Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson, Dr. Gary Schwartz, David Gibson, Don Campbell, Lisa Rafel, Christina Tourin, Pierre Sollier, Master Zhi Gang Sha.

Presenters:

Acutonics, Richard Feather Anderson, Joel Andrews, Astarius, Elizabeth Bauer, Zacciah Blackburn, Juliet Carter (The Template), John Consemulder, Vaughn Cook (Zyto), Mandara Cromwell, Bob Dratch, Don Estes, Stuart Grace Greene, Susan Hale, Steven Halpern, David Hickey, Alan Howarth, Michael Kessler, Daniel Kobialka, Nestor Kornblum & Michele Averard, Harry Massey (Nutri-Energetics Systems), Howard Martin (Heartmath), Silvia Nakkach, Steve Sklar, Silvina Vergara, Beverly Ann Wilson.

All Access Pass is $435 until March 15th. Go to www.SoundHealingCenter.com/sfconf/register.html to register and see prices for Post Conference Workshops and Concerts.

40 Exhibitor booths (Still a few Exhibitor Booths left)

The primary goal of The Globe Sound Healing Conference is to increase awareness among the general public in regard to the benefit of sound healing as a wellness tool. The Conference brings together an impressive array of industry professionals to address important issues and topics in the rapidly expanding field of sound healing, the use of natural sound healing instruments, cutting edge sound technologies, and sound in medicine. These knowledgeable veterans will discuss and demonstrate how to use sound to help heal the body, mind and spirit, and attendees will be able to experience these technologies. From simple relaxation CD's to complex engineered sounds and experimental medical techniques, each of our experts will be showing what makes them a leader in the field.

Some of the cutting edge sound technologies and medical equipment include: units that use the sound of the voice as a diagnostic tool, sound chairs and tables that use low frequencies to massage organs inside the body, units that use sounds, electronic stimulation, scalar waves, shape, color, electromagnetic frequencies, and magnetics to stimulate muscles, organs, bones, brain cells, and DNA. These units can also aid in cell regeneration, pain relief, detoxification, and increased energy levels. Other technologies include systems that infuse water with healing sounds, units that visualize the structure of sound inside the body, and Virtual Reality healing systems where you can step into a graphic of your own body then place sounds and healing visuals inside various muscles, organs, and endocrine glands.

Even more importantly we have a wide array of presenters who will discussing how to use sound to raise consciousness.

Come join us as we share information, and connect to each other through sound.

Our intention is to explore leading soundwork techniques, encourage collaboration among pioneering sound practitioners, and build bridges into mainstream medicine. Some of the workshops and panels will focus on the following:

1. Leading Sound Healing Technologies - There are a wide range of powerful technologies designed for therapeutic and personal transformation. These technologies hold the possibility of healing a wide range of psychological issues and diseases. Other technologies hold the possibility of catapulting us into higher levels of consciousness.

2. Bringing Sound into the Medical Field - The field of soundwork continues to grow due to the successful clinical applications and research of many pioneers. As teachers, healers, and scientists we are all aware that the medical establishment can not provide a comprehensive solution to the world's healthcare needs. How can the study and practice of frequency and resonance help create practical and sustainable solutions?

3. Natural Sound Healing Instruments - Natural sound healing instruments are ancient and powerful tools for shifting vibration to a higher level. We will explore Sound Healing using voice, crystal bowls, tuning forks, and other natural instruments. We explore the use of intention used with Natural Sound Healing Instruments.

4. Sound and Energy Medicine Technology - There is a whole new realm of Technology in Medicine that uses electronic frequencies to "ping" various organs, and systems within the body. A Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) unit is used to pick up the responses. Representatives from Gtech, Zyto, Biomeridian, QXCI, Ondamed, Neuro Energetic Systems (NES) will discuss the state of the field.

5. Sound and Research - This panel brings together a wide range of individuals involved in performing Research in the field. The panel will discuss the research currently being done in the field and how to obtain grants and other types of funding.

