Questions i would like to ask at the conference..... are, In my paper I never mentioned music therapy for Autistic children. My audio podcast is about that. How would i put that into what i have? My Visual Podcast is 6 minutes long. Would i need to cut that down? Also i only have one place where i got my information. How many did we need?
• Summarize and respond to at least three of the four texts in your bibliography. How will you use each of these in your webtext? Do you need to find other sources to help you fully answer your questions? What information will you look for? Where do you expect to find it?
In my video podcast i used www.Santosha.com. It was really helpful. It gave me all my information i used to do this podcast. It had pictures that were very visuals and steps that i could use to explain how to do the postures i wanted to talk about.
In my webtext the 2 main websites i used were
http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/stress/STR_whatis.html
it had links to what stress is, what are the causes, how the body is affected, and ways of dealing with stress. It was helpful and provided a lot of information for me to use.
The 2nd website i used was, http://stress.about.com/od/programsandpractices/a/exercise.htm. This website was very informative when i was trying to figure out a good subtopic to talk about when trying to relieve stress.
One thing i still can not find more to talk about on is the difference of stress between men and women. The only difference i could find is tend and befriend method which women use and fight or flight which men tend to use. But other than that i cant find any more information.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
outline
Yoga Poses:
1. Introduction
1. levels 1-9
a. easy
b. medium
c. difficult
2. why use easy first
2. Level 1
1.wind-relieving pose
2. Corpse posture
3. Level 2
1. tree pose
2. diamond posture
4.Level 3
1.fish pose
5. Level 4
1. half spinal twist
6. Level 5
1. headstand pose
7. Level 6
1. Shooting bow posture
8. Level 8
1. wheel pose
9. Conclusion
1. Introduction
1. levels 1-9
a. easy
b. medium
c. difficult
2. why use easy first
2. Level 1
1.wind-relieving pose
2. Corpse posture
3. Level 2
1. tree pose
2. diamond posture
4.Level 3
1.fish pose
5. Level 4
1. half spinal twist
6. Level 5
1. headstand pose
7. Level 6
1. Shooting bow posture
8. Level 8
1. wheel pose
9. Conclusion
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
video podcast
I think for my video podcast I can talk about the different poses of yoga. And as I mntion the poses I can show what the poses should like. yes?no?
Yoga poses
In my video podcast I would like to explain the different types of techniques you can use to properly do yoga. There are easy postures and there can be difficult ones. If you are a beginner, I suggest you start off using the easier ones. If you do not, you can end up hurting yourself. I am trying to suggest ways of relieving stress not causing new problems. In yoga, from the article I used which is Santosha.com, They have 9 levels of postures. They go from very easy to quiet difficult. First I will start by giving type 1 on the difficult level scale.
The second yoga posture I would like to introduce is called the wind –relieving pose: The first step is to Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. The second pose is to Inhale and bend the right knee and pull it close to the torso with both hands while interlocking the fingers just below the knee. Keep the left leg flat on the floor. The third step is to hold the inhaled breath for a few seconds then exhale slowly through the nostrils and lift the back, shoulders and head off the floor and touch the knee with the forehead. The fourth step is to hold the exhaled breath for a few seconds then slowly inhale and return the back, shoulders and head to the floor. Remain holding the knee. The fifth step is to hold the inhaled breath for a few seconds then exhale while bringing the right leg to the floor. Then finally lie flat on the back in the shava-asana for a few seconds then repeat beginning with the left leg.
The third posture is called the corpse posture: First lie flat on your back with your legs together but not touching, and your arms close to the body with the palms facing up. Then Keep your eyes gently closed with the facial muscles relaxed and breath deeply and slowly through the nostrils. The third step, starting at the top of the head and working your way down to the feet, bring your attention to each part of your body, consciously relaxing it before proceeding on to the next. Fourth, Remain in the shava-asana for between 3 and 5 minutes or longer. If you become sleepy while in the shava-asana begin to breath a bit faster and deeper.
