The Apukuna Breath Medicine series of mixes is a gift in support of personal healing, transformation and growth. As one of my teachers reminds - we come to earth with a carefully constructed "care package" known as our breath.  [Full series playlist: https://soundcloud.com/apukuna/sets/apukuna-breath-medicine]

Our breath is the most readily accessible medicine available to us. There are many ways to work with our breath and this series is in support of your practice. These particular breath medicine journeys are inspired by my own practice that is most similar to Holotropic Breathwork. For me, the breathing is deeper, a little faster, only through the mouth and only through the chest. Many others can find great benefit through the nose or using the belly. Best advice... experiment and listen to your body. With love from the mountains.

[mix001] - This 47-minute journey was recorded in August 2020 and has been my most trusted breathwork companion ever since.

Tracklist:

1. Darpan - [Chakapa sample] @darpan
2. Meditative Mind - OM Chanting @ 417Hz @meditative-mind
3. Maneesh de Moor - 136.1Hz Sun Salutation
4. Maneesh de Moor - 111Hz Breath of Life
5. Tone Ranger - Flow @tonerangermusic
6. Deya Dova - The Winged One @deya-dova
7. Maneesh de Moor - Arcana of Orion
8. Loituma - Viimesen Kerran (The Very Last Time)
9. Erothyme - LMNL (Water) @erothyme
10. Deya Dova - Transmission from the Bird Tribe @deya-dova
11. Ayla Nereo - Lifebound Friend @ayla-nereo

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APUKUNA - Breath Medicine 001

Lovers medicine journey
Emotional and mysterious musical story to open the heart and communication. Exploring the different waves that move through us in this journey we call relationship , with ourselves, with our partners and with the divine. 
made with the highest and purest intention of the one beating heart to create harmony and peace.
love, Yonder

songlist:
Essie Jain - The Rising
Alex Couture - Stillness is Waiting
Simrit - Air
EarthRise SoundSystem, Morley - Intention
Sean Angus Watson - Let Me in
East Forest - Mend
Meghan Currie,The Blend Orchestra - We Breathe In
Sylvia Kirchherr, Christian Amin Varkonyi - Yucu Nino
Ann McDonald - A Calling Home
Netanel Goldberg  מי כמוך
נתן רבין - גוף אחד
Eskimotion - Moving
Idan Armoni, Mark Eliyahu - Waves
Shpongle - Hammock Therapy
Sam Garrett - Higher Than The Mountains
Nessi Gomes - These Walls
שחף שוורצמן - גל של אור
Orka - Sirenita Bobinsana
Djamchid Sisters - יותר מידי
Racoon Racoon - Moon River
Thom Yorke - Suspirium
Blick Bassy - Aké
Orot - Ani Shomea
Sheffy Oren Bach - Ahuvat Libo
José González - Heartbeats
MARDELEVA - Love Song  
FKJ,((( O ))) - Ylang Ylang
Tree Theater ,Emily C  Browning - Lover
Fiona Apple -  Sullen Girl
Christian Amin Varkonyi ,Sylvia Kirchherr - Grace
Deya Dova - Isles of the Great Goddess
Chen Benita - Great Mother
Netanel Goldberg - Breath
Sophia Spallino - My Healing
Woven Kin ,Leah Song - Down Deeper
Ajeet ,Trevor Hall - Akaal
Shye Ben Tzur - Sovev
The Diwan Project - Comfortable
Zusha - Shefa
Asaf Avidan, The Mojos - Reckoning Song
Olivia Fern - The Moon's Song
Orka - שיר לילדי
Aviv Bahar, Hadas Kleinman - מה שיבוא עלינו
Kayam - Desert, Pt 2
Liron Meyuhas - Its Time
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Billie Eilish - My Future
Mazzy Star - Into Dust
WMD - It Was 9:30 and You Were Beautiful
East Forest - Hold On
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
שלום חנוך - אדם בתוך עצמו
Laor  - Ana Elech
תמי בן הדר - נביפה
YAIMA - Force ( Acoustic )
Alexia Chellun - Oeaho
Puentes - Colibri Dorado
Bittersweet theme edit
Hang Massive - The Secret Kissing of the Sun and Moon
Shir Holtzman - Ahuvi
Zohar Bar Shalom - הכל ניתן
Orot - Shar Libi

Remedy For The Soul Mates 🌹Lovers Path To Healing

Equinox 22.9.21

The Equinox is a time of balance and stillness. Grandmother Earth and her worlds are in an equal amount of day and night, outward action and internal reflection. This balance creates a pause, a stillness. We feel this type of pause with every breath, the moment our inhale turns and becomes an exhale.When we are rooted in our pausing with balance and stillness, we become a space of equilibrium that, like a tuning fork, can support others to pause and find their balance.Let's balance our inner night and day.Let's use our darkness to become the most magical light.

