Meditation Zone

Detaching the World Vol. 3 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation/Yoga

2006-09-25T23:14:00.000-05:00

It's a new beginning with Detaching the World Vol. 3 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation/Yoga. Musician Emil Gagliardi has written these compositions to reflect a unique inner journey, a style often described as meditative guitar. This music creates a peaceful, soothing environment for massage, relaxation, meditation, and yoga.
Detaching the World Vol. 3 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation/Yoga provides over 60 minutes of continuous comforting ambient guitar work. As with all cds releases by this artist, there are no: fast tempos, fluctuating volume changes, synthesizers or percussion.
At the start of this journey, we come across the first composition; a 25 minute piece entitled A New Beginning. You hear an immediate gentle wave of music as the tone is set in favor of listeners requesting a blissful atmosphere for massage and relaxation. Throughout A New Beginning, the ambient landscapes of guitar change as if the artist is! taking us on a special calming voyage away from the mind and toward the heart.
Motions is a perfect example of meditative guitar as Detaching the World Vol. 3 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation/Yoga takes you deeper into a meditative state. The listener can hear a warm background melody weave in between each tranquil note giving the textures of the song a levitation type feel.
As we embark on the leisurely gentle Comforts of Home, this piece portrays a special improvised feeling of calmness as if the artist just took us in from a cold day, sat us down by the fire with a warm blanket, and handed us a cup of tea.
The latter leads us into Spring, a uniquely creative composition symbolizing a change within the musical climate of this work of art. The magic of Spring is meant to remind listeners of the special atmosphere needed to receive massage. Each tender note is meant to melt away anxiety and stress.
In this ever changing world of music, Detaching the World Vol. 3 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation/Yoga brings massage therapists, yoga instructors and seekers of total relaxation world wide to a new dimension. This music bestows upon the listener gentleness and ease like the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.

Detaching The World Vol. 2 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation

2006-09-18T12:58:00.000-05:00

In the second installment of the series, Connecting The Universe Music has released a new relaxing journey with Detaching The World Vol. 2 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation. Through exploration of the unconscious, this music was designed as an offering by the artist to bring about complete relaxation to the listener. It allows for the unknown self to awaken and remember with comfort and ease.
Musician and creator Emil Gagliardi brings to us nine new tracks with Detaching The World Vol. 2 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation. This CD provides over 63 minutes in running time without the use of vocals or percussion. As the opening track "Peaceful Country" begins, Gagliardi’s unique and inimitable style of ambient guitar immediately sets the tone for a tranquil relaxing atmosphere. On "Mirror", you feel yourself sinking deeper into the gentle hands of what the artist calls "The Nuit’s Effect" while "The Fellowship" and "The Fellowship Reprise" are a meditation of three soothingly calm guitars journeying to the mystical unknown. "Hawaiian Compressions" is a three piece composition symbolizing the warming atmosphere of the sun while gently slipping into the earthy picturesque tones of "Healing Within". The last track, "Pulse", is the capture of a meditation right outside the artist’s home where the ocean, mountains, and sky share one relaxed and rejuvenated heartbeat.
Emil Gagliardi continues to provide seekers of total relaxation with his unique and one of a kind style of music. As heard in the bestselling Detaching the World Vol. 1 - Ambient Music for Massage/Relaxation/Meditation, his devotion to creating serene music for the healing arts goes unsurpassed by his peers. His music bestows upon the listener gentleness and ease like the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.

Detaching the World Vol. 1 - Ambient Music for Massage/Relaxation/Meditation

2006-09-11T11:35:00.000-05:00

As we explore the depths of our "self", our "souls", through massage, relaxation, and other healing modalities, we gain experience and knowingness. The music from Detaching the World Vol. 1 - Ambient Music for Massage/Relaxation/Meditation is a transient, which allows for this knowingness to occur in a peaceful, tranquil, and comforting environment.

This CD has been created to provide over 60 minutes in running time without the use of vocals or percussion. Emil Gagliardi has introduced a new style of guitar called "The Nuit's Effect" named after its rich soothing textures and deep earthy tones. From the opening cut of "Tranquil Sunrise", Gagliardi's swirling guitar immediately sets the perfect mood for massage and relaxation. The density of "The Valley Beyond" swallows you up in a tapestry of color similar to a warm blanket while the hauntingly beautiful "Fallen Angel" resembles a fresh new day after a storm.

Gagliardi's vision of creating the perfect massage and relaxation music sets Detaching the World Vol. 1 - Ambient Music for Massage/Relaxation/Meditation apart from all others. Its purpose is to serve gentleness and ease like the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.

Meditations for Life/Finding Inner Peace

2006-06-19T12:42:00.000-05:00

Inner peace becomes possible when the body, mind, heart and soul are in harmony.

Inner peace cannot come from our possessions or status in life. These things change and can be taken from us at a moment's notice. Ground yourself in the things that are more lasting and you will be on the road towards improving your peace within.