Now in type 2 difficult level:
The tree pose: Stand in the tada-asana (Stand with both feet touching from the heel to the big toe, keeping the back straight and the arms pressed slightly against the sides with palms facing inward. 2. Bring the hands together at the chest with palms lightly pressed against each other (the Anjali-mudra). 3. Inhale and raise the arms straight up keeping the palms pressed lightly together. 4. Arch your body backwards keeping your arms alongside your neck and head, tilt the head backward and hold. Keep your knees straight while holding posture. Then finally slowly return to the tada-asana.
The next posture is called the diamond posture: The vajra-asana is a seated posture. Begin by sitting back on your heels and placing your knees, legs and feet together. Then keeping the back straight place the palms of your hands down on top of your thighs. The final step is breath gently through your nostrils and sit in this position for at least three minutes.
Third level of difficult:
The fish pose: Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. 2. Keeping the buttocks on the floor, inhale and raise the head, shoulders, back and upper arms off the floor arching the back and raising the chest up. Tilt the head back and place the top of the head flat on the floor. 3. Raise the elbows off the floor bring your hands up just below the chest and join them at the palms with the fingers pointing straight up. Hold for the duration of the inhale breath or breath gently through the nostrils to remain in the posture longer. 4. Return to the shava-asana.
The fourth level :
The half spinal twist pose: Sit on the floor with the legs together and extended straight out in front. Keep the back straight, shoulders level and head straight. Place the hands, palms down, flat on top of the thighs then inhale deeply. 2. Exhale and bend the knees drawing the feet toward the torso. 3. Place the soles of the feet together, clasp the hands over the feet interlocking the fingers pulling the feet closer and placing the heels against the perineum. The outer edge and small toe of each foot should touch the floor. 4. Lower the knees to the floor and keep the back straight. Use the elbows to press down on the thighs if necessary to bring the calves and knees to the floor. Hold the posture breathing gently through the nostrils. 5. Release the posture and sit with the legs extended out and hands on the thighs.
The fifth level :
The headstand pose: Sit in a kneeling position with the buttocks resting on the heels of the feet. 2. Lean forward and place the forearms on the floor in front while keeping the elbows about shoulder distance apart. Interlock the fingers of both hands. 3. Place the top of the head flat on the floor with the back of the head pressed against the inside of the interlocked fingers. 4. Placing the tips of the toes firmly on the floor while lifting the heels, raise the knees off the floor. 5. Hold for the duration of the held inhaled breath. When you can't hold the breath comfortable any longer, slowly exhale and return the back to the floor, slide the legs out straight returning to the shava-asana.
The sixth level:
The shooting bow posture: Sit on the floor with the legs together and extended straight out in front. Keep the back straight, shoulders level and head straight. Place the hands, palms down, flat on top of the thighs then inhale deeply. 2. Exhale and reach down and loop the forefinger of the right hand around the big toe of the right foot and grasp the left foot with the left hand. 3. Inhale and pull the right foot back placing the big toe next to the right ear. Straighten the back as much s possible and hold the posture for the duration of the inhale breath. 4. Exhale and return to the seated position of step #1 then repeat the posture on the opposite side.
The last level I will talk about is the eighth level. The poses get harder and more strenuous if you aren’t totally careful and completely serious.
The eighth level:
The wheel pose: Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. 2. While exhaling bend the knees and bring the feet as close to the buttocks as possible with the soles of the feet flat on the floor. 3. Bend the arms at the elbows and place the palms of the hands flat on the floor directly under each shoulder with the fingers pointing toward the back. 4. While inhaling slowly, begin to raise the head, back and buttocks off the floor while arching the spine. Continue to press downward on the hands and feet while raising the hips and stomach as high as possible. 5. Hold for the duration of the held inhaled breath. When you can't hold the breath comfortable any longer, slowly exhale and return the back to the floor, slide the legs out straight returning to the shava-asana.
Yoga poses
In my video podcast I would like to explain the different types of techniques you can use to properly do yoga. There are easy postures and there can be difficult ones. If you are a beginner, I suggest you start off using the easier ones. If you do not, you can end up hurting yourself. I am trying to suggest ways of relieving stress not causing new problems. In yoga, from the article I used which is Santosha.com, They have 9 levels of postures. They go from very easy to quiet difficult. First I will start by giving type 1 on the difficult level scale.