The recording is a live recording after a cacao-ritual on the first day at Retreat:Magika at Haarberghof/Austria. Thank you to all who made this gathering possible in difficult times and deep gratitude with all my heart for the wonderful music I was allowed to use here.

Magika Collective: https://magika.fm
Retreat Center:  https://www.haarberghof.com
Booking: karlkoeck@gmx.at
Photo: Ayni/ insta:iam.ayni

Canto de Medicina @ Retreat:Magika/Haarberghof June 2021

02/16/2022
reflections: a silent movement retreat
casa de ati
cerro de oro, lago atitlán
guatemala

00:00 sunyata — tor
04:51 foxglove — tor
09:23 vapor (arkay koo remix) — rodrigo gallardo
14:54 pascaballos — barrio lindo
18:00 lecce 74 — yeahman, el búho
22:14 lua (pippi ciez retake) — djamou sangare, idd aziz, pippi ciez
29:17 what have you been doing kasia — warsaw village band, el búho
33:20 somos — lemurian, j.pool, aiwu
38:14 nene man ni — gianni romano, emanuele esposito
44:13 sapana — sahalé
48:40 travelers — antoine cara
52:37 gratitude — mose, mario benassi
1:00:21 otomo — bonobo, o'flynn
1:06:53 lightraker — tor
1:10:55 light forms — rohne

photo of mose
@mosemusica
♡︎

reflections 𓁹 casa de ati, cerro de oro, lago atitlán, o2/16/2o22

This is probably the most personal creation i have ever made
passing through significant gateways of life and death
weaved through one another with great forces 
two weeks ago, while i turned 35 weeks pregnant with my second child, my beloved mother passed away at 67 years old . 
gracfully returning her soul to source and her body to mother earth , we walked her in this transition to the next phase of her existence. 
while this new life coming very soon is pulsing inside me initiating me to my next evolution journey. 
this creation is a part of my process and i dedicate it to this very special and meaningful time of my life.
hope this soundtrack will support you on your journey with grace and connection to spirit. 
with deep intentions of healing and acceptance of any kind of change we are going through our personal and collective experiences .
deep gratitude to all the creators of this divine music. 
love, yonder

The Endless Spiral Of Life And Death

The theme of the 2023 edition of BOOM Festival was Radical Love and I was inspired to curate a mix that would invite the listener to embrace all of oneself. A few hundred beautiful beings at the Prana Shala received the journey and it included the debut of the ambient remix by @intiche of my new singer-songwriter productions as Jon David (@jondavidmusic). The remix of 'I Am' seemed to find a magical placement following the words of Ram Dass and the musical genius of Jon Hopkins and East Forest. 

"Your greatest sadness is when the heart is unacknowledged."
"Acknowledge your heart"
"Your heart is always trying to return home"
"Be patient with your heart"
[As inspired by and spoken through Lee Harris]

@boomfestivalofficial

Tracklist:

