I would like to tell you a story of a young promising shipibo shaman who tragically passed away, his struggling family in need of support and a song collaboration that we made between the spirit and physical realms. 

When I came to Peru I experienced 4 powerful ceremony with Shipibos. I really connected energetically with one of the shamans, the youngest and most energetic one - Felipe Segundo. He had a great stamina and his Icaros were really powerful, at the same time he was a very gentle soul. I still remember when the big dose of Ayahuasca totally blew me into the fractal womb and I didn't want to come back to reality, but when I finally hearda voice telling me that he wants to sing for me and if I want to sit up and receive it. Just because of my respect for him I knew I need to be reborn into my body and so, all covered in my purge, barely seeing with one eye up and holding my self up into balance I got up and received his Icaro. Those ceremonies became the main reason why I continue to live in Peru and work with plant medicine and sound. 

After the ceremonies we promised to make a song together but I've never felt ready. Almost a year later he died tragically in a moto caro accident... I've felt I forever lost the chance to honor him with our promised song. Recently I was having a solo mushroom journey in the music studio of the Sacred Valley in Peru, I listened to some track and when it finished the next song that came on with shuffle was the recording of his Icaro from the ceremonies we shared. I wasn't aware I had it on my macbook among gigabytes of music. I understood this is no coincidence so I started working on my sound promise. 2 days ago the beother of Felipe Segundo wrote me that the family is struggling because of the COVID, they're sick and need financial support. They offer their handicrafts and need help. I understood again that these synchronicities are not an coincidence.

I am sharing the finished song to reach more people, a collaboration between the spirit and physical world, the jungle and the Sacred Valley, between me and a beautiful soul that won't sing again in the ceremony but his voice will always stay in the energetic body and DNA of the people he helped. Our promise is now complete brother. 
This is his last Icaro...

RAQ - The Last Icaro (feat. Maestro Felipe II)

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

Dear sisters and brothers here we present the second SavaBorsa Selección. It's autumn , time for turning inwards, and this is what we tried to reflect in this audio journey and also where the title comes from : Introspection.
Please like & share this mix if you enjoy it. Deep gratitude for all the wonderful artists of this selection : Poranguí, Nalini Blossom, Craig Pruess, Mose, Jai Cuzco, Curawaka, Aluna: Steffen Ki & Maywa, Raio & Sophie Sôfrēē, Ben Temple Step, Eric Zang, J.Pool, Frank Fable, Muta, Ninze, Danit, Soehngenetic ... Tracklist on demand in message. Enjoy! <3

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Selección 02 : Introspection

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. @apukuna

[mix002] - This 75-minute journey was recorded in December 2021. The journey includes Native American musicians R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo / Ute), Primeaux & Mike (Oglalla/Dakota (Yankton) Sioux and Ponca & Dine Navajo) and Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida Nation, Wolf Clan, Haudenosaunee). As this breathwork journey was coming together, Joanne Shenanodah breathed her last breath in this life on November 22, 2021. Prayers to Joanne on her journey into ancestorhood. Also included in this mix is a favorite for breathwork - Deya Dova’s Ancient Creation Mother - recorded on the edge of Kīlauea volcano crater on Hawai’i’s Big Island.

Tracklist:

1. R. Carlos Nakai – Creation Chant
2. Deya Dova – Ancient Creation Mother @deya-dova
3. Alexandros Sidiropoulos – The Sacral @meditation432
4. Chancha Via Circuito & Luvi Torres – Abro @chanchaviacircuito @luvitorres @wonderwheel-recordings
5. Alexandros Sidiropoulos – The Sacral @meditation432
6. Deya Dova – The Primordial Sea @deya-dova
7. Beautiful Chorus – I Release 
8. Vena Portae – The Balance (Mountains) @venaportae
9. Deya Dova – Ancient Creation Mother @deya-dova
10. Alexandros Sidiropoulos – The Sacral @meditation432
11. Yin Ling – Inanna @yinling-soulsong
12. Byron Metcalf – The Winds of Spirit One 
13. Lee Jones – Drone Strike @leejones
14. Primeaux & Mike – Awakening 
15. East Forest – Deliquesce [edit] @eastforest
16. LovLenka - Air @numamusica
17. John Lunn & Eivør  - Lívstræðrir
18. Joanna Shenandoah and Lawrence Laughing – Prophecy Song
19. East Forest – Possible @eastforest
20. Rohne – Highlands @rohne

APUKUNA - Breath Medicine 002

When my last solo album Selva Sagrada came out, I felt that these songs deserved a more danceable treatment from the world's best Ecstatic Dance DJ's - and many of them came on the boat, so here's the first single of a series of monthly releases to come: the deep forest Remix of Breathe, made by the amazing BINDER.

