Let heart settle: Zen music for stillness

Dedicated to our UCLA MARC (Mindful Awareness Research Center)-trained teacher, bonsai enthusiast, and Angeles National Forest docent Tod (rest in peace), who not only led us in meditation in the foothills of Monrovia but also gifted me an authentic handcrafted Native American shakuhachi-style flute to meditate with, which unfortunately was consumed by the Great Spirit of the mountain during the Eaton Fire. Thank you, Tod.

Let the heart (mind) settle here: Japanese Zen music for peace and stillness | shakuhachi and koto

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(Yamato Zen Relaxing) June 24, 2026: Let the heart settle here, in this Zen garden of contoured (raked) sand. 🍁 A red maple tree stands alone in the mist, where the world grows still.

This Japanese ambient track is inspired by gassho (the Japanese act, inspired by India's añjali mudrā and namaste-greeting), which is the bringing of the palms together near the heart in reverence.

It is a calm state where any fragmented noise of the day softens into something whole. Shakuhachi (flute) and koto (harp) unfold in a still, unhurried flow, supported by a quiet and continuous atmosphere that allows thoughts to float away as the mind/heart settles and remain at ease.

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  Namaste. This 5-hour sound bath is the raw, untouched sound of Tibetan Buddhist singing bowls, no effects or music added, just pure, natural resonance recorded as is. These deep tones carry a timeless quality that helps calm the nervous system and bring the mind to a place of rest. Listen for hours or simply set a timer for 15 to 20 minutes. Use it however it feels right. The background is peaceful, like sitting under a tree while a gentle breeze moves through the leaves. Let that image hold. Sounds rise and fade like waves, no need to catch every one of them. Just follow whatever is heard and return to it whenever the mind wanders.

Fumie Hihara playing koto in 2016 (wiki)

This track is suitable for: 🍁 deep focus and inner stillness 🧘 meditation and mindful presence 😴 quiet rest and gentle relaxation 🌿 inner balance and tranquil harmony. Use it to create a quiet space to slow the breath, soften the edges of a harried life, and rest in the stillness that already lives inside us all.

It pairs well with Zen kinhin or "walking meditation." Walk at a slow, deliberate pace, letting each step fall like a stone into still water, and feel the ground rise gently to meet the body.

Let the hands come to rest, palms together, in a moment that belongs only to the stillness.

TRACKLIST

• 00:00:00 1. Raked in Mist
• 00:02:20 2. Still Roots
• 00:04:51 3. Crimson and Fog
• 00:08:55 4. Bamboo Mist
• 00:12:01 5. Veranda's Edge
• 00:15:55 6. Red Bough
• 00:19:39 7. Quiet Bearing
• 00:23:50 8. Circled Sand
• 00:28:03 9. Veiled Canopy
• 00:30:53 10. Solitary Maple
• 00:35:24 11. Sword's Repose
• 00:39:21 12. Settled Deep
• 00:42:36 13. White Sand
• 00:46:53 14. Worn Reverence
• 00:51:27 15. Soft Enclosure
• 00:55:56 16. Fog's Return
• 00:59:29 17. Repeat

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Blowing Zen: Japanese flute for calm (audio)

Pássaro Trovão - Sons Ancestrais, Oct. 16, 2017; Tod, Dhr. Seven, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Shakuhachi (the Japanese flute) - Kohachiro Miyata (full)

(Pássaro Trovão - Sons Ancestrais) What if there were a way to "blow," or pipe, Zen (suizen)? To communicate a calm experienced in meditative absorption (zen, jhana = dhyana, chan, seon) would be a marvelous thing, an induction or simulation of the deep serenity produced by these natural states of calm and tranquility (samatha bhavana or "cultivation of tranquility).

TRACKLIST:

1. Honshirabe
2. Sanya
3. Tusuru No Sugomori
4. Shika No Tone
5. Akita Sugagaki

CREDITS: Artwork (cover art) – Watanabe Seiti. Coordinator – Teresa Sterne Design. Art Direction – Paula Bisacca. Engineer – Larry Mericka. Liner notes – David Loeb. Mastered by – Robert C. Ludwig.* Producer, engineering, photography – David Lewiston. Shakuhachi – Kōhachiro Miyata.*

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Suizen (吹禅) (“blowing Zen”) is a Zen practice consisting of playing the traditional Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flute as a means of attaining self-realization (1).

Suizen was traditionally practiced by the Komusō (“monks of emptiness”), the Zen Buddhist monks of the Fuke sect of Japan who flourished during the Edo period (1600-1868).

Instrumental music is rare in all Buddhist practice, where instruments usually accompany ritual chants if they are used at all.

With suizen, the playing of the shakuhachi as a spiritual exercise is at the core of the religious practice, making it unique in the world of Buddhism (2, 3). More

Dark and sweet scales: Michael Graham Allen

(Rita's Flute & Music, March 29, 2009) In this video the Coyote Oldman talks about the different moods a replica of an ancient Anasazi [Native American] flute can produce. Michael Graham Allen was one of three featured performers at the NSU Jazz Lab during the OK Flute Festival in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. To learn more about the man and the group go to: coyoteoldman.com, coyoteoldman.blogspot.com, and shopworks.com/coyote.