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Jeffrey’s wonderful conversation with musician and performer Chris James, who throughout his diverse life has has been a musician, renunciate, bodyguard, transpersonal therapist and father.

As a pioneer of voice and sound work, Chris is the founder of the International School of Sacred Sound and of the Sound Foundation, a UK based charity that provides funding for innovative sound teachers. Teacher Training Program’s are conducted in the UK, Europe,and Australia.

Dedicating his life’s work to bringing a greater awareness to all aspects of the human experience, Chris’s music reflects this understanding and is used around the world to facilitate the process of birth, daily living and dying.

Chris’ work is also implemented and his music played in prenatal courses, birthing suites, during doctor’s surgeries, in hospital emergency wards and hospices, as well as complimentary medical clinics. Individuals throughout the world use his work and music to assist them in meditation and creating a clear home and work environment, bringing greater harmony within family and daily life.

A dynamic international performer, singer and composer, He is able to move through an incredible vocal range from gentle pure tones into rich and strong vocals.

Chris feels that “Everyone is born with a beautiful voice,” and can teach anyone to sing in tune, and to experience the healing power of sound. This ranges from the wonderful and uplifting effect of simply singing, perhaps for the first time since one was a child, to the profound inner experience of tone on our central nervous system, bringing a cellular level of healing that is experienced by all.

Born in Australia, Chris teaches internationally about the healing power of sound, song and meditation. Through discovering our natural voice, we learn that we can experience and trust our creativity and intuition. This frees us to be able to perceive and express clearly.

Chris has led singing at concerts, festivals and seminars, and has taught internationally for over 20 years. He is renowned for his ability to unite audiences of thousands as well as facilitate intimate groups.

As Chris says,

“Sound holds no social, economic or language barriers. Everybody comes together to sing with pure delight, when fear of self expression goes, joy naturally takes its  place”.

I think you will truly enjoy my conversation with Chris as we explore the many aspects of music and sound and how they can personally awaken you to a greater appreciation of the the divine in all things and open your imagination to a deeper sense of the experience we have every day in life.

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Jeffrey has a delightful conversation with musician and spiritual singer Sita Jamieson.

Sita has been chanting in different venues for the past 20 years. She started within the Hindu tradition of kirtan and then expanded out to all traditions to reach broader audiences. She is a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba and has performed with Krishna Das, Ram Dass, and Bhagavan Das.

A native of Ireland, she feels that her voice comes out of her Celtic roots; its powerful resonance harkens to an ancient, earthy form of song.

“I work with chants from every tradition because it allows more people to relate to what I do, and also reveals that the chants all come from the same source, the same wellspring. Chanting is a devotional practice in that it makes conscious the longing in all of us to be united with the Beloved. At some point we realize, especially if we chant for longer periods of time, that there is no separation between ourselves and the deity or the energetics that symbolize the Beloved in our psyches. Chanting is like dropping a vessel into a deep well and bringing up an overflowing source of nourishment. This nourishment of sound feeds the soul as water and food feed the body. Through the chant we can pour all our longings, frustrations, grief, and joy into this mystical container called life, so it can be transformed into a nectar that is both sweet and powerful.  When your inner being is humming with music suddenly you find that the same music is outside and the separation between you and the outer disappears. Then there is nothing inner, nothing outer just one expanse, one unity”.

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Jeffrey’s inspiring conversation with Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, an extraordinary healer, inspired teacher, and best-selling author.

Dr. Sha is an MD in China, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in China and Canada, and the founder of the Institute of Soul Mind Body Medicine®.

Trained in the most advanced cellular healing science now occurring in China, Dr. Sha is a champion of breakthrough research on the effect of spirituality on the human system. He is the sole Western teacher of Body Space Medicine, which helped contain the SARS epidemic in China.

A direct lineage holder of 5,000-year old Buddhist and Taoist secrets, Master Sha is also a grandmaster of Tai Chi, Qigong, I Ching and Feng Shui. He was named Qi Gong Master of the Year at the World 5th Qigong congress in 2002.

A chosen representative of the Divine for developing the intelligence, creativity and manifestation powers of humanity, he has created and trained hundreds of Soul Healers, Soul Teachers, Soul Communicators and Divine Writers.