Keep breathing, no matter what!

lyrics
Breathe; breathe in the air
Ela me respira, me enraiza, me segura, me ama
Mama Mama Pachamama,
Heya Heya Heya Hey

Composer - Praful U.B. Schroeder
Mastered by - Anti Logic Mastering

Praful - Breathe (Binder Remix)

🌿 Recorded Live at a sacred medicine circle 🌿 June 2022
Moving forward with our personal and collective ascension 
Passing through portals of death of the old storied and thought forms
into a pure state of being, new vibrations of love and unity emerge from the ashes of the old earth into the new grid. 
Being born into the arms of mother nature, finally safe to be ourselves. 
this is the remembrance of our wholeness . united with source . 
blessed to share this transmission of pure love and intention recorded at a beautiful ceremony with mother aya . 
Grateful to receive this deep healing and upgrades. 
Grateful to all the amazing musicians and medicine people sharing their gifts from spirit. 
🐍
full songlist:
Shastro - Shamans' Healing
Wolfgang Ohmer - Equinox
Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca
Bachan Kaur - Danza De La Luna
Todos Curanderos - Mariri
Delfina Mun - Pájaro
Ayla Schafer - Fluyendo
Obinrin Trio,Ju Strassacapa - Feito Fumaça
Advaya & La Deo - Toldot haneshama
Zohar Bar Shalom- גישה לרוח
Gerhard Fankhauser, Einat Gilboa - Ka'ayal
Omer Gonen-Haela, Eli kesem Naharan - Oxum
Astral Flowers -  Força da Cura
Ekoa, Pata Negra - Mother Whale
Silvia Nakkach With Christopher Eickmann - Icaro Madresita (Dear Mother Icaro)
Devendra Banhart - Freely
LAOR - Ma Avakesh
Puentes - Nuestro Mundo
Nessi Gomes - As You Will - Shye Ben Tzur Cover
Patrick Watson - Je te laisserai des mots
Woven Kin - Hibernate
Acabou Chorare
Hang Brothers - Odalalune
 Josii Yakecan, Pablo Castro Flor de La Selva - Jurema Ôh Jurema
Zohar Bar Shalom - הכל תומך הכל


Painting by Cristina McAllister

Keys To Ascension 🟢 Sacred Heart Meditação journey

Hi Beloveds <3
sharing with you the second part, second wave of a beautiful and powerful journey
that I just played last weekend on a such magical love ceremony - tribal wedding,
in the wonderfull desert on a magical full moon night.
no need to say more right? :)
so grateful for the opportunity to play this kind of deep music
to a beautiful souls that are really open to dive deeper and deeper
and surrender to the depth of our being.

much love and gratitude to Yael & Rotem, the beautiful brides, 
thank you for inviting me to be apart of your love
apart of your tribe.

❤

Full of gratitude for my fav artists in this mixset:
FACESOUL - KAYAM - Sol Rising - Max Ribner - The Polish Ambassador -
Skysia - Amethyst - Maywa - Tomanka - Equanimous - Ayla Nereo - 
Ryan Herr - Clem Beatz - Bongeziwe Mabandla - Mose - 
Mike Rauss - Guacáyo - Sommer Love - ((( O ))) - 
Erothyme - Madelion Moondrop -

❤

Photograph ' Eye of The Moon ' by Lynn Sessions

Spiritito - The Eye of The Moon - Tribal Love Ceremoy - Full Moon Night

An ai generated instrumental music track.

Quiet Tide

I would like to thank Barak, known as @LightChildProject, good friend and beautiful brother. I got insipired to build this story by his amazing playlist of wonderful and magical deep music around the world:

https://soundcloud.com/lightchildproject/sets/music-for-ceremonies

art by geenss archenti~

Shamanic Healing Sounds Yoga Practice:)

NAMASKAR

Support and follow: 
@dj_mezcal

We are glad to present this amazing work by Don Juan Mezcal. For us, he is a really special guest. Deepest music coming from the bottom of the heart consisting of the Medicine songs. 
This is the first time when we are releasing such a conceptual mix with so much music in this style, although the label’s philosophy is closely linked to the shamanic traditions of South and North America. 
It is a great honour for us to welcome on board of mother Alae an artist with impeccable taste and an impressive collection of sincere music.

Tracklist:

Txai Fernando - The Forest
Nick Barbachano - Arbolito Divino
Vibrant Silence - Confianza
Bettina Maureenji feat. Narayan Dass - Rainha
Love Lenka - Seek
Nick Barbachano - Xuti Kutli
Aayam - Cura do Beija Flor
Peia - Txoria Txori
Kailash Kokopelli - Kikilla Lullaby
Bettina Maureenji feat. Narayan Dass, Bryn Quick, Will Lydgate - Adonai Ori
Love Lenka - Water
Vibrant Silence - Raiz
Astral Flowers - Pachamama
Mariana Root - Adamaya
Alonso del Rio - Tiempos de Flores
Rainer Scheurenbrand - Salvia
Aukai - La Joya
Yoga Music for Kids Masters - Healing Meditation
Vibrant Silence - Canto a los Ancestros
Nick Barber - Meditation
Anugama - Inside

Dj-Set

Alae Records Podcast Vol VIII mixed by Don Juan Mezcal

Yonder weaves frequencies that move energy, open hearts, and stir the soul.

I’m here to move you —
not just to dance, but to feel.
To drop into your body, open your heart, and remember who you are
through rhythm, breath, and bass.

My sets are alive.
Tribal, soulful, earthy, a little wild.
Think ecstatic dance meets organic club,
with sprinkles of medicine magic and deep feminine fire.

Every mix is a journey—crafted to stir something real,
to shake loose the stuck parts,
and bring you back to your raw, radiant self.

This isn’t just music.
It’s a portal. A prayer. A pulse.

I create dance journeys, sacred club nights, and ritual events
for those who crave connection, embodiment, and real magic on the dancefloor.

So come as you are.
Get barefoot. Get free.
Let’s dance the mystery together.

for booking and Contact : Yarden.elbocher@gmail.com