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DVD recordings on subjects related to sound and music
in the healing arts. These recordings will inspire you
and enhance your personal and professional healing practice.
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AV3X
Vol. 1 / Digital Meditation (DVD)
Director:Christopher
Oliver Music by:
Rating:
With AV3X your TV becomes own personal
MIND SPA! The revolutionary AV3X DVD combines the scientifically
proven the Alpha/Theta brainwave entrainment methods
of frequency controlled light stimulation and dual independent
binaural beat sounds with INCREDIBLE MORPHING VISUALS
and SOOTHING, PEACE INDUCING SOUNDSCAPES to create a
POWERFUL RELAXATION EXPERIENCE.
How would you like to EFFORTLESSLY
EXPERIENCE DEEP MEDITATIVE MIND STATES like those of
A ZEN MONK? You could train to meditate for years....Do
you have time for that? Why climb up the mountain when
you can take the ski lift? Take the shortcut to meditation
with AV3X. Just watch the TV and AV3X will do the rest!
There is NO TRAINING OR EFFORT REQUIRED.
August
Rush (DVD)
Director:Kirsten
Sheridan Starring:Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell
Rating:
There’s music in the wind and sky.
Can you hear it? And there’s hope. Can you feel
it? The boy called August Rush can. The music mysteriously
draws him, penniless and alone, to New York City in
a quest to find – somehow, someway – the
parents separated from him years earlier. And along
the way he may also find the musical genius hidden within
him. Experience the magic of this rhapsodic epic of
the heart starring Freddie Highmore (as August), Keri
Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard and Robin
Williams. "I believe in music the way some people
believe in fairy tales," August says. Open your
heart and listen. You’ll believe, too.
Baraka
(DVD)
Director:Ron Fricke Music by:Michael Stearns, David
Hykes, et al.
Rating: The word Baraka means "blessing"
in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is
blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend
language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing
global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections
between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether
that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette
factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more
successful than others: for instance, an early sequence
segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox
Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity
among these rituals than one might expect. And there are
other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy
Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to
urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective
of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not
knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of
the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are
puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes
featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi)
explains that the effect was intentional: "It's not
where you are that's important, it's what's there."
And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up
in 104 minutes.—Larisa Lomacky Moore...music contributor
on this recording is David
Hykes.
Chronos
(DVD) Director:Ron
Fricke Music by:Michael
Stearns
Rating: Taking the familiar conventions of time-lapse cinematography
to a transcendent level of artistic achievement, filmmaker
Ron Fricke circled the globe to make Chronos, a stunning
70-millimeter time-lapse tour of natural and man-made
wonders. The entire film has the enhanced, hyper-realistic
quality of a laser-etched photograph, and by using special
cameras and motion-control photographic techniques, Fricke
and his technically expert crew were able to create mesmerizing
images guaranteed to spark any viewer's sense of awe and
wonder. Accompanied by the hypnotic music of Michael Stearns,
this visual journey takes the viewer on a tour of over
50 locations on nearly every continent of the world, including
explorations of Paris, the Vatican, the Egyptian pyramids,
the African veldt, and many more stunning vistas. The
cumulative effect is the feeling that the world--from
the busiest metropolis to the most serenely remote wilderness
landscape--is dictated by "chronos," the rhythm
of time to which all living things must submit. Like Koyaanisquatsi
and Baraka, this is one of those eye-candy films that
was conceived according to its specific theme, so it's
not only a soothing visual experience but a thought-provoking
study of our fascinating planet.
Dunstan
Baby Language: Learn the Meaning of Your Baby's Cries
(DVD) Director:Priscilla
Dunstan
Rating: As announced in an exclusive interview on the Oprah
Winfrey Show, Australian mother Priscilla Dunstan has
the world talking with the discovery of the secret language
of babies. This breakthrough in infant care is the result
of one mother's intuition that began nearly a decade of
investigation and international research. The Dunstan
Baby Language DVD teaches parents the 5 cries all newborns
use to communicate their everyday needs from day 1. You
will know when your baby is hungry, tired, needs burping,
has lower wind or is simply uncomfortable. By learning
this System parents are able to settle their baby faster,
resulting in happier babies who sleep longer and cry less
- something every new parent would wish for.