1. Aligned Muse - Replenish: Violin & Shruti Music
2. Lov Lenka - Water @numamusica
3. Adham Shaikh - Voices of Hope @adhamshaikh
4. Maywa - Janaina @maywa @numamusica
5. Adham Shaikh - Voices of Hope @adhamshaikh
6. Koresma - Held by a Thread @koresma
7. Daniel Imhof - L'ile Verte @daniel-imhof @peace_onearth
8. John Lunn - Lívstræðrir
9. Alexandros Sidiropoulos - Little Fire @meditation432
10. Beautiful Chorus - I Am Safe
11. Kevin Wrenn - The Initiation Codex @nw_yogi
12. Lov Lenka - Air @numamusica
13. Janax Pacha - El Llanto Del Arbol @janaxpachax @numamusica
14. J.Pool - Meditaciones XXI @j_pool @numamusica
15. Kora - Je te vois @kora-musique @saisonsmusique
16. Adham Shaikh - Voices of Hope @adhamshaikh
17. Sogyal Rinpoche & Richard Page - Natural Great Peace
18. Max Richter - All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix) 
19. Maywa - Blue @maywa @numamusica
20. Gerhard Fankhauser & Einat Gilboa - Native Prayer @healingworldmusic
21. Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight
22. Jon Hopkins, Ram Dass, East Forest - Sit Around the Fire @jonhopkins @eastforest
23. Jon David - I Am (Intiche Remix) @jondavidmusic @intiche
24. Yehezkel Raz - Shallow Water (feat. Sivan Talmor) @yehezkelraz
25. Aligned Muse - Aria Koshi Chime

Apukuna - Embracing You Sound Journey @ BOOM Festival 2023

At the start of 2025 I had the honor of playing a Sound Journey for 300+ people in Grand Teatret, the esteemed and beautiful Art Deco cinema in central Copenhagen. 
The Sound Journey is a short introduction to my principles of using music as a guide on a psychedelic journey, and was played as warm up to a special showing of Music for Mushrooms, arranged by Psykedelisk Samfund (The Danish Psychedelic Society https://psykedelisksamfund.dk/ ) together with Grand Teatret https://grandteatret.dk/ 

Artwork: Own Photo from Grand

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.
If you have issues with commercials on Soundcloud, try playing from a web-browswer without being logged in on Soundcloud.

00:00 Silvia Nakkach with Christopher Eickmann - Shaman Journey - https://silvianakkach.com/
05:00 Master Minded - Deep Dive - https://masterminded.bandcamp.com/
08:18 Garth Stevenson - Dawn (Tracks OST version) - https://garthstevenson.bandcamp.com/
13:00 KEYNVOR & Sebastian Plano - Marazion https://www.sebastianplano.com/
16:26 Michael Rasa - Let the Light Come in: Mix of Daniëlle Uriël - Pure Heart - https://danielleuriel.bandcamp.com/ 
      & Carbon Based Lifeforms - 20 Minutes - https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/
25:04 Aukai - Branches of Sun - https://aukai.bandcamp.com/
26:03 Eguana & Queight - Forest Song IV (Rasa Rework) - https://cosmicleaf.bandcamp.com/album/forest-song
29:18 Sandrayati - Found (feat Ólafur Arnalds) - https://sandrayati.bandcamp.com/track/found-2
33:33 >>END<<
Jungle sounds: Colombia recordings by Adrien Pola - https://freesound.org/people/AdrienPola/

Grand Sound Journey

angel (slowed)

Careful with the dutch chocolate!
Honour the medicines or you may be taught unexpected lessons;

We hosted the "Floating space" at the castle burn outside Berlin (Burning Bär), with brothers and sisters of what I would call the tribe of light (Chiara and Manuel from Garbicz festival / ambient floor, Amber from the Gardens of Babylon family and traveling brother Mazoes of the Fata Morgana Oasis). <3
Amber gifted me a very special piece of magic dutch truffle chocolate at midnight, which I gracefully ate in one bite (I was told it was mild). Outside our windows the climax of the burn took place. The Bear burned beautifully in the castle courtyard, and as I went to prepare my performance, I started to feel the truffle medicine. Shortly after people arrived in piles in front of my spaceship, Chiara and Manuel on my side. The performance started, the musical spaceship took off. 
But I got the lost in the cables and buttons. I tried to fix it but couldn't hold it at the time, as I was beginning to lose myself in other dimensions. 
I became a cosmic time traveler and was sucked third eye first, straight into a huge piece of amethyst crystal placed in my lab. Caught in a timeloop of glimpses of my future (current) path, that I had seen coming, during past plant ceremonies. I lost myself entirely in that moment, as I found the key to control my timeline and how to change the speed of time, by the sound and volume on my mixer. 
When I came back to semi-reality I felt I had gone through a public meltdown and that I had failed "my audience" and all people at the burn. That I had destroyed the entire event and I that I suddenly was hated for it by every participant in the castle. I felt I was the core center of resentment and negative attention, and I had to postpone my performance and leave the area. All over the castle I could hear people talking about my failure, as my world was crumbling and I had lost all pieces of the puzzle on the floor. This would mean I would lose everything I had. My "career" and my source of income. My life-partner. Our apartment and home. My friends and my relations. My life. 
So there I sat in the middle of the main hall on the grand stairway of the castle and gathered the pieces of my mind, facing what I felt was the looks of condescending blame from my fellow burners. And just acknowledging my failure in public with silent accept, until I could find slowly find my way back to light, love and a somewhat normal approach to life several hours later when realizing there was a Zendo space available, to talk about my experience. 

