{"id":321746,"date":"2010-02-14T22:48:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T03:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fc8012e8833012877a0d969970c"},"modified":"2010-02-14T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T03:53:17","slug":"the-world-aint-slowing-down-but-i-am-roasting-vegetables-listening-to-ellis-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/321746","title":{"rendered":"The World Ain’t Slowing Down – But I Am – Roasting Vegetables & Listening to Ellis Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m not much of a “just-listen-to-music”\u00a0 kind of person.\u00a0 I wish I was.\u00a0 I figure I’m about the only person in the world whose IPOD is filled only with podcasts and books instead of music.<\/p>\n

When I cook I love to listen to NPR. Science Friday.\u00a0 All Things Considered.\u00a0 The Car Talk Guys.\u00a0 Fresh Air with Terry Gross.<\/p>\n

But I’m changing my ways.\u00a0 I finally get it.\u00a0 Today I found my long lost Ellis Paul CD with one of my all-time-makes-me-feel happy songs. I wasn’t even looking for it.\u00a0 It just turned up.<\/p>\n

Way back in November when my friend Cheri returned from her Livestrong<\/strong> week at Canyon Ranch<\/strong> she explained to me why music is especially important for left-brained language-driven people like me.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

If most of your time is spent with left-brained activities like reading and writing, you need to balance yourself out–and slow down all that left-brained stimulation with right-brained activities, like exercise (check), painting, or music.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Canyon Ranch<\/strong> folks advise left-brainers to sometimes just take a break and turn off the words and language in the evening–yes, that means the computer, TV, and even reading books–and just sit in a chair and listen to music. But that sounds so hard to do!<\/p>\n

Or, they say, turn off the news or NPR when you’re driving, and just listen to music. It calms that over-loaded over-stimulated sympathetic nervous system–and balances us out. <\/p>\n

Here’s an additional medical benefit of listening to music.<\/strong>
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<\/span> Music, like laughter benefits the heart.\u00a0<\/a>
\nAccording to Dr. Michael Miller of the University of Maryland, if
\nyou’re listening to a song that makes you feel “joyful or euphoric”,
\nyour blood vessels will dilate 26%, improving blood flow–which is an
\neffect similar to that of exercise.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Miller says:\u00a0 “The inner lining of
\nthe blood vessels–the endothelium–serves as the gatekeeper to
\nvascular health.”\u00a0\u00a0 Keep them dilated & keep them healthy. <\/p>\n

Just
\ndon’t listen to the same songs all the time, or it won’t work.\u00a0 Mix up
\nyour play list–2 week intervals are best. <\/p>\n

What’s on my play list?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRight now “The World Ain’t Slowing Down<\/strong>” has moved to the number one spot.\u00a0 But, it also includes,\u00a0 “Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me”<\/strong> & Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark”<\/strong> & about a million others.\u00a0 I think I’m finally ready to start alternating joyful music with my NPR fix.<\/p>\n

So here it is Sunday night<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s 9:00 pm and I’m prepping beets and squash and brussels sprouts to roast in the oven with maple syrup, a little salt, and pepper.\u00a0 The house it completely still.\u00a0 No background TV or radio.<\/p>\n

Ellis Paul is singing “The World Ain’t Slowing Down” and I’m feeling as happy as a kid on a merry-go-round. Downright euphoric.\u00a0 Give a listen.\u00a0 See what you think.<\/p>\n

The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down.<\/span>\u00a0 Ellis Paul<\/p>\n

\nYou gotta get gone
\nYou gotta get going
\nHey, the world ain’t slowin’ down
\nFor no one<\/p>\n

It’s a carnival calling out to you
\nAnd it sounds like a song
\nIt hits you like scripture
\nYou paint the picture
\nWith colors squeezed from your hand
\nWeren’t you the kid
\nWho just climbed on a merry-go-round
\nHey, look, the world ain’t slowin’ down<\/p>\n

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