Name: Calming Breath Practice with Crystal Bowls by Sonic Yogi
Duration: 5 min 24 s
Description: A prelude for meditation, or just a brief relaxation to calm the nervous system. The breath count is 4 counts inhale, and 5 counts for the exhale.

We drink from the life-giving waters of our soul to access the creative abundance of the divine feminine so we may give back to life. The true life that cannot help but thrive. This spring of benevolence is your own good and sweet heart. It is overflowing with vitality, beauty and love. It is who we are.

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Cosmic Solitude is a mellow lo-fi escape into the vast expanse of the universe, crafted by Nexus and Lo-fi OldBoy. This album creates a tranquil yet expansive soundscape, perfect for those moments when you want to feel the weightlessness of drifting through space 🌌. With its soft beats, atmospheric textures, and soothing melodies, Cosmic Solitude invites listeners to embrace the quiet moments of solitude and reflection, far from the noise of the world.

Each track is carefully composed to evoke the stillness of the cosmos, with warm, crackling vinyl sounds, gentle synths, and chill rhythms that create an ambient, space-like quality. Whether you’re deep in thought, working on creative projects, or simply gazing at the stars, this album provides a soundtrack that feels intimate yet boundless 🌙✨.

Nexus and Lo-fi OldBoy have crafted a sound that’s both comforting and otherworldly, blending mellow lo-fi with subtle cosmic influences. Cosmic Solitude is a peaceful journey through sound, offering a sense of serenity and introspection in a world that often feels too fast-paced 🌿. Let the soft beats carry you through the quiet expanse of your own thoughts and the universe beyond.

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Be sure to listen to the twin record, "MUSIC TO DIE TO" for the complete listening experience : http://soundcloud.com/eastforest

Trevor Oswalt's near-death experiences catalyzed a search for answers. After two violent bicycle accidents – the second of which causing almost identical injuries to the first incident – he began searching for understanding; his path eventually lead him to volunteer in a hospice, until Oswalt, aka East Forest, felt comfortable facing his fears. 

"Everyone copes with loss and trauma in different ways," he says.  "I was searching for a way that could help me and others at the same time." 

That search birthed the idea for his next album, Music To Die To, out February 26, 2016 on Aquilo Records.  "People think that nearly everything in life stems from the fact that we know we're going to die, and that real creative freedom comes from accepting our mortality," Oswalt says. "Part of this album is literally music for people to die to, but it's also the soundtrack of my own journey toward acceptance."

Inspired by one of his idols, Keith Jarrett, and his The Köln Concert, Oswalt knew he'd improvise most of the recordings by live looping a combination of vintage pianos, his voice, and original field recordings, all with the theme of life's finite nature in mind.  Recording on an organic farm in upstate New York and a remote ranch in the southern Utah high desert, he bunkered in until he had more than enough for one album. 
"Once you get out into nature and get the ball rolling, the improvisation starts to flow through you," he says. "I love the idea of giving birth to music on the spot, to record something in the moment that won't be made again."

Armed with a surplus of material, East Forest realized the perfect bookend: Music To Be Born To, the sister album to Music To Die To. To me, birth comes from the space created by the destruction of something, not the other way around. Out of death comes birth.” 

Together, the twin releases form a perfect pair, complementing the other in not only theme, but in musical substance. The former is an optimistic glow bathed in waves of his "blissful" (NPR), ethereal sound; the latter is more direct, more organic, and more focused - embodying an increasingly-mature sound and aesthetic.  but provides a fresher start with a newer beginning.

In 2016, he's back in Portland, but is now armed with a live show that is continually evolving; sometimes performing solo, sometimes with a string section, and often with cinematic projections. With experience as a performing pianist for a dance troupe, in a hospice volunteering as well as in the Amazonian jungle searching for answers, his music is a connected journey that's been dubbed "a revelatory excursion in sound" (Under The Gun Review) that invites listeners to "go on a journey of self discovery" (Earmilk).  He's been featured on NPR's Second Stage and Tiny Desk Contest, and shared the stage with Moby. 

"We forget that we are nature. We feel so much separation in our modern life, inundated with so much information; I believe our solutions will come from the inside out. They're already here, we're just uncovering them." 

"It’s all a process of discovery.  We need to give space for that which wants to emerge  -- something needs to die for something else to be born.  Making these albums was my way of creating some space, and inside I hope to hear an answer.

WEB - http://www.eastforest.org 
FB - http://www.facebook.com/eastforestmusic
INSTAGRAM - http://instagram.com/eastforest
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/eastforestmusic
TWITTER - http://www.twitter.com/eastforestmusic

#eastforest #eastforestmusic

Trevor Oswalt - live looped music, field recordings, vocals
Taylor Deupree - mastering
Michael Robinson - art direction

Formats CD/DIGITAL/CASSETTE

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5njykYa3HBUuxLwfUFyAm7?si=GKMVEqAbRBSYufJmXyoTmQ

Spoken Transmission: Richard Rudd www.genekeys.com 
Production, Mixing & Mastering: Theo Grace 

Album Art by Eric Nez & Elijah Parker: 
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A prelude for meditation, or just a brief relaxation to calm the nervous system. The breath count is 4 counts inhale, and 5 counts for the exhale.

Calming Breath Practice with Crystal Bowls

Guided meditation by East Forest.  
Words and Music - East Forest
Mastering - Taylor Deupree

Want More Meditations?  See http://music.eastforest.org and also see the Ten Laws with East Forest Podcast whereever you listen to podcasts.

Guided Meditations

Meditation For Chaotic Times [Guided Meditation]

Sound has the power to heal.   As a musician I had always thought of music as art, and a way to entertain, but I have now started to look at music and sound in a new light. 

During an experience with extreme anxiety, I found music to be a valuable tool for helping me to work through it. Later, in order to understand more about what was going on with me (and to prove to myself that I wasn't completely insane), I started to read more about psychology and neuroscience and spirituality and anything that related to the "inner world" that I had re-discovered. Through this experience, I discovered the powerful value of music (frequency, sound and rhythm).  I was always attracted to the mysterious nature of music and sound, but now I see it's potential as a healing force and something that can be helpful for other people. In the process have also learned a lot about different mental states (states of consciousness) and how sound and frequency can help me to access and focus my mind in these states. 

Music is the study and artful use of frequencies, but in essence our whole world is frequency. Science acknowledges that everything is vibrating, from solid matter and our brainwaves down to the activity of the smallest particles we know of. The world we live in is a world of vibration. A world of music!

So, this is what has inspired me to start this SoundCloud page.  I have been working on music and sounds (mainly recording nature sounds, so far) not only for my own self therapy, but also to share with family and friends that had told me that they were dealing with similar issues (or just wanted music for meditation or for relaxing.) This is still an exploration for me and I hope you'll find this helpful in your life.

Calming Breath Practice with Crystal Bowls

Sonic Yogi

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