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Why You Need a White Noise Machine: Demo & Benefits for Better Sleep and Focus
Even though my channel is all about The Horse Life, that’s only one part of who I am. I also work as a nurse, and if you’ve ever done shift work, you know how challenging it can be to get quality sleep. For years, I’ve relied on my air conditioner to provide white noise, no matter the season. But recently, I had to sleep in the spare room and didn’t have my usual setup. Let me tell you, it was rough! Thankfully, I discovered this white noise machine, and it’s been a total game-changer.
Struggling with sleep, focus, or relaxation? In this short video, I’m demonstrating how a white noise machine can transform your environment and improve your daily life. Whether you’re dealing with noisy neighbours, barking dogs, city sounds, or just need help winding down, white noise can be a game-changer.
In this demo, you’ll:
✨ See how a white noise machine works.
✨ Hear different sound options (e.g., rain, ocean waves, fan sounds, nature scenes, white noise, meditation sounds) and how they can create a calming atmosphere.
White noise isn’t just for sleep-it’s perfect for meditation, studying, or masking distractions in a busy household. If you’ve ever wondered how white noise machines work or if they’re worth it, this video is for you!
The placement of a white noise machine can make a big difference in how effective it is. Here are some tips on the best places to put a white noise machine depending on your needs:
1. For Sleep:
Near Your Bed, But Not Too Close:
Place the machine about 3-6 feet away from your bed, ideally at head level or slightly above. This ensures the sound is evenly distributed without being overwhelming.
Tip: Point it away from your head to avoid direct sound waves, which can be distracting.
Between You and the Noise Source:
If you’re trying to block out external noises (like traffic or noisy neighbors), position the machine between your bed and the source of the noise. This creates a "sound barrier" to mask disruptions.
2. For Work or Focus:
On Your Desk or Nearby Shelf:
Place the machine on your desk or a nearby shelf, slightly behind or to the side of your workspace. This helps create a consistent sound environment without being distracting.
Tip: Use calming sounds like rain or soft white noise to boost concentration.
3. For Relaxation or Meditation:
In the Center of the Room:
Place the machine in the center of the room to evenly distribute the sound. This works well for creating a calming atmosphere during yoga, meditation, or relaxation.
Tip: Use nature sounds like ocean waves or forest ambiance for a more immersive experience.
4. For Travel:
On a Nightstand or Hotel Table:
When traveling, place the machine on a nightstand or table near your bed. Portable white noise machines are great for creating a familiar sleep environment wherever you go.
Tip: Bring a compact machine with adjustable volume to suit different environments.
General Tips for Placement:
Avoid Corners: Placing the machine in a corner can amplify the sound unevenly, making it less effective.
Experiment with Placement: Every room is different, so test a few spots to find the sweet spot where the sound is balanced and soothing.
Keep It Elevated: Place the machine on a stable surface like a shelf, table, or dresser to ensure the sound travels well.
By placing your white noise machine strategically, you can maximize its benefits for sleep, focus, or relaxation. Let me know if you’d like more tips! 😊
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💬 Do you use a white noise machine? What’s your favorite sound? Let me know in the comments!
👍 If you found this video helpful, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could use better sleep or focus.
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Second ride for the day, trying out a new water crossing
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Join me on the second ride of the day as we hit the trails and tackle some water crossings! There's nothing quite like the beauty of nature and the bond with your horse on an adventurous trail ride. Watch as we navigate through the serene landscapes and splash through the water-it’s all part of the fun! 🌿🐎
Super Strong Blood Knot - Quick & Easy
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Crafting a blood knot for my saddle was both a practical and rewarding experience. This traditional knot, often used in Western saddlery and horsemanship, adds a touch of authenticity and functionality. Not only does it secure the cinch effectively, but it also serves as a nod to the craftsmanship and techniques passed down through generations of riders. The process required patience and precis...
Have You Saddled Up Your 2025 Horse Riding Goals Yet?
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Are you ready to take your horse riding skills to the next level in 2025? As we welcome a new year, it's the perfect time to reflect on our horse riding goals and aspirations. Whether you're a seasoned trail rider or just starting out on your horse life journey, setting goals is essential to improving your skills and deepening your bond with your horse. So, what are you waiting for? Let's get s...
Syd Hill Saddle Fitting: The Art of Equine Comfort
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Syd Hill Saddle Fitting: The Art of Equine Comfort Kate, a certified saddle fitter from Horseland Rockhampton, recently fitted my new synthetic Syd Hill Half Breed saddle to ensure it was well-suited for my horse. I've had the chance to ride in it twice now, and I'm pleased to report that it's very comfortable for me as a rider. However, I've noticed that the saddle tends to slide down my horse...
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Our first dressage competition
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @JuscelinoMoreiradasilva
    @JuscelinoMoreiradasilva День тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @SergioK-h7o
    @SergioK-h7o 11 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤😊😊

