Desert Rose Music
Meditation in Cape Town

Together withtheir studies in the science of affirmations and Theta visualization they havedeveloped a unique deep relaxation and emotional healing workshop.Desert Roseconducts weekly workshops at various venues in and around . They also cater for private groupsessions at a venue of choice and groups can range from 6 to 20 people. Desert RoseMusic, leading producers of meditation and healing music, has researched theimpact of music on the brain and emotions for more than 10 years.

Founded in 1999 by world music composer, Lynne Holmes, Desert Rose is based in Cape Town and is widely regarded as leading composers, producers and performers of Universal Sacred World Music. Lynne Holmes and Yusuf Ganief are at the heart of Desert Rose, constantly exploring the creation and emergence of universal world music that allows the listener to access their inner worlds, facilitating healing and shifting of consciousness. Lynne Holmes, (Music composer, Director, Pianist, and Keyboard/Harp player), is the winner of numerous awards including performing as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra for National Television at the age of One of her performance highlights was composing and performing for Nelson Mandela in She is recognized locally and internationally as the one of the leading composers of sacred world music. Yusuf was born from a mother with Scottish descent and a father with Javanese and Malaysian descent, but was brought up with the spiritual teachings and traditions of Sufism, passed on from generation to generation by his Javanese and Malaysian ancestors who were brought to SA as political xiles by the Dutch in the 1600’s. After giving up his corporate position in 2006 he formed Desert Rose Music with Lynne and is currently the business manager for Desert Rose and lead multilingual vocalist singing ancient songs and chants in Sanskrit, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, French, Spanish and English. The Desert Rose experience has been described as epic, emotive & mystical and is a fusion of classical orchestration with indigenous rhythms and sounds. Desert Rose has been internationally acknowledged as ambassadors for peace, non violence, interfaith and Climate Change awareness. They constantly strive to develop live performances, workshops and retreats to further their promotion of peace, social responsibility and common humanity through a unique universal musical signature.