The Latest Audio Books, Music CD's and DVD

April 2010

Baby Bliss - Yoga and Massage

Zoe Mongey

DVD AUD29.95

As a mother of four and a teacher of baby yoga for many years Zoe has found that yoga helped her children as much as her to thrive.

Baby yoga is a particularly beautiful way to bond and spend time with a young baby and can be started as young as newborn.

The benefits of Baby yoga are endless and it is great for parents, grandparents and carers alike. With stimulating eye contact baby yoga helps nurture a greater responsiveness and deeper bonding between carer and baby, whilst on a physiological level it is stimulating all the systems within the baby's body simultaneously.

The digestive system is stimulated to relive colic and wind, the respiratory system is stimulated to aid lung development and breathing, muscles and joints are mobilized to activate and strengthen the baby's muscles and tissues and by relaxing the baby a more quality sleep can be achieved.

All of this helps to establish a healthy foundation for your baby's body and mind but Baby yoga also helps the parent or carer to feel more confident and involved with the child.

Music of Grace: Amazing Grace

Various

CD AUD29.95

This compilation features the #1 hymn of all time - "Amazing Grace". It includes 14 intimate, tender, and comforting performances of the hymn by top solo artists, ensembles, and choirs.

The hymn 'Amazing Grace' is one of the best loved and most recorded songs in history. The story behind the lyrics is well-known: English slave trader John Newton, after nearly losing his life in a violent storm at sea, had a profound change of heart and eventually became a prolific writer of hymns - including `Amazing Grace' - and a passionate abolitionist.

The source of the melody is much less certain but appears to have come from Ireland or Scotland and was originally called `New Britain'. The Scots have certainly made it their own through countless stirring performances on bagpipes.

Throughout the world, the piece is cherished and is sung in a vast array of styles, most notably Gospel, Country, Folk, and Celtic. 'Amazing Grace' is an expression of deep personal gratitude that has an extraordinary power to touch the heart, uplift the spirit, and transcend sectarian divisions as few other pieces have ever done.

This compilation brings together 14 intimate, tender, and comforting performances of `Amazing Grace' - 7 vocal and 7 instrumental - by top artists, ensembles, and choirs.

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Heart as Wide as the World

Krishna Das

CD AUD31.95

As the best selling chant artist of all time, Krishna Das has sold more than 300,000 records, and continues to engage enthusiastic audiences around the world. He has headlined venues from concert halls to yoga studios for sold out crowds of 1,500 in cities across America, throughout Europe and most recently in South America.

He has been recording his popular and much-beloved CDs of devotional Indian chants since 1996. Renowned for making kirtan chant more accessible to Westerners, he has been called the "chant master of American Yoga" by The New York Times, and the "Pavarotti of Kirtan" by Yoga Journal.

His groundbreaking music is energized with modern grooves and harmonies to create a soulful practice that is eminently accessible to modern hearts, while staying true to the path of Bhakti Yoga.

Heart as Wide as the World includes all brand new chants and is Krishna Das' first album recorded entirely in the studio in more than 10 years. A collaboration with acclaimed producer David Nichtern it also includes musician Jerry Marotta on drums & percussion and an array of unique instruments including the dotar, tablas, esraj and bansuri flute.

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Buddha Bar XII

Ravin

CD's AUD49.95

The Buddha Bar success story goes on ! After 11 volumes already, Buddha bar DJs kept on travelling the world searching for the next hit, the next artist that deserves to be called one, pushing their limits making us dream and travel. This time, Ravin takes over the decks again and offers a playlist to die for with this 12th opus taking us back where it all started : Paris!

He spreads his wings again and signs one of his most delightful selection celebrating love "à la française", for a romantic escape through Old Paris. Buddha-Bar XII opens a door into a pink-tinted universe entwined with dreams and reality.

In this new compilation, DJ Ravin extracts the essence of Parisian charms and enchants it with avant-garde and spicy elements. A first CD - entitled "La vie en Rose" - compiles tracks imbued with sensuality including a kitsch remix of "La vie en rose". A second CD, "Pink me Up", highlights an electronic music selection skillfully embellished with acoustic and live ethnic sounds like "Adela" from Dexi or "Carnivale" from Jason Rivas.

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