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Elixir - Music for Moving and Still Meditation

Initially created for use in a Taiji intervention study at the University of Illinois, Elixir is a music CD for moving and still meditation practices. This CD is unique in that it was composed and performed in entirety by both a master traditional Chinese musician and longtime practitioner of qigong meditation.

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According to traditional Chinese medical theory, music has healing properties. Composed around "the five notes" (i.e., the pentatonic scale) and making use of both traditional Chinese instruments and modern synthesizers, Elixir is a mixture of traditional and contemporary Chinese music with beautiful melodies that may used as an accompaniment to your moving or still meditation practice or simply enjoyed for the beauty of the music. Some tunes were designed to help lead the practitioner to a state of quietude and peacefulness, while others are simply joyous musical expressions of the ineffable experiences and sensations of moving and still meditation.

Read more about the CD in the insert notes or composer notes, or more about the composer.

You may also preview .mp3 clips of the following songs:

Lunhui (5:15)
Wandering (4:05) - 0:36, 1.4MB sample clip
Heaven, Human, Earth (5:26)
Purification (7:30) - 0:38, 1.5 MB sample clip
Circulation (14:38) - 3:38, 8.5MB sample clip
Morning Immersion (6:02)
Aspiring Emptiness (5:21)

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New! Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions

Yang Ying's most recent release, Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions contains Ying's arrangements of traditional, signature pieces for the erhu, her own compositions that are a fusion of both various styles of Chinese music and Western classical, jazz, funk, and Nashville influences, and an arrangement of a classical American jazz tune that is especially beautiful on the erhu. Ms. Yang's virtuosity on the instrument is unmistakable on all of tunes.

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Song List:

Uninhibited (4:59) - 1:18, 1.2MB sample clip
Confiding in a Friend (7:36) - 1:09, 1.1MB clip
'Round Midnight (6:28) - 1:13, 1.2MB clip
Sai Ma (Horse Race) (3:06) - 0:58, 0.9MB clip
Jiang He Shui (Rivers of Tears) (7:06) - 0:55, 0.9 MB clip
Funky Chinese Jig (4:19) - 1:12, 1.1MB clip
Han Gong Qiu Ye (Autumn moon over the Han Palace) (6:55) - 1:20, 1.3MB clip
Sanmen Gorge Cappricio (9:58) - 1:09, 1.2MB clip

Read more about each song in the liner notes.

You may also view additional information about Ms. Yang Ying at her web site.