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Tracklist

1	Gone West	7:27
2	Truth And Beauty	8:29
3	Nightshade	9:04
4	Flatlands	4:55
5	Merge	6:21
6	Hearts Core	8:49
7	Eye Of Noche	13:19
8	Where Rasa Lives	15:01

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• Copyright (c) – Soundquest Music
• Copyright (c) – Linda Kohanov – Eponaquest logo
• Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MXB1345

Credits

• Liner Notes – Linda Kohanov
• Music By – Steve Roach
• Painting [Rasa Dance Cover] – Kim McElroy
• Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Kevin Anderson

Notes

Liner notes by Linda Kohanov:

The Evolution of Rasa Dance

In 1993, at the height of my career as a music critic, I sold my CD collection to buy Tabula Rasa, a beautiful black Arabian mare. Six months later, I was riding her in the desert when a huge Rottweiler chased us through a deep sandy wash, injuring Rasa's right back leg, ending our promising riding career, yet ironically leading us on a much more fruitful path.

The Chinese sage Lao-tzu observed that "it is upon disaster that good fortune rests," a lesson that Rasa and her other herd members challenged me to embrace over and over again. While the sheer joy of working with horses always outweighed the hardships, the most profound transformations happened when things didn't go my way -- when my most reliable tools, ideas, and coping strategies failed, and I had to respond to the world rather than try to control it. Through Rasa, I learned to dance with the unexpected while literally learning how to dance with her on the ground. This consolation for my inability to ride her turned into a relationship-enhancing practice that I used with other horses, and eventually taught to people through our "Rasa Dance" workshops.

For these clinics, my husband Steve and I perused his extensive list of original compositions, selecting various moods and tempos. This CD collection was refined through years of movement magic between horses and humans. "Eye of Noche" and "Where Rasa Lives" were later created in memory of two horses who became great dancers, then great dance teachers of people, including those who had never worked with horses before.

I was subsequently surprised to find the phrase "Rasa Dance" associated with the ancient god Krishna, who danced with his followers by moonlight. In India, a sacred performance is still called a Rasa Dance, signifying a state of grace in which Spirit engages with its many manifestations, expressing different aspects of infinity through the music of connection.

But it was a living, breathing horse named Rasa who taught me that when two beings move in synchrony, a greater consciousness arises. Most importantly, I learned that if we can dance with joy, ecstasy, power, frustration, miscommunication, tragedy and anything else that comes our way, an underlying sense of deep peace emerges, allowing us to fully engage with life.

Packaging: 4-panel disc eco wallet
Total Time: 73:31
© 2013 Soundquest Music, BMI
Eponaquest logo © Linda Kohanov

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: MXB1345
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LZ73
• Mould SID Code: IFPI ALK03
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Steve Roach	Rasa Dance - The Music Of Connection ‎(8xFile, FLAC, Comp)	Epona	none	US	2013

riki

nice music. horrible artwork-what, are women to fuck horses? maybe in your world.but it has nothing to do with rasa. and it's lousy art - girlfriend? hard up, steve roach???