Musical meditations for the mind, body, and soul

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T’ai chi, the classic Chinese exercise for health, self-defense, and spiritual growth, is “meditation in movement.” It emphasizes relaxation, breath control, visual and mental concentration, and slow, balanced movement, explains the voiceover in T’ai Chi for Health: Yang Short Form during a 10-minute explication of the qualities, philosophy, and health benefits of t’ai chi. Meanwhile the instructor, Terence Dunn, practices on a rocky cliff overlooking the ocean. Dunn teaches 10 minutes of breathing and warm-up exercises. Next is a 30-minute introduction to the basic postures, then a full hour of step-by-step instruction and practice of the 37 postures of the Yang Short Form. The video ends with an eight-minute demonstration of the complete Yang Short Form, showing how the postures flow together. Altogether, you get two full hours in this unusually complete training video. The beginner gets all the instruction needed to start practicing, and ongoing students g (more…)

Steven Kohn’s CD includes the calming Meditation Music on track one and the Inspiring Motivation Music on track two.

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Did you ever wish that you could do the hula? Well, now you can learn in no time at all in the privacy of your own home while also getting quite a workout. Hula For Health blends the graceful movements of hula into a unique fitness program that will improve your strength, flexibility and balance. 52 minutes hifi stereo

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“Music is the most complementary medicine of the future,” Don Campbell”

The inner universe offers each of us remarkable powers for improving our health, creativity, and focus. Through the simultaneous power of music, images, and affirmation, a new world of balance, health, and harmony is ready to become a reality.     In just five days, this book will guide you through five inspirational, musical, and visual selections that open the mind, body, and breath to a receptive and reflective state of awareness. Each day brings inner language and thoughts into focus, bringing you a sense of well-being and peace for the body and heart.     These simple techniques awaken the powerful potential of self-healing and harmony that are ever-present within the spirit and body.  The book is about the art of life, ever ready to enlighten and heal the world within and around us.    *Includes an all-music CD

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T’ai chi, the classic Chinese exercise for health, self-defense, and spiritual growth, is “meditation in movement.” It emphasizes relaxation, breath control, visual and mental concentration, and slow, balanced movement, explains the voiceover in T’ai Chi for Health: Yang Short Form during a 10-minute explication of the qualities, philosophy, and health benefits of t’ai chi. Meanwhile the instructor, Terence Dunn, practices on a rocky cliff overlooking the ocean. Dunn teaches 10 minutes of breathing and warm-up exercises. Next is a 30-minute introduction to the basic postures, then a full hour of step-by-step instruction and practice of the 37 postures of the Yang Short Form. The video ends with an eight-minute demonstration of the complete Yang Short Form, showing how the postures flow together. Altogether, you get two full hours in this unusually complete training video. The beginner gets all the instruction needed to start practicing, and ongoing students g (more…)

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“Music is the most complementary medicine of the future,” Don Campbell”

The inner universe offers each of us remarkable powers for improving our health, creativity, and focus. Through the simultaneous power of music, images, and affirmation, a new world of balance, health, and harmony is ready to become a reality.     In just five days, this book will guide you through five inspirational, musical, and visual selections that open the mind, body, and breath to a receptive and reflective state of awareness. Each day brings inner language and thoughts into focus, bringing you a sense of well-being and peace for the body and heart.     These simple techniques awaken the powerful potential of self-healing and harmony that are ever-present within the spirit and body.  The book is about the art of life, ever ready to enlighten and heal the world within and around us.    *Includes an all-music CD

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Interspersed with heartwarming stories of how sound therapy has helped other animals, Through a Dog’s Ear will help your canine to a relaxed life. — animal wellness, April/May 2008

You know that your dog’s hearing is very sensitive–so how do you create an environment of sound that suits your canine companion’s specific needs? Now psychoacoustic expert Joshua Leeds and veterinary neurologist Susan Wagner provide the answer with Through a Dog’s Ear: simple sound-based solutions to help your dog live a longer, happier, and healthier life. Using the latest science on how dogs hear and react to sound, Leeds and Wagner provide a treasury of fresh insight on the inner life of our best friends, including: * Sound ideas for nervous dogs: tips and tricks for making any house or apartment more comfortable for canines * How sensitive is your dog? The unique ways that different sizes, breeds, and individuals respond to sound * Turning sound into a tool (more…)

From Publishers Weekly
Doctors Weil and Kabat-Zinn uncover myths and realities surrounding the often intimidating art of meditation. Frequent television appearances, a newsletter, a Web site and a bevy of bestselling books have made Weil (Eating Well for Optimum Health) America’s most prominent defender of holistic medicine, and his fans will appreciate his calm, knowledgeable coauthor/reader, University of Massachusetts Medical School professor Kabat-Zinn (Full Catastrophe Living), who has practiced meditation since the 1960s. Defining meditation simply as “directed concentration” and “dropping into stillness” with breath as the natural object of focus, the authors recommend comfortable clothing, a dignified sitting position, turning off the phone and not getting discouraged. Honing “mindfulness” through repetitive activities like dishwashing or walking, and at times of pleasure and pain (lovemaking, recovery from illness) increases meditative skills. Freedom from addicti (more…)