Genghis
Blues (DVD) Starring:Richard
Feynman, B.B. King
Director:Roko Belic
Rating: The ancient art of Tuvan
throat singing may not sound like the most scintillating
subject for a movie, but for those wishing to immerse
themselves in a different culture or meet remarkable
people, this inspiring and exhilarating Oscar-nominated
documentary will be pure pleasure. This is a story no
Hollywood screenwriter could have imagined. Paul Pena
is a blind San Francisco blues singer who has played
with the likes of John Lee Hooker and Jerry Garcia (he
also penned "Jet Airliner," which Steve Miller
covered). One night while listening to his shortwave
radio, he picked up a Radio Moscow broadcast and heard
the mesmerizing, gutteral sound of throat singing, which
is peculiar to Tuva's region of upper Mongolian. Enthralled,
he became a master of this obscure art form. Enter Friends
of Tuva, a curious group that included Nobel Prize-winning
physicist Richard Feynman, who likewise had become fascinated
with Tuva. I
n 1993 they sponsored a San Francisco appearance by
Tuvan singers. Pena was in the audience and met with
the singers afterward. Pena so impressed the Tuvans
that he was encouraged to come to Tuva and participate
in its annual festival competition. Genghis Blues chronicles
this incredible journey. Pena's performance is as joyous
and triumphant as the Buena Vista Social Club's Carnegie
Hall concert, but this is more than just a one-note
concert film. It also movingly charts Pena's friendship
with revered Tuvan singer Kongar-ol Ondar (whose stature
is described as "John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley,
and Michael Jordan rolled into one"). Documentarians
Roko and Adrian Belic modestly profess they were ill
equipped to make this documentary. They may have a point,
but would you pass up such an opportunity?—Donald
Liebenson
GrandMother
Drum (DVD)
Director:Eagle Medicine
Woman (Suraj Holzwarth)
Rating: According to creation stories
of the world's religions, creation started with sound,
with the Word, with the Big Bang. For thirteen years White
Eagle Medicine Woman (Suraj Holzwarth) was visited in
dreams by indigenous grandmothers giving her spiritual
guidance to build a giant healing drum. With the help
of the Alaskan multicultural community, the large seven
foot crystal inlaid GrandMother Drum was built in 2000
for just that, to sound a Big Bang of Love and create
a new age of peace and illumination among humanity. As
foretold by the Otomi Elders, when the sound of 8,000
drums would be heard the Earth would begin her renewal.
The GrandMother Drum tours the world to fulfill the ancient
prophecy and gather thousands in worldwide drum vigils
for peace. Journey with her across the outback of Australia,
in remote northern villages of the Yukon to the main stage
of setting the Guinness Book of World Records for the
Largest Drum Ensemble For Peace. As the journey continues
the GrandMother Drum Project plants Baby Drums and Mother
Drums into communities across the world, sounding the
message that we are all one people, that love is stronger
than fear, and that peace and freedom are the birthrights
of all humanity.
Healing
Sounds (DVD)
Director:Jonathan Goldman
Rating: In this fascinating DVD,
internationally acclaimed teacher, author and chant master
Jonathan Goldman takes us on a captivating tour of the
world of Sound Healing. Through teachings, meditations,
healings and visual imagery, he shows us how to use the
innate power of sound to heal our bodies, clear our minds,
and renew our spirits.
During the course of this DVD, Goldman also discusses
and demonstrates the use of the voice as a potent instrument
for the restoration and maintenance of optimal health,
how the power of music can assist us in leading more vital,
energetic and well-balanced lives and how we can use simple
techniques of sound healing to bring more luminosity into
our bodies and energy fields. In addition, through the
use of visual images, he shows us how sound vibrations
can change molecular structure, as well as how sonic frequency
coupled with intent equals healing.
