The Dances of Universal Peace were assembled in their current form by Samuel L. Lewis late in the 1960s. In a quiet setting, participants, dressed in comfortable, loose clothing, join hands in a circle. In its center are the musicians, and the leader, who teaches the movements and words, and sometimes relates a little history [...]
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Sacred Movement, Sacred Dance
Posted in dance, global community, healing the planet, healing the self, practice, spirituality, teachers, therapy, transformation, tagged creativity, Dances of Universal Peace, ecstatic dance, Elizabeth Gilbert, genius, global community, hula, peace, religion, Samuel L. Lewis, TED talks, tradition, transformation on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Transformational Breathing, or Turbo Therapy
Posted in healing the planet, healing the self, new beginnings, practice, teachers, therapy, transformation, tagged addiction, Alan Dolan, alternative medicine, breathwork, conscious breathing, energy, healing, Judith Kravitz, meditation, Stephanie Theobald, transformation, transformational breathing, turbo therapy, Yoko Ono on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Journalist and novelist Stephanie Theobald, who may know more about celebrities than anyone on the planet, notes that Goldie Hawn and Deepak Chopra have been into transformational breathing for many years. On Times Online, Theobald shares with us her own experience, including her history as a willing but unsuccessful beneficiary of various alternative medicine modalities [...]
Words and Almost Words
Posted in good news, healing the self, practice, shamanism, spirituality, teachers, therapy, transformation, tagged altered states, Ashley Koff, blessing, Carmella Baynie, chanting, chants, healing words, kirtan, Krishna Das, Larry Dossey, mythology, prayer, shamanic therapist, sound, teaching, The Huffington Post, vibration, yoga on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Huffington Post recently published Ashley Koff’s account of the Sages and Scientists Symposium at the Chopra Center, which is in Carlsbad, California. Koff is a registered dietitian whose mission is to demystify the science of nutrition, and help people get healthy without alienating them. She is said to be very good at this, and [...]
Healing Substances from Animals
Posted in animals, global community, good news, healing the planet, healing the self, practice, therapy, tagged Abdullah Ibrahim, alternative therapy, apitherapy, bee venom, bees, cow dung, cow urine, Fernando Quintero, Furosato, healing, helper animals, holistic medicine, India, M7 Project, Michael Gurevitz, natural remedies, Reyah Carlson, royal jelly, scorpion venom, white rat on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Finding Your Unique Voice,” an interview with jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, comes to us courtesy of SGI Quarterly, a Buddhist forum concerned with peace, culture and education. Unfortunately the journalist who conducted the interview is not identified, but our appreciation goes out to her or him. The piece is packed with riches. In South Africa, [...]
The Drum, the Heartbeat of the World
Posted in global community, healing the self, music, practice, shamanism, therapy, tagged accessibility, Christine Stevens, community, drumming, drums, healing, meditation, music therapy, percussion, Phil Jones, shamanic practice, spirituality, transformation, UpBeat Drum Circles on March 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We don’t know if Christine Stevens ever said “I drum, therefore I am,” but the expression sure fits. A quick look at the West Coast music therapist’s schedule shows such events as a HealthRhythms weekend training, a United Centers for Spiritual Living Gathering, the Lost Boys of Sudan Drum Circle and Fund-raiser Dinner, the Seattle [...]
Sacred Music, Healing Music
Posted in global community, healing the self, music, practice, shamanism, spirituality, therapy, tagged Ann Seeker, binaural beats, Christine Stevens, Connor Messinger, consciousness, Gurdjieff, healing, instruments, Kike Pinto, music, past lives, percussion, Peru, rhythm, sacred music, Sharanya Manivannan, Snatum Kaur, transformation on March 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What a shame it was to have missed Peruvian musician Kike Pinto perform at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Thanks to the reporting of Connor Messinger, contributing writer at The Bates Student, we know that ancient Andeans considered the world to have three levels: earth, sky, and underground. Any musical instrument was seen as belonging [...]
Positive Trends in Healing and Spirituality
Posted in global community, good news, healing the planet, practice, therapy, tagged credentials, Deepak Chopra, Emy Johnston, Fox News, global community, hospital, Joseph Abrams, Judy Hilzer, New Age Journal, paganism, performance art, placebo, San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate, shamanic therapist, soul loss, soul retrieval, wicca on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago, Judy Hilzer had an article written about her in New Age Journal because of the breakthrough she had achieved. At the University of Washington Medical Center, where only priests, rabbis, ministers, and energy workers had previously been certified by Patient Care Services as resource persons, this nurse wanted to be [...]
The Therapeutic Sound of Peace and Healing
Posted in healing the self, music, shamanism, therapy, transformation, tagged entrainment, noise, Reid State Park Maine, relaxation, Robert Rand, shamanic journey, Shared Wisdom, sonic environment, sound, soundscape, therapeutic sound on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In this visually oriented world, far too little attention is paid to the aural wallpaper, the ongoing pageant of noise that streams into our ears. Rather than limit our intake to the random sounds of civilized life, we can also choose to partake of deliberately created soundscapes. Yes, there’s a paradox here, because the best [...]
Simple Tools for Feeling Better
Posted in good news, healing the self, practice, therapy, transformation, tagged alternative therapy, Examiner.com, flight or fight, Jinjee, manual lymphatic drainage, massage, simple tools, Steve Ibach, stress, The Garden Diet, The Massage Advancer, touch, vegan, Wellsphere on March 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We know that massage can be a form of art. And, of course, it unkinks the muscles, causes relaxation, and just generally feels good. As it turns out, according to a recent study recently featured in the International Journal of Neuroscience, there’s a lot more going on. Steve Ibach, who writes about health and fitness [...]
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