Meditations for Life/Finding Inner Peace includes two tracks. Track one is a guided vocal narration with music to help you focus on elements towards finding inner peace. Track two is a music only meditation soundtrack you can use time and time again to reflect on the things most important to you, and to quite the mind.

Brian Paulson's Arc of Light

2006-06-10T15:34:00.000-05:00

This personal attunement music was conceived and performed around the Spring vernal equinox, on which day and night are of equal length. This highly charged event represents the continued rebirth of nature, both physically and spiritually. The intent of Arc of Light is to remind ourselves of our connection to a higher source and our need to heal and uplift the consciousness of the Universe. Arc of Light is Geo-Astro Harmonic© music performed on sacred global instruments. This is sound tuned and correlated with the lower and upper octaves of electro-magnetic radiation. This incorporates color (light), fragrance, as well as the movements of planets and other geo-physical phenomenon. By utilizing musical instruments known for their psycho-spiritual properties, I am able to elicit the power of emotion, resonance and entrainment, thus developing a synergistic approach to bring about the coherency of our Human Energy Field. This music can re-pattern our brains and nervous systems as well as the endocrine glands and corresponding chakras. Arc of Light acts as a wave guide for consciousness with the power to slow down our concept of time and increase our awareness of our true selves so we can begin again to reflect this Divine Nature.

Steven Halpern's Inner Peace - Music for Inner Peace

2006-04-26T12:53:00.000-05:00

Take a deep breath . . . close your eyes, and let Inner Peace effortlessly transport you to a delightful place of tranquility, balance and joy. Almost immediately, you'll notice you are breathing more deeply, and re-connecting to that special place of peace that exists within each of us.

Play Inner Peace softly in the background, and enjoy it as "sonic incense" for yoga, massage, and relaxation. Listen deeply, and the sustained, resonant low tones and shimmering higher harmonics become a valued ally for meditation and journeying on the inner planes of consciousness.

Healing Meditation: Nourish Mind, Body and Spirit

2006-04-11T22:45:00.000-05:00

Over the past two decades, Brain Sync's extensive research with neuro scientists has pinpointed the precise sound waves called "window frequencies" that open the brain to higher states of consciousness. An independent study conducted by scientists in San Francisco revealed that Brain Sync tapes & CDs significantly out-performed all other audio tapes & CDs of it's kind - allowing 87% of test subjects (who had never meditated before) to enter the deep state of meditation called "theta" or the "twilight state". Theta is a mysterious and elusive state of consciousness. Scientists call it the gateway to intuition, memory and learning. In theta, bursts of electrical activity called "kindling" ignite flashes of insight and inspiration. Cleansing showers of vivid imagery sparkle before your mind's eye, as you experience untold depths of inner peace. In this extraordinary state, the mysteries hidden in the other 90% are revealed. You enter the precise state of meditation that is absolutely essential to empower your visualizations and accelerate manifestation. The results are profound.

Healing Meditation: Nourish Mind, Body and Spirit help achieve healing symmetry as you allow yourself to be guided into a regenerative state of purification. Negative energies are cleansed and your mind, body and spirit are brought back into a nourishing balance. In this quantum state of renewal, your body can trigger its own powerful biochemicals, known to heal illness and cure disease.

Meditation For Children

2006-04-05T12:18:00.000-05:00

With Meditation For Children, Children go on two magical journeys to bring light and love to the planet. Along the way they meet friends, family and their Guardian Angel.

Tracks 1 through 3 are for children:

Track 1 - Introduction For Children explains that children have enormous love power within them and when they are totally silent they can access this power.

Track 2 - (Meditation) Journey To Light Up The World takes children on magical journey to find their inner spirit. Along the way they meet their Guardian Angels and connect with a special place in nature. They then bring light and peace to family, friends and the world.

Track 3 - (Meditation) The Magical Kite takes children to a beautiful sandy beach where they receive a magical kite. They play with friends, watch funny cloud shapes in the sky and receive a special gifts and messages from one of their angels.

Tracks 4 through 6 are for parents:

Track 4 - Why Meditation? explains of the benefits of meditation in today's awakening society.

Track 5 - Helpful Hints For Meditation gives insights for teaching our children how to meditate.

Track 6 - Effective Prayer tells how every word and thought can create our reality and are prayers to God.

The music on Meditation For Children, composed by D.R. Wilke, is an intense blend of childlike playfulness, intuition, and passion. Wilke mixes a conventional approach to music with a yearn to experiment; using a Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar, celestial sounds, angelic melodies and improvisation. The result is music that stimulates not only our minds but also our senses and soul.

Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby

2006-03-29T15:26:00.000-05:00

Just as food nourishes a baby's growing body, the elements of music-melody, tone and harmony-nourish a baby's rapidly developing brain. Even before children are born, research shows that music has a beneficial effect on the network of neurons that will be the foundation of their later learning, language development and music ability. Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby fosters the brain growth crucial to healthy young minds. Created in association with NACD, each volume has been carefully crafted to provide the kind of musical nourishment that scientific study has shown will actively support optimum brain development in a child's early years. By playing this music, you help build a strong foundation for the innate potential of your infant or toddler. Uniquely appropriate for children from birth to 36 months, Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby is equally enjoyable for older listeners.

Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby is a happy collection arranged to offer your child increased joy in their world. Designed by a team of experts from a broad range of scientific and artistic disciplines, Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby's compositions explore melodies, rhythms and tonal ranges most likely to induce a happy mood in little listeners. Music for Babies - Cheerful Baby's resonant acoustic recordings feature celeste, violin, flute and clarinet and include harp, viola, and cello, masterfully played by the award-winning musicians of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble. Selections include classical music, lullabies and nursery rhymes.

Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby

2006-03-20T20:58:00.000-05:00

Just as food nourishes a baby's growing body, the elements of music-melody, tone and harmony-nourish a baby's rapidly developing brain. Even before children are born, research shows that music has a beneficial effect on the network of neurons that will be the foundation of their later learning, language development and music ability. Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby fosters the brain growth crucial to healthy young minds. Created in association with NACD, each volume has been carefully crafted to provide the kind of musical nourishment that scientific study has shown will actively support optimum brain development in a child's early years. By playing this music, you help build a strong foundation for the innate potential of your infant or toddler. Uniquely appropriate for children from birth to 36 months, Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby is equally enjoyable for older listeners.

Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby is a soothing collection arranged to act as a calming influence on your child. Designed by a team of experts from a broad range of scientific and artistic disciplines, Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby's compositions explore melodies, rhythms and tonal ranges most likely to induce tranquility in little listeners. Music for Babies - Peaceful Baby's resonant acoustic recordings feature harp, celeste, violin, viola, clarinet, flute and cello, masterfully played by the award-winning musicians of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble. Selections include classical and folk music, lullabies and nursery rhymes.

Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby's

2006-03-15T12:30:00.000-05:00

Just as food nourishes a baby's growing body, the elements of music-melody, tone and harmony-nourish a baby's rapidly developing brain. Even before children are born, research shows that music has a beneficial effect on the network of neurons that will be the foundation of their later learning, language development and music ability. Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby fosters the brain growth crucial to healthy young minds. Created in association with NACD, each volume has been carefully crafted to provide the kind of musical nourishment that scientific study has shown will actively support optimum brain development in a child's early years. By playing this music, you help build a strong foundation for the innate potential of your infant or toddler. Uniquely appropriate for children from birth to 36 months, Music for Babies is equally enjoyable for older listeners.

Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby is a restful collection arranged to progressively lull your child into a deep and refreshing sleep. Designed by a team of experts from a broad range of scientific and artistic disciplines, Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby's music gradually slows in rhythm and softens its tonal range, encouraging sleep in little listeners. Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby's resonant acoustic recordings feature harp, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and celeste, masterfully played by the award-winning musicians of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble. Selections include classical music and lullabies.

Ian Cameron Smith's Guided Meditation For Sleep

2006-03-06T20:01:00.000-05:00

Guided Meditation for Sleep features a guided mediation from Australian psychologist Simonette Vaja set to Ian Cameron Smith's soothing instrumentation. Its purpose is to improve the listener's sleep and the accompanying booklet provides much information on sleep, sleep disturbances, and the importance of relaxing and nourishing body, mind and soul prior to sleep.

Featuring three tracks, Guided Meditation for Sleep begins with a brief introduction from Vaja, in which she explains the purpose of the recording and the method by which this will be achieved. Track two is a relaxing piece of music by Ian, designed to relax the listener and aid in the preparation for sleep. Track three is a guided meditation led by Vaja, created to enable the listener to slip easily and effortlessly into a deep, relaxing and rejuvenating sleep.

Shiva Rea's The Beginner's Guide to Yoga

2006-02-28T10:54:00.000-05:00

With over 20 million practitioners in the U. S. alone, yoga is more popular than ever. For those interested in starting a practice of their own but hesitant about attending a class, Shiva Rea presents The Beginner's Guide to Yoga the perfect introduction to hatha yoga. Complete with a 60-minute guided session with yoga basics and simple poses—plus a detailed study guide with instructional photographs—here is an easily accessible how-to program from one of the world’s most respected yoga teachers.

Shiva Rea teaches vinyasa flow yoga worldwide. She has studied many forms of yoga and dance in India, Africa, Nepal, Jamaica, and Bali. She is a well-known contributor to Yoga Journal and holds an MA in Dance from UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures Program, where she also teaches.

Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children's Stories Designed To Decrease Stress, Anger And Anxiety While Increasing Self-Esteem And Self-Awareness

2006-02-20T20:17:00.000-05:00

All 4 stories are accompanied by soothing music.

Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children's Stories Designed To Decrease Stress, Anger And Anxiety While Increasing Self-Esteem And Self-Awareness (Indigo Dreams) is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain your child while introducing them to relaxation and meditation techniques. Children follow their sea friends along as they learn to manage their own stress, anxiety, and anger with Angry Octopus, Affirmation Weaver, Sea Otter Cove and Bubble Riding.

Designed as the sequel to Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety, this CD offers longer stories and expands on the relaxation techniques of breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation and affirmations. Ideal for older children (ages 6-12), or as step two for those already familiar with Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety.

