Fact: stress can kill you.
It is one of the most silent but gripping culprits to cardiac arrest and stroke.
Stress can also cause a faulty immune system, making you more susceptible to sickness and diseases.
Stress can affect your personal life as well.
It makes you grumpier, moodier, and even more depressed.
There are different ways to reduce or kill stress.
Interestingly, one of the most effective ones is to listen to the sound of wind chimes.
What Makes It Relaxing? These days, you can come across CDs and mp3s that reproduce the sound of chimes.
There are even so-called virtual wind chimes, which you can listen while you are sitting in front of your PC.
However, nothing beats the calming sound of a true wind chime.
So you are curious: what is with its sound that makes it so relaxing? Close your eyes and imagine yourself standing in the middle of a green field.
The sun is shining bright, and the cool gentle breeze of the wind is touching your face.
The sound the chime produces as it passes you is just too soothing it calms your mind and spirit.
Slowly, you find peace within your soul.
That is basically how the sound of a genuine chime works.
There are many types of chimes, but a number of them are tubular.
As the wind moves, the rods or tubes touch one another, producing pleasant tinkling sounds.
The wind chimes can also produce a wide variety of sounds, depending on the materials used (some of the popular ones are metal, bamboo, wood, glass, and crystal).
Other Modes of Relaxation There are also a number of ways on how you can maximize your relaxing moments with your wind chime.

1. Hang them on trees.
   Besides entrances, you can place wind chimes on trees.
   You can then spread a blanket and enjoy a small picnic with a friend or even with yourself.
   While you are eating, you can listen to the soothing sounds of the chime.
   
2. Grab a book.
   Stress decreases the effectiveness of your skills.
   If you are tired, you cannot expect to read a book and understand it fully.
   That is going to change once you place yourself closer to the wind chime.
   As the sound relaxes you, you can read your well-loved or anticipated novel.
   The sound can even stimulate your imagination, allowing you to enjoy the book even more.
   
3. Just sit close to it.
   Sometimes, relaxing means doing nothing, and you can accomplish this by just sitting close to the chime.
   If there is a door between you and the chime, you can open and prevent it from closing by blocking it with a chair.
   You can also attach a chime in your porch.
   
4. Sleep.
   It is not really recommended to hang a chime in your bedroom since the sound may arouse you.
   If you believe in feng shui, it is also considered bad luck.
   Nevertheless, you can bring along an indoor chime with you in the bedroom if you are having a hard time getting yourself to sleep.
   Let the sound lull you.
   

The next time you feel exhausted, keep yourself a little closer to the wind chime and allow its sounds to fill yourself with good vibrations.