Photographer Robin Palmer
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Lindsay Wagner's first meditation CD "Open To Oneness" is a unique labor of love. She is passionate in her belief in our human potential and makes it her aim to awaken others to how extraordinary they really are.
“Making the "Open To Oneness" meditation music CD was like being in the eye of the storm.” It was created in just five weeks from start to finish, with Lindsay, Jeremiah the composer and Gabreal the producer working crazy hours to have the CD ready in time for Lindsay's UK tour this spring. At the same time, Lindsay was also packing up and moving house and home, while trying to prepare for a three month tour of the UK and Ireland with her "Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart" workshop. Gabreal was simultaneously filming some documentaries. They are grateful to have accomplished what they set out to do and are very proud of the end result, but as Lindsay laughs, she "wouldn't recommend it or ever want to do it that way again!"
The CD came about after Lindsay was constantly being asked by participants of her workshops how they could continue the meditation process at home. Her first meditation CD became the answer…....a background of beautiful, relaxing meditation music, the invocation of Oneness (an opening to experiencing our inherent connection to the whole of creation), the joy of being alive and the peace and potential we never dreamed we had.
The challenge for everyone involved during the creative process was to stay in the eye of the storm. More awareness than ever was required to stay centered. Lindsay worked closely with Jeremiah and Gabreal to achieve this without ever being in the same room. They even meditated together by phone. They had to work very fast to develop a common language of reference and Jeremiah feels Lindsay's vast experience helped enormously with this process. He also remembers "countless emails, phone calls, late night listening sessions, and unknown quantities of chai tea" being part of the creative equation. He "was up late a lot - often sending mixes out at 4am only to wake up a few hours later to call the producer and get notes."
Using the magical, peaceful instrumental sounds of the piano, guitar, flute and Mother Nature herself, the tracks were constructed to invoke a certain resonance with the listener, with each piece of music taking them on a journey to the next piece. There were many challenges and alterations along the way. Jeremiah explains, "We had some challenges keeping track of various versions - some were improvizations that were not meant to be considered for publication, but I'm pretty sure all the correct ones ended up on the CD. Many of the pieces had the tempo adjusted down from the demo versions - kind of interesting that we did that on so many of the selections."
The first track 'A Crystal Cathedral' includes an invocation of the Oneness Experience. Lindsay says, “I felt so much love for everyone and wanted every person that may ever hear this to experience Oneness, causeless peace, joy, creativity, health, unconditional love and gratitude.”
The journey through the CD continues, taking the listener down into a deep state of relaxation, followed by a gradual awakening. Lindsay explains further, "meditation is opening to the vitality of the life force that comes when you can get your mind to quiet down."
The result is a unique signature collection of relaxing, meditation music composed especially for Lindsay and with the listener very much at the forefront of her mind.
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