Illuminated
Manuscripts (DVD)
Director:John Banks
Rating: Illuminated Manuscripts
is video DVD featuring a series of animations exploring
the visionary nature of journeys. Layering an original
soundtrack over photographic scenes of temples, waterfalls,
forests and doorways, this DVD introduces a new experience
of art that draws from video, music, nature, and organic
special effects. The DVD features organically styled
computer animation by John S. Banks and world/electronic
music by composer Fritz Heede. This disc contains 17
beautiful works that explore visions of lost worlds
and journeys of discovery. With original sources drawn
from ancient sites, deep green nature and lost languages,
Illuminated Manuscripts will appeal to anyone interested
in Animation, Nature, Meditation and Fantasy.
Koyaanisqatsi
(Life out of Balance) & Powaqqatsi (Life in Transformation)
(2 DVDs)
Director:Godfrey
Reggio Starring:David
Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs Music by:Phillip
Glass Rating: Koyaanisqatsi
First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary
from 1983--shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New
York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting
the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and
enlisting the indispensable musical contribution of Philip
Glass--delighted college students on the midnight circuit
and fans of minimalism for many years. Meanwhile, its
techniques, merging cinematographer Ron Fricke's time-lapse
shots (alternately peripatetic and hyperspeed) with Glass's
reiterative music (from the meditative to the orgiastic)--as
well as its ecology-minded imagery--crept into the consciousness
of popular culture. The influence of Koyaanisqatsi,
or "life out of balance," has by now become unmistakable
in television advertisements, music videos, and, of course,
similar movies such as Fricke's own Chronos and
Craig McCourry's Apogee. Reggio shot a sequel,
Powaqqatsi (1988), and completed the trilogy with
Naqoyqatsi (2002). Koyaanisqatsi provides
the uninitiated the chance to see where it all started--along
with an intense audiovisual rush.
Powaqqatsi Powaqqatsi (1988), or "life in transformation,"
is the second part of a trilogy of experimental documentaries
whose titles derive from Hopi compound nouns. The now
legendary Koyaanisqatsi (1983), or "life out
of balance," was the first. Naqoyqatsi (2002),
or "life in war," was the third. Powaqqatsi finds
director Godfrey Reggio somewhat more directly polemical
than before, and his major collaborator, the composer
Philip Glass, stretching to embrace world music. Reggio
reuses techniques familiar from the previous film (slow
motion, time-lapse, superposition) to dramatize the
effects of the so-called First World on the Third: displacement,
pollution, alienation. But he spends as much time beautifully
depicting what various cultures have lost--cooperative
living, a sense of joy in labor, and religious values--as
he does confronting viewers with trains, airliners,
coal cars, and loneliness. What had been a more or less
peaceful, slow-moving, spiritually fulfilling rural
existence for these "silent" people (all we hear is
music and sound effects) becomes a crowded, suffocating,
accelerating industrial urban hell, from Peru to Pakistan.
Reggio frames Powaqqatsi with a telling image:
the Serra Pelada gold mines, where thousands of men,
their clothes and skin imbued with the earth they're
moving, carry wet bags up steep slopes in a Sisyphean
effort to provide wealth for their employers. While
Glass juxtaposes his strangely joyful music, which includes
the voices of South American children, a number of these
men carry one of their exhausted comrades out of the
pit, his head back and arms outstretched--one more sacrifice
to Caesar. Nevertheless, Reggio, a former member of
the Christian Brothers, seems to maintain hope for renewal.