6. Sound, Music and the Brain - A group of Researchers, Doctors and Professors discuss the current research and information on how the brain is affected by Sound and Music.

7. Raising the Consciousness of the Planet through Sound - The new paradigm in healing is to move away from the old paradigm of healing specific issues and diseases, or simply focusing on using sound to relieve symptoms. Instead, many believe that if we can simply raise our consciousness, we may bypass the need for healing. As we connect to spirit, and higher frequencies of Love, Joy, Gratitude and Appreciation, we may no longer need healing. At least, when connected to the source, all healing becomes easier.

Evening Concerts

Friday Night - Healing the Planet with Sound, Music, and Visuals

Special Multimedia Concert Production produced by John Consemulder and Renske Skills. The concert will include 3D visuals of Sacred Geometry by Rik Henderson, synchronized to the sound. They say John's music and the harmonics it contains, will realign the codes of Enoch. His music is important for the ascension of this planet, going to the fifth dimension, while the music is coming from the ninth dimension. Together with Renske they create a multidimensional live event and create 'sacred space' of consciousness, carried by sound, light and energy.

Saturday Night - Sound of Love Concert

Lisa Rafel, Silvina Vergara, Claire Victor, Maestro Curtis, Ha'a, David Gibson

This will be a sacred event celebrating the love all around us. It is designed to help us all to move into the higher frequencies of joy, love, gratitude and appreciation.

Sunday Night - Natural Acoustic Healing Sounds Concert

David Hickey, performs with over 20 Quartz Crystal Bowls, 8 Paiste Gongs, Chakra Chimes, Sansula Kalimba, Marimba, Vibraphone and Tree Works Chimes. The second half will be an Overtoning Experience with Steve Sklar, Nestor Kornblum and Michele Averard.

Meditation Room

Like last year's conference we will have a wide range of sound tables, massage therapists, and other sound and visual healing experiences going on in the meditation room.

Ongoing Music

This year, besides all the lectures, workshops and panels, we will have non-stop music and visual presentations going on in the Sound and Visual Healing auditorium. If you might be interested in doing a presentation or performance, please contact David at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Registration

For more info on Workshops go to www.SoundHealingCenter.com/sfconf/workshops.html

All Access Pass (includes all concerts but not the Post Conference Workshops)

$435 Until March 15th

$485 March 16th - April 30th

$555 At the door

Pre/Post Conference Workshops (each day)

$170 Until March 15th

$190 March 16th- April 30th

$190 At the door

Globe Post Conference Workshops (4 days)

$390 Until March 15th

$450 March 16th - April 30th

$550 at the door

Exhibitor Booth only admission - $20

CEU's for MFT's, LCSW's, Massage Therapists, and Music Therapists - $30

To register go to www.SoundHealingCenter.com/sfconf/register.html or call (415) 777-2486

Pre and Post Conference Workshops

ALL PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS AT HELD AT

GLOBE INSTITUTE 739 BRYANT ST. SAN FRANCISCO

* Pre Conference Workshop - Thursday May 1st 10AM - 5:00 PM Nestor and Michele

Overtones: The Essence of Harmony - Nestor Kornblum

An Introduction to Overtone Chant (Vocal Harmonics)

Michêle Averard (UK/Spain) Sounding the Subtle Bodies

* Post Conference Workshop - Tuesday May 6th 10AM - 5:00 PM

Acutonics

In this one-day workshop practitioners will learn how to integrate the therapeutic use of tuning forks in place of or in conjunction with acupuncture needles, acupressure, chiropractic, physical therapy or various massage techniques.

