For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history.Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matri...

For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history.Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matr...

Your breathing reflects your state of mind: when it's shallow and irregular, your mind will be scattered; when it finds its natural rhythm, your mind and emotions settle down. Use this breathing session whenever you need to get centered and grounded. Award-winning sacred frame drummer Layne Redmond provides you with the primordial healing pulse of sacred rhythm. Use it in meditation or with gentle dance movement to balance your body's energy centers anytime. Music by Layne Redmond and Tomm...

The transcendental, humming pulse of consciousness can be heard in the center of the fourth chakra: the human body's heart center. As this chakra is balanced and energized, faith, devotion, and harmony in our relationships unfold.Now, world-renowned drummer and author Layne Redmond offers Heart Chakra Meditations, two sessions specially recorded to purify the heart chakra, and fine-tune our receptivity for love at the core of our entire being.On session one, Layne offers yo...

According to early yogic teachings, your breath is a direct means of unifying and purifying your consciousness. On Chakra Breathing Meditations, world-acclaimed frame drummer Layne Redmond shows you how to tap into this ancient technology through simple breathing practices, combined with movement and syncopated music.Guiding you through all seven chakras (the energy centers of your body), Chakra Breathing Meditations includes:• Yogic breathing to achieve an expanded state of...

Our chakras—the seven energy-centers located from the base of the spine to the crown of the head—govern every aspect of our health and consciousness. Resting in the lower chakra is the primordial life-force of kundalini. In this 30-minute practice, Layne Redmond helps you safely bring the cleansing, revitalizing energy of kundalini up through all seven of your chakras, to tune them and open you to inner sources of inspiration and personal power.Sounds True Practices are short downl...

What is it about sound, rhythm and music that affect us so powerfully? In this program, presenters from the Sixth International Sound Colloquium, held in Colorado in 1998, discuss the many ways drums, voice, and music are used to change our physical, mental, and emotional states in positive, healing ways.