So this is an exempt of the 5 hour sound journey, where I re-found myself in the "Floating Space" in the early morning hours. Feel free to journey back into love with me... 
Please forgive me. I am only human <3
Thank you Flameboy, Shining Britta and others that were lovingly there for me. Perception of reality is a curious thing

Picture is lovely co-creator from Ambient floor at Garbicz -  Chiara Salome - https://soundcloud.com/chiara-salome/dmt-01

WWWWWWWWW

We are part of the medicine tribe - Wake Collective. 
Fusing modern vibrations with ancestral wisdom. 
In service to bridging worlds and uniting souls. Creating transformational experiences and offering sacred ceremony. To heal the soul and the collective whole. We work beyond borders and boundaries with prayers and pure intentions. 

We are:
Medicine musicians and space holders. Psychologists and activists. Therapists and artists. Doctors and nurses. 
An array of openhearted people across the healing spectre, that found answers with the grandmother of the forest, but well experienced with different medicine spaces.
We are offering our wisdom and services, to connect you with your heart and mother earth.
nordiclighttravel@gmail.com
With love and humility - Wake Collective

WWWWWWWWW

Space Journey - Indian impressions (@ Burning Bär - Floating Space - Berlin castle burn)

Floor Giselle Opening, Peace On Earth @ Burg Schnabel 19.10.18
@alunaritualmusic
All the love to Steffen and Maywa,  cacao and healing music. <3

_________________________
Mastering @haunted_water
Artwork @roko110

Peace on Earth #1 - ALUNA

@apukuna

A Prayer. An Infinite Movement. A Surrendering to an Awakening Heart.

Featuring the debut of Eagle Grouse from emerging artist @midorimusicalcreatrix
Recorded, August 2, 2020, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Artwork @apukuna

Tracklist:

1. Temple Step Project - A New Vision - Invocation (with Darpan) @temple-step-project @darpan
2. Maneesh de Moor - Medicine of Truth (So Hum) @mdmsound
3. Liquid Bloom feat. Deya Dova - Resonant Migration (Temple Step Project Ambient Mix) @liquidbloom @deya-dova @temple-step-project @desert-trax
4. Desert Dwellers - In the Beginning @desertdwellers @merkaba-music-1
5. Erothyme - Thousand Hands of God (feat. Entheo) @erothyme @entheo
6. Random Rab - Apparently (feat. Katie Gray) @random-rab
7. Ludovico Einaudi - Walk (Phaeleh Remix) @ludovicoeinaudi @phaeleh
8. Nanosphere - Into Your Spiral Embrace @nanosphere
9. J.Pool - Mi Alma @j_pool
10. Baptiste Sejourné​ & Kama Lila Sol - Kura Kura @baptiste-sejourne @kamilla-sol @numamusica
11. Maneesh de Moor - Arcana of Orion @mdmsound
12. Darpan - Blessing @darpan
13. Loituma - Viimesen Kerran (The Very Last Time) @sixdegreesrecords
14. Jason Jōb - Warmth @jasonjob
15. Yaima - It's Written in the Wind @yaima-music
16. Hearthfire - Open My Eyes
17. Wah! - Om Tare @wah-music
18. Hiatus - Distancer @hiatus
19. Noahs Boat - The less you love, the less you live @noahs-boat
20. Random Rab - Sunesis @random-rab
21. Landikhan feat. Niña Indigo - Astral (Original)  @lndkhn
22. Maneesh de Moor - Icaro of the River Dolphin @mdmsound
23. Âpe Chimba - Sin Miedo @apechimba
24. Emancipator - Baralku (Frameworks Remix) @emancipator @frameworks @locirecords
25. Maneesh de Moor - Agua Florida Blessing @mdmsound
26. Raio - Agua Pura @pachamantra
27. BLOOM, ELIH - The Long Run @bloommusicofficial @elias-hector @resuenomusic
28. hobta - Los Angeles Sir? (Original Mix) @hobta @heimlichaufsc
29. Nina Simmons - Tamba Tamba (Nairobi Matata Jazz Edit) @whoisninasimmons @plurpurarecords 
30. M-Seven - Creative Tao
31. Âpe Chimba - Kwo @apechimba
32. Tronje Kaemena - Sand @tronje-kaemena @peace_onearth
33. Shab Abed - Ateb
34. Bība, M@kossa & Waiyari - Nature's Infinity @mmakossa @bibawithlove @thetenthdoor
35. Alex Kaminski - Eros @alex_kaminski @wayurecords
36. Mira & Chris Schwarzwälder - Ayun (Original Mix) @mira_kater @shuffle @katermukke
37. Midori - Eagle Grouse @midorimusicalcreatrix
38. Maneesh de Moor - Colibri Icaro @mdmsound
39. Bība, M@kossa & Waiyari - Water is Life @mmakossa @bibawithlove @thetenthdoor
40. Aleceo - Maria Ft. Kailash Kokopelli & Tatyana Kalmykova @aleceo @kokopelli-kailash @tatyana-kalmykova-swa @resuenomusic
41. Maneesh de Moor - Medicine Blessing @mdmsound
42. Erothyme - Sunshine through Speakers (feat. Madelion Moondrop) @erothyme
43. Ulla Pirttijarvi - Hildda Luohti (Hilda's Song) @sixdegreesrecords
44. Hiatus - The Magician @hiatus

