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The Latest Audio Books, Music CD's and DVD

December 2011

Each month(except January) Phoenix Rising Books features 20 new titles sourced from publishers both in Australia and overseas.

The selection covers the leading edge material across holistic (mind, body and soul) subject area.

This page features ten music, DVD or audio books for the month.


Wake Up


Wake Up

Director - Steve Hutensky

DVD AUD26.95

Wake Up

 

 

Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary movie Wake Up follows this fascinating story of an average guy who inexplicably developed the ability to access other dimensions. Physicians gave him a clean bill of health and were unable to provide an explanation. What was it? Why was it happening to him?

One thing was certain for this 36-year old man - life as he had known it would never be the same. With his loving but skeptical girlfriend by his side, Jonas crisscrosses the country as he searches for answers and delves deeper into this thrilling world of the phenomenal and spiritual. Along the way, he encounters an amazing group of religious teachers, scientists, mystics and spiritual healers who help him piece together this intricate puzzle.

The film shows how all of us can search inward for our own peace and happiness while contributing towards a positive shift in global consciousness. WAKE UP is a call to consciousness to everyone who sees it; an invitation to accept that there is more to this life than meets the eye.

WAKE UP had its festival premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2009.

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Titans of Yoga


Titans of Yoga

Various

DVD AUD29.95

Titans of Yoga

 


For the first time ever, Titans Of Yoga brings together twenty-five of the most prominent figures in the worlds of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness, from Dr. Dean Ornish, a physician consultant to President Clinton, to Lilias Folan, the First Lady of Yoga.

As they share their own life experiences from the tragic to the ecstatic, the Titans embark on a journey of self-discovery that touches and inspires.

Their tales of addiction and depression, an HIV positive diagnosis and a penchant for sex, drugs and rock-and-roll will move you as they share how they overcame these challenges and transformed them into their greatest life victories.

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Harmony in Diversity


Harmony in Diversity

H.H. the Dalai Lama

DVD AUD30.00

Harmony in Diversity

 

On May 29, 1997, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet addressed an audience of dignitaries and citizens in New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Join them for this extraordinary live presentation as His Holiness offers a far-reaching vision of the universal harmony that awaits in the celebration of diversity. In an occasionally humorous and always graceful message of compassion and wisdom, the Dalai Lama speaks of personal and universal themes. Our future is dependent on our ability to build relationships and communities that bind

us to common aspirations. Our world is, in his words, "a human garden," beautiful because many different flowers grow in it.

To help it grow, His Holiness urges us to foster caring and respect for the many spiritual and cultural traditions in our world. Only by nurturing and teaching our children and each other, and protecting the world we share, will we move from a century of violence to a new century of dialogue in which individual efforts create a mass movement toward a world of lasting peace and freedom.

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Power Breathing


Power Breathing

Master Stephen Co

CD's AUD29.95

Power Breathing

Prana is the universal life force that sustains us on every level. On Power Breathing, Master Stephen Co teaches you a series of simple breathing exercises to normalize health imbalances, combat stress, and "keep your personal energy tank clean and full."

This complete audio program guides you through the essential practices taught in Master Co's book The Power of Prana. Here, he leads you step-by-step into: The Nine Energizing Breaths, the core practices for building pranic strength, balance, and healthy flow in each chakra center; The Ten-Minute Daily Practice, concentrated energy-building for busy schedules; Meditation on Twin Hearts, a powerful meditation on lovingkindness that generates highly-purified prana through the heart and crown charkas; Dissolving Into the Light Meditation, a yin meditation that enhances your connection to your higher soul and its divine energy and a Revitalizing Meditation, a purifying meditation that uses three types of prana to cleanse and replenish the physical and energy bodies.

Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui's Pranic Healing has helped thousands achieve better health, mental clarity, and longevity. Now, with Power Breathing, you have access to this potent, energy-based healing paradigm.


Heart that's Pounding


Heart that's Pounding

Sally Seltman

CD AUD29.95

Heart that's Pounding

Australian-based Sally Seltmann is an award-winning songwriter and singer who formerly recorded and performed under the name New Buffalo.

This is her first full-length under her own name. The album's first single, Harmony To My Heartbeat is a colorful love song.

Co-produced by Seltmann and Francois Tetaz (Architecture in Helsinki), the song is as immediate as it is universal.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Yoga Ashtanga Lounge


Yoga Ashtanga Lounge

Various

CD's AUD29.95

Yoga Ashtanga Lounge

Yoga Ashtanga Lounge is a different type of chill-out venue - one in which the spiritual bliss of Sanskrit chant, the holistic possibilities of yoga and the laid-back grooves of a trendy club intersect.

