After a long and exhausting working day, many times it is difficult to fall asleep at bedtime.
A while for do meditation, understood as a practice to promote relaxation, can be extremely useful to "unplug" our mind.
It usually happens that it seems impossible to disconnect from all tasks executed throughout the day. It is as if there is no way to turn off the brain, to "reset" the memory and leave the mind blank.
The thoughts one after another happen uncontrollably, keeping the levels of anguish above parameters that allow relaxation. It is not always easy to fulfill the most important purposes of these hours: rest, clean the "system" and recharge. To achieve this, doing meditation is one of the best ways.
It is proven that people who have meditation as a daily activity, reduce their indicators of stress, are less prone to depressive attacks, have better concentration, memorize more easily and even have a stronger immune system. In general, they are in better health.
Music as a vehicle for meditation
Since Plato people have been talking about positive influence than music it can have on the human being, both at physical and mental levels. Its therapeutic properties and the ability to reduce stress levels are proven. Some specialists assure that listening half an hour of relaxing music a day, significantly reduces anxiety in people.
Music is a ideal tool for meditation, as a means of falling asleep and fulfilling a peaceful and truly restorative day of rest. Sometimes it happens that, even if you get to sleep, some people tend to get up in the morning more tired than when they went to bed at night.
This is because the brain does not stop working during this period, on the contrary, it remains more active. And if there is factors that generate concern and discomfortYou will not stop "thinking" about it, even if you are asleep. You will dream of problems all night.
Self regulation of the mind, control thoughts and emotions to promote a state of total peace, are other objectives that are sought with meditation. Sleeping smoothly, resting and waking up calm and stress-free, they are too.
Relaxing music genres
Although there are certain musical styles that, depending on the personal tastes of each person, can be considered as relaxing: jazz or love songs, for example, to meditate it is recommended to use tracks that are fully instrumental, with no lyrics.
Of course, the above is not a closed rule either: The Gregorian Chants They are often used as music to disconnect from the outside world and focus on the inner self.
Other musical genres used They are Classical Music and New Age. But not only music, you can also have a selection of sounds from nature: birds, breeze, rain and sea, among others.
Online options for meditating through music
There are many places available online where you can enjoy a good selection, starting with the largest audiovisual archive: YouTube.
Music Therapy
Es one of the most prominent channels. It has a good number of instrumental clips to work the states of relaxation and sleep. New Age Music, Gregorian Chants, Shamanic Music and Sounds of Nature are among his selection.
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Includes clips in which a melody played softly on a piano, is accompanied by the sound of water falling into a pond. Relaxing music also offers options with the same characteristics, in addition to a a good number of "tracks" where the flute and the guitar are the protagonists.
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Es one of the most popular channels on YouTube in terms of music and sounds for meditation and relaxation. Offers a selection that includes Tibetan music, a cultural expression of the ancient Himalayan region, which also includes groups scattered in India, Bhutan and Nepal.
Other musical options for meditation
The musical sounds of tibet They were conceived for religious ceremonies, for meditation, and for reaching the state of enlightenment.
Some traditional musical sounds of the American aborigines, they are also vehicles frequently used as tools for relaxation.
For those who are new to meditation and would like a guide to show them the route, there are also options. There are several channels that offer clips for the purpose of helping you fall asleep. Guided Meditations and Relax Club Meditation are two examples.
Beyond YouTubeThere are also a number of online options for enjoying music and sounds for meditation and helping you fall asleep, starting with the popular streaming platforms Spotify and Apple Music.
Relaxing Music is an online station, with a wide repertoire that includes New Age, Gregorian Songs, Tibetan Music and Sounds of Nature among many others. Kope.es is another similar option.
Essence of being It also offers streaming music for meditation, with the addition of making live-streamed guided meditation sessions available to listeners.
Meditate and sleep from Smartphones
But not everything goes through the computer. For mobile devices there are a good number of options to transport the relaxing waves directly to the headphones. Although the use of these devices before sleeping (and to relax, in general) is against indicated, if all its potentialities are exploited and used correctly, it is also a valid option.
For Android users highlights Relax Melodies: Sleep and Yoga. It has a sound bank with 52 songs and totally original sounds, which can be mixed and customized to the taste of each user. It is one of the most popular apps, with 35 million certified downloads.
Relax Meditation: sleep yoga Is another option. It offers basically the same features, but with a sound bank twice as large.
IOS users have Music to sleep, an application specially designed to combat insomnia.
Breethe - Guided Stress Meditation, is a much more complete option: in addition to having a large bank of sounds, its main mission is to guide those who download it in meditation practices. It offers specific techniques to reduce stress, improve concentration, stimulate memory and sleep better. Its programmers assure that only 10 minutes a day are required to achieve the desired objectives. All the applications we have reviewed are free to download.
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