Pittas: Re: Aging Reversal & Meditation (again here ...) * * * Stanford Bookstore 5 yrs ago ~ beautiful ~ re #WUaSBookstore ... Rainbow Gathering 2008 * * * Meditation, bagpiping & meditation, Desiderata, Psychiatry * * Is bagpiping a relaxation response meditation practicing opportunity for Stuart Liddell, de facto, where he kind of 'locks in' to meditative inner stillness oneness in his physical attuning with his drones, as the music he plays on his chanter, listening and feeling-wise, comes out beautifully and naturally? :))

Brainstorming-wise, I'm not suggesting in this blog post, from this thread - 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/08/amur-leopard.html?m=0 - that wearing a FitBit watch in the future could be a gene adding information technology into our bodyminds that could lead to reversing aging (and also for diagnosis). And I'm also not suggesting that an endangered Amur leopard could wear such a watch and become as young as the leopard cub or kitten in the main pic behind title, - which would be wild indeed - but I am wondering whether, via such a device, we'd be able to DIY wiki-edit our own genomes in something like Wikitree single family tree database software ... https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacLeod-2524 ... Into what we wanted ... & even for all 7.8 billion people (re equality too!:) Would you want to be 30 yo again at 220 body age - and healthier than now?:)

PS

Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis): Some possible news on the gene adding front (per George Church) too, and per potential aging reversal genetic drug therapies esp - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT "Scientists harness human protein to deliver molecular medicines to cells: ..." * 19:19 minutes - why aging reversal relative to longevity - don't want to live with sickness * * This new FitBit 5 'fitness monitor watch' seems to be behavior measurement oriented on the wrist - George Church's video popped up at the end of this 30 seconds' Youtube film, and it makes me wonder how such a measuring device could be coded even for aging reversal behaviors - ie exercise or Yoga asana or pranayama (breathing) even - perhaps in conjunction with an emerging aging reversal genetic drug vaccine * * * What could 'SpO2 (blood oxygen)' levels refer to in this new FitBit5 video, and even whether this has a history with what Herbert Benson MD was measuring when seeking to study meditation scientifically in around 1970, '71, '72 as the lowered oxygen levels in the body associated with the relaxation RESPONSE, aka his finding for meditation -

PPS 

I'm a Harvard prof of genetics' GEORGE CHURCH appreciator, and think related research may have been jumpstarted dramatically over the past 17 months of coronavirus pandemic ... 

PPPS 

I'm also wondering new tools for such research will emerge in a single realistic virtual earth (for genetics and IT interoperability) - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1383620317059244037?s=19 :)

Nice to be in touch recently! Just gave a Scottish small pipes' lesson ... It's good musical work ... I wanna bring more meditation into it (which Stuart and I have also talked about a bit a number of times) ... Eg Stuart Liddell's inner stillness and remarkable drones when he plays ... Entering into a kind of 'oneness with piping's playing space ... Much to teach and learn (drawing on Yoga too :) in these regards :)

...

How are you doing? How are your projects going? 

Warmly, Scott 

You'll find Stuart Liddell's teaching of The Cameronian Rant - with SINGING - here (but I haven't added the time markers to this post yet)

W. June 2, 2021 lesson video with Stuart & blog post
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/hibiscus-rosa-sinensis.html?m=0

Cheers, and see you soon, Taylor!,

Scott

3 lessons, all beginning with Hibiscus, for your information if interested - 

Hibiscus syriacus: Stuart Liddell piping lesson ~ August 18, 2021 ~ and learning, and re Piobaireachd :) * Exploring further crunluath fosgailte and crunluath breabach fingering movements (from lesson 36 from the Yellow Tutor for Piobaireachd by the College of Piping, Vol. 4)
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/08/hibiscus-syriacus-stuart-liddell.html


Hibiscus rosa-sinensis: Second bagpiping lesson with PM Stuart Liddell in Scotland, W June 2, 2021
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/hibiscus-rosa-sinensis.html?m=0



Th. May 13, 2021 lesson video & blog post
Hibiscus trionum (modesty): First bagpiping lesson with PM Stuart Liddell in Scotland, Th May 13 2021 ~ Scottish small pipes with singing * Any pipers here who might be interested in Stuart's Topical (group) Lessons beginning toward the end of the month (which I hope to participate in with private lessons as well)? Know of any pipers who might be interested? Stuart is the best ! :) * Regarding riffing with Yo-yo Ma's and Wynton Marsalis's 'Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument':) ~ "Guidelines for practicing a musical instrument" ... http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm (And, now for something completely different, - and how to explore with bagpiping, and Stuart's extraordinary piping in particular - "Guidelines for practicing loving bliss vis-à-vis practicing a musical instrument" ... http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingLovingBlissvavMusicalInstrument.htm ?) * * * Stuart Liddell Piping :) ... Topical (group) Lessons? ~ Inspiring too * Found the 4 beautiful Piobaireachd you mentioned, as either most lyrical or melodic among Piobaireachd pieces, - and enjoyed listening to them * * * * Tuesday, June 1, 20201 Transcription of most of my 'Scott MacLeod's first bagpiping lesson with PM Stuart Liddell in Scotland, Thursday May 13, 2021' ~

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/05/hibiscus-trionum-modesty-first-lesson.html

The Desiderata - https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html -

Read from a psychology academic discipline perspective - (which was George's in some ways) - and even from a psychiatric perspective ... ? What is psychiatry's goal? 

"... the relief of mental suffering associated with disorder and improvement of mental well-being."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/psychiatry.htm

Hi Ma, 

Really Nice to talk to you! Glad to hear of your garden party tour tomorrow afternoon - and your near daily walk with Jean! 

I pipe too nearly every evening - about 9:50pm ... Enjoyably but seeking to develop further charting of goals on playing per - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm - so may begin earlier to play.

I've begun a journal for this even in GDocs - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b_cjum5LP-4mn89bAMhIPcf6RMQgE91bUkfmdNIvnFY/edit?usp=sharing (which you won't be able to view, unless you request permission) ... and here's the gist of it - 

Regarding the Desiderata further - 

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