The narration is accompanied by healing sounds of dolphins, sea otters and gentle waves. An additional music sound track is included to further enhance your child's mind, body and spirit.

Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety brrreeeport

2006-02-13T20:09:00.000-05:00

Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety introduces meditation and relaxation concepts to children in easy to assimilate way. This cd create a safe environment for children to explore empowering concepts while enjoying stories and music. Even the most conservative, traditional parents are comfortable with the Indigo Dreams Series.

All 4 stories are accompanied by soothing music.

Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain your child while introducing them to relaxation/meditation techniques. Four unique stories introduce breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation and affirmations. Children follow the characters along as they learn to manage their own stress, anxiety and energy with A Boy and a Bear, The Affirmation Web, A Boy and a Turtle and The Goodnight Caterpillar.

Indigo Dreams: Meditation and Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety offers shorter stories for shorter attention spans and beginners. (Ages 4-9) The narration is accompanied by healing sounds of crickets, gentle breezes and forest animals. An additional music sound track is included to further enhance your child's relaxation experience!

Chakra Clearing by Dr. Doreen Virtue

2006-02-06T14:10:00.000-05:00

On her meditative compact disc, Chakra Clearing, Dr. Virtue, a metaphysical healer who works with the angelic realm, guides you through spirit releasement and angelic healing therapy, which clears your energy chakra centers and activates your inborn healing and psychic power.

For readers who seek a straightforward guidebook on learning about the chakra system and how to keep it healthy, Chakra Clearing is an excellent resource. Virtue, who is a bestselling author and clairvoyant doctor of psychology, identifies the placements and functions of these "energy centers" in the body. She then teaches readers how to keep these chakras clear and clean, leading to greater health and energy.

The chakras themselves are a beautiful progression of shifting colors, starting with the red root chakra at the base of the spine and moving up the body, shade-by-shade, and ending with the royal purple "crown" chakra at the top of the head. Each chakra interacts with a person's issues and concerns in the world. For instance, the root chakra relates to basic survival, such as money, shelter, and material needs, according to Virtue. If a person feels stable in this arena, the "root chakra looks like a brilliant ruby held under a spotlight," she explains. However, if people feel fearful about money or become overly obsessed with their career or possessions, this chakra will be come "dirty" and have a muddy, dark red color.

Dr. Virtue offers an extensive assortment of original, guided meditations that are effective in cleaning and clearing all the chakras. The information is well organized and clearly presented with a corresponding CD to help readers integrate the meditations into daily life. She also touches upon other cleaning tools, such as what foods and crystals support the chakra system. Advanced energy workers may find this material basic, but beginners should find it an outstanding primer.

Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., is a spiritual doctor of psychology and fourth-generation metaphysician who works with the angelic, elemental, and ascended master realms. She is the author of 22 books on mind-body-spirit themes, including Healing With The Angels, Divine Guidance : How to Have a Dialogue with God and Your Guardian Angels, Angel Therapy: Healing Messages for Every Area of Your Life, The Lightworker's Way: Awakening Your Spiritual Power to Know and Heal, and Archangels and Ascended Masters. Dr. Doreen Virtue is the founder and former director of WomanKind Psychiatric Hospital at Cumberland Hall Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and she served as an administrator at Woodside Women’s Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both all-women psychiatric hospitals specialized in treating women's psychological issues. Dr. Doreen Virtue also directed three outpatient psychiatric centers, including an adolescent drug & alcohol abuse center. Dr. Doreen Virtue has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Good Morning America, The View with Barbara Walters, Donny & Marie, Roseanne, and many others.

Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace by Susie Mantell

2006-02-01T13:25:00.000-05:00

Award-winning stress-relief expert Susie Mantell has created a uniquely soothing experience. Like an easy chair, the warm narration of, Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace is an oasis from a hectic schedule and a changing world, a prelude to deep, restful sleep.

In a world that often seems to spin too fast, here is a gentle path to a quiet place. A thoughtful, useful, affordable corporate gift, and client or staff-appreciation gift, Susie Mantell's exquisitely warm narration carries you into soft, effortless relaxation, releasing the day surrounding this half-hour. With a voice described as "liquid," Mantell has created a uniquely personal, empowering mind-body experience. Like an easy chair, Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace,supports a weary spirit, taking the worry out of sleepless nights, and soothing layer-after-layer of depression, fatigue, headache, and muscle tension, low back and neck pain, and joint pain associated with Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and TMJ. Nervous? Anxious? Tense? Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace, has facilitated thousands in diminishing symptoms associated with Worry and Sleeplessness, Nervousness and Anxiety, Health-Related, Work-Related, Chronic or Post-Traumatic Stress, Professional & Personal Burnout, Global Events and Terrorism, Grief, Long-term Illness, Addiction Recovery. Physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, caregivers and survivors of post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer, and those living with autoimmune disease are all rediscovering hope and courage to do the work of healing in, Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace. Each time the voyage changes -- an oasis from a stressful schedule, or a prelude to deep, restful sleep. Combine gentle simplicity and compassion, exquisite packaging, and affordability!, and you'll begin to describe the award-winning, and critically-acclaimed, experience of, Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace. Drift into the quiet place, where worries dissipate. . . where healing begins. Slow down, sit back, and for a little while. . .just let go. perfect for the beginners and seasoned meditators.

