Audiobooks by Layne Redmond

When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

"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 matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. With wisdom and passion, Redmond chronicles our species’ deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it. This book encourages listeners—both women and men—to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Redmond illustrates her message with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel. Woven throughout the book are strands of ancient ritual and mythology, personal stories, and scientific evidence of the benefits of drumming. It is at once a history, a memoir, and a resounding call for spiritual and social renewal. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©1997 Layne Redmond (P)2022 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC."

Layne Redmond (Author), Kristi Burns (Narrator)

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Chakra Breathing Meditations

"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 Tommy Brunjes. With frame drums, Tibetan singing bowl, hand struck bells and chimes, and tamboura. Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses. Affordably priced and ideal for beginners, they're a powerful way to use energy healing, guided imagery, meditation, and other proven practices at home or on the go. Put them on your smartphone, MP3 player, tablet device, or computer … and start experiencing their benefits today. This session is excerpted from Layne Redmond's CD program Chakra Breathing Meditations."

Layne Redmond (Author), Layne Redmond (Narrator)

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Purify the Chakras

"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 downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses. Affordably priced and ideal for beginners, they're a powerful way to use energy healing, guided imagery, meditation, and other proven practices at home or on the go. Put them on your smartphone, MP3 player, tablet device, or computer … and start experiencing their benefits today. This session is excerpted from Layne Redmond's book/CD Chakra Meditation."

Layne Redmond (Author), Layne Redmond (Narrator)

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Chakra Breathing Meditations

"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 awareness • Seated meditations to activate each of the seven chakras Standing meditation with full yogic breath • A walking and breathing meditation accompanied by spirited drums and music. Your breathing reflects your state of mind: if your breathing is shallow and irregular, your mind is distracted and less concentrated; when your breathing becomes deep and calm, your mind becomes clear and calm. Now, with Chakra Breathing Meditations, you have a revitalizing new home-practice program to quiet your mind and energize your body. Music by Layne Redmond and Tommy Brunjes. With frame drums, Tibetan singing bowl, hand struck bells and chimes, and tamboura."

Layne Redmond (Author), Layne Redmond (Narrator)

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Heart Chakra Meditations: Healing Your Heart, Healing the World through Music, Meditation, Rhythm, and Breath

"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 you a complete series of pranayama exercises, guided meditations, and a unique shavasana (relaxation) practice to balance and tone the heart chakra. On session two, she presents a masterful chanting practice that blends Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions—the perfect accompaniment to meditation, massage, yoga, or trance work. Also includes a 20-minute recording of the human heartbeat, a powerful healing sound that opens our hearts and connects us to all of life."

Layne Redmond (Author), Layne Redmond (Narrator)

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Bringing Music To Life: A Gathering of Sound Healers

"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."

Don Campbell, Jeff Volk, John Beaulieu, Layne Redmond, Pat Moffit Cook (Author), Jeff Volk, Jeff Wessman (Narrator)

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