--Robert Burns Neveldine
Krishna
Das - The Yoga of Chant (VHS) Music by: Krishna
Das and the Kosmic Kirtan Posse
Rating: Krishna Das is a musician
and spiritual seeker who in the 1970's began studying
in India with Ram Das; a student of Buddhist meditation
practices and a priest of Neem Karoli Baba's ashram in
Northern India, Krishna Das and his musical group Kosmic
Kirtan Posse blend the power of chant with contemporary
musical styles to create a new form of spiritual music
that can speak to many different cultures and generations.
Krisha Das: Yoga of Chant records Krishna Das and his
group in a live appearance at New York City's Jivamukti
Yoga Center, and features a new song, "Konronnon
(Gates Of Sweet Nectar)," along with selected highlights
from his previous albums.
Live
in Tokyo (VHS) Music by: Constance
Demby
Rating: Created by a 10 man film
crew during Demby's tour of Japan in 1992, this 52 minute
music video, with special effects and close up shots of
the artist in action, is an exquisitely crafted $200,000
Japanese Production. We hear the digital orchestra as
she performs her signature symphonic spacemusic; we hear
the piano version of the theme that is later to become
"Rites of Passage" from her album, "Aeterna."
We also get to see the unique, dazzling hammer dulcimer
style Demby performs, as she plays and sings "Tree
of Life."
Luminous
Dimensions (DVD)
Director:Michael
Dubois Music by: Jeff
Pearce
Rating: Luminous Dimensions is a
unique animation video combining the numinous animation
of Michael DuBois, with the vibrant soundscapes of Jeff
Pearce. The disc contains the hour long feature: Luminous
Voyage, five other works of visionary animation, a scene
selection menu, and credits. Luminous Dimensions will
appeal to anyone interested in ambient music, animation,
meditation, inner exploration, and fantasy.
Featuring: Luminous Voyage - an hour-long journey into
visionary vistas of water, sky and inner space. Jeff Pearce's
re-mastered long form: "These Waters Wide",
originally recorded live on the Stars End radio broadcast,
inspire the luminous imagery in this vibrant journey into
archetypal form and color. Carefully and lovingly crafted,
each luscious scene closely follows the ebbs and swells
of Jeff's inspirational music.
Meetings
with Remarkable Men:
Gurdjieff's Search for Hidden Knowledge (VHS)
Director:Peter Brook
Rating: Based upon G.I. Gurdjieff's
book of the same name. Powerful film acclaimed for its
visual beauty as well as for its extraordinary wisdom.
It documents the journey of one man as he travels through
the East, searching for the meaning of life and enlightenment.
Music contributor on this recording is David
Hykes.
Mindflo
- Relaxation, Meditation and Calm
with Nature (DVD)
Director:Norman Bosworth
Rating: Experience the filming creation
of 20 year digital cinematographer Norman Bosworth. This
moving collection will take you into a world of rare and
artfully filmed moments. A meditative calm will come from
a mix of imagery and sound as these beautiful musical
selections create a synergistic experience rich in sight,
sound and feelings. Come now on a journey from mountain
to ocean and desert sand to ice. The selections contained
on this DVD have been especially created to guide you
into a rich natural experience in relaxation. All who
view the natural world will feel a sense of enjoyment
and peace.
Mindflo
2-Relaxation, Meditation and Calm
with Nature (DVD)
Director:Norman Bosworth
Rating: The 12 selections contained
on this DVD have been especially created to guide you
into a rich natural experience in relaxation. All who
view the natural world can feel a sense of enjoyment and
peace Mindflo 2 was filmed in High Definition video. Because
of the outstanding quality High Definition offers, this
standard definition DVD will reflect the quality inherent
in its HD source material. You will really see the detail,
vibrant color and clear breathtaking imagery this DVD
offers. Mindflo 2 will play in ALL DVD players in ALL
regions of the world.