* Globe Post Conference Workshop A May 7th-9th 10AM - 5:00 PM

Steven Halpern, David Gibson, Lisa Rafel, Silvina Vergara

* Globe Post Conference Workshop B Sat May 11th - Sun May 18th

* Globe Post Conference Workshop C Mon May 19th - Sunday June 1st

* Take the Conf, & Workshops A,B & C and receive a State Approved Certificate.

www.SoundHealingCenter.com/schedulesummer.html

* Sound Healing Music Production 4 day seminar May 6th - May 9th 6:30-9:30 PM

* Sound Healing Music Production 4 week Seminar - May 6th - May 30th

Go to www.SoundHealingCenter.com/schedulemp.html to see the detailed schedule

www.SoundHealingCenter.com/sfconf/register.html or call (415) 777-2486

Call the Clarion Hotel and mention the conference to get a special room rate - 1-877-424-6423

BIOS

For complete bios and photos go to

www.SoundHealingCenter.com/sfconf/presenters.html

Keynote Presenters:

Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson, D.C., B.F.A., C.N.S.T. Diplomate is a physician, scientist, educator, musician, composer, and visionary. He is Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in California. His holistic modality - Bio-Tuning® - is a global tri-body healing, personal transformation, and awakening consciousness force. He sells vibro-acoustic-visual sound chairs and table delivery systems and 60+ audio programs on CD. Visit www.neuroacoustic.org for more information.

David Gibson is the Founder and Director of Globe Sound Healing and Therapy Institute. He is also a Professional Recording Engineer and Producer. He has an in-depth understanding of the underlying physics of sound. David is also the author of the best selling book, "The Art of Mixing," which uses visuals to explain and show every style of mix in the world, making complex structures of mixes easily understandable. Gibson is also the inventor of the Patented, "Virtual Mixer," which uses 3D visuals of the mix to control mixing consoles and computerized mixers. He is currently working on a system where you can step into a Virtual Reality image of your own body. As you place visuals of sounds inside the body in 3D, sounds move up and down in a Sound Table so you feel the sounds inside the body exactly where you are seeing the visuals in 3D. You will be able to put sounds and corresponding Sacred Geometry images in organs, endocrine glands, muscles, and chakras. David is also currently working on a book called, "The Sound of Love."

Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona and director of its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health. He is also the Corporate Director of Development in Energy Healing at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona where he lectures on energy and sound healing. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a Professor at Yale University. Dr. Schwartz is the author of The Afterlife Experiments, The G.O.D. Experiments, the The Truth About Medium, The Energy Healing Experiments, and The Living Energy University, and has published more than four hundred scientific papers and edited eleven academic books.

Don Estes is the inventor of VibraSound music therapy systems and founder of InnerSense, Inc., a company dedicated to the research and development of transformational technologies. Don is also an author, lecturer, music therapist, and sensory resonance engineer. In addition, in partnership with psiometrics, Ltd., he has created a next generation biometric based on breath that can optimize a person's resonance.  This supercomputer software is also used to power a futuristic alembic that makes a vapor which has survived the experience of transformation rather than being charged from an outside source like coils, etc.  This new paradigm of healing enhances what's right rather than fixes what's wrong and represents the state of the art in transformational technologies. www.vibrasound.com

Don Campbell is a musician, teacher and researcher on the effects of sound and music on health, memory and consciousness. He has authored 17 books including The Mozart Effect and Harmony of Health. Don is the Director of Acoustic Activities for Aesthetic Audio Systems, which provides quality music to healthcare facilities. He is currently on the board of the American Music Research Center and Advisory Board of the Society of Arts in Healthcare.

Lisa Rafel is a sound and energy educator, spiritual counselor, gifted intuitive, singer, harmonic overtone chanter, shamanic healer and a practitioner of Integrated Kabbalistic Healing. Lisa's program, "Resonate with the Soul," encourages development of the psychic senses as well as personal transformation, utilizing sound, body awareness and ancient wisdoms. Lisa teaches the use of the voice for healing at Globe Institute.

Christina Tourin is a second-generation harpist who began playing harp at the age of four. She received Music and Education degrees from the University of Vermont (B.S.) and also studied harp at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and holds a music therapy degree from Arizona State University. As an International recording artist, she performs extensively both for live audiences, radio and television. Christina performed at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont - the home of the Sound of Music original family - for 17 years. In 1982 she founded the Scottish Harp Society of America and currently is the director and founder of the International Harp Therapy Program affiliated with San Diego Hospice. In addition, she is the founder of the World Harp Orchestra. As author of books, especially notable, Harp Therapy - A Cradle of Sound, her other activities include teaching music, performing and composing music. Her artistry can be heard on 14 CD recordings which are available from PlayHarp.com and Amazon.com.

