your CD player for the next time you need to rest.
What is 1% Thursday?
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Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better. Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge. Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!