The Deep Energy Podcast is sponsored by Weighting Comforts. What is Weighting Comforts? Weighting Comforts makes weighted blankets that help improve your sleep and reduce anxiety. These blankets are designed by a therapist and they help you fall sleep faster and give you a deeper more restful sleep. They have helped people with other things like PTSD, Anxiety, Restless leg syndrome and more. I receive e-mails frequently from people who say how much the podcast helps them relax, helps them sleep, helps calm them when anxiety sets in and I can’t think of another company that more perfectly matches up with what I try to do with my music than Weighting Comforts. Like I mentioned last month Josh from Weighting Comforts was kind enough to send me a blanket to try out. I wish I could say I have been using it every night but that would be a lie. I am sharing it with my wife. I get to use it for two nights, and then she uses it for two nights. I even tried to sneak in an extra night and she said ‘isn’t it my night for the blanket’. It was worth a shot. And yes we just call it ‘the blanket’. Neither of us had ever used a weighted blanket before. Like I mentioned before the blanket really is wonderful. I’ve been using it when I sleep, and I find myself not tossing and turning as much as I would usually, I’m having a much deeper sleep and been waking up relaxed. For her, the blanket feels comforting and she wakes up less during the night. If you go to their website www.weightingcomforts.com, there are testimonials and a ton of information on the different styles, fabrics and weights of the blankets, what they do, and how they help. I also wanted to mention that the blankets are handmade and hand sewn in Nashville, Tennessee by refugees working to create income for their families. The blanket I received was extremely well made and felt really solid. When you do decide to purchase a blanket, use the promo code deepenergy25 and you will get $25.00 off of your purchase. Besides the benefits for yourself, you will be helping support the podcast and refugee families! And they do ship internationally …. So that’s $25.00 off when you use the promo code deepenergy25 and thanks to Josh and Weighting Comforts for sponsoring the podcast!!! The website link is also in the show notes. And the Podcast is additionally sponsored by Audible. Audiobooks are great for helping you be a better you – whether you want to feel healthier, get motivated or learn something new. Try audiobooks like: Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki – Narrated by Peter Coyote Close to OM – Stretching Yoga from Your Mat to Your Life written and Narrated by Andrea Marcum Catching the Big Fish – Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity Written and Narrated by David Lynch All excellent choices to improving your mind, body and soul. Audible helps you listen to more books by letting you switch seamlessly between devices, picking up exactly where you left off. Whether it’s on your phone, through your car, from a tablet or at home on an Amazon Echo, you can get through an unmatched selection of audiobooks (hands and eyes-free) while doing almost anything. Audible members get a credit every month good for any audiobook in our store, regardless of price, and your unused credits roll over to the next month. Also membership includes 30% off regularly priced audiobooks. If you aren’t 100 percent satisfied with your audiobook? You can exchange it, no questions asked. Plus, your audiobooks are yours to keep. With Audible you can go back and re-listen anytime, even if you cancel your membership. So why not start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. Go to audible.com/deepenergy (that’s one word) or, text deepenergy (again that’s one word) to 500-500. You can do it all with audiobooks. You have an unmatched selection of audiobooks to choose form at Audible. From titles in Business, Classics, Romance, Fiction and Non-Fiction, Sports, History, Politics plus many New Age and Holistic titles available on your smartphone or portable device. I wanted to give a recommendation. Another book written by a musician. The Art of Asking written and narrated by Amanda Palmer. Based on her wildly successful Ted Talk, it’s the story of her life growing up outside of Boston, being a living statue outside of Harvard Square, joining the seminal Punk/ Cabaret band, The Dresden Dolls, her fledgling solo career, her innovated and sort of controversial crowdfunding of her last album, to her marriage to author Neil Gaiman and more. She has had an amazing life and this audiobook narrated by her, brings her story to life and she plays ukulele along the way! What I personally gained from this audiobook, is as a musician not being afraid to ask for help. We all need it somehow, someway… So that is my recommendation The Art of Asking written and narrated by Amanda Palmer. And you can get that for free or any other title when you start a 30 day trial with Audible. You can go to Audible.com/deepenergy or text deepenergy to 500 500 to get started. The link and information will be in the show notes and on my website www.jimbutlermusic.com Thanks again to Audible for their support of the podcast!! You can find out more about me and my music at jimbutlermusic.com or you can just say hi at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. Now Deep Energy 80 – Angels. Peace. Bye. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deep-energy-podcast-music-for-sleep-meditation-yoga-and-studying--4262945/support.