Meditation: A Book and CD Gift Set: The Four-Step Course To Calmness and Clarity

2006-01-30T17:23:00.000-05:00

From bestselling, internationally renowned authors and teachers Eddie and Debbie Shapiro, Meditation: A Book and CD Gift Set: The Four-Step Course To Calmness and Clarity is a fully structured four-step plan that will allow even beginners to experience meditation's benefits.

Alleviate stress, reach a deeper understanding of yourself, and gain a fuller appreciation of life with the most unique meditation kit ever! Inside is the key to liberating the mind and enhancing the spirit: a quartet of CDs and a comprehensive book that covers all the traditional teachings on meditation.

Step One: Find out how to release inner tension and relax--an essential before you begin meditation.

Step Two: Develop concentration and still the mind through focusing on breath. That's the foundation for the entire practice.

Step Three: Practice "Witness Meditation" to improve clarity and innate insight.

Step Four: Open the heart through the cultivation of loving kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.

No other program gives such direct and progressive instruction for meditation and its relevance to daily life.

Meditation: A Book and CD Gift Set: The Four-Step Course To Calmness and Clarity includes 4 CDs and a 128 page book.

Guided Meditation by Kelly Howell

2006-01-30T17:13:00.000-05:00

Close your eyes and let this meditation guide you to create your own, very special inner sanctuary - a place where you can go to regenerate and create nourishing states of health and well-being. Help your body relax and your mind transcend daily clutter. Sweep away negative thoughts. Free your spirit to soar on beams of pure, shimmering light. Let your soul be nurtured by the revitalizing power that comes from bringing your mind, body and spirit into harmony with the universe.

Kelly Howell is internationally acclaimed for her pioneering work in healing and mind expansion. Her clinically proven Brain Wave Audio Technology is used in prestigious hospitals, biofeedback clinics, and by physicians and psychologists throughout the world.

Shiva Rea's Drops of Nectar: Yoga Relaxation for Rejuvenation and Healing

2006-01-17T13:50:00.000-05:00

One of the great pleasures of yoga is the relaxation session or shavasana traditionally offered at the end of a class. When taught skillfully, shavasana invokes the flow of energetic "nectar" down the spine to permeate the entire body with blissful energy. Now, with Drops of Nectar: Yoga Relaxation for Rejuvenation and Healing yoga practitioners can experience this rejuvenating dimension of yoga at home and at their convenience. Taught by acclaimed instructor Shiva Rea, this immersive two-CD program guides listeners through:

Yoga Nidra, a relaxation method that works with 36 areas of the body

Tension release through the five koshas (layers) of the body

A special meditation for healing areas of pain and blockage

Lunar Shavasana – an effective means to rest the sense organs and induce deep and restful sleep

"Awakening the Lotus" chakra-based meditation, and more As a complement to one’s existing yoga practice – or used on its own – Drops of Nectar: Yoga Relaxation for Rejuvenation and Healing will serve as valuable resource for anyone seeking to explore the healing traditions of yoga.

Caroline Myss' Chakra Meditation Music

2006-01-11T15:40:00.000-05:00

Caroline Myss' Chakra Meditation Music, the first music CD authorized by Caroline Myss uses specific vibrational frequencies to influence the body's seven chakra centers. Listeners can use this exclusive music to complement morning and evening meditations, or simply listen to experience its beneficial effects. Composed and performed by acclaimed world music artist Stevin McNamara. With ethnic percussion instruments and drums, woodwinds, stringed instruments, voice, and bells.

Caroline Myss is dedicated to creating educational programs in the field of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine, and advancing the science of medical intuition. She established CMED, her own educational institute, in 2003, which offers two programs running three courses per year, on Sacred Contracts and Mysticism. Additionally, Caroline maintains a rigorous workshop and lecture schedule internationally and continues a consultation practice with physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other health practitioners, as a medical intuitive.

Shiva Rea's Yoga Chant

2006-01-09T14:30:00.000-05:00

The journey of all yogas, in every tradition, leads us to a single destination: an open and loving heart connected to the Source. On Yoga Chant, instructor Shiva Rea – with acclaimed world music artist Jai Uttal and musician Ben Leinbach – guides you into a transformative “inner yoga” practice of the heart where you will experience:

Chant (kirtan) – India's ecstatic sacred sound tradition for opening ourselves to love and devotion

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – a flowing sequence of asanas (postures) focused on backbends and hip openers to provide the foundation for embodying an open heart and strong spine

Meditation and Breathwork (pranayama) – specific meditations and breathing cycles to nourish the heart center with prana (vital life energy)

Use Yoga Chant's tracks individually or as one continuous sequence to rejuvenate yourself morning or night ... release tension and constrictions ... and connect to the current of unconditional love. For beginners with some yoga experience and intermediate students.