This two=disc set of songs features a mix of popular names and less familiar treasures. Of the former, there's the intoxicating sounds of Donna De Lory with her East-meets-West, mantra-meets-pop sound, Soulfood's DJ Free with his funky ethnic-tinged tunes and Gabrielle Roth's trance-dance vibes.

The latter includes artists like Karma Frequency, E-Mulation, Von Mundo and others, who add a cool twist to the traditional sounds of yoga music. Pick up this compilation to add a fresh dimension to your yoga work, a more spiritual side to your entertaining or simply for those times when you want some exotic music to spice up your environment.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Wintersong


Wintersong

Sarah McLachlan

CD AUD29.95

Wintersong

Sarah McLachlan is one of today's most beautiful and expressive vocal talents. Her music has long held a balance between alternative folk rock and adult-contemporary pop, tempering the former with softness while adding edge to the latter.

On WINTERSONG, her first holiday endeavor, McLachlan paints a wintry landscape that stays true to form, with melodies that are dreamy yet bittersweet. Her voice, with its whispery softness that is occasionally cracked by a yearning soprano and a lilt that recalls Irish "sean-nos" singing, sounds gorgeous on this release, fitting well with the material.

Long time producer Pierre Marchand fills the album with arrangements that break from the norm, like a rendition of "What Child is This?" that uses a waltzing minor key version of the melody and velvety smooth vocals. Another highlight is her rendition of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here," with guest Diana Krall.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Secret Garden


Secret Garden

Earthsong

DVD AUD29.95

Secret Garden

With four previous albums to their name and a major hit with the song "You Raise Me Up" (covered by a multitude of artists including Josh Groban), Secret Garden has established themselves as a consistent source of quality neo-Celtic music.

EARTHSONGS follows suit, offering more of what made the duo great. Rolf Lovland and Fionnuala Sheery present another set of gorgeous pieces that range from classically-tinged, melancholy string tunes to uplifting vocal tour-de-forces to sprightly reels.

Vocalist Russell Watson adds finesse to the powerful "Always There" with his grand tenor voice, while instrumental songs like "Fields of Fortune" and "Searching for the Past" call to mind the intimacy of their debut album. This is a beautiful release - another jewel in the crown of Secret Garden.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Chakra Healing Music


Chakra Healing Music

The Ison Method

CD AUD29.95

Chakra Healing Music

David Ison is a pioneering force in the field of mind-body health, best known for his "Ison Method," which involves the use of music for therapy and rehabilitation. He utilizes his sonic skills to help listeners balance their chakra systems with this album of dreamy ambience.

Each of the seven tracks corresponds to a different chakra center, using keynotes that specifically target that chakra.

Musically, the atmospheres presented here are heavenly and sublime, with synthesized breezes that waft amidst dreamy ambient melodies and the faintest hint of angelic vocalese. The album is divided into two therapeutic experiences: the first is a descending chakra balancing session, which starts from the crown and works its way down to the root.

It will leave you feeling grounded and in tune with the moment. The second track is an ascending session that awakens each chakra center as you move upward. The relaxing nature of the music makes this also ideal for meditation and cultivating mindfulness.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Deleted Scenes


Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor

Caro Emerald

CD AUD30.00

Deleted Scenes

This album has spent longer at number one in the Dutch charts (27 non-consecutive weeks) than any other. Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room Floor is so thoroughly joyous and cleverly thought out it's almost impossible not to be seduced by it. Emerald is a conservatory trained jazz vocalist and it's her consummate mastery of this specific skill allows her to hold her own against a fiery swing band, while focussing on interpreting the songs not just hitting the notes. These dozen songs ease their way around swing, mambo, rumba and lounge, as big rich vocals weave the kind of witty, intriguing stories sure to draw you into a world of loves lost, found and betrayed. The orchestrations, too, understand the styles to such a degree they can be subverted with subtle modern twists to stop this being a museum piece: the spectacular Absolutely Me is what Cab Calloway would have done if he'd ever had a drum machine; The Other Woman features the funkiest xylophone you'll ever hear, mixed with the sort of electric guitar that ought to have its own 60s TV theme.

Listen to sample soundtracks on the Phoenix Jukebox


Best Music, DVD's and Audio Books

 

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