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May 17th, 2013
 HEALING MUSIC COLLECTION by Dean Evenson and the Soundings Ensemble.
16 CDs of award-winning music that is perfect for yoga, meditation and all healing arts. In this soothing collection of 16 tracks, you will hear silver and wooden flutes, harp, guitar, piano, cello, viola, oboe and Chinese zithers (guqin and guzheng). Some of the tracks also have soft nature sounds.
For one week only you can order all 16 of the full length albums at the low cost of only $111.84 or $6.99 each.
Click here for details and a Free Download of the hour long Healing Music Collection.
May 11th, 2013
 Dudley Evenson graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville so when the Tennessee franchise of Natural Awakenings Magazine contacted her about doing an article on Dream Space, she let them know. They included a whole section about the Evensons’ early life, Dudley traveling around the world, Dean and Dudley meeting in New York, living in a school bus, and their early video days.
Excerpt from the article:
In 1965, Dudley Dickinson graduated from UT–Knoxville with a degree in art history and a minor in French. She moved to New York City to work for Pan Am, traveled around the world, lived in Japan for a while, and then returned to New York, where in 1968 she met her across-the-hall neighbor in the East Village, Dean Evenson. That’s when her journey really began.
Dickinson and Evenson didn’t just share an apartment hallway; they shared a love and talent for music and media. Soon they were married—and artistic and business partners. Evenson, a Staten Island native had moved to Manhattan’s East Village after receiving a Masters Degree in Molecular Biology to switch his focus and explore his artistic interests. He got a job as a recording engineer at Regent Sound Studios, where he worked on albums by Eric Clapton, Les McCann, Mose Allison and Roberta Flack.
During the 1970s, Dean and Dudley lived in a half sized school bus and traveled the country documenting the emerging culture with a portable video camera. All along the way, they were making music: he played flute and she played harp. By 1979, the husband-and-wife team decided to blend their peaceful music with the sounds of nature and start their own record label, Soundings of the Planet. “We wanted to carry the message of the earth through our music into urban areas, where decisions about the planet were being made,” Dudley Evenson says. “This inspiration came to us directly from our contacts with Native American elders and medicine people. We were also motivated to create a more peaceful and meditative form of music that would support yoga and massage and our evolving spiritual path.”
Together, they have produced more than 75 albums, working with a wide variety of musical artists. Soundings’ latest release is Dean Evenson’s Dream Space, which like many of his other albums supporting his mission of “Peace through Music,” has proven especially popular with massage therapists, body workers, yoga teachers and others whose mission it is to promote relaxation.
Click here to read the whole article on p. 15 of the Natural Awakenings Magazine.
April 27th, 2013
 We always wonder what we can leave as a legacy to those who come after us. Dean and Dudley’s 18 year old grand daughter, Cybele Olsen, is now getting involved in sharing Soundings of the Planet’s music and is helping them at shows. She’s been around the scene since birth so it has been fun to get her more involved in the business. Cybele is a natural of course and although she probably won’t be pursuing music as a career, she does have art and video production in her portfolio. The high school she graduated from had one of the best video production programs in the country so she is excited to get her hands on the videos that Dean and Dudley have been making since 1970 when they first bought a Sony half-inch black and white portapack (portable video camera). Now everyone takes for granted making videos from their iPhones or small digital cameras, but back then, portable video was a rarity and a whole movement started around that time with people who were discovering the medium as an art form and a tool for social change. Check out Radical Software, the magazine they helped edit to learn more about those innovative times.
This year has been a time of archiving videos from the past and getting a sense of what exists in the hundreds of hours of videos in various formats that have been stored in the studio attic and the Evensons’ barn all these years. The videos are in no fewer than ten different formats and span over four decades of Soundings of the Planet music and the Evensons’ travels and family lives. A lot of the recent ones are videos of nature that Dean is passionate about documenting. Some of these have already been made into DVDs (Eagle River, Meditation Moods, A Year of Guided Meditations). As for documentaries, the Evensons recently edited ‘2 U.N. Earth Summits: 1972 & 1992‘ covering those two historic United Nations conferences in Stockholm and Rio. There are lots more edits to come and you can look forward to seeing Dean and Dudley’s ‘Decade of Intentional Poverty’ when they lived in a half-sized school bus during the 1970s, their interactions with Native American elders and medicine men or when the traveled to Tibet and later videotaped the Dalai Lama in India, or many of their musical collaborations with outstanding musicians from around the world. Stay tuned as Soundings of the Planet moves beyond music into the world of video. Don’t worry, the music will continue to pour forth, but the videos will be an added dimension!
