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native american flute for music relaxation

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Meta calendar says today is the National Relaxation Day in the USA. Whilst, from my experience, life in the USA is far from relaxing, I appreciate this excuse to pause - or at least slow down - and reflect on what the relationship between relaxation and music really is. To gently celebrate, I am releasing into open access this track of Native American flute improvisation with a guiding narrative (in English). Providing deep relaxation through improvised music - voice, flute, specially tuned steel tongue drum - has been central to my music therapy work with vulnerable adults in medical, palliative and mental health settings. I have improvised similar music many times, in various situations - usually tuning into my client's breathing pattern, matching it. The flute patterns you will hear on this track hold the memory and breaths of many beautiful human beings I was privileged to work with. I think of this as a collaboration, for which I am forever grateful. It is certainly not a univ...