“Music soothes the soul,” says Lorraine Park of The Golden Door Spa at The Boulder’s Resort. “It has always been an integral part of relaxation.”
So how can you bring some of that same peaceful spirit into your own home? Start with CDs from Real Music, an independent new age music label that supplies The Golden Door, The Hills Health Ranch, Red Mountain Spa and many other spas with the music they play in their treatment rooms.
Its top-selling CD for spas right now is called “Tranquility,” a sampler of their artists including harpist Hilary Stagg, pianist Kevin Kern, and 2002. Stagg’s CDs have sold more than one million copies. Kern’s CD, In the Enchanted Garden, has sold more than 250,000 copies. The duo 2002 has an ethereal, multi-instrumental sound that is wildly popular, with albums that make regular appearances on the Billboard’s New Age chart.
My own taste runs to a more Eastern sound. I particularly like a new release called “Namaste,” (a Sanskrit word that means, “I honor the light in you,” and accompanies the bow that many yoga teachers end their class with.) This compilation CD has a meditative quality, with Indian singers, sound meditations using Tibetan singing bowls, and Chinese instruments. Artists include Rasa, Karunesh, and Buedi Siebert. “Namaste” includes a bonus CD with a 15 minute guided meditation.
I also recommend “The Spirit of Yoga,” by Ben Leinbach, who uses traditional instruments like the bamboo flute, harmonium and dotar along with synthesizers and guitar. Very beautiful!
The all cost $14.95 and can be ordered by calling 1-800-398-REAL (7325) or by visiting the website at www.realmusic.com.
Real Music’s Top Selling Music For Spas
1. Tranquility – compilation
2. Letting The World Go By – compilation
3. Quiet Days – compilation
4. Wrapped In Stillness – compilation
5. Across An Ocean of Stillness – 2002
6. Sacred Well – 2002
7. Zen Breakfast – Karunesh
8. Dream Spiral – Hilary Stagg
9. The Winding Path – Kevin Kern
10.The Edge of Forever – Hilary Stagg
11.Infinity - compilation
12.Touching Beauty – compilation
13. River of Stars – 2002
14. Pachelbel Canon with ocean sounds – Anastasi
15. Land of Forever – 2002
16. Eternity – compilation
17. Feather Light – Hilary Stagg
18. In the Enchanted Garden – Kevin Kern
19. Soul Mates – Danny Wrights
20. Embracing the Wind – Kevin Kern