Pierre Sollier studied under Dr. Alfred Tomatis. In 1991, he opened the Mozart Center in Lafayette, California, treating many children and adults with the Tomatis Method. He also co-translated The Ear and the Voice by Dr. Tomatis.

Master Zhi Gang Sha is an extraordinary healer, advanced spiritual master and inspired teacher. He is an MD in China, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in China and Canada, the founder of the Institute of Soul Mind Body Medicine, and New York Times best-selling author of Soul Mind Body Medicine: A Complete Soul Healing System for Optimum Health and Vitality, which was the Award Winner in the Health: Alternative Medicine category of the Best Books 2006 National Book Awards. With Soul Mind Body Medicine, Master Sha teaches the Four Power Techniques: Soul Power, Mind Power, Body Power and Sound Power which uses healing mantras and vibrational healing sounds for healing.

Presenters:

Richard Feather Anderson is a practicing geomancer. He founded the first cross-cultural geomancy school in 1985. He has integrated his training in architecture, environmental psychology, Feng Shui, ecology, sacred geometry and ancient philosophies. He employed sacred geometry to design the Chartres labyrinth replicas for San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, and is the geomancy-feng shui consultant for Esalen Institute's long range planning.

Joel Andrews is a harpist, composer, author, and he was the pioneer music healer in America. He tours and presents concerts and workshops worldwide. Captivating international audiences with his exquisite music for over 30 years, he has produced 33 recordings, including collaborations with Paul Horn and the Paul Winter Consort. He was presented in Town Hall, New York, with critical acclaim and has soloed with the San Francisco Symphony under Arthur Fiedler. Mr. Andrews has also recorded over 3,000 healing sessions for individual transformation and his CDs, tapes and writings, distributed world-wide, are used to support many modalities of therapy. They have provided balance, harmony, healing, and enlightenment. 500 testimonials reveal the unbelievable variety of the therapeutic effects of his beautiful music.

Astarius has been dedicated to Spiritual Work for more than thirty years. He is a Musician, Healer, Poet and Astrologer. His music is created with the intention to heal and uplift. His poetry points the way to the Higher Self. His approach to Astrology helps the client gain insight and awaken personal power. He is a Reiki Master offering personal healing sessions and all levels of Reiki Training. Over the years it has been an honor for him to serve thousands of people with his gifts.

Michele Averard - Co-director and co-founder of both the Association of Sound Therapy (Spain) and the International Association. of Sound Therapy, Michele is an internationally recognized Sound Therapist, overtone singer and singer/songwriter. She is a talented performer, with a gift for captivating audiences, and is a charismatic workshop leader. Michele has conducted courses in Healing Sound as well as Workshops for Women (Sounding the Inner Goddess) in South Africa, UK, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Spain, mainly in "The Dome" at her home on the Costa Blanca. She also offers individual healing sessions with Tibetan singing bowls and other instruments and is possibly the only Westerner to have given a treatment of Sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls to a Tibetan lama. Michele plays guitar, tampura, monochord, koto, Native American flute, Tibetan Bowls and other acoustic instruments. Together with her husband and partner Nestor Kornblum she has published 8 CDs of music for healing. It was through Michele that Nestor discovered his gift for overtone singing and thus began his own journey into Sound.

