SSW111: Anxiety & Anxiety Reduction

Authentic Happiness is the homepage of Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive

Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Take the VIA Survey of Character Strengths - 240 questions
• Satisfaction with Life Scale - 5 questions
• Brief Strengths Test

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Your Brain on Stress and Anxiety

10 Minute Guided Meditation to ease Anxiety, Worry, and Urgency

Video: Vethathiri Maharishi - Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY)

Simple guided meditation

8 Minutes to Calm :: A Guided Relaxation

Eckhart Tolle: The Enjoyment of Being

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Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever

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A British band and a group of scientists have made the most relaxing tune in the history of man, an Mp3 of which is at the bottom of this article.

Sound therapists and Manchester band Marconi Union compiled the song. Scientists played it to 40 women and found it to be more effective at helping them relax than songs by Enya, Mozart and Coldplay.

Weightless works by using specific rhythms, tones, frequencies and intervals to relax the listener. A continuous rhythm of 60 BPM causes the brainwaves and heart rate to synchronise with the rhythm: a process known as ‘entrainment’. Low underlying bass tones relax the listener and a low whooshing sound with a trance-like quality takes the listener into an even deeper state of calm.

The top 10 most relaxing tunes were: 1. Marconi Union - Weightless 2. Airstream - Electra 3. DJ Shah - Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix) 4. Enya - Watermark 5. Coldplay - Strawberry Swing 6. Barcelona - Please Don't Go 7. All Saints - Pure Shores 8. AdelevSomeone Like You 9. Mozart - Canzonetta Sull'aria 10. Cafe Del Mar - We Can Fly

Marconi Union - Weightless (Radox) High Quality Audio (most relaxing tune)