The second yoga posture I would like to introduce is called the wind –relieving pose: The first step is to Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. The second pose is to Inhale and bend the right knee and pull it close to the torso with both hands while interlocking the fingers just below the knee. Keep the left leg flat on the floor. The third step is to hold the inhaled breath for a few seconds then exhale slowly through the nostrils and lift the back, shoulders and head off the floor and touch the knee with the forehead. The fourth step is to hold the exhaled breath for a few seconds then slowly inhale and return the back, shoulders and head to the floor. Remain holding the knee. The fifth step is to hold the inhaled breath for a few seconds then exhale while bringing the right leg to the floor. Then finally lie flat on the back in the shava-asana for a few seconds then repeat beginning with the left leg.
The third posture is called the corpse posture: First lie flat on your back with your legs together but not touching, and your arms close to the body with the palms facing up. Then Keep your eyes gently closed with the facial muscles relaxed and breath deeply and slowly through the nostrils. The third step, starting at the top of the head and working your way down to the feet, bring your attention to each part of your body, consciously relaxing it before proceeding on to the next. Fourth, Remain in the shava-asana for between 3 and 5 minutes or longer. If you become sleepy while in the shava-asana begin to breath a bit faster and deeper.
Now in type 2 difficult level:
The tree pose: Stand in the tada-asana (Stand with both feet touching from the heel to the big toe, keeping the back straight and the arms pressed slightly against the sides with palms facing inward. 2. Bring the hands together at the chest with palms lightly pressed against each other (the Anjali-mudra). 3. Inhale and raise the arms straight up keeping the palms pressed lightly together. 4. Arch your body backwards keeping your arms alongside your neck and head, tilt the head backward and hold. Keep your knees straight while holding posture. Then finally slowly return to the tada-asana.
The next posture is called the diamond posture: The vajra-asana is a seated posture. Begin by sitting back on your heels and placing your knees, legs and feet together. Then keeping the back straight place the palms of your hands down on top of your thighs. The final step is breath gently through your nostrils and sit in this position for at least three minutes.
Third level of difficult:
The fish pose: Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. 2. Keeping the buttocks on the floor, inhale and raise the head, shoulders, back and upper arms off the floor arching the back and raising the chest up. Tilt the head back and place the top of the head flat on the floor. 3. Raise the elbows off the floor bring your hands up just below the chest and join them at the palms with the fingers pointing straight up. Hold for the duration of the inhale breath or breath gently through the nostrils to remain in the posture longer. 4. Return to the shava-asana.
The fourth level :
The half spinal twist pose: Sit on the floor with the legs together and extended straight out in front. Keep the back straight, shoulders level and head straight. Place the hands, palms down, flat on top of the thighs then inhale deeply. 2. Exhale and bend the knees drawing the feet toward the torso. 3. Place the soles of the feet together, clasp the hands over the feet interlocking the fingers pulling the feet closer and placing the heels against the perineum. The outer edge and small toe of each foot should touch the floor. 4. Lower the knees to the floor and keep the back straight. Use the elbows to press down on the thighs if necessary to bring the calves and knees to the floor. Hold the posture breathing gently through the nostrils. 5. Release the posture and sit with the legs extended out and hands on the thighs.
The fifth level :
The headstand pose: Sit in a kneeling position with the buttocks resting on the heels of the feet. 2. Lean forward and place the forearms on the floor in front while keeping the elbows about shoulder distance apart. Interlock the fingers of both hands. 3. Place the top of the head flat on the floor with the back of the head pressed against the inside of the interlocked fingers. 4. Placing the tips of the toes firmly on the floor while lifting the heels, raise the knees off the floor. 5. Hold for the duration of the held inhaled breath. When you can't hold the breath comfortable any longer, slowly exhale and return the back to the floor, slide the legs out straight returning to the shava-asana.