Mindflo
3-Relaxation, Meditation and Calm
with Nature (DVD)
Director:Norman Bosworth
Rating: Mindflo 3 has been especially
created to guide you into a rich natural experience in
relaxation. This program was filmed in High Definition
Known for his beautiful filming, HD cinematographer Norman
Bosworth will take you on a journey through artfully filmed
natural locations. You will enjoy the changing of the
seasons in amazing detail. Fluid motion and rich stunning
colors will move you as only High Definition Cinematography
can. Because of the high quality of the HD original footage,
you will see a noticeable picture improvement on any TV
this program is viewed on. Mindflo 3 will play in ALL
DVD players in ALL regions of the world. A lot of thought
and love has gone into the making of this film. It is
our intent that Mindflo 3 becomes a positive and useful
resource facilitating your ability to reach within. Mindflo
3 has been created in a special way. There is one continuous
60 minute music video featured on this disc. Throughout
the program the camera feels as though it is floating
from scene to scene as you become absorbed into the beautiful
visuals and music. The whole experience is designed to
move you into your inner self. As you move into this calming
space, expect to feel positive changes in your mind body
connection. The unbroken 60 minute play time will allow
you the time needed to reach deep within yourself.
Music
Within (DVD)
Director:Steven Sawalich Starring:Rebecca De Mornay, Hector Elizondo
Rating: (For
"offensive" language) Ron Livingston delivers
the performance of a lifetime in this acclaimed film based
on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel.
Deafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard (Livingston)
returns home and discovers his life's calling: helping
others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans.
Along with his bestfriend Art (Michael Sheen), a wheelchair-bound
rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights
of those whose voices can't always be heard. Music Within
is a powerful and inspiring journey that every American
should take.
Naqoyqatsi
(DVD)
Starring: Marlon
Brando, Elton John
Director:Godfrey
Reggio Music
by: Phillip Glass & Yo
Yo Ma
Rating: In this cinematic concert,
mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality,
then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques.
The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized
by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology,
the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and
spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals
and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience
that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.
Of
Sound Mind and Body (DVD)
Starring: Bernie
Siegel, Steven Halpern, Don Campbell Deepak Chopra
Director:Jeff
Volk
Rating: World-class composers, performers,
health practitioners and leaders in mind-body medicine
convey a wealth of information ranging from music therapy
to chanting and overtone singing. An evocative, stimulating
and visually beautiful production which explores a wide
range of therapeutic applications of sound, from medieval
plainsong to cosmic music!
A segment on Cymatics features commentary by Deepak Chopra,
Jill Purce, Rupert Sheldrake and Kay Gardner, illustrated
by many cymatic images which are not seen in any of Dr.
Jenny's original films.
One
Life at a Time (DVD)
Starring: Krishna
Das
Rating: One Life at a Time is the
definitive story of the evolvement of an American spiritual
seeker whose journey to India brought him to his Guru,
Neem Karoli Baba. Produced and directed by Michael Drumm,
this multi-faceted documentary presents Krishna Das in
a live performance of Kirtan (chant) filmed in Los Angeles
in 2004 and features interviews covering a two year period
during which Krishna Das details his history, shares stories
of his personal contact with his Guru and explains his
transformation into what the New York Times has called
the 'Chant master of American Yoga.'
Rhythmic
Wisdom (VHS)
Director:Layne
Redmond, Tommy Brunjes
Rating: In Rhythmic Wisdom, Layne
Redmond, world acclaimed drummer, teacher, and historian,
shares her virtuosic drumming and extensive knowledge
of the Frame Drum.
The Frame Drum is the world's most ancient drum. Now,
with Layne's guidance, you can use the frame drum to access
the universal powers of drumming. Discover and develop
your personal rhythmic being with Rhythmic Wisdom.