Shiva Rea teaches vinyasa flow yoga worldwide. She has studied many forms of yoga and dance in India, Africa, Nepal, Jamaica, and Bali. She is a well-known contributor to Yoga Journal and holds an MA in Dance from UCLA's World Arts and Cultures Program, where she also teaches.

Aine Minogue's Celtic Meditation Music

2006-01-04T13:24:00.000-05:00

If prayers were music, what would they sound like? Irish harpist Aine Minogue offers her artful answer on Celtic Meditation Music a collection of original songs based on ancient Celtic prayers, specifically composed for meditation and relaxation. "The Irish harp has always been associated with spirituality," says Minogue, and this is especially evident on her newest album. Using traditional poetry as divine inspiration, she crafts a set of instrumental "slow airs"--feminine, expressive, and dynamic songs that transpose the silent spaces between the lines of Celtic prayer into melody. Minogue's numerous albums, including the acclaimed Between Worlds, cross genres and appeal to Celtic, World, Folk, and New Age music enthusiasts alike. Her introspective style is at once deeply rooted in the ancient form and imbued with a creativity all her own, making her a regular favorite with Billboard Magazine and Boston Globe reviewers and National Public Radio. Now, with Celtic Meditation Music, fans--both new and old--are immersed in the haunting, modal tones of the harp, turning the act of listening into an invitation to an ancient sacred space--an invitation that lasts long after the final vibration of the strings. Irish harp accompanied by clarinet, cello, violin, and percussion.

As traditional Irish music and dance continue to enjoy phenomenal success both here and in Ireland, Aine Minogue is an artist who has long explored its themes and who captures its very essence. Her voice reflects the lyricism and richness to be found in Irish music, mythology and poetry with a voice undeniably her own and a diverse group of instruments that add to the traditional flavor of her work. Born in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Aine's large musical family encouraged her to pursue a number of different instruments during her youth (which explains her obvious skill at arranging). They played together as a family and attended fleadhs (traditional music festivals). But it was at the age of twelve while at boarding school in County Galway that Aine discovered her true love - the harp - which she decided to pursue in lieu of the others.

The Beginners Guide to Insight Meditation

2006-01-02T18:40:00.000-05:00

It's hard to imagine that Buddha envisioned different schools to disseminate his teachings, but two great traditions have emerged: Mahayana (encompassing Tibetan and Zen Buddhism), growing north out of India, and Theravada or Vipassana, known in the West as Insight Meditation, which developed south and east of India. This good-hearted primer is a true beginner's guide to what it claims is "the fastest growing school of Buddhism in this country." The authors are well-qualified: Arinna Weisman taught at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass. (the first and largest U.S. Vipassana retreat center), and Jean Smith authored The Beginner's Guide to Zen Buddhism. The tone of The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation matches the spirit of Insight Meditation in that it is less formal than Zen or Tibetan Buddhism and also more autocratic ("individual practice is founded on each person's self-inquiry into what works for them"). The first-person stories nicely support the more instructional, but not doctrinaire, how-to bulk of the text. Complete with a biography of the Buddha, a list of U.S. Insight Meditation centers, some core sacred texts and a glossary, this volume is the perfect starter kit for people curious about Buddhism, who may or may not adhere to another faith. For those who may not even know how to put their hands together in a pose of dedication to take the Three Refuges vows, this gentle manual provides loose soil where tender roots might take hold.

Sleep Easy: Guided Meditation for Deep Rest

2005-12-26T21:31:00.000-05:00

The soothing voice and music on this CD create a restful oasis in which to relax and fall asleep. Sleep Easy: Guided Meditation for Deep Rest is especially helpful when you are wound up from the stresses of living. It helps calm the overly busy mind, soothe the emotions, and relax the body. Sleep Easy: Guided Meditation for Deep Rest contains both the Sleep Easy guided meditation with music in the background, as well as a track of music alone which can be used at any time for its relaxing effect. The insert that comes with the CD includes "Principles to Sleep By" which provide a backdrop to help with sleep.

Mary and Richard Maddux were inspired to create this CD by reports that many people were using their CD The Ease of Being: Guided Meditations for Centering and Healing to relax at bedtime. This new CD was designed to be especially conducive to falling asleep and resting deeply.

Mary and Richard Maddux bring over 30 years of experience practicing and teaching meditation to the creation of their CDs. Their first CD, "The Ease of Being: Guided Meditations for Centering and Healing", was made in response to requests from students. In addition to their common backgrounds as meditation teachers, Richard and Mary each bring unique skills to their work. Mary’s guided meditations draw upon her background in counseling, stress management, and alternative healing arts. Naturally gifted, Richard has been playing and composing music all of his life. He creates unique musical backgrounds especially suited for each guided meditation Mary records.