Elizabeth Bauer - As a registered nurse (RN) and educator in Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Elizabeth specialized in critical care medicine before becoming a seeker of scientific truth in research. Integrating her advanced knowledge of the human biosystem as a researcher and scientist for the past 12 years; she has been a pioneer in successfully integrating research based complementary medical practices into standard medical settings in the United States. Her specialties also include applied biophysics, sports medicine (human and equine,) orthopedics, exercise therapy and bioenergetic medicine. She is well published with her co-author Dr. Anthony Fleming. What they have achieved, together, for the first time in scientific history is to give an internal structure to the photon and the phonon. Providing science with a new form of chemistry called photon chemistry-the chemistry associated with the binding energy within each atom. The truths uncovered within photon chemistry are the close connection between sound and light. Her work has been focused towards a working integrated medical science that has evolved through a physics that is beyond quantum.www.biophotonicsresearchinstitute.com www.unified physics.com

Zacciah Blackburn is a gifted intuitive, teacher, and sound healer, trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures.  Zacciah has created a comprehensive 3 year certification program in the therapeutic application of sound as a healing modality.   He teaches internationally, and practices in Vermont, at the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies (www.thecenteroflight.net.)   Zacciah utilizes sound coupled with sacred intention as a therapeutic tool, in mystical settings, for personal healing and transformation.  He is Director of Education at the international Sound Healing Network, & co-founder & Director of the World Sound Healing Organization, and the All One Now Network of organizations working for global peace (see www.AllOneNow.org.)  He also instructs in the use of , and sells musical/sound healing instruments of sacred sound cultures of the world, at www.sunreed.com

Juliet Carter, international presenter and author of The Template & Worldbridger, will be covering material ranging from the healing of the fundamental Human condition to the realignment of the cosmogenic order of the solar system. The Template is a holonomic model of transcendence that uncovers the dynamics of creation in intelligent and digestible terms as it bridges the geometric signal of light, Human bio-circuitry, the endocrine system, DNA restoration and the morphogenetic field to reveal the implicate order of manifest existence and the fractal nature of Human consciousness within the holography of the Universe. Ultimately the Template is a solution based system that will resurrect the original Human blueprint prior to our genetic modification. The Template Model answers our concerns about the present systemic failure of Earths governing systems that have led to the obvious path of terminal decline we now experience and offers an astounding, grounded and provable model to transcend this fear-based paradigm. The Template is a dynamic interactive system that reinstates humanities resonance with the harmonic geometries of light, returning us and our planet to the holistic space/time continuum.

John Consemulder is a Dutch author, lecturer, neuropsychologist and international composer, record producer, and live artist. His current focus is an integration of electronic instruments with real instruments, percussion and vocals, combining these to an original kind of deep and multidimensional spiritual music which contains elements of the past and elements of the future (multidimensional codes). John has earned a Ph.D. in neuropsychology, and is an author of articles and a book. His book BLUEPRINT, the multidimensional reality of Creation and Manifestation contains a special music cd combined with old languages, sound healing elements, sacred spaces recordings and extraterrestrial channelings, some of which will be performed live for the first time at this conference! John lectures in subjects like psycho-neuroimmunology, the real essence and intelligence of (non-local) communication and healing, crop circles, biophotonic light research, and is especially fascinated by magnetism and fields, vibration (Cymatics), sound healing, scalar electromagnetics and the holographic and multidimensional aspects of the reality of sound, light and energy.

Vaughn Cook, OMD is the founder of ZYTO Corporation. Dr. Cook worked in complementary and alternative medicine for over 20 years. During his time in the field, he traveled across the world teaching about biofeedback applications, which integrate western and eastern medicine. He also developed two computer-based systems, including the LSA system, used by health professionals around the world. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Cook owned and operated health care facilities specializing in holistic health. With his clinical background, he developed equipment with the mindset of a health care professional. The combination of his health and business backgrounds resulted in the development of technology that is clinically effective and financially practical.

Amrita Cottrell is a classically trained vocal musician, and has studied theology and music at a seminary. Amrita received her B.A. in Health Arts and Sciences from Goddard College in Vermont in 2001 as an independent scholar. Amrita uses the crystal bowls, bells, chimes, drums and rattles along with her healing voice in working with individuals and groups. She is also the founder of the Healing Music Organization.

