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Mark Tully explores the power of the breath as the source of our physical, mental and spiritual health.

Mark Tully explores the power of the breath as the source of our physical, mental and spiritual health.

The readers are Janice Acquah, Frank Stirling and David Westhead.

MUSIC

Music 1: 鈥楽yrinx鈥 composed by Claude Debussy and performed by Roger Bourdin. Available on the album 3 Sonatas. Released by Philips Classics.

Music 2: 鈥楤reathing鈥 by Harald Peterstorfer. Performed by Aija-Riitta Holopainen. Available on the album Open Skies. Released on ATS Enterprises.

Music 3: 鈥極 Ignis Spiritus鈥 by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Performed by Andrew Parrott, Kevin Breen and Howard Milner. Available on the album Sequences & Hymns. Released on Hyperion Records.

Music 4: 鈥楤reath of Prayer鈥 written and performed by Carrie Melbourne. Available on the album Et Spiritu Sancti. Released by Olive Tree.

Music 5: 鈥楤reath on Me, Breath of God鈥, performed by the Choir of Wells Cathedral. Available on the album The English Hymn. Released by Hyperion.

Music 6: 鈥業n Native Worth鈥 composed by Joseph Haydn, performed by Robert Tear. Available on the album The Creation. Released by EMI Records.

READINGS

Reading 1: 鈥楢rticle of Faith鈥 by Julia Bird, available in 鈥淗annah and The Monk鈥. Published by Salt Publishing.

Reading 2: 鈥淏reath鈥 by Ellen Phethean. Published by Flambard Press.

Reading 3: 鈥楢 Marriage鈥 by R.S Thomas. Available in the Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry and Selected Poems. Published by Bloodaxe.

Reading 4: 鈥淟ight on Life鈥 by BKS Iyengar. Published by Rodale.

Reading 5: 鈥淚nto The Silent Land: The Practice of Contemplation鈥 by Martin Laird. Published by Darton, Longman and Todd.

Reading 6: 鈥楨manation鈥 by Ella Dietz, available in the 鈥淥xford Book of Mystical Verse鈥. Published by Oxford University Press.

Reading 7: 鈥淭he Prelude鈥 by Wordsworth. Published by Oxford University Press.

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Feb 2010 05:32GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Feb 2010 00:32GMT
  • Sat 20 Feb 2010 19:32GMT
  • Sun 21 Feb 2010 05:32GMT