We take the path of mindfulness with the Taiwanese-born Australian composer of meditation music, Katy Tsai.

Arriving from Taiwan aged 13, Katy Tsai studied piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music before becoming a composer and producer of live meditation events. Katy joins us to explain how Vipassana meditation set her on a path writing music for meditation, as she takes us through three recent albums that make up her Sound Oasis collection, Buddha's Playground, Scarlet to Violet and Journey to the Summit.

We'll also hear the new album for Australian musician Leo Dale, From Now Om, an alto sax meditation with six voices chanting together in the harmonic series, and a wisdom teaching on mindfulness and music fromHis Holiness the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa, a Buddhist lineage holder from Bhutan.

Music for meditation is often dismissed as New Age but most religious traditions do have meditative music as part of their repertoire. And since the 1940s composers like John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros have all taken meditation and music seriously. Today meditation music is a major genre. And while most of the music is written from outside any particular religious tradition, many of the techniques like repetition, use of mantras, and a limited sound palette have come straight from Buddhist, Hindu and Christian meditation practices.

Broadcast time: 6.06 Track Title: Music Artist: Soken by His Holiness, the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa. Music by Jigme Kunga Shonu Album Title: All The Beings Composer: Music by Jigme Kunga Shonu Duration: 5.00 Record Co.: Independent Release/ iTunes Homepage: http://www.drukpa.org/index.php/en/drukpa-order

Broadcast time: 6.12 Track Title: Reflection Artist: Katy Tsai & Bek Wermut Album Title: Buddhas Playground Composer: Katy Tsai & Bek Wermut Duration: 6.06 Record Co.: Independent Release on Sound Oasis Homepage: http://sound-oasis.com.au/music_albums.php

Broadcast time: 6.18 Track Title: Emerald Heart Artist: Katy Tsai Album Title: From Scarlet to Violet Composer: Katy Tsai Duration: 5.55 Record Co.: Independent Release on Sound Oasis Homepage: http://sound-oasis.com.au/music_albums.php

Broadcast time: 6.23

Track Title: Awakening Artist: Tina Marsden & Katy Tsai Album Title: Journey to the Summit Composer: Tina Marsden & Katy Tsai Duration: 8.21 Record Co.: Independent Release on Sound Oasis Homepage: http://sound-oasis.com.au/music_albums.php

Broadcast time: 6.16 Track Title: From Now Om alto sax meditation Artist: Leo Dale Album Title: From Now Om Composer: Leo Dale Duration: 4.40 Record Co.: Independent Release on QR Releases Homepage: http://leodale.com/Content/from-now-om/

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On the second day of yoga and meditation sessions on Friday, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, his Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats were taught a series of asanas, kriyas and mudras and how meditation was a powerful tool for spiritual growth.

They were told that meditation was essentially a process to take one beyond the limitations of body and mind during the day-long sessions on Inner Engineering- for joyful living organised by Isha Foundation.

On Friday, 300 participants, including IAS, IPS, IFS officers, district collectors and Mayors, were initiated into Isha Foundations Shambhavi Mahamudra, according to a press release from the Chief Ministers Office.

Ishas introductory practice is the Shambhavi Mahamudra , an ancient kriya that has millions of dedicated practitioners who aver that they experience greater emotional balance, concentration, focus, stability and better health with regular practice of the meditation.

A senior official said the training would help both the political leadership and the bureaucracy in improving their efficiency and energy levels that are required to realise the ambitious projects and programmes lined up for Andhra Pradesh. It was not a one-off affair, and the next step would be a workshop in Indian School of Business sometime in February.

During todays session, officials were shown a documentary on their Project Green Hands campaign to plant to prevent and reverse environmental degradation and enable sustainable living. The project aims to create 10 per cent additional green cover in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Following a request from Mr. Naidu to support his dream of increasing the green cover in Andhra Pradesh to 33 per cent in the next five years, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev offered to support the government in its efforts.

At the inaugural session on Thursday, the Chief Minister said: We are all in the public service at various levels. We have many challenges to face. We need to face these capably, efficiently and programmes such as these are very important.

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