Mandara Cromwell - President, Cymatherapy® International studied Sanskrit chant, Bija mantras, and meditation. She collaborated Dr. Peter Guy Manners. She has spearheaded the release of the Cyma®1000, which generate specific sound frequencies to stimulate muscles, organs and bones to their natural state of resonance. She shows the phenomenal proof of healing with audible sound frequencies by utilizing diagnostic ultrasound, EEG, MRI, thermography, and x-ray's.

Maestro Curtis has three Bachelors Degrees and two Masters Degrees in areas of Piano and Vocal Music, Music Theory/Orchestration and Arranging, and Philosophy. He has produced albums with Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire and has performed with such artists as Peabo Bryson, The Ojay's, George Benson, and The Count Basie Orchestra. Maestro teaches Music Theory from a PsychoAcoustic Perspective at Globe Institute and has also developed and implemented a therapy program funded by United Way for the elderly who suffer from Alzheimer's and dementia.

Stuart Grace Greene is a biophysicist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally trained in physics, his passion has always been the exploration of human consciousness. In the 1970s, before the fusion of science and spirituality became popular in our culture, Stuart lived and trained in a Zen Buddhist community - believing that the study of science and the distillation of the spirit were convergent paths towards the same essential unity. Stuart also ran a school where he taught an in-depth program of "Visionary Healing" combining subtle manual therapies with biological, bioenergetic, and psycho-spiritual healing work. After years of exploring subtle energy phenomena, Stuart discovered a similarly subtle level of biology in the research of Antoine BÈ champ, Gunther Enderlein, Royal Rife, and others. He was inspired by these great scientists, but mindful of the fact that their theories (which reached as far back as the mid-1800s) needed to be revised in light of modern understanding of molecular, cellular, genetic, and evolutionary biology. The resulting synthesis of ideas forms the core of the new science of health called EcoBiotics.

Steven Halpern is an internationally-acclaimed composer, master musician, producer, author and pioneering sound healer. His award-winning recordings radiate energies ofÝrelaxation, joy and peace that assist us in attuning to the quantum field of universal consciousness. Millions worldwide have experienced the blessings of benefits of sound healing simply by listening. Since l975, Steven has been a recognized authority in the field and a passionate voice bringing the concept of sound healing to the mainstream through his recordings,writings and national major market media appearances. He is a founding father of New Age/ ambient music who has sold more (over 6 million) relaxing, meditative and healing albums than any other living composer. He has written over 55 articles and a syndicated monthly column(now ezine) for over 20 years. Visit him at www.innerpeacemusic.com to experience the music, read his ezine, and book concerts and workshops.

Daniel Kobialka, Violinist, Composer, Arranger and Producer, Principal Second Violin for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for over two decades, performed his first concert at the age of eight, made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 to critical acclaim, and has subsequently performed as soloist with the orchestras of Boston, Atlanta, and Oakland. Over the past two decades, Daniel has released an extremely popular series featuring some of the most beautiful melodies in classical repertoire. His music is used widely in hospitals.

Nestor Kornblum (South Africa) is a co-director and co-founder of the Association of Sound Therapy (Spain), and the International Association of Sound Therapy (I.A.S.T.). He is a sound therapist and overtone singer of international repute, today working and conducting courses worldwide. He has been interviewed numerous times on TV, radio and in the press, and has written articles both in English and Spanish on sound as a healing modality. Together with his wife and partner in sound Michêle Averard he has published several CDs of music for healing, meditation and relaxation. His new instruction book with CD, Overtone Chant: the Practical Guide has recently been published and has received critical acclaim from therapists and musicians in many countries. Nestor is able, employing a variety of techniques for amplifying the harmonics or pure frequencies within the voice, to sing two, three or even 4 simultaneous sounds, with a span of 5 octaves. This knowledge has enabled him to give master classes on vocal harmonics at several universities. He has performed concerts together with Michêle in Sacred Music Festivals, festivals devoted to the Healing Arts, in Cathedrals and churches all over Europe, and World Music festivals. H.H. Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have been among members of their audience.