Andy
Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides (DVD)
Starring: Andy Goldsworthy
Director:Thomas
Riedelsheimer
Rating: In the timeless tradition
of Winged Migration and Koyaanisqatsi, the theatrical
phenomenon Rivers and Tides depicts the magical relationship
between art and nature while painting a visually intoxicating
portrait of famed artist Andy Goldsworthy. Gorgeously
shot and masterfully edited, the film follows the bohemian
free spirit Goldsworthy all over the world as he demonstrates
and opens up about his unique creative process. From his
long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking
leaf chains and multicolored pools of flowers, Goldsworthy's
painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely
of materials found in Mother Nature, who threatens and
often succeeds in destroying his art, sometimes before
it is even finished. With over ten four-star reviews from
the nation's top critics, Rivers and Tides serenely captures
Goldsworthy in the midst of constructing his trademark
ephemera on-camera creating a mesmerizing cinematic experience
that helps us to appreciate nature in new and enchanting
ways.
Sing
Songs (DVD)
Rating: Teacher's Aid - for Parents,
Teachers and Homeschoolers. Shows how to teach signing
to babies or children with special needs. Works for all
children of all abilities, music and movement for all.
Developed by a Board Certified Music Therapist and a father
of a child with special needs. Using Songs with signs
enables babies, children with special needs to speak with
their hands before they can talk. Increases clarity of
child's wants and needs. Promotes active participation
and play. Greatly expands your child's vocabulary. Develops
self esteem Combines visual, physical, verbal and musical
learning. Stimulates brain development Develops motor
skills, using movement. Creates a rich learning environment
Fosters language growth and music appreciation. How is
sign language used in this video? Sometimes sign language
is used to communicate full sentences, especially for
children with hearing impairments. In this instance, only
specific words in the songs will be highlighted by sign.
Sounding
12 Strands of Power (DVD)
Starring: Lynn Bieber
Director:Lynn
Bieber
Rating: A stunning, beautiful movie with a companion CD. An
elegant lifetime tool for aligning one’s self vibrationally
and spiritually. The vibrations of each Strand of Power
are activated through the Sounding, and your willingness
to join in the experience. Masks and capes trigger archetypal
memories of the Shaman and the Medicine Woman.
Sound
Yoga/Nada Yoga (DVD)
Starring: Shanti Shirvani
Director:Sacred
Mysteries
Rating: In this beautiful and enlightening presentation, internationally
acclaimed teacher, vocalist and sound healer Shanti Shivani
introduces the mystic practice of Nada Yoga (the Yoga
of Sound) as a means of healing, empowerment and self-realization.
Nada Yoga is the core of Dhrupad, the most ancient style
of Hindustani Classical Music. Originally only sung by
priests in the temples as an act of worship, it induces
a deep meditative state in the singer as well as the listener.
Drawing upon her extensive training and experience in
the Dhrupad tradition, Shivani presents specific body
movements and vocal techniques designed to free the natural
voice, develop awareness of the breath and body, stimulate
innate healing potential and access the sacred within.
She also offers instruction in the basic exercises of
the ancient Indian raga (modal) system and more specifically
in Raga Bhairav, the "sunrise mode" that invokes
the state of inner peace. These time-honored techniques
are designed to clear the emotional body, balance the
chakras (subtle energy centers), enhance intuition and
creative expression and bring a new level of serenity,
health and harmony.
Touch
the Sound (DVD)
Starring: Evelyn Glennie,
Fred Frith, Jason the Fogmaster
Director:Thomas
Riedelsheimer
Rating: Subtitled "A Sound
Journey with Evelyn Glennie," German director Thomas
Riedelsheimer's exquisite Touch the Sound is nominally
a portrait of the Scottish musician known as "the
first full-time solo percussionist." Glennie is certainly
a fascinating subject. Profoundly deaf since childhood,
she disdains the use of hearing aids and sign language,
relying instead on lip reading and, more crucially, on
the use of all of her senses, especially touch, to "hear"
with her entire body. The film reveals Glennie's extraordinary
skills in a variety of settings: playing a snare drum
for bemused New Yorkers in cavernous Grand Central Station;
improvising with guitarist Fred Frith in an empty warehouse
in Cologne, Germany (their final vibes-guitar duet is
one of the film's musical highlights); working with hearing-impaired
students in her native Aberdeenshire; jamming with taiko
drummers in Japan, and later delighting customers in a
Tokyo bar with a spontaneous workout involving chopsticks,
dishes, cans, and glassware (the woman can make music
with virtually anything). But Riedelsheimer, who was also
the film's editor and cinematographer, has a broader agenda
here--namely, to intensify our awareness of the sounds
that surround us everywhere, in every moment. From the
streets of New York to the beaches of Santa Cruz, from
the rocky Scottish coastline to a tranquil Japanese rock
garden, he links heightened audio, as clear and natural
as the best ECM recordings, to a succession of gorgeous
visual images to create a balance of complex detail and
overall sparseness, resulting in a kind of Zen feast.