The Inner Art of Meditation

2005-12-21T14:51:00.000-05:00

The Inner Art of Meditation opens a door to the Buddhist path of vipassana, or insight meditation, as it is called in the Western world. Jack Kornfield, an ordained Buddhist monk, is known to be a deep and gentle teacher and an honest man. These personal qualities, as well as his humor and accepting attitude, are all present to the listener in this recording, which was made during a five-week meditation class. Meditation is not a means of self-improvement. It is a way of discovering the truth and relating to it with compassion and honesty. Awaken to a richer spiritual life with The Inner Art of Meditation, a comprehensive study course on vipassana (or "insight") meditation from Jack Kornfield. Of the two major schools of meditation, this is the one that teaches you the art of creating a "foundation of awareness" in your daily life. Zen monks draw from these same principles in their practice. General audiences aspiring to a higher spiritual plane will find this an effective, practical, and enlightening course by a sensitive guide with a great sense of humor. The program is a bit lengthy, allowing time for meditation and class participation. It is not for the hurried. It also requires perseverance, as does any worthy self-actualization program.

Meditation for Beginners

2005-12-19T14:30:00.000-05:00

Start Meditating Today with Meditation for Beginners. Have you ever thought about trying meditation, but didn't know how to get started? This program by Jack Kornfield is the best single place I can think of starting from if you want to begin a meditation practice. On Meditation for Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step demonstrations to show you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. In this complete beginner's course, Jack introduces you to the "Insight" tradition of meditation. Zen monks draw from this same tradition, yet anyone can use its principles to cultivate a profound inner calm, while awakening to the truth of life. Four complete meditation exercises teach you how to work with breathing, posture, attention, forgiveness - even difficult emotions - to create tranquility and clarity in your everyday life. Jack Kornfield is a perfect teacher of meditation, especially for Westerners because he approaches it in a non-sectarian way. He gets to the heart of the practice, uses clear explanations and stories to give the listener some sense of the depth of the practice. He leads the meditations in a way that gives enough guidance without becoming a distraction. He also has a very soothing voice which enhances the overall experience of the program. Meditation for Beginners starts with the most basic form of meditation on the breath, and leads through ever slightly more subtle forms of Vipassana Meditation.

Amarantine

2005-12-12T14:16:00.000-05:00

From the first blanket of choral voices awash in reverb, Amarantine is instantly recognizable as a product of Enya, the Irish chanteuse who has created a genre unto herself. Although it's been five years since her last CD A Day Without Rain, on Amarantine it's as if time stood still. The triumvirate of Enya, lyricist Roma Ryan, and producer Nicky Ryan work the formula they perfected on Watermark, layering her voice in lush choirs pushed along by pizzicato synth strings, swooning orchestral pads, and harpsichord arpeggios. On tracks like "Less Than a Pearl" and "Drifting", Enya flirts with a timeless sound born in gothic chants and hymns. The former is one of three songs that she sings in Roma Ryan's fictitious language of Loxian. It seems to free her, especially on "The River Sings", a veritable rave-up where she gets the tribal choir going in the style of Scottish mouth music. But to get there you have to slog through slo-mo ballads that manage to be dirge-like and singsong at the same time, like the Carpenters on Quaaludes. The relatively restrained arrangement of "It's in the Rain" almost attains a folk-like simplicity that Enya hasn't experienced since she sang with her siblings in Clannad a quarter-century ago. Amarantine sounds like it was born in cloistered solitude, self-referentially echoing Enya albums past.

Guided Meditations for Busy People

2005-12-05T14:03:00.000-05:00

If you feel the need to learn meditation but you find that the idea of finding 30 or 40 minutes to meditate is itself stressful, Guided Meditations for Busy People is for you. Short "power meditations" such as these - between three and nine minutes in length - can be highly beneficial for busy people. Each practice teaches a specific and powerful technique for quickly transforming the mind, encouraging the rapid development of calmness, spaciousness, and relaxation.

Additionally, by practicing these meditations you'll learn attitudes and skills that can be used throughout the day in any activity you're involved in, bringing more mindfulness and creativity into daily life.

You'll notice benefits from repeated practice, and although daily practice is ideal, whatever you can manage will be of benefit. Doing even a small amount of meditation is better than doing none.

About the Author

Bodhipaksa has been practicing meditation since 1982, and has been a member of the Western Buddhist Order since 1993. He leads meditation courses internationally, and also teaches online at Wildmind.org. Born in Scotland, he now lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Shrijnana. He is the author of a "Wildmind : A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation" and of a number of highly successful guided meditation CDs.

Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD

2005-11-28T13:58:00.000-05:00

Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD contains 4 short, easy-to-do, 15-minute meditations: two mindfulness meditations, a progressive muscle relaxation and a body scan meditation. It is ideal for busy people looking for an easy way to incorporate meditation and relaxation into their lives. Rivka's soothing voice gently guides listeners to deep stillness and calm. Here's what some of Rivka's students have to say about Creating Calm: "I love Rivka's gentle voice" "Gives me a deep feeling of well-being" "Helps me to sleep peacefully" "A good introduction for beginners" "Perfect way to end a hectic day"

Guided Meditations: For Developing Calmness, Awareness, and Love

2005-11-21T13:54:00.000-05:00

If you would like an introduction to Buddhist Meditation, this is the cd for you! The cd contains three lead meditations,

1) The Mindfulness of breathing practice.
2) The Metta Bhavana Practice (Loving Kindness)
3) Walking Mediation.

