This Year's Workshop Presenters - Global Sound Conference

Celestial Language
A Sound Healing Tool

Grand Master Le-Tian Da Shi

Your body may not remember that your soul came to this planet a very long time ago, but your soul does and it can heal you and others with stories and songs about the time before you came to Earth - once your Celestial Language is re-activated. Everyone's Celestial Language is a potent sound healing tool for two reasons - it connects to Celestial healing Qi and it holds the power of truth to cleanse and heal your own body and soul as well as those of other people, plants and animals.

Alan Howarth:

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From scores to special sound effects, from Halloween stalkers to STAR TREK, Alan Howarth's electronic imagination has contributed to some of the biggest genre films of the '80s. Alternately wearing the hats of both composer and sound effectsman, Howarth has collaborated with John Carpenter on the music from nearly all of his movies starting with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK; he's provided sound design and effects for POLTERGEIST, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, all the STAR TREK movies, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, Coppola's DRACULA, TOTAL RECALL, and STARGATE, among others. As a composer, he's scored all or part of all the HALLOWEEN films, composed music for RETRIBUTION, THE DENTIST, and others.

The Crystal Chalice of Sound:

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Amrita Cottrell
is a sound practitioner, a musician, author, teacher and researcher. She has worked with the crystal singing bowls and her "crystal clear voice" since 2000 after healing herself of breast cancer with the sound of her own voice. This workshop will focus on the healing benefits of the crystal singing bowls using the metaphor of the feminine and chalice. It will include lecture, demonstrations and sound meditations. Amrita is the founder of The Healing Music Organization and the co-founder of the Crystal Sound Institute.

Science and the Art of Sound Healing:
A Balance of Perspectives

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Barbara Crowe, MMT, MT-BC
Increasingly, sound healing disciplines are being asked to "prove" their efficacy. Traditionally such "proof" comes from various forms of research. These scientific methods often seem at odds with the intuitive art of healing. This presentation will explore existing research that supports sound and music healing as effective treatments. It will introduce several scientific models of research, including qualitative methods and approaches from complexity science that can substantiate these approaches as effective treatments while maintaining the art and heart of sound healing.

YOUR NAKED VOICE:
The original sound of your true essence or core Self

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Chloë Goodchild
As unique as your DNA or finger print, it touches a depth of presence, through self-inquiry and sound-awareness, that is life-changing. Following 20 years of experiential East-West research focusing on the transformation of emotion into compassionate communication, Chloe Goodchild brings a unique understanding, to the significance of sound and voice as a language of wisdom, older and deeper than the polarity of all conflict.

Your Naked Voice unearths this wisdom through spontaneous utterance, the seven sounds of love, sacred chant, mantra, and energy movement - a journey that integrates your inner spirit with outer life.

Music, Sound and the Harp:
Five Qualities of Individualized Therapeutic Music creating a "Cradle of Sound"

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Christina Tourin
Falling under the theme of Healing Therapies, Christina Tourin, director of the International Harp Therapy Program based at San Diego Hospice in CA, outlines the Five qualities of Individualized Therapeutic Music as employed by Harp Practitioners working in Hospices and Hospitals throughout the US, Canada, Japan and Europe. Learn how the moods are created and their effect upon the listener. The concept of Resonance and vibratory energies will be discussed and attendees will have the opportunities to experience different vibrations in their physical bodies. The harp is also used as an empowering tool and Christina will show members of the audience how easy it is to create music on the small harp interacting with patients. Of special interest is how we combine the music with massage and aromatherapy - find out which essences and sounds are conducive to releasing human emotions. This workshop is for all people interested in the power of music upon the physical, spiritual and emotional aspects of our bodies and for people wishing to experience the sound of the harp.

Awakened Soul:
One Beat at a Time

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Christine Stevens
Join internationally acclaimed music therapist Christine Stevens in this interactive keynote event that demonstrates the use of drumming for self-care, wellness, and therapy. Learn the evidence from research in psychoneuroimmunology documenting what indigenous cultures have known for centuries; that drums are a powerful tool of wellbeing and holistic health. Christine will share a few highlights from her recent trip to Iraq doing drum circles for conflict-resolution, youth empowerment, and therapy. Drums and percussion instruments provided by Remo or bring your own.

