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Morning Kundalini with R Carlos Nakai soundtrack

Kundalini to Master Your Domain – Music Feather, Stone & Light – R Carlos Nakai This morning has been a kind of throwback Tuesday. It all started when I used one of my all-time favorite R. Carlos Nakai albums Feather, Stone and Light as the soundtrack for my morning yoga routine.If it wasn’t the first R Carlos Nakai album that I bought it was certainly among the first and it has been a favorite since the first time that I brought it home! The album features the string work of Will Eaton and the percussion of Will Clipman along with R. Carlos wonderful Native American flute artistry. The yoga routine that I did today was a Kundalini kriya to Master Your Domain. The kriya is my favorite among the kriyas that I did routinely several years ago. It is the only one that I still try to do on a regular basis. I don’t know if it’s all mental or not, but it seems that every time I do this kriya I fly through the rest of the day, more focused and consequently I’m able to get more done!! After I finished the kriya, I wondered, if there was anywhere on the Internet, where the kriya is described. Silly me! What I found was the following video and a whole lot more at the Spirit Voyage Music Channel Now I will say that Feather, Stone and Light may not be the best album for meditating,worked well for me. This kriya…

Life’s Soundtrack – The Safari’s Workday flows better with the Music of R Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater

Sometime in the late 90s, I discovered the music of Native American flute master R Carlos Nakai. Since that time many of his albums have made their way into my music library. Carlos flute, along with the vibes of Gary Burton keep me sane! Many times when I am stressed or worried at work, I say that it is TIME for some R Carlos Nakai and within minutes of the music’s start I am headed back to sanity!! Nakai has some wonderful musicians who work with him to create the music that I love and often need, including William Eaton on a variety of stringed instruments and Will Clipman on various percussion instruments. I particularly like the albums that Nakai has made with pianist Peter Kater. Their 1994 release Honorable Sky is one of my favorites. Now the reason that I am writing this is that yesterday after listening to Javon Jackson’s latest release, I listened to Ritual the new album from Nakai and Kater.It is the first album that they’ve recorded together in over ten years, and it’s a good one!! This morning when I was looking for YouTube videos of tracks from the album, I found this video of an interview with Peter discussing the making of the album and it is really informative. I am amazed that the album was recorded with them playing in different rooms. Peter says in the interview that Carlos wanted to make an album about peace and I believe they’ve done that….