Visual
Chemistry (Art For Your Television) (DVD)
Director:Ambience
Visuals
Rating: Transform your plasma or LCD television into a work
of art with this exquisite Ambience Visuals DVD featuring
three musical soundtracks and automatic looping for seamless
ambient playback. Visual Chemistry's digital landscapes
resonate with the electricity of the VJ movement as high
octane images pulse with the energy of the night, feeding
off the intensity and groove of the dance floor. Fast
cuts and explosive color compositions create a super-charged
visual energy often seen at clubs or events. Choose from
three musical soundtracks - classical, chill out or new
age, or add your own tunes to perfectly complement your
mood and environment.
Hildegard
vonBingen - Ordo Virtutum (DVD)
Starring: Patricia Routledge
Director:BBC
Rating: Hildegard vonBingen was a remarkable woman, a "first"
in many fields. At a time when few women wrote, she produced
major works of theology, music and visionary writings.
She used the curative powers of music and natural objects
for healing. She is the first composer whose biography
is known. Her story is an inspirational account of an
irresistible spirit and vibrant intellect overcoming social,
physical, cultural, and gender barriers.
Whale
Rider (DVD) Starring:Keisha
Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene
Director:Niki Caro
Rating: One of the most charming
and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New Zealand
hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition
with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new
millennium. Despite the discouragement of her gruff and
disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly
disowns her because she is female and therefore traditionally
disqualified from tribal leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha
Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a tribal leader,
and sets about to prove it.
Rather than inflate this story (from a novel by Witi Ihimaera)
with artificial sentiment, writer-director Niki Caro develops
very real and turbulent family relationships, intimate
and yet torn by a collision between stubborn tradition
and changing attitudes. The mythic whale rider--the ultimate
symbol of Maori connection to nature--is also the harbinger
of Pai's destiny, and the appealing Castle-Hughes gives
a luminous, astonishingly powerful performance that won't
leave a dry eye in the house. With its fresh take on a
familiar tale, Whale Rider is definitely one from the
heart. --Jeff Shannon
What
the Bleep Do We Know? (DVD) Starring:Marlee
Matlin, Elaine Hendrix
Director:William
Arntz, Betsy Chasse
Rating: The unlikeliest cult hit of 2004
was What the (Bleep) Do We Know?, a lecture on mysticism
and science mixed into a sort-of narrative. Marlee Matlin
stars in the dramatic thread, about a sourpuss photographer
who begins to question her perceptions. Interviews with
quantum physics experts and New Age authors are cut
into this story, offering a vaguely convincing (and
certainly mind-provoking) theory about... well, actually,
it sounds a lot like the Power of Positive Thinking,
when you get down to it. Talking heads (not identified
until film's end) include JZ Knight, who appears in
the movie channeling Ramtha, the ancient sage she claims
communicates through her (other speakers are also associated
with Knight's organization). What she says actually
makes pretty good common sense--Ramtha's wiggier notions
are not included--and would be easy to accept were it
not being credited to a 35,000-year-old mystic from
Atlantis. —Robert Horton
White
Tara: The Blessing of Healing and Longevity (DVD) Featuring:Phillip
Glass and Gehlek Rimpoche
Rating: The Blessings of Healing and Longevity
with Gehlek Rimpoche. Interview with Philip Glass. In
this video, Gehlek Rimpoche brings the powerful experience
of the healing and portection of the mother of all Buddhas,
White Tara. Known for his understanding of contemporary
society, and his skill as a teacher of Buddhism in the
West, Gehlek Rimpoche guides viewers through a visualization
and meditation to heal and balance both mind and body.
