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Life Support
May 1, 2007 By: American Salon Staff American Salon
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MUSIC YOU'LL LOVE
QUIET JOY (heartmath.com) by Doc Childre is a companion piece to Transforming Stress, his book on how to turn stress into a positive influence. Just listening to it facilitates the heart-mind-body connection. Redken's Ann Mincey gave me a copy, and I've been playing it nonstop in the office. EARTHSONGS is a 2005 release from Secret Garden, an Irish-Norwegian duo that plays new instrumental music, which is sometimes called neo-classical music. It features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland. Barbra Streisand had one of their songs, "Heartstrings," played at her wedding to James Brolin. Then there's THE MOST RELAXING NEW AGE MUSIC IN THE UNIVERSE, which features the music of various New Age artists. I'm usually not a big fan of hyperbole, but in this case it's justified. Finally, I recommend the ethereal INNER PEACE by Steven Halpern. Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine, calls Halpern a "musical magician, a healer with sound." —M.D.
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SUPER SOAP
Your body's not the only thing you'll want to shape up in time for summer. Help get your skin ready for swimsuit season with Zents' all-natural soaps. Triple-milled and lovingly hand-wrapped, the soaps are made with palm oil, coconut oil and shea butter to intensify moisture and smooth skin, and also antibacterial neem oil to help fight breakouts and reduce inflammation. The bars are available in three scents, each one redolent of a summer picnic: Fresh, with notes of cucumber and green apple; Water, an invigorating blend of citrus and mint; and Pear, with hints of mimosa, honeydew and vanilla bean. zents.com —C.W.
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Breathe Your Way to Better Health
If fatigue, stress or anxiety keep you from performing your best every day, improving the way you breathe may help boost your energy, clear your head and ease your worries. In fact, breath training has been FDA-certified to treat depression, chronic fatigue, anxiety and more. In The Breathing Box (Sounds True, 2005), Dr. Gay Hendricks provides guided sessions on how to use breathing techniques to expand consciousness, clear mental fog and fatigue, help heal emotional trauma and reduce stress. The complete set includes a DVD, 48-page guide and nine cards that show the proper postures for each technique. gaiam.com —C.W.
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