Singing from the Heart:
Moving Mind, Body, and Spirit

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Darlene Koldenhoven
Explore and exercise the voice with an ear for opening the vibration of the heart, connecting voice with spirit, and singing with intention. Expand your awareness of how the voice works and navigate through the voice/mind/ear/body connection. Move your energy and support your tone with deeper breathing. Experience sensory connecting, toning, vocal and rhythmic healing patterns to exercise your brain, relax your body, and become more focused. Discover the basics of how vibration, resonance, frequency, and thought form relate to the body's electromagnetic frequencies and immune system. No previous singing experience necessary.

An Extraordinary Journey into Sacred Sound Healing:
Presented by David Hickey & Richard Rudis

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The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the extraordinary realm of Sacred Sound Healing. Using traditional Himalayan instruments, quartz crystal bowls and celestial gongs we will explore the cultural, historical and therapeutic applications of vibrational healing.

Even at this preliminary level each participant can expect to experience altered consciousness and the stimulation of physical healing.

* An open discussion forum and processing is encouraged

From the Big Bang to Harmonic Health:

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Don Campbell
Sound has a dynamic impact on the mind and body. By understanding the components of sound waves and rainwaves, we can explore the powers of music from extended tones to sophisticated compositions. Don Campbell will guide us through the elemental forces of sound to the elegant expressions of music with the "3 Minutes to Harmony(tm)" techniques that will assist us in orchestrating our own styles of stress reduction, mental focus and physical activation. Using up to date techniques in imagery, visualization and movement, you will be able to harmonize yourself in quick and efficient ways.

Transformation via the Human Algorithm

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Don Estes

The Voice-Ear-Brain Connection:
Combining Science and our Body's Response

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Dorinne Davis, MA, CC-A, FAAA
Sound-based therapies are specific therapies that can address root cause issues using the Voice-Ear-Brain Connection for learning, development, and wellness. This session will quickly review the underlying concepts of the Voice-Ear-Brain Connection(R) and the various sound-based therapies as explained by The Tree of Sound Enhancement Therapy(R). Participants will then have an opportunity to explore the benefits of the Voice-Ear-Brain Connection without the sound-based therapies by using the vibration of their voice, the output of their ear, and the integration with their brain.

Sound, Energy and Self Healing

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Dr. Maoshing Ni

Explore the roots of sound and energy diagnostics and healing through acupuncture and Chinese medicine, tracing back to the times of the Yellow Emperor in China. Learn how its progression contributed to the scientific investigation and development of therapeutic modalities and practical instruments today for health and healing. Participants will take home self-healing practices from this ancient medical tradition taught by Dr. Maoshing Ni, Co-Founder of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and author of Secrets of Self Healing.

From Star to Cell:
A Sound Structure for the Twenty-First Century

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Fabien Maman
the founding father of vibrational sound therapy (Websters' Dictionary), will present a lecture/demonstration on the profound impact acoustic sound can have to balance and harmonize our subtle energy fields, chakras and physical bodies.

As an energy healer, Maman believes unbalance of all kinds begins to manifest in the subtle energy fields long before physical symptoms appear. He will discuss how acoustic sound can clear blockages in the subtle energy fields to restore and nourish the human energy system and aid the body in the recovery of its own balance in health.

The evening will begin with a presentation of Fabien Maman's extraordinary color slides documenting for the first time under a microscope, that acoustic sound can revitalize healthy cells as well as destroy cancer cells. This experiment, conducted in 1981, shaped the field of sound healing as we know it today.

His now famous tuning fork technique - using tuning forks and color lights instead of needles on acupuncture command points - created in 1977, has been used and copied world-wide. Colleagues in the music and medical field say he's a genius and a visionary before his time.

His work, based on exacting research, includes precise sound correspondences to harmonize the organs, acupuncture meridians, chakras, subtle energy fields with the seasons, directions and the stars. Each technique, clinically researched for at least 7 years, aligns with the Classical traditions of music theory, mathematics, Chinese medicine, astrology and esoteric philosophy.

Learn about the creation of Tama-Do, ("Way of the Soul"), The Academy of Sound, Color and Movement®. See photos of Tama-Do Academy's Sacred Sound Instruments including the Arche of Sound®, Bagwa®, Giant Pyramid®, Chakra Tubes® and Monochorde Table.