Great discounts on all Soundings of the Planet music & DVDs.
March 20th, 2013
 Peace is more than just the absence of war or violence, peace is a state of mind, a way of being, a path of action. Peace is how you feel inside and how you act on the outside. Your inner state of peace affects your own health and well-being. Your outer actions of peace affect the health of your family and your community. Peace is very powerful. Peace is our natural state. Why then so often do we find ourselves anxious, nervous, worried, and uncomfortable? Sometimes events occur in life that cannot be planned for. Personal or global tragedy may bring forth reactions of pain and confusion. In such cases, we need to focus our efforts toward peace all the more strongly.
Usually our lives are fairly comfortable though so where does the dis-comfort come from? More often than not, it comes from worrisome thoughts about ‘what might happen’ or ‘could happen’ or ‘what already happened’ and we are not living in the present moment. A fast-paced deadline oriented lifestyle can also take its toll and attack our mental and bodily systems. Dis-harmony with people around us causes our state of inner peace to suffer and dis-ease is sometimes the result. To counteract the tendencies that sabotage our health, we need to find ways to clear our minds and restore our spirit. Practicing some form of meditation can benefit us on many levels and playing relaxing music can help to focus the mind away from the distractions of our lives. Finding a place to practice on a regular basis is important. A peaceful sanctuary can help bring balance and harmony to our lives. (Read more about Creating A Personal Sanctuary in our Healthy Living articles)
February 26th, 2013
 Soundings of the Planet announces the release of co-founder Dean Evenson’s latest album Dream Space. In his long and illustrious career spanning three decades, Evenson has made many albums in support of his mission of Peace Through Music. His music is very popular with massage therapists and body workers as well as yoga teachers and anyone needing to relax. In a time when stress is rampant, this album promises to please his fan base and add to it. The music reflects the title – very dreamy with a sense of vast space and rich low tones that make it perfect for healing, meditation and even sleep. Since 1979, Dean Evenson has shared his special brand of award-winning, relaxation music. Now he takes the listener to an even deeper state of inner peace.
For Dream Space, Evenson plays sonorous flutes even slower than usual and in addition to his soprano silver flute, he adds the deep tones of bass and alto flutes over a well-crafted bed of atmospheric keyboards. He is joined by his wife, Dudley Evenson, on harp, tamboura and Tibetan bowls. His long time co-producer and Soundings engineer, Phil Heaven, adds his beautiful viola stylings to round out the musical experience.
Dream Space contains within the mix the natural Earth Resonance Frequency (ERF) of the planet. This sub-audio tone at 7.83 hertz (cycles per second) helps to enhance Alpha/Theta brainwave synchronization for deeper relaxation. Dean Evenson’s healing music has the added value of including the Earth Resonance Frequency which is in the range of the naturalvibration of the earth’s atmospheric cavity and can be felt but not heard. Under the influence of this original nurturing earth frequency, the brain will entrain into the state that is on the cusp between Alpha and Theta and occurs when a person is still awake and alert, yet in a calm and meditative space. Studies have shown that the effect of this frequency on the nervous system is significant and when one is in the presence of the ERF, a person calms down to the peaceful Alpha/Theta state. The ERF added to this very peaceful music makes Dream Space a perfect support for the healing process.
Release Date: March 12. 2013. Help us gain more visibility for this wonderful release by ordering on amazon now. And if you would like to write a review on amazon, that would be gratefully appreciated.
January 30th, 2013
 FRIENDSHIP
I am grateful for the blessing of friends
Whether we have one friend or many, we treasure that connection with other humans. We also appreciate and enjoy the friendship of animals. As we learn to be a good friend and reach out to others in a giving spirit, we will find that the depth of our associations increases and we will attract more quality relationships into our lives. Instead of dwelling on loneliness or lack, we can decide to reach out and share the gift of who we are with others who may need a friend. As we learn to give more of ourselves, we will find that people notice and appreciate us and are more likely invite us into their lives. Let us also remember how we like to be treated and treat our friends in loving and thoughtful ways as well.
(Soundings team and neighbors pictured L-R Serene Stevenson long time friend, Phil Heaven Soundings engineer, violist and Chief Everything officer, his lovely wife Toby Heaven owner of Sandalwood Salon & Spa, Bob Paltrow Soundings graphic designer and webmaster, Dean Evenson Soundings main man, flautist and co-founder)
I honor and respect the friends I have. I appreciate the support that good friendship brings. I reach out to others in friendship and in turn, receive their blessings. If I find myself alone or feeling lonely, I don’t think about my own situation, but instead try to reach out to someone else who needs support. In the process of becoming a better friend to others, I find that people treat me in a more friendly way. I extend myself in friendship to all sorts of people, young and old, near and far, familiar and unfamiliar. I am surrounded by loving people in a very friendly world. I feel safe and supported.