I found Guided Meditations: For Developing Calmness, Awareness, and Love to be a breath of fresh air. His soft clear voice is perfect to lead meditations. He carefully sets up each meditation in easy to follow steps. This kind of clarity is only found with someone who has been doing something for a long time. It is easy to tell that Bodhipaksa is passionate about what he does. (Bodhipaksa is a member of the Western Buddhist Order, and has been a practicing Buddhist for eighteen years, and teaching meditation for more than a decade)

Relevant to today's society, where the pace of life is way too fast, and stress is at an all time high. Relax and Rejuvenate with Bodhipaksa and this is guided meditation CD, it is like having your own private meditation teacher.

Steven Halpern's Chakra Suite

2005-11-14T13:48:00.000-05:00

Steven Halpern's debut album, Spectrum Suite, was the music he first heard in his dreams and meditations in 1969. When he shared these soundscapes with others, their response was so enthusiastic, that his life changed virtually overnight. Since then, this music has traveled around the world. It's been said that at any given moment, Spectrum Suite is playing somewhere in the world.

Chakra Suite is the new incarnation of this landmark album, and contains as bonus tracks, the entire album that was the original Spectrum Suite.

In fact, the original title for his debut album was going to be Chakra Suite--however, there was not much awareness of charkas in 1975, let alone the importance of composing music to balance them. Today, millions of people understand their importance and stores have entire sections devoted to them.

Each keynote of Chakra Suite adds swirling harmonics and overtones that he believe deliver an extraordinary psycho-acoustic effect. Listen with headphones and you will notice that the intricate interweavings of atmospheric essences take on a 3-dimensional presence. They seem to tickle and energize the "inner ear" as well as the outer ones.

The track "Sonic Satori" highlights the power of sonic entrainment. First popularized by Robert Monroe, this psycho-acoustic technology engages a remarkable effect on brainwaves. Steven composed "Sonic Satori" in the frequency of the earth itself (about 8 cycles per second).

Here's a simple way to use Chakra Suite to measure your own stress level, based on how stress alters the perception of time: As you listen, if the time between songs seems too long...you are stressed. If you don't notice any space between songs...you are stressed.

When you are relaxed you will find that the time between songs is perfectly attuned to the rhythm of a deep relaxing breath.

Deepak Chopra's The Soul of Healing Meditations

2005-11-07T13:34:00.000-05:00

Featuring the soothing narration of Deepak Chopra over the trancelike music of Adam Plack, The Soul of Healing Meditations serves as an introduction to meditation for neophytes and as a more advanced tool to help overcome a physical ailment and/or emotional toxicity. That may make it sound like a digital elixir, but as Chopra says in his liner notes: "We like to tell our patients (at the Chopra Center for Well Being) that the body is the best pharmacy in the world and is capable of making wonder drugs." His message here is that one can naturally prevail over serious life challenges by becoming more attuned to one's body--by relaxing and filtering out the external world, focusing on and influencing internal sensations and biorhythms, and banishing negative thoughts and focusing on the positive aspects of life. The Soul of Healing Meditations is not meant as a cure-all for physical or emotional ills. Rather, it's a supplemental experience to other treatments or programs, and it shows how enlightening and empowering meditation can be when practiced properly. Its actual effects will depend upon the receptiveness of the listener. Plack's accompanying soundtrack ranges from delicate ambient tones to more active Indian music, appropriately serving the mood of each of the album's eight tracks.

Journey to the Crystal Palace: An Extra-Ordinary Guided Meditation

2005-10-31T14:06:00.000-05:00

This extra-ordinary sixty minute guided meditation by BC author and spiritual teacher, Jackie Haverty, was created to provide the listener with a profound, multi-dimensional experience in which the Higher Self is accessed for mystical insight and "true" healing. Through intent, the heart is opened to the timeless gifts of transformation and unconditional love from the Divine Self. This journey provides true liberation of our body, mind and spirit. Although primarily intended as a meditation tape, the soothing words by Jackie and the inspirational music by Paul Armitage make this CD a wonderful relaxation tool which can release tension and stress, inducing a healthful sleep.

Already in its THIRD PRINTING in less than one year, this success has inspired Jackie and Paul to release a second volume, entitled "Journey to the 5th Dimension" in February, 2004.

Your Journey to the Crystal Palace begins with a deep, progressive relaxation during which you are encased in the loving presence of the white light. Continue your journey inward to your heart centre where you access the doorway to the magnificent Crystal Palace. Once inside the Crystal Palace, you will have the opportunity to absorb rays of healing light from all the colors of the rainbow. There are three large windows available to you. There is a window available for viewing past experiences with understanding, compassion and forgiveness; a window for viewing all possible future paths and choices; and a window for viewing solutions to problems and answers to questions. Listening to Journey to the Crystal Palace: An Extra-Ordinary Guided Meditation is truely an inspirational experience.