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Relaxation, we all know is healthy for us. But to some its not so easy to find. When we are stressed we think and act differently.

A recent BBC article on stress comments, “Learning to control your anger may may also speed up the healing process after surgery, US research suggests.”

“Your body prioritises and sorts one thing out at a time, so if you are stressed your body works through that before it gets on with the process of healing”
(Steve Bloom Imperial College London)

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7252415.stm

Its a basic instinct. If you are being chased, or are ready for a conflict your mind and body prepares for that occurrence as best it can and leaves less immediate issues until later. If you are stressed for long periods of time your mind and body will begin to suffer from the results of not being looked after.

Its not easy sometimes to find relaxation, especially in the western world were we have eroded our society and find that there are so many things that complicate a peaceful existence.

By finding some time each day where you can relax with others or just spend some time alone and away from the stresses that are always there you will be better prepared for them.

Take a look at the relaxation music and meditation music categories at Ambient Music Garden. Download some, find a peaceful place to listen and relax.

Today the BBC published a news article commenting on the abilities of music to aid stroke recovery.

The Article states, “Listening to music in the early stages after a stroke can improve a patient’s recovery, research suggests.”

The article continues by saying, “The researchers compared patients who listened to music for a couple of hours a day, with those who listened only to audio books, or nothing at all.

The music group showed better recovery of memory and attention skills, and a more positive general frame of mind.”

Lead researcher Teppo Sarkamo, from the University of Helsinki is quoted as saying, “Our research shows for the first time that listening to music during this crucial period can enhance cognitive recovery and prevent negative mood, and it has the advantage that it is cheap and easy to organise.”

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(source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7250594.stm )

M.E. sufferer finds therapy in Ambient Music Garden Music.

Music used as a form of relaxation therapy made a significant difference to an M.E. sufferer who found a particular piece of Ambient Music Garden’s music was the only piece of music she had found that helped her relax.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME or Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is described as causing chronic mental and physical exhaustion in people, often who have been perfectly healthy and active previously. Trying to recover from such a condition when so little is still known about it is hard for many people across the world

The piece of music chosen by Jude who is suffering from M.E., was composed & produced specifically for therapy by Richard Scott & Dave Ross under the collective banner of Skywriters.

Relaxation music, especially long lengthy pieces that go further than the new age genre and are specifically composed for relaxation within a therapeutic environment are hard to find.

“Skywriters aim to mould absorbing sonic textures into an organically evolving musical architecture, transporting the listener to a vibrational realm, creating a purely sensory and non-intellectual experience” Skywriter’s Dave Ross commented.

Guy Lewis, founder of Ambient Music Garden said, “ Many of the relaxation music pieces at Ambient Music Garden have already proven themselves in therapeutic environments and within meditation groups. Other pieces are so new that therapists are only just starting to find them and discover the benefit of using music from the beginning to the end of a therapeutic session to enhance the therapeutic experience.”

Skywriter’s music is available to all therapist and lovers of relaxation music at Ambient Music Garden where their album Skywriting is offered as mp3 downloads in three parts or one continuous piece of music lasting over 40 minutes in length.

Check out Skywriters here.

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Email: via the Ambient Music Garden Contact Page

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Album: Island lover

Genre: Chillout

Artist: Lazy Hammock

Deep and warm vocals over breezy melodies take you to the hot beach of your dreams.

Lazy Hammock’s Island Lover is a collection of works covering a number of years. I first heard some of these pieces a year ago as Lucie (Lazy Hammock) begun to complete and publish the first of the albums collection. The project named as Lazy Hammock came to Lucy as part of a meditation one day. “Whilst chanting one day I decided to dedicate myself to music 100% whatever happened, then the Lazy H inspiration came to me”, Lucie says.

The album presents a chillout style almost all the way through but also delivers some surprises and alternatives to that genre’s cool rhythms.

The album starts with Star where Lazy’s soulful lyrics tell stories of the mix of good and bad times, following dreams. The deep bass warms and follows the melody where Lazy’s own deep and smooth vocals lead.

The sunny days of summer continue to be presented with Freefall, an upbeat tight rhythm with plucked guitar giving visions of med sunsets, great for listening to in the winter!

Lost in Dreams sums up the album for me. Dreams to keep us going through hard times, and through darks times of the year. A relaxing yet engaging rhythm with twinkling key work and soft vocals shimmering across a calm sea at night.

We skip a little to Sunset Dreamer coming across with a well produced mix of warm bass and energetic rhythm with warm soothing vocals of different tones.

Red Skies Blue Skies: Possibly the best vocals of the album, syncing backing with lead, with character coming through almost as if sometimes sung with a smile. Interesting and character-full small melodies fitted in to neat spaces.

The subtle swing shifts the album a little from lounge style towards something more unique and possibly developing within Lucie’s compositional skills

Gratitude: Its great to hear an English artist singing with an English accent rather than a false American one. Americans do their own accent best, the brits should sing with honesty, like Lucie does. Again, a development in the context of this album for Lazy Hammock by using a reggie rhythm with an upfront rap about her life complimented by her own backing vocals, illustrating the variations in Lazy’s vocal abilities. Gorgeous strings lift the track towards the end mixing styles as the bass appears occasionally and guitar play off beat.

Lazy Hammock is available at AmbientMusicGarden.com today

Author: Guy Lewis

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Ambient music artist Les Hewitt needed to create an ambient background to block out the intrusion that the busy city was having on his relaxation time.

Les, also known as Uncarved Block, found he couldn’t concentrate on anything in when he moved to a new apartment along a busy city street.

“The road was so noisy I couldn’t think!” Les commented. “So I decided to produce ambient music that wasn’t engaging enough to consume my concentration but created a background ambience to wash away the sound of the street below without distracting me from reading a book for example”.

Guy Lewis, founder of Ambient Music Garden said, “The relaxation & meditation music pieces at Ambient Music Garden music aim to relax without engaging your mind. This music focuses on connecting to the unconscious to relax us ready for therapy or simply to relax or meditate to after a long day. We have wide range of artist styles that are ready to be downloaded and used right now.”

Uncarved Block’s collection of ambient pieces, from 3 minutes in length to 28 minutes are now available to all therapist and lovers of relaxation music as mp3 downloads at Ambient Music Garden.

Web: www.ambientmusicgarden.com

Email: via the Ambient Music Garden Contact Page