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Product description Book by Relaxation, Co Review Sound Healers features four pioneers exploring the healing power of music on four compact discs, each accompanied by an informative booklet. Kay Gardner's Drone Zone capitalizes on certain musical instruments producing tones rich in natural harmonics. These "drone" instruments form the core of various musical traditions that use music and sound for healing. A musician and author, Gardner plays healing flute melodies above drone instruments from around the world. In The Key of Healing features Steven Halpern using music music to strengthen the body's ability to heal itself, drawing it into balance and harmony. By employing sophisticated sound technology, his compositions synchronize the hemispheres of the brain and amplify the production of alpha waves, associated with feelings of contentment and well-being. For Sacred Sounds, master flautist Jorge Alfano draws upon the healing music traditions of five ancient cultures: the chakra based meditations of Hinduism; Chinese Taoist practices; Japanese Zen meditation; Native American Sioux Shamanistic beliefs; and Inti meditation, a pre-Incan Andean system. Using indigenous flutes from each tradition, Allano crates entrancing music intended to facilitate relaxation, meditation, and physical/spiritual well-being. In Inner Rhythms percussionist Randy Crafton explores the healing power of rhythm in a unique recording. Beginning with rhythms which mirror the pulses of the active mind and body, Inner Rhythms gradually slows down, entraining heart rate, breathing, and brainwaves to slow down as well. This meditative journey towards progressively deeper states of relaxation is built upon the pulses of rainsticks, ceramic drums, frame drums, congas, kalimbas, and more. -- Midwest Book Review