MIX: Apukuna - Surrender Fear Into Love

Apukuna is a visionary DJ and musician whose musical offerings transcend the ordinary, creating powerful, heart-centered journeys that ignite dance floors, guide ambient sound journeys, and deepen breathwork sessions. His distinctive approach to DJ'ing relies on looping, live remixing, live vocals, and digital percussion to craft unique and improvised experiences.

Known for his ability to blend sacred music with soul-shaking movement, Apukuna's journeys help to heal, uplift, and guide transformational experiences. He describes his creations as a ‘movement, a meditation, and a prayer for an awakening heart’.

Apukuna is also singer-songwriter Jon David (@jondavidmusic) and an adept presenter and workshop facilitator, delving into the realms of conscious communication, community-building, and food.

Apukuna has facilitated dance floors and workshops at BOOM Festival (Portugal), Dreamersland (Poland), Ecstatic Dance Festival (Cyprus), Beyond Music & Arts Festival (Turkey), Sonic Springs (Canada), Shambhala Music Festival (Canada), Lucidity Festival (USA), Lightning in a Bottle (USA), and Burning Man (USA).

Bookings: Private Message via Soundcloud or Email (connect@apukunamusic.com)

2025 UPCOMING: 

Sep 28 - Dance Portal (Nelson, BC, CANADA)
Nov 21 - On Danse (Val David, QC, CANADA)
Nov 22 - Danse-Extatique Québec (Québec City, QC, CANADA)
Nov 27 - Ecstatic Dance Toronto (Toronto, ON, CANADA)
Nov 28 - Plein Soleil (Montreal, QC, CANADA)
Dec 9 - Fluidity (Ashland, OR, USA)
Dec 11 - Mt Shasta Ecstatic Dance (Mt Shasta, CA, USA)
Dec 14 - Williams Ecstatic Dance (Williams, OR, USA)
Dec 16 - Bend Ecstatic Dance (Bend, OR, USA)
Dec 17 - Portland Ecstatic Dance (Portland, OR, USA)

WHAT IS "APUKUNA"? (artist statement)

"Apukuna" is a Quechua word meaning 'mountain spirits'. Following an apprenticeship into Andean cosmology, I chose the name to honor the people, the wisdom, and to invite deeper appreciation for their sacred relationship to land, mountains and the unseen. This relationship is available to all of us who walk this earth and is where much of my musical inspiration emerges."

SC Banner Artist: Jennifer Espenscheid https://thesomashow.com

MIX: Apukuna - Surrender Fear Into Love

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