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107 pages |
Chakra Meditation, Transformation Through the Seven Energy Centers of the Body The Shakti surges up the spine in a coiling wave of fire, heat, and light, opening the chakras." Layne Redmond brings her rare skills as a yoga practitioner, scholar, and sound healer together on Chakra Meditation. |
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513 pages |
The Triumphal Sun, A Study of the Works of Jalāloddin Rumi |
Like most religions, including a highly detailed and challenging component of ritual, Islam has a mystical offshoot, the practitioners of that deal more with the creation of ecstatic union with God than with the careful observation of legalistic ritual. A subset of the Sufi sect, known as the Whirling Dervishes, realizes that state of mystical ecstasy by a spinning dance, followed by a period of contemplation prostrate.Multi-instrumentalist and composer Manish Vyas is flanked by a small ensemble of Indian musicians on Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation, a program of music inspired by the practice of these ancient mystics, each of the three tracks is a song based on one of the mantras Sufi, all simply and beautifully sung by Dina Awwad. Unlike his work with Prem Joshua, this music does not involve Western club beats or lush synth washes, the primary instruments are the santoor (a kind of hammered dulcimer), sarod, flute, and an African drum called a djembe....