The power of Meditation music

I start and finish each day

with listening to Meditation music

Free download from Sounds True

In the morning

I listen to Meditation Music from Sounds True during meditation,
during writing,
or if I wake up too early and still need some time to relax.

The music is FREE to download if you sign up to Sounds True, which has a store of other free downloads and an amazing array of books and CD's etc for healing, and learning.

It sets me up for the day.

Available from Sounds True

At night

When getting ready for bed, I listen to Self healing with Sound and Music; Revitalize Your Body & Mind with Proven Sound-Healing Tools by Andrew Weil, Kimba Arem

There are two CD's: in Session One, Dr. Weil discusses the latest in medical research that demonstrates how music heals the body and mind, while Kimba Arem teaches breathing and vocalization techniques for harnessing this potential. Session Two gives listeners just the music: a complete sound journey into expanded states of consciousness optimized for healing.

Some free videos on Youtube , and the CD, or download is available here.

I first found it in my local library years ago,and have listened to it almost daily. I have it downloaded onto an old iPod which is permanently in my bedroom.

The absolute need for rest while living with ME

Rest should be regarded as a positive constructive treatment  rather than just doing nothing.

Dr. Anne Macintyre - M.E. a practical guide

page from Into the Light by Corina Duyn

Rest

One of the big challenges of living with ME is to be able to rest. To really rest. Especially during the early months, although his need remains a feature for the lifetime of the illness.

Learning to rest is an art in itself

Resting, is not watching tv, or reading a book, or being on the computer, or on the phone.
Rest, is Rest. 
In silence, or with some gentle background music. 
Or listening to a guided meditation.
Warm and cosy on the couch.

Rest is not to be confused with laziness 

Others might think you are lazy, or maybe you think yourself to be lazy when you lie on the couch.. In reality is it taking an active role in your wellbeing.
It is hard to be disciplined. But essential for our health and recovery.

Living with M.E. brings the peculiar need to be rested in order to have a good night sleep

Not resting- and overdoing it during the day- will result in lacking a restorative sleep during the night. ME has that peculiar habit than when we are too tired, we can't sleep.

Resulting in being more tired. In more pain. Resulting in even less sleep...

Be well my friends. 
And Rest!

Today I am leaving for a week at the Dzogchen Beara Care Centre. A place dear to my heart. (See links at bottom of this page). There I will endeavour to restore my rest and sleep balance, something that which has been severely disrupted due to menopause. I intend to spend a lot of my time snuggled up under a blanket in the recliner in the  conservatory attahched to my room. I am so grateful.
I look forward to read. Write. Explore. Meditate. And just BE. 
And of course go for hot chocolate at the Welcome Cafe and Bookshop.

I do plan to turn up on my blog everyday, maybe with just a short thought, or a story that is on my mind, or with one of my draft posts... (I have a few of those for days I can't write...)

Anyway, I'd love to bring you along on my retreat.

Please feel free to share my posts on social media, a place I most likely won't be seen much over the coming week.

Thank you!

Further reading and links:

• Into the Light  is Corina Duyn's latest book and explores life with ME
• Dzogchen Beara Care Centre, my first stay, and Dec. 2014 
• Book launch of Into the Light by Michael Harding at Dzogchen Beara, September 2015

The Dentist Chair and me

Yesterday I had to go to the dentist.  A small piece of one of my back teeth had broken off the day before.  "Wear and tear" the dentist called it.
I didn't realize that I hadn't been to the dentist for almost 6 years. I thought it was about two...

Anyway, although I was offered an anaesthetic to fix my tooth, I decided against it. I know the side-effects of having an anaesthetic while dealing with ME/CFS. I rather endure a few seconds of pain than the possibility of a week(s) of relapses.

To be honest the treatment of building up my tooth again, with some drilling and lots of 'poking' was more sense of 'discomfort' in stead of intense pain. I know what pain can be like. This came on the scale of four out of ten. ME/CFS (Fibromyalgia) can be eight out of the 10.
As my teeth needed cleaning too after an absence of dentist visits for 6 years, I thought I might as well get that over with too.

During this ordeal, I concentrated on my breathing, as I do in meditation. At one point I found myself looking down at myself, and the dentist poking in my mouth, as if it wasn't really happening to me.  Peculiar, but comfortable in a way. And kind of funny too.
This worked until a painful spot was hit, and one of my legs would jump up without my control. The peculiarities of one's body...

Overall though it felt that it was not my teeth that were enduring the fibration of tools, but my brain.
It was as if my brain was being scraped, poked and polished, by an enthusiastic party of little man with powerful tools digging away at my brain.
With the unfortunate result that I was barely able to get off the dentist chair.
That I had to 'slump' onto the couch in the waiting room (where the next patient watched me ...  I explained to him that I was not feeling like this because of treatment, but because of me!). 
That I was feeling so unwell, that I had to leave my mobility scooter outside (miss independence)  and be brought home by the assistant by car.  Thank you for caring for me!!
That I spend pretty much the rest of the day on the couch.
That I still have a pounding headache and was up in the middle of the night because of it.

** The bright side is that I have a full set of clean teeth again, no bits missing! **

resting!  'Aerial' © Corina Duyn 2014

Talk to you tomorrow, hopefully with a clear head again.

Sunday is a day of Rest

Sundays are for Rest

I was going to write about the unease that One Man (and his 'friends') can bring to the world, but it knots my stomach ... and as I would like this Little Wings Blog to be about healing, ease and growth, I decided agains taking that route. I am sure you all have your own thoughts on the subject of D.T.

Lying in my bed, 

a photo came to mind

which I took a few years ago

 of my beloved Robert Cat ...

Don't rush to get up. 

Today is a day of rest!

But if you feel like watching some short

documentaries and videos

 about my art and writing, 

you can do so 

HERE

Be good.

Be well.