{"product_id":"teotihuacan-clay-dog-flute-173","title":"Teotihuacan Clay Dog Flute  #173","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vJbW0PANFOY?si=QemKxVNZH0T4ZCcJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA small clay flute with a bright and playful voice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis clay flute is hand made in Teotihuacan, Mexico by artisan Jose Mendoza, whose instruments draw from traditional pre-Spanish Mexican art forms. We are really fortunate to have met Jose, and to be able to offer his flutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe voice of these flutes inspire presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese flutes are not tuned to standard European scales. Each flute carries its own unique tuning and tonal movement, shaped individually through hand crafting and breath. Rather than inviting expectation or rigid musical structure, they encourage a more open relationship with listening — one rooted in presence, curiosity, and direct experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the sound emerges from the flute, tones may shift unexpectedly between minor and major textures, creating an experience that feels organic, fluid, and alive. In practice, many people find this opens a more immediate connection to sound itself, where listening becomes less about prediction and more about entering into the changing flow of tone as it unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Personal Connection to These Flutes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur store manager, Jonathan Wood, met Jose while traveling to Teotihuacan with his family, on a trip to Mexico City. When he arrived to Mexico, he had vivid images of flute playing come into mind — not of the standard musical scales we are used to hearing, but elegant organic tones that spoke to the trees and the wind, in a meditative union.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he heard Jose playing his flute, it was the transcendent sound he imagined. For him these flutes are a way of connecting elementally to nature, and the natural present, enfused with deep intention and awareness. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUse in Practice\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than trying to control what the flute should sound like, many practitioners find it meaningful to bring a sense of presence and intention into the playing itself. The practice becomes less about producing correct notes and more about entering into relationship with the living movement of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may choose to hold a simple quality inwardly while playing — such as wonder, openness, gratitude, or joy — allowing the tones to emerge from that state regardless of whether the intervals feel bright, dark, expected, or unfamiliar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver time, the flute can become a way of listening beyond structure, where sound is experienced not as performance, but as a direct expression of awareness and breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSound arises.\u003cbr\u003eAnd we listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand made in Teotihuacan, Mexico by Jose Mendoza\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClay shell flute with soft, flowing, breath-centered tones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspired by traditional pre-Spanish Mexican artistic forms\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach flute is individually hand crafted with natural variations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sunreed™ Instruments","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47910730957021,"sku":"Dog #173","price":149.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/8578\/3773\/files\/DogFlute-TeotihuacanFlute-SunreedInstruments_3_c393b68c-6c16-4c07-a17d-d4244a53b425.jpg?v=1778615694","url":"https:\/\/sunreed.com\/products\/teotihuacan-clay-dog-flute-173","provider":"Sunreed™ Instruments","version":"1.0","type":"link"}