Moby Lets You Download 4 Hours of Ambient Music to Help You Sleep, Meditate, Do Yoga & Not Panic

What was I saying the other day about synchronicities and how the choice of my posts was not always mine? Well, this time it hasn't been looping in my head for 24 hours, but popped up at precisely the right time through another person apparently suffering from the same ills who shared it on my Tweeter feed. Which just shows that social media do not only have to spread hatred, propaganda and disinformation. A huge thank you therefore goes out to Mark Shaw from Then Jerico whose music was recently featured on this blog. May inner peace be with him and with all those who, like me, struggle hard not to let stress, insomnia and panic attacks get the best of them. May we find strength in our darkest times. We will succeed because we're all well aware that the world won't change for us and that the key is to be found within us.

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Back in May, I wrote about the damaging effects stress has on the body, and the scientifically-validated power of yoga and meditation to undo them. Following close behind stress as a chronic contributor to illness is sleeplessness, which the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School links to diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortened life expectancy. Add to all these risks the problems of poor productivity and disorganized thinking, and you’ll begin to see insomnia for the dangerous condition it is.

What to do with that anxious, overworked, overtired self? Well, again, I’d heartily recommend a yoga or meditation practice. Power naps throughout the day can boost your endurance and brainpower as well. But I’d also recommend music — music that calms the body and helps wash away the mental gunk that accumulates throughout the day. Composer Max Richter recently released an eight-hour piece of music intended to lull listeners to sleep and keep them there. His efforts are now joined by electronica superstar Moby, who has spoken frankly about the insomnia that has plagued him since the age of four.

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