Tibetan Bowls / Overtone Music: The opening sounds are from the crystal clear resonance of Tibetan bowls, and the magic inherent in these sounds can be felt immediately. These bowls provide vital sound energy and are tuned to our natural physical frequencies. In the hands of Vlasta Marek, a Zen teacher and sound therapist, journalist and lecturer since the 1970's in Prague, the sounds come to life through a technique he calls "sound bathing," opening up new notions of time and space. Marek constructs real and unreal domes of overtones, using not only Tibetan bowls but also steel drums, bird sounds and tamboura. Some additional cello rounds out the sound, which forms spatial sound environments for meditation and counterpoint frequencies from using bowls with different tones and vibrations. This is soothing music for the body, not overly ethereal, but with multi-level uses and a variety of ways to shape and color the sounds.