Take a journey down the river of ambient sound with psychologist, soul guide and GRAMMY nominated recording artist Michael Brant DeMaria. This CD is based on 25 years of research into the use of sound for healing. Ideal for massage, yoga, meditation or anytime the world has become too much and you need to flow again. Keenly interested in the way sound and music alters consciousness he has been using it as a healing modality since he was a child and now interweaves it into his therapy, workshops, concerts and speaking engagements nationally and internationally. He is founder and director of Ontos where you can find out more about him and his work at www.ontos.org. The River was 2 years in the making and takes the listener on a musical journey that mirrors our life journey - from sunrise of one day through nightfall, midnight and sunrise of the next. Michael says of the CD: "Music for me has always been my way of praying. These are tone prayers, wrought out of a deep sense of reverence for the experience of being alive. Our lives truly are a river we have never been down before, full of mystery, awe, and wonder. On the river of life, from sunrise to sunset, from midnight to dawn, we are perpetually learning about living and dying, being and becoming, when to paddle and when to glide...ultimately to not resist nor push the current, but rather trust the flow. Ultimately, Learning about accepting what comes our way with grace...May the river of life always flow through your heart..." Dedicated to all who "listen" from the heart... and know it is possible to live a whole life time in a single day.... Reviews: "Sometimes I take long Sunday morning drives in the country and I take with me Michael's magical music it helps me see Beauty more clearly and peacefully." -John Lee, Author of The Flying Boy and The Missing Peace "The River is absolutely gorgeous. Your flute melodies and your way of playing them are exquisite. Piano and keyboard sparkle like dew on cobwebs in the dawn, fall like raindrops from leaves into eddies of swirling water or glimmer like reflected stars. Truly a river flowing over my heart." -Louisa John-Krol, Singer-Songwriter/Recording Artist, Blue Tree (Australia) & Prikosnovenie (France) "One who listens to The River by Michael DeMaria, instantly knows this music came from the heart and soul of a kind and gentle man. Delicate, sensitive, ghostly and flowing are words that come to mind when describing his music. He incorporates ambient atmospheres, light world rhythms, utilizing beautifully played Native American flutes." -Peter Phippen, Canyon Record Recording Artist