  • @340wbymag
    @340wbymag 14 днів тому

    The problem in most of the world isn't a lack of water. The problem is poor water management. Everyone wants to use the water, but nobody shows even the slightest interest in harvesting water. It isn't required, spoken about, or put into action. Billions of gallons of rainwater fall every year, and it is channeled away as if it was unwanted garbage rather being captured for later use, or to percolate into the soil to replenish groundwater. Harvesting water isn't rocket science. It is ancient technology. Digging ponds, swales, Zai pits and other water harvesting techniques are restoring wastelands and desert areas around the world today, transforming them into green, productive lands, yet we do nothing and wonder where all our water went. We could change the world with a little shovel work, but instead we seem to be satisfied with our ignorance and laziness. We can become better land managers and prosper, or we can wither away and die. It is not fate. It is a choice.

  • @thehorselife24
    @thehorselife24 21 день тому

    And I'm dreaming of snow camping 😂

  • @willwells2794
    @willwells2794 22 дні тому

    Id rather see that than all this snow and ice

  • @Annikilou
    @Annikilou 23 дні тому

    I recently watched a video in which "creative kraaling" was used in Namibia to address exactly the type of gully erosion in your first frame. Wonderfully fat and glossy cattle were corralled for a short time and their hoof action and movement evened out the area. Once the animal engineers had done, the newly fertilized soil could be reseeded with native grass. I would supply a title but can't find it! I really enjoyed your film - there is something deeply satisfying about such clever low tech solutions! The video I watched is called 'The Power of Raindrops'.

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 23 дні тому

      @@Annikilou thank you, there are so many simple things we can do that only cost labour.

  • @Senna2929
    @Senna2929 Місяць тому

    Skibidi toilet

  • @sankersanker2004
    @sankersanker2004 Місяць тому

    i like your horse

  • @sankersanker2004
    @sankersanker2004 Місяць тому

    good video

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 Місяць тому

      Thank you, there is another saddle fitting video from when the Peter Horobin saddle fitter visited. Its informative too.

  • @mauraogorman2104
    @mauraogorman2104 Місяць тому

    😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @felicitymitchell2493
    @felicitymitchell2493 2 місяці тому

    Awesome video of some behind the scenes thank you Jane!

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 2 місяці тому

      You're welcome, thanks for watching!

  • @joannegemmell9933
    @joannegemmell9933 3 місяці тому

    Hi like watching ur videos. I like what ur doing for lady❤❤❤

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 3 місяці тому

      @@joannegemmell9933 thank you so much for your comment and thanks for watching

  • @btgoble
    @btgoble 3 місяці тому

    Hey just found this chanel, is he a cob or cob x. how big and what area do you live in. I'm in northern Vic on the Murray River. Tracey (Australia)

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 3 місяці тому

      Hi Tracey, he's actually Iberian with 1/4 cob. He's about 15.1. We are up in Central QLD. Thanks for joining our channel

  • @diaryofanendurancerider
    @diaryofanendurancerider 4 місяці тому

    Lovely ride ladies!

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 4 місяці тому

      @@diaryofanendurancerider thanks for watching

  • @Roderick849
    @Roderick849 4 місяці тому

    beautiful horse

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 4 місяці тому

      THAMK YOU, he's got a beautiful nature too

  • @lousylvester923
    @lousylvester923 4 місяці тому

    What I wouldn't give to go for a ride along the beach!Lou from Det Mi USA

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 4 місяці тому

      And I see videos of riding though some of your spectacular national parks an wish I could do that 😁 Hope you enjoyed the beach ride

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 4 місяці тому

    He’s so good- my horse literally did a limbo under the pole and refused to go back in…. Living the life!

