Chakra Breathing Meditations [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Layne Redmond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2006

According to early yogic teachings, your breath is a direct means of unifying and purifying consciousness. On Chakra Breathing Meditations, Layne Redmond - a Drum! magazine Drummer of the Year - shows listeners how to tap into this ancient technology through simple breathing practices combined with movement and music. This new home-practice program includes: Yogic breathing to achieve an expanded state of awareness Seated meditations to activate each of the seven chakras A walking and breathing meditation accompanied by spirited drums and music, and more

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From the Publisher

Layne Redmond was named 2002 Percussionist of the Year in the Drum! magazine reader’s poll; readers also voted her music CD, TranceUnion (with Tommy Brunjes), Best Percussion Recording of 2002 and her video, A Sense of Time and Rhythmic Wisdom, Best Percussion Video of 2002. Layne Redmond is one of only two women featured in Planet Drum, the book about ethnic drumming by The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. She is the only woman of 53 "Heavyweight Drummers Who Made a Difference in the 90’s" named by Drum! magazine, and she was the first woman to have a Signature Series of world percussion instruments with Remo, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of percussion instrument.

About the Author

Layne Redmond is an acclaimed drummer, composer, author, and mythologist, and was named Drum! magazine’s 2002 Percussionist of the Year. Redmond teaches workshops and performs internationally, specializing in the small, hand-held frame drum played primarily in the ancient Mediterranean world. She is also the author of When the Drummers Were Women.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Audio CD edition (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591790948
• ISBN-13: 978-1591790945
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #829,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ever, March 20, 2006

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Y. Goulbourne "evey" (london) - See all my reviews
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This cd to my mind is extremely well put together and is easily one of the best cd's of it's kind that I have purchased in a long time. Essentially it starts you off very gently, (Laynes' voice is very calm and soothing) and evently leads you into a full walking and breathing meditation combined with the accompliments of drums to syncronise your breath to. It is very powerful. It takes a little bit of practice to sucessfully combine both walking, breathing and visualizing the chakras simultaneously but it is well worth persuing. I really love this cd as it really does unify both breath, body and mind. Would highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD for beginner on breathing., October 1, 2011

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kavanava "kavanava" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Chakra Breathing Meditations (Audio CD)

Layne Redmond offers good instruction on breathing techniques. She goes through how to breathe using diaphragm and lower lungs, then ribcage and middle lungs and the listener practices each briefly to get the feel of the breathing technique. Then she instructs the listener on how to combine the 3 breathing techniques into the full yogic breath. She moves the listener into a sitting then a standing and walking breathing technique using a relaxing trance-like rhythm. There are 2 rhythm sections at the end of the CD that are each about 20 minutes long, the first with instruction over the rhythm and the second with just the rhythm so you can do the breathing practice without any distractions. I like to do moving meditations so this CD was thumbs up for me. The CD has a nice progression of techniques. Everything is clearly instructed and easy to do. A well planned program great for beginner where nothing is too long, drawn out and tedious. CD is 74 minutes long.