LOVE Essentials - The Luxurious Artisanal GIFT SET for VALENTINE'S DAY 2016

MYSTERIUM MUSIC and PETER KATER 

EMBRACING THE LOVE

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the celebrated Grammy-nominated New Age album LOVE, by Peter Kater, is finding new fans and myriad promotional extensions in Whole Foods, via MommyBloggers, and in specialty retail stores.  Currently, one's best bet is to order the entire gift set (under $50) via this link!

LOVE Essentials Gift Set - CD, Candle, Essential Oil, ChocoLOVE bar.

The hottest new gift shop in Gettysburg, PA is Zen & Now!  They featured LOVE Essentials and a chocoLOVE tasting on Gettysburg's recent First Friday event, and Mysterium Music founder Trish Bowden was on hand to talk about the gourmet, organic and healing products included to enhance the music.

LOVE Essentials at Zen & Now, Gettysburg PA

The tasty candy bar was custom created by Peter with the organic chocolate company, ChocoLOVE...it offers hazlenuts, toffee, salt and dark chocolate. It has already sold through at Whole Foods, so now it is only available via the Gift Set.

The ChocoLOVE display at WHOLE FOODS.

And to think...it all started with a song, a man, and some improvisations. This, Peter Kater's first solo piano album in over a decade, has already won SoloPiano.com's Album of the Year 2015, and is nominated for a GRAMMY Award; the artist will be in attendance for the awards on February 15th, and making various appearances throughtout Grammy Week.

The LOVE Essentials gift set Love contains and autographed copy!

The label behind this album, Mysterium Music, wholeheartedly champions and supports Peter's vision, and believes in the healing power of his music. Together, they've release FOUR Grammy-nominated albums with very different sounds and themes on each: Light Body, Ritual, Illumination, and LOVE.  

How does one artist create so prolifically? Peter shares his thoughts in this behind the scenes video, "My Life is My Practice."

Family product reviewers are loving the Gift Set, too!!! You can read an independent review of the gift set on New Age Mama and enter to win a free CD!  Airplanes and Dragonflies is also offering a special gift to their audience.

Wishing you a loving and memorable Valentine's Day! Please SHARE the LOVE via our blog link so that more folks - especially your beloved - can find this beautiful, artisanal, gourmet and non-mainstream gift set!  

This post card comes with the set, and explains the goodies within!

Click to Order TODAY, and save on shipping & handling.

Wishing you lots of love this Valentine's Day!

Mother's Day gift ideas

Sunday May 12th  is almost here!

It can be hard to know what kind of gift to buy someone, no matter how much you love them. Some people love gift giving, but others can find themselves stumped or disappointed when they're not quite on the mark.
Here's a few Mother's Day gift ideas for husbands or partners who want to treat their special someone to music that speaks volumes!

First off let's try to break it down by some archetypes:  is she a romantic, down to earth, creature of comforts, an artistic type, etc.?

For "traditional" moms that enjoy pianos, roses and such, try Danny Wright's new piano album "A Mother's Love," with a bottle of red wine, some flowers and a framed photo of a beautiful moment.

Or, does she have more of a passionate or artistic flair? Maybe you want to try some luxurious bath salts, champagne, and copy of Al Conti's album "The Blue Rose" that follows a romantic fable. In the Asian myth, a princess who doesn't want to be forced into marriage declares she will marry the man who finds her a blue rose, unknown in nature. Her true love, in fact, finds that impossible blue rose. If you're especially ambitious, perhaps you'll dip the stem of a rose in blue dye to give to her.

And then, there are the women who enjoy spa packages, and those who would love the chance to indulge in a little TLC. Why not set up your own pampering session at home for the mother of your children, light some candles, warm the massage oil, and put on Fiona Joy Hawkins' beautiful album "Sensual Journeys."  As a bonus, arrange for the kids to stay at Grandma's.

Albums available:
Danny Wright: HERE
Al Conti: HERE
Fiona Joy Hawkins: HERE

Have any fabulous suggestions of your own? Send them our way at BEING.

Written by Andrea Dolbec (andrea@thebcompany.com)

ENTERTAINING KIDS: 3 FUN IDEAS FOR A SMART SUMMER

Keeping kids entertained this summer can go far beyond camp, the beach or the playground. It's also about teaching them to make positive choices, with entertainment that will gently expand your children’s understanding of the world and develop good character in a truly memorable way. Young children are especially precocious and require all the skills of parenting to help them not just with normal fun activities, but by “edu-taining” them as well.

Start fresh this summer, scheduling an event each month to balance healthy activity with passive entertainment, building upon our top choices. For instance, you might hold a Sing Along Show & Dance with WO! for the younger ones, or, introduce the book club concept by reading the book “The Borrowers” before watching the “Arrietty” film adaptation on DVD. And, of course, Brave further fuels the archery trend that started with The Hunger Games, so the older kids might enjoy a local family archery class; they are offered for free in L.A.'s Balboa Park on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Read on for more about our top 3 choices to entertain and edutain your children of various ages in the summer of 2012:

WO!
That their names sound similar is pure coincidence, but Bobby Susser may well be the Dr. Seuss of children's songs. Bobby has just released his 25th album WO! and it's a sure to keep your children singing throughout the summer. With 12 songs, Bobby's new album demonstrates that "Any time of day, there is always a song to sing."

Award-winning Bobby Susser, a songwriter, record producer and singer has given us children's songs that are fun and easy-to-learn for children Pre-K and up, while also enjoyable to parents and grandparents! The songs -- especially The Wo Wo Song, Smiling Face, and Oooh Good Morning – gently introduce the foundations of rock ‘n’ roll, and will keep your children laughing, singing, dancing and, above, all, having fun. The Bobby Susser collection of albums teach children about exercise, good health habits, animals and changing seasons. They explain concepts about world peace, feelings and why we are “better together.” But, more than that, they also try to instill in children values about home and family, brotherhood, patriotism, respect and confidence. Find links to buy WO! and eleven other top kids albums on Bobby Susser's site, while also exploring lyrics and activities for parents and teachers. Access the lyrics and activities to produce your own family talent show, gently building your child's confidence.(www.BobbySusser.com)


The Secret World of Arrietty
Children love to watch DVDs over and over, and The Secret World of Arrietty is a sweet film for older children that is a step above the cookie-cutter storylines and visuals often released for children. A Japanese-animated fantasy film, this movie is based on English author Mary Norton’s novel “The Borrowers,” which (in 2007) was selected by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years. The directorial debut of animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi, he is the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film. Now available on DVD, the movie was released by Walt Disney Pictures in the USA in early 2012. The film, which grossed more than $145 million worldwide, has been praised by critics as “a gentle and entrancing tale” (Steve Rose of The Guardian), and “likely a perennial favorite among children” (Christoph Mark of The Daily Yomiuri). Parents will likely recognize the U.S.-dub version’s voices by Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett and David Hendrie among others.


Brave
This heavily-promoted 3-D animated movie produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures, promises to be a summer highlight, due for airing in June 2012. It is a fantasy-adventure film set in Scotland and is the first fairy tale by Pixar. It tells the story of a skilled archer, Merida, who asks a witch for help but is cursed instead. To lift the curse, she must learn what true bravery means. It is like to appeal to both boys and girls much like Tangled, with a balance of adventure and youthful romance. The movie is scheduled to make its European debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June. At that time, Disney Interactive Studios will release a video game based on the film for Play Station 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and Nintendo DS, offering additional summer entertainment options for older children.