The sixth level:
The shooting bow posture: Sit on the floor with the legs together and extended straight out in front. Keep the back straight, shoulders level and head straight. Place the hands, palms down, flat on top of the thighs then inhale deeply. 2. Exhale and reach down and loop the forefinger of the right hand around the big toe of the right foot and grasp the left foot with the left hand. 3. Inhale and pull the right foot back placing the big toe next to the right ear. Straighten the back as much s possible and hold the posture for the duration of the inhale breath. 4. Exhale and return to the seated position of step #1 then repeat the posture on the opposite side.
The last level I will talk about is the eighth level. The poses get harder and more strenuous if you aren’t totally careful and completely serious.
The eighth level:
The wheel pose: Lie flat on the back in the shava-asana. 2. While exhaling bend the knees and bring the feet as close to the buttocks as possible with the soles of the feet flat on the floor. 3. Bend the arms at the elbows and place the palms of the hands flat on the floor directly under each shoulder with the fingers pointing toward the back. 4. While inhaling slowly, begin to raise the head, back and buttocks off the floor while arching the spine. Continue to press downward on the hands and feet while raising the hips and stomach as high as possible. 5. Hold for the duration of the held inhaled breath. When you can't hold the breath comfortable any longer, slowly exhale and return the back to the floor, slide the legs out straight returning to the shava-asana.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Podcast
This difference between written and spoken is you can have different tones with spoken and with written you basically in a way have a boring script to read.
My podcast jumps to the topic without introducing what I want to speaking about. I need to use more citations. And i am speaking to fast, which i need to slow down a little bit. I was also told i have to speak a louder.
My podcast jumps to the topic without introducing what I want to speaking about. I need to use more citations. And i am speaking to fast, which i need to slow down a little bit. I was also told i have to speak a louder.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Podcast
Music Therapy is not only helpful for stressed out adults, but it also a very good treatment for autistic children. Music therapy for autistic children was an aid introduced to help with communication skills. Autistic children are kids with a disorder of having a difficult time communicating. They also have a difficult time socializing with other people. By not being able to communicate what they want, these children become very stressed. Autistic children ignore or reject the attempts of social contact made by others. Music therapy helps to stop the social withdrawal by an initial object relation with a musical instrument. Instead of viewing the instrument as threatening, they are intrigued by the shape, feel, and sound of it. The musical instrument provides an initial point of contact between the autistic child and the person experimenting what is trying to be said. Music therapy has to be carefully planned out and evaluated to suit the specific needs of each individual autistic child. What may be positively experienced by one child may be negative to another autistic child. When music therapy was introduced it gave hope to allow these types of kids with expressing how they feel. Music therapy allowed autistics the opportunity to experience non-threatening outside stimulation, as they don’t engage in direct human contract. I found one article saying, “Music therapy addresses some of the core problems of people with ASD.” ASD is Autism Spectrum Disorder. This article was an experiment to see if music therapy was successful.
Their background was: The central impairments with autistic spectrum disorder include social interaction and communication. Music therapy uses music and its elements to enable communication and expression, thus attempting to address some of the core problems of people with ASD.
The results of the three studies were, music therapy was superior to the placebo when testing the verbal and gestural communicative skills.
Each experiment included the musical activities of:
Listening to music and/or musical creation
Playing musical instruments (any musical instrument)
Moving to music
Singing
Music therapy has also helped with being able to allow the autistic child control the functioning of their teeth, jaw, lips, and tongue. Playing a flute allowed the child to produce some speech vocalizations. Not in all cases but in some.
Music therapy in conclusion:
taught social skills
improved language comprehension
encouraged the desire to communicate
made some expression clear
reduced non-communicative speech
Their background was: The central impairments with autistic spectrum disorder include social interaction and communication. Music therapy uses music and its elements to enable communication and expression, thus attempting to address some of the core problems of people with ASD.
The results of the three studies were, music therapy was superior to the placebo when testing the verbal and gestural communicative skills.
Each experiment included the musical activities of:
Listening to music and/or musical creation
Playing musical instruments (any musical instrument)
Moving to music
Singing
Music therapy has also helped with being able to allow the autistic child control the functioning of their teeth, jaw, lips, and tongue. Playing a flute allowed the child to produce some speech vocalizations. Not in all cases but in some.