Hear this affirmation spoken or view the video with nature images and music. Take advantage of half price sale of A YEAR OF GUIDED MEDITATIONS DVD and get a FREE CD of MEDITATION MOMENT: 52 WEEKLY AFFIRMATIONS.
January 15th, 2013
 A great way to begin the year with 52 weekly affirmations.
A NEW DAY
I let go of the old and open myself to the new
Often, we tend to cling to old patterns and habits that may be holding us back. It is these attachments that can keep us from living fully. In this centering affirmation, we allow ourselves to open up to the many blessings that exist within the vast sea of infinite possibilities surrounding us. When so-called negative experiences present themselves, we frequently tighten up and form an armor of resistance around us, thereby closing ourselves off from the magic inherent in the unknown. By always being open to new possibilities, we allow the Universe to harness all its forces to help us in the best ways possible. This affirmation is a wonderful way to begin our year of weekly wisdom meditations.
Say this affirmation to yourself:
I sit quietly and center myself, breathing deeply and fully. I feel myself firmly connected to the earth as I let the spirit flow through me. I let go of busyness and of anything that may be overwhelming me. I open myself to the new, to new possibilities, to a new day, and to the fresh new cells being constantly created in my body with every breath I take. I feel the refreshing inspiration of new opportunities coming my way. I welcome this new and wonderful time in my life and see it filled with goodness, creativity and peace. I let go of the old and allow the new to come gently into my life.
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December 7th, 2012
 The spirit of joy fills me up
Often we spend our whole life waiting for something magnificent to happen before we allow ourselves to feel joy. Then we wonder why we keep waiting for so long to feel happy. When one consistently comes from a joyful place, all sorts of good things happen and we attract wonderful people and events to us. Notice how children live in a state of joy and don’t need anything in particular to make them happy. Of course it is helpful if basic needs are fulfilled, but beyond the basics, we can operate from a place of joy at all times, not just when we think everything is worked out and in its place. By maintaining our joy, we will be pleasantly surprised to find we can maintain a level of happiness all the time.
I let my heart sing with joy. I welcome joy into my life. It is easier than I realized to experience joy’s healing power. Joy fills me up, revitalizing every cell and molecule of my being. I breathe in joy and breathe out sorrow and suffering. I am happier than I have ever been before and don’t even need a reason to feel this way. I laugh a lot and enjoy even the mundane aspects of my life now that joy has become a part of me. My newfound joyful nature attracts people to me who are also joyful and our mutual happiness increases. Life is wonderful.
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November 28th, 2012
 Message from Dean Evenson – Pondering the many blessings we have is a focusing choice-making process that allows us to recognize and appreciate the simple things around us that we take for granted. For starters we are a consciousness gifted with a functioning body that experiences the stimuli of life and interconnects us with other spiritual entities encased in similar protoplasmic form. The life sentence we receive is a gift from the source energy of creation and as such is plugged into the constantly recycling energy fields flowing around us. We did not create ourselves however once we recognize our own existences, we are responsible for what we use our heart/mind energy our thoughts to focus on. And we all know that what one focuses on expands. Think about it. What we fill our heads with is what naturally envelopes us. So let’s keep our thoughts pure and saturated with a heart connection of unconditional love. The whole world will reflect that love back to us in an expanded multiplicity of forms, bonds, opportunities, and connections. Everyday brings a new sunrise.
November 20th, 2012
I am grateful for all without conditions…
So often we wait to have what we want before feeling thankful. In this case, we may be waiting a long time. To jump-start the flow of blessings in our life, we practice gratitude at all times, even for the things that might appear negative. When we can be truly grateful for everything that happens, the good or the bad, we will find that our lives gradually improve. It may be challenging at first to find the silver lining in every situation, but once this habit of gratitude becomes a part of us, we will be pleasantly surprised by what opens up for us. We can begin by expressing appreciation for the basics like food and shelter and for small things that we can easily acknowledge. From there, we can allow our gratitude to grow and when it does, we shall be ready for even better things to come our way.
I am grateful for the gift of life and all my many blessings. I am grateful for family and friends and a place to live and food to eat. I am grateful for the earth and the spirit of life. I am grateful for the sun that shines every day and for all the life it creates. I am thankful that I can learn and grow from experiences I may not even have wanted, but that allow me to open up to a greater awareness of myself and my world. I am grateful for love that flows to me and through me. I see all as support for the journey that is my life.
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