Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Understand guided meditation. Find a guided meditation track for sleeping. Prepare your audio setup. Get ready and start the recording.

Answer: In guided meditation, you listen to an audio track of a person reading meditation instructions to you, and simply follow along with your thoughts.  This is an excellent introduction to meditation for those who have never done it before and don't know where to start. There are many free guided meditations for sleep available on the internet as downloadable audio files, podcasts, and YouTube videos.  You can also purchase sleep meditation CDs at any major bookstore, or online.  Look for a guided meditation CD or file that has good reviews, or comes from a reputable source, such as MIT Medical, which provides a number of audio file downloads designed to help you fall asleep.   If you download a free file, it is a good idea to listen to it once before bedtime to make sure the file is intact and doesn't include any hidden surprises, like advertisements at the end. Get ready to sleep, and set up the device you will be using to play the guided meditation next to your bed.  Adjust the volume settings beforehand.  Be sure to set the device's sleep mode or power saver settings so that the device will turn itself off after the recording has finished. It is not advisable to use headphones for a guided sleep meditation, since ideally you will fall asleep before the recording is over, and you don't want to get tangled up in the cords in the night. Put on your pajamas, darken the room, and get comfy in bed before you hit play.  Then relax and listen, and prepare for a night of restful sleep!  If you don't fall asleep after the first play-through, take a few deep breaths and begin again.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Practice your pitch. Avoid nasal speech. Speak more melodiously.

Answer: It’s important to speak in your natural pitch because trying to talk in a higher or lower pitch can damage your vocal chords, and it will affect your resonance. Moreover, a good pitch will result in a much more pleasant speaking voice, and while it may be difficult to change your natural pitch, you can make your voice fuller and deeper, and give it more character by working with the pitch you have.  To take advantage of your natural pitch, be sure you are relaxed when you're going to speak. Stress can put tension on your muscles, including your vocal chords, and this can make your voice high-pitched and squeaky.  Breathe from your diaphragm when you're speaking, because this will allow you to project your voice properly and fully. Resonance in your body is what will give your voice base and depth, because the air in your body vibrates in different cavities, such as the nose, throat, chest, and mouth, and these areas create different sound qualities. To have a full and deep voice, you have to resonate the air in all those cavities. For instance, if you only use the nasal cavity, you will have a higher and more nasally voice. Having a nasal voice means your voice won’t be as deep, rich, or full as it should be. You can determine if you have a nasal voice by placing your fingers on the bridge of your nose and saying the words “rung” and “mom.” You should feel the bridge vibrate when you say those words. Now say the words “sour,” “bracelet,” and “tiger.” If you felt the same vibration in your nose, you are speaking with a nasal voice. To prevent this: Concentrate on using the full range of motion with your lips, jaw, teeth, and tongue when you speak. When you don’t use the full range of motions with these articulators, you are more likely to focus sound in your nasal cavity rather than your mouth. A melodious voice is one that conveys change, emotion, and life, whereas a non-melodious voice is flat and monotonous. You can work on having more melody in your voice by varying your pitch variety as you speak.  Many speakers naturally do this when posing questions: when people speak, they indicate a question by raising the pitch of the voice on the final syllables of the phrase. Practice saying the phrase “you are going there” in three different ways: the first way is without changing your inflection (a statement), the second way is by slightly raising the pitch of your voice with each word (a question), and the third is by slightly lowering the pitch with each word (emphatic). Say the phrase out loud and see how it conveys different meanings. To practice incorporating these changes into every day speech, read aloud to yourself every day, and focus on varying the pitch of your voice on different words to convey different emotions.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Make the outer ears. Make the inner ears. Fasten the inner ears to the outer ears. Attach the ears to a hoodie. Add a mouse belly. Use sweatpants as the legs. Make the mouse-tail. Paint on a mouse face. Put on paws.

Answer: Draw 2 semicircles that are each about 4-inches (10.16) wide on gray, black, or brown felt (or furry fabric), then cut them out using scissors. These will be the ears. Draw 2 semicircles that are each about 3-inches (7.62 cm) wide on pink felt, then cut them out using scissors. These will be the inner ears. You can sew, glue or pin one pink inner ear to one grey, black, or brown outer ear, then repeat with the other set. These form the completed mouse ears. Sew, glue, or pin the ears to the hood of a plain grey, black, or brown hooded sweatshirt. The costume will look best if the hoodie is the same color as the outer ears. Make sure that one mouse ear is attached to each side of the hood, and not too high up on it. You can put on the hood and test out the ears before attaching them to decide which exact position looks best. This step is optional, but can add a touch more flair if you have time. Lay the hoodie on a flat surface, and cut out an oval of pink felt (or another contrasting color) that is the width and height of the front of the hoodie. Then sew, glue, or pin the oval to the hoodie to serve as the belly. A regular pair of sweatpants in the same color as the hoodie (gray, black, or brown) make the perfect pair of mouse legs. Simply put them on once the rest of the costume is finished. Take a tube sock that is the same color as the outer mouse ears and the hoodie (or pink). Fill it with newspaper or fiberfill so that it looks like a tail, then sew, glue, or pin it to either the bottom back of the sweatshirt or the back waistband of the sweatpants. You can cut off one leg of a pair of tights and use it in the same way to make a mouse-tail—just make sure to tie, sew, glue, or pin one end closed before you stuff it. Once you've made all the pieces of the costume and have put them on, you're ready to draw the mouse's face. You can use regular makeup. Put a dot of pink lipstick on the end of your nose to make the mouse’s nose. Use eyeliner (black, brown, or white) to draw a few whiskers across your cheeks. If you would like to complete the mouse look, you can put socks on your feet that match the color of the mouse costume, and socks or mittens on your hands. These will serve as the mouse’s paws. You can use socks or mittens of the same color, or a contrasting one. For instance, if you have a black mouse body, then white paws might look nice.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Lighten foundation that’s too dark. Darken foundation that’s too light. Change the color of your foundation.

Answer:
Whether you bought the wrong one and can’t return it or you’re still finishing an older bottle, you can customize the color of your foundation to create a better match for your skin. One way to make foundation lighter is by applying it with a wet sponge instead of your fingers. You can also make foundation lighter by mixing it with:  Moisturizer Primer A lighter foundation Concealer or finishing powder Just as you can lighten foundation that’s too dark, so too can you make a foundation darker if it’s too light for your skin. To make foundation darker, try:   Adding blush or concealer Mixing it with bronzer Combining it with a darker foundation or tinted moisturizer Foundation that isn’t right for your undertone can be customized as well. To make your foundation match a yellow undertone, add turmeric. Add a pinkish-brown blush to match a more pink or blue undertone.  To make a foundation more brown, add cocoa powder.