Music therapy in conclusion:
taught social skills
improved language comprehension
encouraged the desire to communicate
made some expression clear
reduced non-communicative speech
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Peer Review
As I read Amy's draft 2 so far everything seemed like it was coming along. When I was reading her paper I thought it was already good enough to post with a few minor grammatical errors. It gave me the push to start working really hard on mine. She has her paper almost all done, and I only have like half of mine done. I liked reading about the sleep disorders she mentioned. I remember she had sleep apnea and insomnia. I don't remember the other one she is going to talk about, but when the entire paper is done and revised, I'm looking forward to reading it.
As I was looking over my review, Amy gave me a good review. However, I wish she would have been very critical. I know I did not to that to hers. But i feel weird criticizing someone's work, that they tried hard to do good on. Plus i didn't really find anything wrong with hers. But I know I have to go over my paper, and start making everything flow and come together. I am working on that.
I had my conference with jela. I am to general with my research paper. I need to get more into detail and tell everyone what i am going through step by step. I need to have intext citations. And i was told that the endorphins part was just placed their and to in a way get rid of it.
As I was looking over my review, Amy gave me a good review. However, I wish she would have been very critical. I know I did not to that to hers. But i feel weird criticizing someone's work, that they tried hard to do good on. Plus i didn't really find anything wrong with hers. But I know I have to go over my paper, and start making everything flow and come together. I am working on that.
I had my conference with jela. I am to general with my research paper. I need to get more into detail and tell everyone what i am going through step by step. I need to have intext citations. And i was told that the endorphins part was just placed their and to in a way get rid of it.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Audience and such...
I want my audience to range from 18-25. Everyone has stress, but they have different reasons for it. The age group I choose has me in it, so I can relate a little better. I can, in a way, feel exactly what they are going through. The age group I choose has stress from work, school and home life.
I want to define exactly what stress is. I'm pretty sure people can already define their own definition of stress but, stress is the body's reaction to change. The change can be good and it can be bad. Everyone experiences it. It just all depends on the type of person you are to figure out how to cope with what's going on.
I hope my audience can learn of healthy ways to alleviate stress. The three ways I want to explore are running, yoga, and listening to music. Running gives a steady state of mind to relax. When people run, our bodies release Endorphins. Endorphins have a similar chemical structure to morphine, which also allows the body to go into a meditative state. Yoga was meant to equalize and balance bodies and minds. And the third area is music as a therapy. Music alters brainwaves. When listening to fast beats, the music manipulates the brains to copy, it does the same thing when listening to slow music. When listening to slow music, it can put the body in a relaxation state. Music is known to have a more effective effect when it is played at a high volume. I want my audience to know they have more options than to break down and possibly do something they can not rewind. I want to gain knowledge by researching as much as I can and providing my knowledge to them. I want my audience to practice a healthy way of erasing their stress.
My purpose I want to achieve when doing this to find out why some people choose a way out the cant take back. I want to inform people that just because you think you know someone on the outside does not mean they have and inside to match. Stress causes so much pain and can lead to depression. Some people are just better at hiding their emotional states. I want to sound like I have a serious tone, so people know this can become dangerous. I'm writing this in an academic style so that people know I do not have all the answers and that I'm up for researching and gaining more knowledge.
I want to define exactly what stress is. I'm pretty sure people can already define their own definition of stress but, stress is the body's reaction to change. The change can be good and it can be bad. Everyone experiences it. It just all depends on the type of person you are to figure out how to cope with what's going on.
I hope my audience can learn of healthy ways to alleviate stress. The three ways I want to explore are running, yoga, and listening to music. Running gives a steady state of mind to relax. When people run, our bodies release Endorphins. Endorphins have a similar chemical structure to morphine, which also allows the body to go into a meditative state. Yoga was meant to equalize and balance bodies and minds. And the third area is music as a therapy. Music alters brainwaves. When listening to fast beats, the music manipulates the brains to copy, it does the same thing when listening to slow music. When listening to slow music, it can put the body in a relaxation state. Music is known to have a more effective effect when it is played at a high volume. I want my audience to know they have more options than to break down and possibly do something they can not rewind. I want to gain knowledge by researching as much as I can and providing my knowledge to them. I want my audience to practice a healthy way of erasing their stress.
