My healing journey led me to write the songs on this CD. I kept a digital mini recorder with me to catch my melodies and lyrics as they came to me during this very creative yet challenging time. The inspiration came from many places; as I took walks that connected me to nature, after a meditation deepening my connection to God, after learning and then practicing what I took home from teachers, workshops, books and CDs deepening my awareness of living mindfully. They came from a place of truth, from the heart and beyond, from a place of quiet, inner peace, gratitude and joy.
The present moment is where I find inner peace and I am always in the present moment when I sing, connecting to the breath, breathing in and breathing out. Singing puts me in a place of deep love and gratitude.
I so happy to share this CD with you.
Music and Meditation Opens Hearts
Peaceful Places
Peaceful Places is a meditation CD for beginners and longtime meditators with teaching tracks and guided meditations of three different forms of meditation; Concentration Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, Yoga Nidra and a bonus track of a mantra chant.
Concentration Meditation trains the busy mind to focus, gain clarity and peace. Mindfulness Meditation brings you into the richness of the present moment, acknowledging and accepting whatever comes without judgment, and Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice and one of the deepest of all meditations. All you do is lie down (or sit if necessary) in a comfortable position and listen to my instructions. I will guide you through a systematic series of body, breath and awareness techniques to take you into a profound level of stillness and insight.
Research has shown that all of these forms of meditation if practiced regularly, have many physical, spiritual and emotional health benefits. To name just a few, meditation can reduce stress and anxiety, lower blood pressure and can improve your sleep quality.
Chanting
Repeating certain specific sound vibrations, combining breath and rhythm, brings the mind to a state of calmness and peace. In some traditions these sounds are called mantras. Chanting a mantra is another form of meditation, bringing you into the present moment. Om Nama Shivaya is a Sanskrit mantra that means, “I bow to my true self, to the inner self, the consciousness that dwells in us all”.
Frannie has been meditating for 48+ years and is a certified Power of Awareness Meditation teacher (Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield) through UC Berkeley, MBSR(Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) teacher through U Mass, Reiki Level 2 certified practitioner, and a certified Yoga Nidra practitioner. She is also intimately familiar with the 12 step program and teaches Jewish Meditation.
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Credits & Artwork
PRODUCED by Frannie Faith & Jeff Southworth
MUSIC RECORDED AND ARRANGED by
Jeff Southworth at JAM Entertainment Studio
MIXED and MASTERED by Jeff Southworth
and Johnny Squicciarino at Crushing Music
SPOKEN WORD recorded by Michael Terry
At The Music Lab and by
Jeff Southworth at JAM Entertainment Studio
WRITTEN & SPOKEN by Frannie Faith
Introductions, Meditations & Yoga Nidra Scripts
MEDITATION MUSIC by Jeff Southworth
YOGA NIDRA OMNISPHERE by Frannie Faith
OM NAMA SHIVAYA
CHANT MUSIC by Frannie faith
CHANT LYRIC traditional Sanskrit mantra
LEAD VOCAL Frannie Faith
CHANTING by Suzan Converse, Frannie Faith, Charlene Chiang Hillman, Alan Southworth, James Southworth & Jeff Southworth
UDU AND DJEMBE played by James Southworth
GUITARS played by Jeff Southworth
GRAPHIC DESIGN by Gloria Owens, Fish Cat Design
PHOTOGRAPHY
Rich Shelton: Cape Cod Dunes(front cover)
And Easton Sunrise (back cover and disc)
Peter Holm: Indigo Sunset(flap and photo
of Frannie(back cover)
Jim Donohue: Waterlillies (inside left & right)
