Sonic Spa Suggestions
Steven Halpern, founder of Inner Peace Music suggests, “Everybody is vibrating at their own special frequency. The secret to finding music that helps you feel more balanced or more whole lies in noting how that music makes your mind and body react. Ask yourself: does this music make me feel calm or does it put me to sleep? Does this music make it easier to concentrate or does it monopolize my attention?”
Music for Healing:
• There’s No Place Like Ohm, Analemma, Lemniscate Music, www.lemniscatemusic.com. Composed in the key of Ohm, a specific frequency similar to the Earth’s vibrational tone. This CD harmonizes animal and other nature sounds with wind instrumentation.
• There’s No Place Like Ohm, Vol. 2, Analemma, Lemniscate Music. Instruments from around the world unite with whalesongs, dove calls, crickets, and more in unhurried melodies.
• Self-Healing with Sound and Music, Andrew Weil, M.D. and Kimba Arem, Sounds True, www.soundstrue.com. On CD One, Dr. Weil discusses medical research documenting how music heals mind/body; sound therapist Kimba Arem teaches breathing and vocalization techniques for self-healing. CD Two expands consciousness for optimal healing by combining ambient beats, natural sounds, indigenous and classical instruments.
• Healing Waters, Dean Everson, Soundings of the Planet, www.soundings.com. Elemental water sounds blend with acoustic guitar, harpists, Chinese and other world instruments.
Music for Unwinding:
• Higher Ground, Steven Halpern, Inner Peace Music, www.innerpeacemusic.com. Guided by a reassuring shamanic drumbeat, this peaceful yet powerful music slows down brain waves into theta mode and doubles as a mental enhancement soundtrack. Use it in the background while working, meditating, cleaning the house or taking a healing bath.
• The Warm Chill, T.J. Rehmi, Dharma Moon, www.dharmamoon.com. Electronic break beats, Eastern melodies, and Rehmi’s elegant guitar make this Brit-Asian sound tapestry perfect for yoga, lovemaking or parties.
• The Golden Door, CD compilation, http://site.goldendoorskincare.com/products/goldendoorcd.html. Melodious music from the luxurious California spa. Play while meditating, preparing dinner, relaxing with friends or taking a warm bath.
• The Now, Suphala, Rasa Music, www.rasamusic.com. Indian-born, U.S.-raised, Suphala is a woman who plays tabla drums, which for centuries have been played only by men in Indian and Muslim cultures. Suphala’s electronic soundscape features virtuoso violinists and vocalists such as Norah Jones.
• Love Is In You, Bliss. Dharma Music, www.dharmamoon.com. Two 60s enhanced hipsters (Dr. D. and Master L) sing finely crafted, meditative pop tunes in sweet, Beatles-esque harmonies. This CD works faster than tranquilizers and is much healthier.
Music for the Office or Car:
• Hand Woven, Lorin Grean, SilverWave Music, www.silverwave.com. The Celtic harp, subtle, uplifting layered vocal harmonies and tapestry-like sound textures on this CD work magic in the background of your commute or workday.
• Seven Metals Singing Bowls of Tibet, Benjamin Iobst, www.amazon.com. Hauntingly resonant Tibetan Bowls neutralize your work environment, freeing listeners to think and feel deeply. (The Claremont Resort & Spa plays this in the background during Tibetan Sound massage.)
• Women of Latin America, compilation, Putumayo, www.putumayo.com. Cross-cultural divas such as Mexican-American Lila Downs (the singer who appeared in the film Frida), and Afro-Peruvian Susana Baca help you stay focused on the road ahead.
• India All Over, Various artists, White Swan Music, www.whiteswanmusic.com. Indian female and male vocalists singing sensual songs backed by virtuoso musicians. The 23 minute OM prayer meditation on this CD enhances inner spaciousness.
• In From The Blue, Chaitanya Sheerin, www.aratistore.com. Flute and keyboard create liberating melodies that relax and treat mind/body.
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