  • @chantelle2302
    @chantelle2302 5 місяців тому

    No hate but you need to cut the grass there will be snakes and I don’t want anyone or horses to get bit❤

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 5 місяців тому

      Thanks for your concern. But as I can't predict future rainfall, the grass will get cut once the horses have eaten as much as they want without over grazing. Every bit of ground cover counts to protect the soil. It is rare for adult horses to get bitten by snake cos the snakes feel the vibrations and will go the other way. On the other hand, foals get bitten more often because they are curious.

  • @Ryvkaah
    @Ryvkaah 6 місяців тому

    That must feel really wild!

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 6 місяців тому

    What a great video. 👍

  • @juancarlosmiranda2999
    @juancarlosmiranda2999 6 місяців тому

    seguro te están comprando quieren algo

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      yes, I was getting their new bale of hay. But sometimes they like the salt in your sweat.

  • @lesleycrooke6052
    @lesleycrooke6052 6 місяців тому

    That horse is WAY too fat to do this sort of intensive work. The horse being so overweight will struggle with this type of intensive workout …….

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      I appreciate your observations. But, if you go back and have a look at our previous videos you will see how fat he was when I purchased him. My vet said he was on the verge of founder. That was in late February. He was started in light work and has worked up to about 15 km a week of hill work plus arena work. His breeding is Lusitano x gypsy cob so he has a heavy build, he's not an overweight paint horse 😆 Did you read in the video how we have both been increasing our fitness to be able to get to this point? Apart from some trotting and warming up, this was the total amount of loping for this session. His first trail ride: ua-cam.com/video/t8MVcXTz9gk/v-deo.html

    • @dustybootsqld
      @dustybootsqld 6 місяців тому

      ​@thehorselife24 You have done an incredible job Jane. I love watching your journey and progress. As the guardian of a heavy breed myself I can appreciate your hardwork and dedication to your boy. Keep it up Cowgirl.

  • @MayainAustralia
    @MayainAustralia 6 місяців тому

    Omg! You must be Australian in that sort of bush! I am in far north Queensland where are u?? (I am near Cairns) New sub!!!

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      Yes, down near Rocky. Have you found my channel? @thehorselife24

    • @MayainAustralia
      @MayainAustralia 6 місяців тому

      @@thehorselife24 Yes I subbed straight away😁

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      Thank you

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 6 місяців тому

    Wow Jane. What an incredible transformation.

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 6 місяців тому

    Commented before the end- looks good!

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      I think it looks fantastic. I've heard from a few people that some dye will come off. I need a full ride in it to see. Just but the stuff and do it yourself, it s lot cheaper than paying someone.

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 6 місяців тому

    Reckon it’s better to come off on your rag .. not on your white breeches! I’m thinking of getting my saddle dyed … so this was interesting/

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 4 місяці тому

      well, it hasn't been coming off on my tights 😁

    • @kabs1734
      @kabs1734 4 місяці тому

      @@thehorselife24 woohoo!

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 7 місяців тому

    Hope he is on the mend….

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 7 місяців тому

    Amazing! Good on you guys!

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

    Great idea.

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 6 місяців тому

      What product would you like to learn about?

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

    Nicely done Jane. Groundwork or pre flight check is a nobrainer for me personally. I liked the way you pointed out where his brain turned on. As you know recently during my pre flight check my girth broke so that saved me a lot of heartache that day.

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 7 місяців тому

      Yes, many people don't see the importance of it, until either it's too late or they have a wow moment. No way I would have stayed on that surfboard if he tried any of that. 🤣

  • @SuperDiva63
    @SuperDiva63 7 місяців тому

    This is truly wonderful Linda.

  • @chrissharrock7406
    @chrissharrock7406 7 місяців тому

    And yes, the "other half" is watching.

    • @dustybootsqld
      @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

      @@chrissharrock7406 Ha ha

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 7 місяців тому

      lucky you reiterated the important part!

  • @sheltiemad
    @sheltiemad 7 місяців тому

    How truly wonderful!

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 7 місяців тому

      Thank you. Linda is doing a fantastic job.

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

    Thank you so much Jane for those kind words, your support and your generous donation to sponsor an 'at risk' young person to complete the Horses Helping Humans program. 💙

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

    Nicely done.

  • @dustybootsqld
    @dustybootsqld 7 місяців тому

    Hey Jane, That was really interesting.