Susan Hale is a music therapist, singer and author of Song and Silence: Voicing the Soul and her new book "Sacred Space, Sacred Sound" about her research and experiences singing throughout the world including at Chartres Cathedral, Stonehenge, Avebury, Newgrange and the prehistoric cave of Lascaux. Susan has a degree in Creative Arts Therapy and is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. She teaches people how to find and free the natural voice throughout the United States, Britain and Canada. A pioneer in the fields of music therapy, creative arts therapy and sound healing since the mid-70's she has been at the forefront of exploring music, sound, voice, word and image as healing arts. As Director of the Songkeeper Apprenticeship she has acted as a midwife to access the hidden voices of her students. Susan's background as a trainer in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery and teacher of Archetypal Psychology grounds her in guiding people through mythic realities for personal growth and creative exploration. She is an innovative and dynamic leader whose joy and sensitivity help even the shyest people to express themselves more authentically. She has led pilgrimages to sacred sites in Britain and the Southwest.

Dr. Arthur Harvey is internationally known as an authority in music for special needs individuals, music and the brain, music and learning, and music and health. Dr. Harvey's broad background in music education has included experience as a concert and marching band director, orchestra conductor, choir director, recording artist, University Professor, general and special education music education teacher, a speaker and consultant in the fields of Music and Education as well as Music for Health Services/Therapy/Medicine. Dr. Harvey has been a member of ACDA, ALCM, HMEA, MENC and the International Society for Music in Medicine. He is featured on a 7 show video series, Music and the Brain, released a 2 CD set of Music for Health and Wellness, and co-authored a book and CD, Learn With The Classics. A recent book, A Journey Of Explanation: A Roadmap To Understanding Music & The Brain covers his research on music and the brain. He has published many articles, authored chapters in several books, and coauthored several training manuals in music for special needs individuals.

Laurie Herron has been practicing healing work for 17 years. During that time she has developed her own unique techniques of using sound and vibration to access intuitive information from the higher self.Ý She uses shamanistic influences and guide work in order to help facilitate transformation on the material and soul levels. Laurie has been teaching Acutonics in the greater Bay Area for 5 years and has a private practice at the Bancroft Center of Chinese Medicine. She is senior faculty of the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing, LLC and is also a co-partner of West Coast Acutonics in Berkeley California.

David Hickey - Based in Mount Hope, Ontario, David performs with over 20 Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls in combination with 8 Paiste Gongs and Chimes. Each gong features a strong fundamental note tuned to represent a natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and the other planets. David also performs with other beautiful organic instruments that add the finishing touches to an amazing performance.Ý The intent of a performance is to create beautiful improvised, meditative and healing music. David has been touring Canada coast to coast the past five years and have performed over 400 shows and have released 5 CD's.Ý Crystal Journey has dedicated it's intention for the music to help raise awareness to our environment and such social causes as Tibet and Burma and has raised funds for various charities as well- The Monks of the Gomang Monastery, Indonesian Tsunami Relief, churches and more.

Alan Howarth is a professional Hollywood music composer and sound designer. His award winning credits include all six Star Trek feature films, The Hunt for Red October, Poltergeist, Back to the Future II & III, Stargate, and The Little Mermaid. Alan has personally confirmed Wes Bateman's research, which is the foundation of RA music frequencies by traveling to Egypt and the Mayan Temples in Mexico. Alan is the founder, president and Creative Director of RA music and SoundPix technologies.

Howard Martin (Heartmath) brings more than 30 years of experience in business and personal development to the position of Executive Vice President, Strategic Development. Howard's responsibilities include global alliances, marketing, and program and product development. Howard has been instrumental in assisting Doc Childre in the development and teaching of HeartMath's programs since its inception. He speaks internationally on the HeartMath approach to advancing human performance that is based on compelling scientific research--linking heart function with health, emotional well-being and intelligence. Howard is co-author with Doc Childre of The HeartMath Solution, published in 2000 by Harper San Francisco. He also developed Nightingale-Conant's tape series, "The HeartMath Method."

