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Caroline Neeling
May 4, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturday: your weekly glimpse into music theory...
Let's talk about the black notes on the keyboard. If we start on C and play all of the notes, black and white, up to the next C, it...
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Caroline Neeling
May 2, 20241 min read
What is the best music to relieve stress?
Recently, prospective clients have been asking for details of how the Stress Less Music program actually works. How does music which you...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Lest We Forget
ANZAC Day Remembering those who served and died in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 23, 20241 min read
Regrets, I've had a few...
Do you have any regrets? Tonight's full moon is the perfect time to let them go.
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 22, 20241 min read
C, See, Si
Hello there and welcome to Step Five in the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music! This step features the left hand playing octave Cs. The pace...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 21, 20241 min read
Sunday Beauty Spot
Here is your Sunday Beauty Spot: you are invited to contemplate this image and... breathe in for four counts, hold for four counts,...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 20, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturday: Music Theory, Middle C
Last week we learned about the five lines and four spaces of the stave. Today we have a note which has its own little line, called a...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 16, 20241 min read
The voice inside our head
One of our SLM students recently rocked up for her fourth lesson. She's smart, accomplished, experienced, lauded in her field. But she...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Monday Monday
Happy Monday! Here's the next installation of the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music. At this stage each step is still too easy for words, so...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 14, 20241 min read
Sunday Beauty Spot
Can you contemplate the beauty and simplicity of this flower and breathe in for four beats, hold for four beats, breathe out for four...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 13, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturdays: Week Two
As mentioned last week, if you spend seven seconds with us each Saturday, you might be surprised how much you've learned about reading...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 12, 20241 min read
A gift for your Mum x
Mother's Day: it's one month away today in Australia and in the US. If you'd like to give your mother something different and lovely this...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Performance anxiety
It can strike anywhere, at any time: in the board room, the concert hall, the lecture theatre, the exam room. We might know that we've...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 10, 20241 min read
April Sun
As mentioned last week, we are devoting Wednesday posts to a fun musical offering, a riff (or musical snippet), for the next little while...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Other People's Pain. OPP.
This stressor can be very difficult to negotiate. You really feel for your family member/friend/colleague, you help in every way you can...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 8, 20241 min read
10 Steps to Stress Less Music
As promised, our Monday posts for the next little while are being devoted to the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music, offering you free access...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Seven Second Saturdays: an introduction to music theory
Weekends are busy and people often have less time for social media. So we're offering Seven Second Saturdays, a weekly glimpse into music...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Catch a Falling Star
What is your North Star? Post-pandemic, a huge number of people worldwide reconsidered their lives and left jobs which no longer matched...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 4, 20242 min read
How alarming
School holidays: stressor or stress buster? People who have school-aged children most often have strong feelings about school holidays,...
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Caroline Neeling
Apr 3, 20241 min read
Great Southern Land
As mentioned on Monday, we're mixing it up a bit after three months of posting about stressors, the things which can make our lives...
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