I notice that to add to the pressure one might otherwise feel about getting a good night’s sleep, there is now direct scientific evidence that digestion is also impacted. With that impact comes the potential for obesity, diabetes and some of the longer-term effects that you might expect. If ever there was a need to fight tooth and nail for every spare minute in the bedroom it would sound like that is where we have arrived at.
In which case I think we can be unapologetic about being revolutionary about things and suggesting that other things in life should be allowed to wane in order to get the level of sleep that your body needs.
To that end, for a very long time, the Procrastination Pen has been reviewing material for its helpfulness in gentling you off to sleep. Sadly, frequently finding it as much assistance as bright light and a brass band backing track but just occasionally there is a gem that makes it all worthwhile. I’m not certain that there are any gems of that quality this week. However, I will continue the reviewing in the hopes of turning up the odd one.
As I promised some weeks ago, some relaxing material that does not involve annoying adverts. I’ve been listening to Susan Piver for a while now and besides being a highly famous meditation guru, I also think that she has a very good voice. A great deal of her material is also educational which is an added bonus.
Of course there is a wealth of material on YouTube, for example:
Indeed, Susan has her own YouTube channel. But given I am trying to avoid adverts that is hardly a good start.
I did find that Susan now has a podcast which is available on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver/id1798818779
At the time I am looking at it there are fifty-two episodes available which should give you enough of a taster to determine if this is going to be a voice that you like.
Turning to the Calm recommendation this week, I have:
https://www.calm.com/app/player/wicRCqVcjB
Daily Jay
Gossip
NARRATOR
Jay Shetty
Jay is perhaps not my favourite voice on Calm; I think that might be Tamara Levitt, but I find his Calm Daily to be one I drift back to again and again because of the importance of the material that he covers.
This one is about the prevalence of gossip and how harmful it can be. How you should avoid gossip, how gossip spreads, and how it is impossible to take back.
Moving onto the professional ASMR artist, I notice that there is quite a lot of criticism of older ASMR videos, as if everything completed some time ago is necessarily worse than anything completed today. No doubt persons of a certain age believe this to be the case. Going with that trend I am covering this week a video posted only recently. However, I can feel my stubbornness tendency coming on and I suspect I’m going to try to feature some older videos more frequently in future.
ASMR Doctor Physician Complete Medical Exam – Whispering RolePlay
It is from the channel Tingles Maker ASMR. This has 13.1k subscribers, one hundred and thirty six videos, eight playlists. One of these playlists seems relevant to the medical theme I have been covering:
The channel has notes: “Tingles Maker ASMR
Description
Hello and Welcome to Role-Play ASMR Channel – Tingles Maker
My name is Renat (or just Tingles “Maker) and I do ASMR, probably with some accent)
I am learning English and this Channel is my homework. Welcome aboard!
Links
Donatedonationalerts.com/r/asmrclub
More info
Sign in to see email address
http://www.youtube.com/@TinglesMaker
Kazakhstan
Joined 9 Mar 2022
13.1k subscribers
136 videos
1,369,709 views”
The video also has notes: “5 Apr 2026 #ASMRROLEPLAY #ASMR
ASMR Doctor Physician Complete Gentle and sleepy Medical Exam – Whispering Role Play for tingles and sleep
Welcome to Tingles Maker ASMR.
• Role-Plays ASMR
• ASMR Whispering
• ASMR Medical Exams
• ASMR no talking
#ASMR #ASMRROLEPLAY”
By now we are used to a healthy number of notes whenever we are looking at a professional ASMR artist. My guess would be in the cut and thrust world of ASMR; some self-promotion can only help.
Comments are permitted. There are not a huge number but those that there are – are the normal level of ASMR sycophancy that we know and love. This bodes well for this video.
The video is a little over eighteen minutes long it starts at the level of a whisper and straight away we are on familiar territory ASMR wise. The voice is excellent. The presentation occasionally becomes breathy and there is the odd mouth-clicking sound that some ASMR fans seem to be positively transported by. There are, though, as expected, extraneous noises; clicking noises, rustling noises, the odd clatter from equipment being moved, the sound of a tuning fork is actually quite loud, the odd tapping noise, hands rubbing together, paper-related noises. None of which did I find excessively distracting.
I found this quite restful. It seemed very well done actually and, even with the extraneous noises I think this is well worth reviewing.
You may recall a previous post in which I mentioned a URL which linked to thirty two videos. The URL is this one:
Last time we managed to review just four of these videos, so there is a fair few left to look at…
The next one in the series is this:
Nose Examination (Inspection) – ENT
This is less than a minute long so perhaps we are on the home straight and picking up speed now
The notes are: “83,932 views 17 Feb 2012 Clinical Examinations
This video – produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the ENT faculty – demonstrates how to perform an examination of the nose. This part covers inspection only.
All videos on this channel are linked to Oxford Medical Education (www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com)
This video was produced in collaboration with Oxford Medical Illustration – a department of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. For more information, please visit www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk”
It is a continuation of the nasoendoscope one and the same people participate. The comments made for that video still apply, including the initially quiet and subsequently slightly louder presentation.
Neck Examination – ENT
This is just less than four minutes so a little more substantial (but that just goes to prove how short some of the other videos have been). The notes are: “248,747 views 17 Feb 2012 Clinical Examinations
This video – produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the ENT faculty – demonstrates how to perform an examination of the neck. It also demonstrates the lymph node regions of the neck.
All videos on this channel are linked to Oxford Medical Education (www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com)
This video was produced in collaboration with Oxford Medical Illustration – a department of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. For more information, please visit www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk”
We go back to the format in which there is a narrator for the video. The narrator has a reasonable voice for us. However, the video has some nasty interference which affects the sound as well and will be off-putting to anyone listening. This one does not belong in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Mouth Examination – ENT
Just under one- and three-quarter minutes so not overstaying its welcome. The notes are “242,014 views 17 Feb 2012 Clinical Examinations
This video – produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the ENT faculty – demonstrates how to perform an examination of the mouth.
All videos on this channel are linked to Oxford Medical Education (www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com)
This video was produced in collaboration with Oxford Medical Illustration – a department of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. For more information, please visit www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk”
This is also narrated. The person narrating has an ok voice but not amazing; the medical professional participating in the video itself has a better voice for us.
Hearing Test (Rinne and Weber Examinations) – ENT
Less than one and a half minutes, the notes are: “1,233,808 views 17 Feb 2012 Clinical Examinations
This video – produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the ENT faculty – demonstrates how to perform tuning fork examinations for hearing loss.
All videos on this channel are linked to Oxford Medical Education (www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com)
This video was produced in collaboration with Oxford Medical Illustration – a department of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. For more information, please visit www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk”
This is narrated again and the narrator has a good voice, if a little loud here. The tuning fork nises are non-too off-putting – your mileage may vary. It might be one that is weeded on subsequent review.
The medical professional in the video, meantime, has a great voice.
And last, but by no means least:
Otoscopy (Ear Examination) – ENT
Less than three and a quarter-minutes, the notes are: “1,603,425 views 17 Feb 2012 Clinical Examinations
This video – produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the ENT faculty – demonstrates how to perform an examination of the ear using an otoscope. It also demonstrates the anatomy of the tympanic membrane.
All videos on this channel are linked to Oxford Medical Education (www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com)
This video was produced in collaboration with Oxford Medical Illustration – a department of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. For more information, please visit www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk”
Again, this is narrated, and here the narration seems to be quieter. The medical professional in the video itself has a good voice for us.
That’s it on this occasion, more next time.
The Oxford Medical Education Hospitals playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
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