  • @gilbertosoto9753
    @gilbertosoto9753 7 місяців тому

    Nice

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 7 місяців тому

      Thank you, it was a beautiful morning after nightshift

  • @WoodyDuncan
    @WoodyDuncan 9 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @ronniebishop2496
    @ronniebishop2496 9 місяців тому

    Well it’s a beauty. Just when I had the money the time and place to own another horse I’m to old

  • @ronbradley1508
    @ronbradley1508 9 місяців тому

    Love your work, Jane

  • @jrallen7612
    @jrallen7612 9 місяців тому

    Bloody awesome mate!! 🇭🇲🍻

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 9 місяців тому

      I love my tractor, I need to take advantage of those lights more!

    • @jrallen7612
      @jrallen7612 9 місяців тому

      @@thehorselife24 100% mate !!

  • @mrbisse1
    @mrbisse1 9 місяців тому

    This is an excellent video. Thank you. But I have a related question. Here it is. I have been doing this on my land for about 50 years and have a fairly mature dense working system of about 25 acres of pasture. I have posted writings about it and MANY videos for the last 12 years at least. I have traveled physically to the Alps and to Portugal for the purpose of studying it and posted about those trips, first having seen it in Peru and Senegal. I have traveled endlessly on line studying whatever I could find about acequias, levadas, bisses, Suonen, Andenes, socalcos, terraced landscapes -- all part of contoured farming and gardening. WHY? do my posts have so few views when a fine one like this one, within a month has 6.3 K views? I am NOT jealous, but I wonder why it is SOOO difficult to get the word out. See, for example one of my most watched videos. ua-cam.com/video/4P60vrSfrGs/v-deo.html If there is ANY way to promote this technique you would be doing Gaia a great favor to share it.

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 9 місяців тому

      I am just as surprised as you. Maybe it's in the titles. Most of my other videos have less than 100 views. I tried hard during our drought to push this stuff in preparation for when the drought broke but there wasn't much interest. All we can do is keep trying. BTW did you subscribe? I'll share the love.

  • @ladyofthemasque
    @ladyofthemasque 9 місяців тому

    Up here in America, we've been looking into various methods of rehydrating the land and controlling erosion. I live in Western Washington, which like Eastern Victoria down there is a rather wet environment, but we still use those rocks-in-cages as leaky weirs to help slow water and prevent erosion during flood events. Oddly enough, it doesn't have to be a tall rock barrier! There's a video on small rock "dams" in a watershed called Turkey Creek which made a huge difference between it and its neighboring watershed. There were simply a *lot* of these little check-dams set on Turkey Creek by the landowners, most of them only a couple rocks high at best. The results were significant enough that the USGS (Gelogical Survey) asked if they could do several studies on the differences, and came up with that video, which you can look at here: ua-cam.com/video/c2tYI7jUdU0/v-deo.htmlsi=x0XSriV0qZltJF1_

  • @Wes61
    @Wes61 9 місяців тому

    All of the vegetation and native plants have been cleared. This causes the soil to release and become soft and loose as water flows quickly over. Combinations of stone and natural vegetation should remedy the issue completely and indefinitely.

  • @pofdsjoijsodfjsoidf
    @pofdsjoijsodfjsoidf 9 місяців тому

    4:20 could be fixed simply by stopping actively destroying the area with overgrazing.

  • @kabs1734
    @kabs1734 10 місяців тому

    I’d be so twitchy around the dam the horse would feel it and freak out.

  • @Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied
    @Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied 10 місяців тому

    Wonderful stuff 👏👏

  • @leonshomegrown
    @leonshomegrown 10 місяців тому

    Great information. 😊😊😊

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 10 місяців тому

      Thanks, some techniques are very interesting and very effective.

  • @TerriTownsend
    @TerriTownsend 11 місяців тому

    What a nice place to spend the day with your horse❤

    • @thehorselife24
      @thehorselife24 10 місяців тому

      Yes, we are so lucky to have this close to home.

  • @threeriversforge1997
    @threeriversforge1997 11 місяців тому

    Media Luna, One Rock Dams, and Rock Run-Downs. We've seen a lot of similar erosion in the Western States of the US, and found that using locally-sourced material, like the abundant rock, is very effective if you apply it correctly.