To be used for meditation, relaxation and practicing Hatha Yoga. I use it regularly when teaching Yoga. Striving to engage the Yogic spirit (or feeling mind) without jarring the senses, the slow unraveling of the melodies and spaciousness of the instrumentation invite the student/listener to focus the senses on their inner experience. Using it in Yoga classes I sometimes feel that we've entered into a cocoon of sound that deepens our individual experience of the asanas into something uniquely our own, yet something we are sharing as a unified group.
The first song, 'Rainforest Cave' features Richard playing a dizi (Chinese bamboo flute), Indian brass bells, rainstick and chimes. He is accompanied on the song by Russel Feingold on didgeridoo. The album closes with 'Lake Melva' which... features various nature sounds which Richard recorded at Lake Melva: crickets, frogs, and the wind in the trees. LAKE MELVA MEDITATION is a rich listening experience and a superlative album. Outstanding![Bill Binkelman, Wind & Wire Magazine, New Instrumental Music and Interviews.]
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