Music is huge for me. I listen to it every day! When I need to decompress I just lie down and put on George Winston piano music or Snatam Kaur meditation music. I just allow myself to get lost in it and to just breathe. I am a trained yoga and meditation teacher and I used to teach classes in breathing for relaxation. A tip: when you lengthen your exhale, it really relaxes you: breathing in through the nose and slowly exhaling (count to 5)sometimes blowing out like with birthday candles, but gently and sometimes making a long ahhhh sigh sound to relieve pent up stress.
Currently as I drive for 2 1/2 hours each way to Connecticut and from Massachusetts to visit be a caregiver for 91-year-old mother weekly; I listen to my disc jockey friends 2 hour radio show (New Hampshire radio station). I don’t know what I would do without music.
Thank you for the reminder to take care of one’s self and allow for brain rest. Sounds like you had an intense week. I can relate, but now it’s time to distress and to keep calm and carry on! 🙏💜🌻
So glad you are caring for you! I just made a list this morning of the songs that lift me up. Will be a running list that I can play when I need to break free and move! Disco Inferno by The Trammps and September by Earth, Wind & Fire are at the top of my list!
Thanks, Johanna! I appreciate your comment. Yep, this sat better with my heart because I can't honestly say that I really 'rest', - I save 'me-time' ( no schedule, no expectations, self-FULL days) for respite days. BUT I do quite a bit of 'Brain-resting' to sustain. Especially with music ;-)
The Ave Maria song is wondrous. I love the Ella Mai vibe. But my heart loves ballads ..especially in French ;-)
Thanks hon, she's fine thanks. We have really great support, people who listen and discuss WITH me not at me, so we're very blessed. BUT, each person doesn't have the holistic full picture - that's me.
So proud of you for taking time to rest, Victoria! Hope it has been helpful!
Music is huge for me. I listen to it every day! When I need to decompress I just lie down and put on George Winston piano music or Snatam Kaur meditation music. I just allow myself to get lost in it and to just breathe. I am a trained yoga and meditation teacher and I used to teach classes in breathing for relaxation. A tip: when you lengthen your exhale, it really relaxes you: breathing in through the nose and slowly exhaling (count to 5)sometimes blowing out like with birthday candles, but gently and sometimes making a long ahhhh sigh sound to relieve pent up stress.
Currently as I drive for 2 1/2 hours each way to Connecticut and from Massachusetts to visit be a caregiver for 91-year-old mother weekly; I listen to my disc jockey friends 2 hour radio show (New Hampshire radio station). I don’t know what I would do without music.
Thank you for the reminder to take care of one’s self and allow for brain rest. Sounds like you had an intense week. I can relate, but now it’s time to distress and to keep calm and carry on! 🙏💜🌻
Thanks Susan - sending hugs and music vibes back to you xoxo
So glad you are caring for you! I just made a list this morning of the songs that lift me up. Will be a running list that I can play when I need to break free and move! Disco Inferno by The Trammps and September by Earth, Wind & Fire are at the top of my list!
Yay! Superstition is good too! ;-) Thanks, Janine
Loving the brain rest day concept, thank you!
Thanks, Johanna! I appreciate your comment. Yep, this sat better with my heart because I can't honestly say that I really 'rest', - I save 'me-time' ( no schedule, no expectations, self-FULL days) for respite days. BUT I do quite a bit of 'Brain-resting' to sustain. Especially with music ;-)
The Ave Maria song is wondrous. I love the Ella Mai vibe. But my heart loves ballads ..especially in French ;-)
Thanks hon, she's fine thanks. We have really great support, people who listen and discuss WITH me not at me, so we're very blessed. BUT, each person doesn't have the holistic full picture - that's me.
Something we ALL need to remember as we get older is having a way to communicate the 'full picture' of our health to others e.g. like Janine's shared her caregiver's organiser https://www.carermentor.com/i/145496377/a-caregiver-organiser
We're blessed that our connections hear me out to get the 'big picture' otherwise I'd still be trying to coordinate things today!