Sound Medicine & the Therapeutic Voice:

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Wayne Perry
An overview of current sound healing principles and practices that will bridge the gap between leading edge technological approaches and natural, innate, heart-based practices. This informative and engaging presentation will emphasize and demonstrate a simple and self-empowering methodology for the effective use of one's unique vibrational signature combined with powerful vocal toning techniques. Join acclaimed sound therapist, toning channel and author, Wayne Perry, for this insightful and inspiring experience. Wayne will perform a live demonstration of vocal overtoning, regenerative sound and sonic dowsing.

The Evolution of the Chakras and Yoga of Sound.

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Ganga White
Topics of discussion will include: Exploration of the origins and history of the chakra system, modern evolutions in the chakras, and a modern, scientific view of the chakras. Sound in yoga, healing, and communication. Mantra fact and fiction. Shamanic use of sound in chanting in visionary experience. Introduction of synergistic chanting.

Rhythm and the Brain:
Historical Perspectives and Scientific Mechanisms

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Jeff Strong
Musical rhythm has a long history of use to effect brainwave states. Today, techniques involving rhythm are finding their way in contemporary therapeutic settings. Jeff Strong, creator of Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention, shares over 25 years of research into rhythmic traditions and their use for people with conditions as diverse as autism, AD/HD, sleep disorders, mood disorders, brain injury, and anxiety disorders. You will discover the core mechanisms involved in both synchronizing and stimulating the brain with auditory rhythm along with how rhythm is used to enhance neurological function.

Cymatics, the study of wave phenomena and vibration:
A multi-media presentation

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Jeff Volk
Cymatics, the study of wave phenomena and vibration, clearly demonstrates the power of sound over matter. Employing the hard science of physics, Cymatics provides insights into the invisible world of sound, and in so doing, it provides an empirical basis for many of the therapeutic practices you'll see presented at this conference. First, we'll demonstrate how audible sound creates life-like, flowing forms in powders, pastes and liquids, and then transforms them into entirely new forms, simply by altering the frequency or the amplitude. These experiments are entirely replicable; given the same material and similar conditions, the same vibrational patterns will emerge - every time! Through careful examination of these fascinating phenomena, basic, fundamental principles and processes become discernable. These processes form the foundation, not only of healing-- but of the manifestation of form itself! See (and hear) creation take shape right before your eyes in this wide-ranging overview of the science that shows sound shaping substance.

Creating Harmony in the World of Sound Healing:

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Jonathan Goldman
As the field of sound healing continues to flourish and grow, more and more approaches to this arena are manifesting. Many of these different approaches seem to be out of resonance with each other. In this keynote, Healing Sounds pioneer Jonathan Goldman will present an overview of the field of sound healing, suggesting theories, understanding and ways in which all the variety of modalities may work together in harmony and its practitioners participate in the honoring of each other.

Through a Dog's Ear:
Bioacoustics in the Age of Sustainability

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Joshua Leeds
Through a Dog's Ear, a newly published book co-authored by Joshua Leeds (2008 Sounds True), explores the effect of the human soundscape on dogs. The book was written after a two year, double-phase clinical study on the effect of tempo and pattern on canines. This keynote address will include a presentation of findings; dogs entrain! Joshua also explores the fundamental question... are our dogs canines in the coalmine? Does the increase in physiological and behavioral problems in American dogs reflect the effect of high-tech frequencies on the biosphere? Presentation concludes with a look at the role of ethical soundwork in the age of sustainability.

Journey into the Dreamtime:
Didjeridu as Sound Therapy and Meditation

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Kimba Arem
Learn how to become an instrument of peace through experiencing the didjeridu, which evokes an instant state of meditation and relaxation for both player and listener. In this workshop, we will be discussing the history of the didjeridu and why the Earth is calling so strongly for this medicine to be spread across the planet. The didjeridu is the oldest known instrument, dating back at least 50,000 years. Before the Europeans visited Australia 200 years ago, this instrument was known only to the Aborigines of Australia. Now, at a time when the planet needs it most, it is found everywhere on Earth. At ceremonies or coroborees, the didjeridu provided musical accompaniment to dances, telling stories of creation.