My purpose I want to achieve when doing this to find out why some people choose a way out the cant take back. I want to inform people that just because you think you know someone on the outside does not mean they have and inside to match. Stress causes so much pain and can lead to depression. Some people are just better at hiding their emotional states. I want to sound like I have a serious tone, so people know this can become dangerous. I'm writing this in an academic style so that people know I do not have all the answers and that I'm up for researching and gaining more knowledge.
Monday, January 26, 2009
http://www.musicguidebook.com/articles/how-music-affects-society
http://www.holistic-online.com/Stress/stress_music-therapy.htm
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/hearhere/Article.asp?id=856556
I found 3 articles so far. I choose to go in the direction of something that dealt with music. So I want to research how music affects are life/mood/and if music can be a stress reliever. The first article seems like it can be a very reliable source. It has a link to contact the person who wrote the article and it has a link to where you can help others and tell them what you think about the website. It gives related items to where it can lead you into new directions. It has very good information concerning what I want to talk about.
http://www.holistic-online.com/Stress/stress_music-therapy.htm
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/hearhere/Article.asp?id=856556
I found 3 articles so far. I choose to go in the direction of something that dealt with music. So I want to research how music affects are life/mood/and if music can be a stress reliever. The first article seems like it can be a very reliable source. It has a link to contact the person who wrote the article and it has a link to where you can help others and tell them what you think about the website. It gives related items to where it can lead you into new directions. It has very good information concerning what I want to talk about.
The second website seems more informative. It has links on the side to also help out with the researching. It has helpful tips on how to relax. I think i could really get into this..
I need a little more time to see how I want to develop everything.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Blog assignment
Ok, well I was debating on something that had to do with music, but I can't exactly pick a certain direction. As I was reading the articles we had to look at for homework, I was possibly thinking maybe I would want to explore something that had to do with how young adults today need to learn how to speak more than one language, if they want to become successful. I was not really considereing anything else, but since one of the criteas is to have 3 maybe i could also look into animals and animal shelters and how badly some ex-pets got treated or how people just drop them off when they get sick of them.
Music is my biggest passion. I love everything about it. Thats's the one i would honestly love to write about but i honestly just can not think of what i would lean towards. Young adults and their speaking abilities would really be an interesting topic and would probably be easy to write about. Then again so would writing about the animals and animal shelters and the hardships some of them go through. I'm really a caring person and my friends say there are some things i just have to let go, so if I did that one I probably would get very angry. :)
I think i might be leading towards, young adults and how they need to learn to speak more than one language. How it will help them. Why it is necessary. What are the benefits.
Young adults are more likely to have a better chance of being considered when an employer is looking at them or another person, if they have more than one speaking language. I don't know the answers to any of those questions ^. So i'm looking forward to exploring this topic and gathering as much information as I can. We are supposed to Highlight the keywords in those questions to use as search terms, but i do not know what that means so....
If you have any advice you can lend please I'm happy to listen..
Kayla
Music is my biggest passion. I love everything about it. Thats's the one i would honestly love to write about but i honestly just can not think of what i would lean towards. Young adults and their speaking abilities would really be an interesting topic and would probably be easy to write about. Then again so would writing about the animals and animal shelters and the hardships some of them go through. I'm really a caring person and my friends say there are some things i just have to let go, so if I did that one I probably would get very angry. :)
I think i might be leading towards, young adults and how they need to learn to speak more than one language. How it will help them. Why it is necessary. What are the benefits.
Young adults are more likely to have a better chance of being considered when an employer is looking at them or another person, if they have more than one speaking language. I don't know the answers to any of those questions ^. So i'm looking forward to exploring this topic and gathering as much information as I can. We are supposed to Highlight the keywords in those questions to use as search terms, but i do not know what that means so....
If you have any advice you can lend please I'm happy to listen..
Kayla
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