On November 12, 2011, Don Simmons spoke at the 2011 Cymatics Conference sponsored by the International Sound Therapy Association on the topic of Incorporating Sound Therapy Into Your Practice. Below is a list of recommended music to enhance your massage practice and facilitate healing by using the Power of Sounds.

List of Recommended CD’s

 

Steven Halpern ~ Atmosphere with Sound

Ocean Suite                  

Lake Suite

Serenity Suite

 

Steven Halpern

             Chakra Suite

Music for Massage

Higher Ground – (Dr. Brian Weiss uses this CD in his private sessions!)

Music For Sound Healing

Tonal Alchemy

Inner Peace

Comfort Zone

Peace of Mind – piano

Paradigm Shift

Initiation – chanting inside the Great Pyramid

 

Jonn Serrie

             Thousand Star

Sunday Morning Peace

Maiden Voyage

 

Don Simmons

   Journey To Transformation – crystal bowls, voice om and gong

   Sounds of Meditation – crickets, shamans’s drum, whales and crystal bowls

 

Kitaro

                  Best of Kitaro

                  Silk Road

                  An Enchanted Evening

                  Mandala

 

Chris Spheeris

                  Culture

                  Mystic Traveller

Chris Spheeris andPaul Voudouris                                                                       

                      Passage

                       

 Flying Mystics

                  Begin Within

 

Paul Horn – flute (can be jazz influenced)

                  “Inside” series

Liquid Mind – you cannot go wrong here

Dean Evenson – nature sounds, flute, guitar – very relaxing

 

 

Notable Mentions

Deuter – nature with a slight Eastern feel

Bruce Becvar – guitar, breezy for the most part – some chanting CD’s

Karunesh – Eastern flavor – some chanting

Enya - know her, love her – Celtic in style with vocals

Aeoliah – ethereal, peaceful (some are guided meditations)

Jim Brickman - piano (careful of some vocals included)

Pat Metheny – guitar – pick carefully (but "Road to You - Live" is 1 of the 10 CD’s I’d have on the deserted Island)

Lyle Mays – piano, sometimes Jazzy (plays in the Pat Metheny band – also solo career)

Yanni - thematic

Constance Demby – piano, electronic - sometimes dramatic

David Arkenstone - good - may be thematic

Paul Avgerinos - can be dark

Michael Hoppe - beautiful guitar

Peter Kater - beautiful piano

R. Carlos Nakai – native American flute, one of the best there is

Mary Youngblood – native American flute

Ottmar Liebert - flamenco guitar – one of the best

Secret Garden - duo of piano and violin – can be sad

Vangelis - piano and electronic – great Ambient music (“Chariots of Fire” composer)

Andreas Vollenweider - electronic harpist

 

Ones to listen and pull carefully from – you’ll enjoy them on your own!

Enigma - driving beats, theatrical

Jean Michel Jarre - synth, theatrical

Craig Chaquico - jazzy guitar

Deep Forest - world music, some with Portuguese words

Keith Jarrett – jazz piano

George Winston - jazz piano

Shadowfax - jazzy

Sarah Brightman - words, words, words … but beautiful words

Jean-Luc Ponty – jazzy, funk

Keiko Matsui - piano, moody sometimes funky/jazz

Bruce Davidson – guitar, smooth jazz like

Gregorian Chants

            Krishna Das – Kirtan chant

           Deve Premal & Miten – Indian influenced singing

Shamanic Drumming

           No. 5: Michael Harner's Shamanic Double Drumming™

 

 

Here are the songs played at the 2011 Cymatics Conference

Presentation by Don Simmons

 

 

 

Artist                                                Song                                                             Album

 

Deep Forest                                    Deep Forest                                                Deep Forest

Andreas Vollenweider   The Secret, The Candle And Love                        Down To The Moon           

Chris Spheeris                                Voices of Faith                                           Mystic Traveller           

Jonn Serrie                                     Thousand Star                                           Thousand Star           

NightDancers                                 Windhorse                                                Montana Crossings           

Steven Halpern                              Awakening                                           Music For Sound Healing           

Deuter                                     Illumination of the Heart                                Reiki - Hands of Light           

Liquid Mind                                    In the Spirit, Pt. 1                                    Liquid Mind VI: Spirit           

Kitaro                                                 Eternal Spring                                           Best Of Kitaro, Vol. 1            

Don Simmons                                  GONGS                                          Journey To Transformation                       

These are songs I wanted to play but didn’t have the time!

 

Pat Metheny                                     Last Train Home                                 The Road To You (Live)           

Pat Metheny                                     The Road To You                                 The Road To You (Live)           

Lyle Mays                                          Before You Go                                       Street Dreams           

Chris Spheeris and                          Prism                                                      Passage

            Paul Voudouris           

 

Flying Mystics                                  Blue Maloca                                           Begin Within            World                       

ADHD                                                 ADHD 06                                                ADHD    (from the book

                                                                                                                                      "Healing ADHD with Sound"