These Chakra Meditation Cards are a great tool for learning many aspects of the chakras, can make a lovely decoration if used as posters and are perfect as a focus of seated meditation. You can see the lovely illustrations that make up this set below. What you cannot see is that they are printed on a sturdy cover stock and laminated so they will stand up to regular use. Also the large size 11" x 11" makes them visually strong and the extensive information on the back of each card very easy to read.Information on the backs of the cards includes: All the basic information like Sanskrit name, translation, location, symbol and deeper level information like qualitities, challenges, physical health challenges, psychological challenges, positive and negative archetypes, relationship focus and so on. Also given for each chakra is a mudra or hand gesture, which can be used during the suggested meditation practice. There is no more beautiful, interesting way to access the energy centers inside us.
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The CD's liner notes define satori as "the indescribable experience of sudden, intuitive spiritual realization." That may be, yet unless you are a serious student of yoga or a fan of its ancient musical traditions, you may struggle to reach such a state while listening to these improvisations for shakuhachi flute (Riley Lee) and koto (Gabriel Lee, no relation). The recording's mood is almost somber and contrasts noticeably with Oriental Sunrise and Sanctuary, two splendid Riley Lee discs that offer a broader, more expressive tonal range. Here a stronger Oriental mood is conveyed, and the notion of stillness is pursued with such earnestness that the final result (to Occidental ears) is ultimately a state of inertia. While composers sometimes refer to the use of silence as an overt creative element in their works, Satori relies so heavily on the approach that it seems as though Lee's flute is being filtered through a dense fog, and from a substantial distance. Satori, originally recorded in 1983, seems best suited to serious-minded yoga practitioners and those who prefer to adorn their meditative states with only the most minimal of audio embellishments. For such people, this disc could be the answer to prayers. For others interested in shakuhachi music, the two aforementioned discs are likely to be more satisfying choices. --Terry Wood