Katie Mink, L.Ac. has been licensed to practice acupuncture in California since 1987. She is the owner and Director of the Bancroft Center of Chinese Medicine in Berkeley, where she specializes in omens health, Acutonics, nutrition, and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Katie received her acupuncture degree from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine in 1987 and furthered her studies in China at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has also practiced acupuncture in India at the Meher Free Dispensary, Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. Katie is senior faculty and a member of the Advisory Group of the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing, LLC. She and Laurie Herron are co-partners of West Coast Acutonics.

Silvia Nakkach M.A.,MMT; is an award-winning composer, a psychologist, a singer, a recording artist, and an author. She is an internationally accredited specialist in cross-cultural music therapy training, and a pioneer in the field of sound, transformation of consciousness, and music shamanism. She has created the curriculum and is the academic advisor for the new certificate program on Sound, Voice and Music Healing at CIIS. Nakkach is also the founding director of the international Vox Mundi School of the Voice and The Yoga of the Voice� training. Silvia has devoted 26 years to the study of the art of raga singing under the direction of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, and has been involved in clinical research in the areas of micro-tonal singing and systematic uses of the voice to induce emotional healing, creating an innovated repertoire of cross-cultural vocal techniques that become a landmark in the field of sound, music therapy, and voice coaching. She was named by Utne Reader magazine as one of forty cutting-edge artists that will shake the art world in the new millennium, For more information visit: www.voxmundiproject.com

Steven Sklar is a sound healer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis. A longtime associate of the famed Tuvan ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu, he is the leading teacher and performer of Khoomei (Tuvan Throat-Singing) and Tibetan low-voice chordal chanting voice in the western hemisphere, and has taught around the world, including the US, Canada, Finland, Mexico, and Taiwan. In addition to teaching and sound healing, he performs on guitar, didgeridoo, Himalayan metalophones, the Tuvan igil (horsehead fiddle), and other exotic instruments, both as a soloist and as leader of the ensembles Big Sky and the Overtone Orchestra. He also studied and worked extensively with the Tuvan throat-singing shaman N. Oorzhak. Steve works with "internal sounds, the sounds not heard by our ears", and their roles/actions in creating and maintaining energy blockages, along with the use of sounds and related programming techniques to overcome illness patterns and their causes. Visit and listen to Steve online at http://khoomei.com

Silvina Vergara is a holistic counselor, conscious guide, educator, singer, minister, dance instructor, and she incorporates dance, drama and movement composition to her training. She plays the singing crystal bowls and brings more than twenty years of experience in the areas of energy work, self development, movement and voice. Silvina has had extensive training in performing arts, creative movement and metaphysics. Silvina holds a certification in sound healing and has completed a training in Sahuka, a synthesis on high Egyptian Alchemy, Taoism and Tibetan Buddhism. She is currently a radio hostess in self awareness and spiritual growth for the Hispanic community. She is also working as a facilitator in stress management for San Francisco General Hospital for a special program for cancer patients. In her sessions she incorporates past life work, vibrational healing massage, breath and emotional work in order to facilitate a greater awareness of oneself, enhancing vitality and sense of well being. "Integrating these healing modalities is a reflection of my Healing Process, bringing a profound connection to my heart."

Beverly Ann Wilson, Crystal Bowl Master Alchemist, has participated in the Well-Care aspects of medicine and healing modalities of tone, movement and color since the early 1970's. At The Crystal Room in Mt Shasta she joined with Crystal Tones, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. The consciousness of Crystal Tones' Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls (i.e. Rose Quartz, Amethyst and Ruby) integrated her energetic understanding of the mineral kingdom and sound healing. Crystal Tones at Mount Shasta was created. As a Crystal Bowl Master Alchemist she has participated in the inspiration and creation of the Citrine and Kyanite Bowls and all the multi-mineral vibrational Alchemy Bowl combinations. At Crystal Tones at Mount Shasta one can experience every kind of Crystal Tones Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowl in existence. There she teaches, gives workshops, group alignments and individual vibrational healing sessions.