On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:39:04 -0000, "Jymn" 
blethered:

>In urp, Halla  wrote in response to Dicon:
><snip>
>>> I am sure that must be why chanting and mantras are used. I
>>> just find them boring.
>>
>> <g>
>>
>> I remember one which was very effective, it was some guy with
>> a very deep voice reading one of those 'I'm going to send you
>> into a trance/induce extreme relaxation' things, and it was
>> played over a short film about a man in a high-rise flat who
>> built an ark just before the rains came. No idea what the
>> film was called, which is slightly irritating as it was also
>> quite good.
>
>If you remember, let us know.

Will do. Mind you it was maybe a dozen years ago now so the chance is
slight. <:-)

>Quite a few yars back I did several training schools with the main presenter 
>being a soft spoken Scot with a very measured delivery, he was brilliant at 
>setting the scene and leading you through the narrative, however first thing 
>on a Sunday morning when most of the group had been partying half the night 
>he was deadly - it became a real struggle to make it to morning coffee 
>break. That guy would have been a sensation for relaxation and pathworking 
>recordings.
>

<g>

>
>>> Washing the dishes seems to be a little more constructive.
>>
>> I quite like pulling out weeds, or sitting with the cat -
>> since I've been forced to stay still (for his benefit,
>> obviously), and inevitably all the books are out of reach, I
>> may as well let my mind wander. :-)
>
>Cats can be remarkably restful, though the one currently on my lap es 
>stiking in claws if I stop stroking him.  Less good for wandering minds.

Heh, yes. The one here tends to bite people if he is stroked at the
wrong bit - anything past the shoulder. Or if he's not stroked at the
right bit. Or if he's bored. Or if he feels you've moved too much. Or
if the feels you're not paying attention to him. Then he has a go at
all the feet he can find until he's stopped sulking. But of course, he
insists on being a lap cat, to the extent that he climbs just about
into your face as soon as he comes in from the garden. 

>
>>> I get some good "light-bulb moments " while walking the dog.
>>> He benefits from this as well.
>>
>> Heh. I didn't get the benefit of dog walking in the same way,
>> most of my lightbulbish moments from there involved me
>> realising that I had to put a wet sandy dog into the car
>> again. :-)
>
>:~)
>And non before you started that dogs and beaches don't always mix? :~)

Watching the daft pup being daft was worth the sand. :-)


-- 
"I can still see her face at thirty.
When will I be most myself?
I thought I'd always be their child.
In my sleep it's never winter."