The Aborigines have described the sound of the didjeridu as "re-creating creation" through the continuous tone, insuring the cycles of life on Earth would continue to flourish in harmony. The Aborigines consider humans as caregivers of the Earth, as stewards of the planet. Playing the didjeridu is part of this continual prayer, reconnecting humans to the center of creation. We will experience journeying with the didjeridu, and discuss the practical and mystical aspects of how to play, circular breathe, and use intention with focused sound.

Cymatics and Cymatherapy:
The Science of Sound & Vibrational Technology

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Mandara Cromwell
President, Cymatherapy® International could harnessing the three most powerful energies in the Universe, Sound Light and Magnetics, lead us the medicine of the future? Based on the biosignatures and healing frequencies for each part of the body collected by Dr. Peter Manners, we explore the geometry of five acoustic frequencies in union with the energy spectrum of color and a dynamic magnetic field that inductively links with the cells' to regenerate tissue and relieve pain. Mandara spearheads the release of the Cyma®1000, which generates specific sound frequencies to stimulate muscles, organs and bones to their natural state of resonance. She shows phenomenal proof of healing with audible sound frequencies by utilizing diagnostic ultrasound, MRI, thermography & x-rays. Join Mandara as we ride the beam from ancient healing temples to the medicine of the future!

Mythos for Creatives

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Manny Otto
is the developer of Mythos for Creatives, a program focused on waking artists/creatives up to their vital roles as prime functionaries of an emerging global mythos--i.e. the overarching worldview, or "story" a culture accepts about itself and its place in the universe. From 1999 to 2006, he was a key member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation leadership team where he developed on-line and off-line community, including co-producing the Joseph Campbell Centenary conference at Esalen Institute in 2004, and planned future Internet initiatives, including the Campbell Digital Archives and Works projects. In 2003, he co-founded Threshold Passages, a rites of passages and mentoring program in Colorado that practically applies the theories of Joseph Campbell, Robert Bly and many others regarding the need for effective rites of passage for the young men in our society. In 2007, Manny served on the national host committee for the U.S. tour of the Medium of Tibet's Chief State Oracle, Ven. Thupten Ngodup. He currently produces for Gaiam, Inc., engaged in optimizing the company's Spiritual Cinema Circle and Earth Cinema Circle web presences to perpetuate the appeal of their film offerings-as well as producing the Conscious Media Institute in partnership with Naropa University-and consequential contributions to the Gaia.com(unity) project, including the development of the Gaia.com(unity) Music Circle. Manny lives in Colorado with his wife, Blue Haley Otto.

The Transformative Potentials of Sound:
Bridging Science and Spirituality

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Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Ph.D.
Transformation is a fundamental aspect of life. We each aspire to grow and change. Throughout history, sound has been used to facilitate consciousness transformation. Today science and spirituality are coming together to yield new insights into how we change - including the role of sound in driving our emotions, healing our bodies, expanding our perceptions, and uniting our communities. Building on a decadelong research program on consciousness transformation, summarized in a recent book, Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, Schlitz will consider the transformative potentials of sound through research and practice.

Bone Conduction?:
Hmmmmmm..........

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Sheila Allen
Bone conduction, the "other way" we receive sound, is often unmentioned when there's talk about hearing. Yet it was identified nearly two hundred years ago and is at the core of most sound-based healing methods. This presentation will investigate bone-conducted sound, discussing mechanisms by which the ear ultimately receives sound/vibratory input conducted through the physical body, and considering its healing influences.

Voice and Drone:

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Sheila Chandra
Sheila will be dissecting one of her arrangements to illustrate the principles involved in vocal fusion. This lecture demonstration involves some audience participation and is particularly suitable for singers. Questions about your own musical process are welcomed.

The Yoga of Voice ™:
The Path of Spiritual Entrainment Through Sound

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Silvia Nakkach, M.A.,M.M.T.
Embark on a beguiling sound journey as Ms. Nakkach introduces strategies for sound and vocal improvisation to pacify the mind, and to magnetize and transform energy. These practices, based on Nada-Yoga, Tibetan incantations, powerful mantras, shamanic songs from Native American, Afro-Brazilian and Amazon traditions, and innovative vocal meditation exercises, can be applied to sound healing modalities, yoga practice, chanting circles, and psycho-spiritual growth. The voice wanders through a forest of trancelike empowering sounds, creating optimum coordination between left and right brain hemispheres that results in decreased muscle tension, lower blood pressure and improved circulation. As the voice puts the body at ease, we enjoy relief from stress, emotional harmony, increased mental acuity, and enhanced creativity, fostering progressive resonance with the path of the shamans, the artists, and the yogis.