Winged
Migration (DVD)
Starring:Philippe
Labro, Jacques Perrin
Director:Jacques
Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Rating:
For earthbound humans, Winged Migration is as close
as any of us will get to sharing the sky with our fine
feathered friends. It's as if French director Jacques
Perrin and his international crew of dedicated filmmakers
had been given a full-access pass by Mother Nature herself,
with the complete "cooperation" of countless
species of migrating birds, all answering to eons of
migratory instinct. The film is utterly simple in purpose,
with minimal narration and on-screen titles to identify
the wondrous varieties of flying wildlife, but its visceral
effect is humbling, awesome and magnificently profound.
Technically, Perrin surpasses the achievement of his
earlier film Microcosmos (which did for insects what
this film does for birds), and apart from a few digital
skyscapes for poetic effect, this astonishing film uses
no special effects whatsoever, with soaring, seemingly
miraculous camera work that blesses the viewer with,
quite literally, a bird's-eye view. A brief but important
hunting scene may upset sensitive viewers and children,
but doesn't stop Winged Migration from being essential
all-ages viewing. —Jeff Shannon
Yoga
for Emotional Healing(VHS)
Starring:Lisa Powers
Rating: Like another offering from Ananda, Yoga to Awaken
the Chakras, this tape focuses more on the inner effects
of yoga than on its purely physical benefits. But where
the former focuses on the body's seven charkas as the
seat of our emotions, Ananda Yoga for Emotional Healing
concentrates on the emotions themselves. Instructor Lisa
Powers, herself a breast cancer survivor, presents hatha
yoga as a means to develop "inner strength, calmness,
and the ability to respond to life's trials" as well
as a vehicle to express your emotions and promote a "stronger
flow of positive energy." Thus the various poses
demonstrated, such as those for the hamstrings, hips,
and shoulders (there are also some backbends, twists,
balancing poses, and more), are all referenced to their
emotional content. The sphinx pose, for instance, isn't
just a simple lying backbend but a way to "overcome
fear of failure," while janu sirsanasa, the one-legged
forward bend, is not only to open the hamstrings but to
"release fear and relax the fight-or-flight response."
Powers also supplies positive affirmations (such as "I
live protected by the infinite light" or "What
I do today will create a new and better future, filled
with inner joy") to accompany many of the postures,
as well as a lengthy guided relaxation at the end. Will
they work? Can yoga really be used to expunge jealousy,
anger or grief? That will be up to you. If you can cast
aside cynicism and doubt, then surrender to the power
of the breath and the poses, you might be surprised.
Yoga
of Light: Meditations, Mudras and Expressions of the Divine
Feminine (DVD)
Starring:Sharron
Rose
Rating: In this elegant and enlightening presentation, award
winning author, educator and performing artist Sharron
Rose introduces the feminine – based Yoga of Light,
an ancient science and spiritual practice of physical
and spiritual revitalization. Rooted in her extensive
research and first-hand experience in women’s mysteries
and the mystic arts of Tantra and Alchemy, Ms. Rose introduces
a system of yogic training based upon the unique dynamics
of the female energy field. This consists of meditations
for relaxation and stress reduction, visualizations for
cleansing, restoring and protecting the physical body
and luminous energy field that surrounds it, mudras (sacred
gestures) designed to depict the flow of subtle energy
through the luminous field, and exercises to enhance visionary
capacity and align women with the most powerful and profound
feminine role model -- the Great Goddess. Segments include;
Yoga of Light, Cleansing the Luminous Body, Igniting the
Inner Fire, Awakening the Serpent Power, Opening the Heart
and Healing the Luminous Body.
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