Modern Myth in Popular Music:

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Steve Wagner
Introduction to Mythical elements and Archetypes in Popular Music, with special focus on The Beatles/Sgt. Pepper, Jimmy Hendrix/Are You Experienced, Pink Floyd/Dark Side of the Moon, and Brian Wilson/Smile.

Getting into the Space Between the Notes and Aligning with the Quantum Field:

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Steven Halpern
Getting into the Space Between the Notes and Aligning with the Quantum Field Combining ancient sound healing traditions, astrophysics and the latest discoveries about intention and the quantum field of universal consciousness, Steven Haplern began bringing his breakthrough compositions (Chakra Suite, etc) and biofeedback research to the mainstream public and media in 1973. In this informative and entertaining presentation, Steven will share his unique perspective on the current and future state of the field. His music will transport us to the space between the notes, the gap between thoughts, and align body, mind and spirit, into high-coherence resonance with The Field

Yoga of Sound and Singing™
Integrating sound, mantra and singing into our daily practice

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Suzanne Sterling
In this workshop we will learn about the history and science of sound, as well as using the power of sound as a tool to enhance our yoga and our lives. We will explore ways to combine our yoga asanas with sound, mantra, pranayama, and guided meditation, thus deepening our understanding of the interconnectedness of these various yogic practises. We will focus on freeing the natural voice, developing awareness of the breath and body, clearing the emotional body, listening to our innate wisdom, allowing our creativity to expand, and tapping into our sacred self and our connection with the Divine. This practice of sound healing strengthens our health by regulating our inner rhythms. It also helps to release repressed emotions and traumas, brings out our ability to express ourselves, heightens the senses and makes us receptive to subtler vibrations thus purifying the physical and subtle bodies.

the workshop will include:

the history and power of sound and mantra in spiritual traditions the physics of sound and sound healing awakening and refining the subtle energy body through toning, chanting and singing expressing the authentic and natural voice (pranayama and voice techniques for effortless singing) simple and precise practise combining asana with sound and mantra Chanting and celebration

...unveil your own authentic voice...discover a blissful connection with the divine through sound...sing yourself awake!

Celestial Language
A Sound Healing Tool

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Grand Master Le-Tian Da Shi

Entering The DreamLodge:
Revealing Ancient Wisdom through Sound

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Zacciah Blackburn
Sound is a doorway to, and, carrier of, ancient wisdom. Cultures throughout history have known and utilized sound, to journey into other worlds, to awaken ecstatic states of awareness and innate well being, and to illuminate one's ancient knowing. Sound serves, both, to carry an imprint of that ancient knowing, as well as to offer a doorway to access it. Zacciah will discuss the use of voice and instruments to access these ecstatic states of consciousness, and offer experiential practice to journey into our homelands, through the portal known as the "DreamLodge." We will end with a participatory World healing practice.

Aural Alchemy:
A Listening Practice for the Soul

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Garry Malkin
Research has shown that of all our senses, hearing is the first to arrive - in utero at 24 weeks - and the last to go before we take our last breath. This suggests a primary relationship our listening can serve as a bridge to our essential nature, manifesting as a state of consciousness that is often called presence. The spoken word, when delivered from this state of presence, is an expression of our innate wisdom, deeply nourishing to the human spirit. The ability to express ourselves in this way is a capacity we are all infused with, the ability to communicate our deepest selves made possible through the vibratory phenomenon of speech. Music is also a powerful vibratory phenomenon, a language that emotionally touches us in profound ways. For more and more people, music is returning to its ancient roots, from being simply a form of entertainment to becoming much more: a delivery system which can offer greater meaning and connection to the Sacred. Presented by its co-creator, a veteran Emmy, ASCAP and CLIO award-winning composer, this workshop will enhance one's ability to listen with the heart rather than only the ears, leading to results that are exciting and as yet unexplored.
Outcomes:
This workshop will provide numerous opportunities to immerse oneself in a new form of contemplative speaking and listening, using the emotional language of music to tap into one's own innate access to a practical wisdom, helping us to assimilate necessary life information in new ways. Through direct experience, it will offer the possibility of a deeper connection that will enable us access our own innate wisdom and our authentic selves.