Despite a demanding schedule of media appearances and writing commitments, Dr. Sha prefers to teach as much as possible in person, at free public events, in Soul Retreats and via teleclasses.

Dr. Sha is the New York Times best-selling author of Soul Mind Body Medicine and Soul Wisdom I. He is the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com #1 best-selling author of Soul Communication. His first major book, Power Healing, published in 2002, was also a bestseller. Translations of some of his works are available in German and Japanese. He has also been featured in two PBS documentaries.

In July 2003, Dr. Sha was chosen as a divine servant, vehicle and channel. Devoting himself fully to this mission as a Master, Dr. Sha teaches and demonstrates Soul Power for healing, rejuvenation and transforming all life.

As ancient spiritual wisdom states that everyone and everything has a soul, Master Sha’s divine gifts have extended beyond healing and rejuvenation to other major human concerns such as relationships, business and finances, and also to nature, the animal realm and the Akasha.

Master Sha works tirelessly to empower people to heal and enlighten themselves and to serve the world unconditionally. In 2006, he was honored at the United Nations as the recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall of Fame Award, given by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission of the State of New Jersey for his outstanding work in promoting peace and healing.

A fascinating conversation with a man who has devoted himself entirely to his mission to transform the boundaries of medicine, consciousness and human understanding.  I think you will enjoy this special look into what is occurring  in China as spirit continues to evolve societies all over the world in to greater realms of awareness and understanding.

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Jeffrey’s great conversation with musician, writer and legal expert Mike Hall.   Mike has always been focused on consciousness as long as he can remember – he started keeping a journal when he was only twelve years old.  He had his first out of body experience during a high school football game but didn’t lose his virginity until his third year of college.

After practicing law in New York for twelve years of his life, Mike realized that he didn’t really like being a lawyer, and moved to New Mexico in 1992,  publishing two books recounting his spiritual adventures and learning’s and in the process completed two national book signing tours.

He has had many jobs as many who move to New Mexico experience to survive, and so Mike waited tables and worked as a night watchman before eventually becoming administrator of the entire state court system.

At present, Mike serves as executive director of the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, the state’s Sex Offender Management Board and the Justice Information Sharing Council, which he chairs.  Very accomplished in his professional career and able to bring a sense of love and compassion to even these very serious halls of power and social responsibility, Mike heart and soul is focused on his undying love and passion for his musical expression, playing the piano, and his vision of touching audiences everywhere with his music.

As an active member of the clergy of Eckankar, a spiritual path that focuses on the light and sound as the twin pillars of divine connection to the heart of life, Mike still journals everyday and journeys both into the beyond and into his life in his body on a daily basis.

Today’s conversation with Mike is a touching look into his experiences as he has grown to embrace his musical expression through playing the piano and also an authentic glimpse into his heart as he shares the monologue he performed at The Testosterone Testimonials in May of this year.  Full of joy and love, Mike adds his story and shares his first foray into recorded music with his new CD called Higher Places to the growing list of heart connected people who come to The Omni Art Salon and share their personal connection to wisdom and authenticity.

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Jeffrey has a great conversation with Toby Christensen, The Healing Drummer, a recognized expert and innovator in the field of healing music.

“Change Your Rhythm and Change Your Life” is the foundation of his healing therapies, his teachings and his music. Toby uses sound energy from the drum to create a force that disrupts unhealthy patterns and then combines elemental rhythms to restore and realign the mind, body and spirit. Toby travels across the country reaching thousands of people through his healing sessions, drumming circles, workshops, and interactive concerts. His mission is to show people the healing power and transformative energy of drumming.

How does it work? Science has already shown that we are energetic beings vibrating to rhythms on both a cellular and sub-atomic level. Toby’s combination of ancient drumming and modern science called, Sound Attunement Therapy, helps to reconfigure your bio-energetic structure promoting healing and restoring energy. Recent studies acknowledge that therapeutic drumming is effective in dealing with a wide range of mental, physical and emotional issues including: pain and stress relief, immune system function, AIDS, high blood pressure, adrenal failure, cancer, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. But you only need to talk to Toby’s clients to be convinced of the healing power of drumming. Time and time again, people report feeling magically transformed with unbelievable energy after an experience with Toby, to live a more healthy and satisfying life.

Toby is a study in contrasts, part rock drummer part ancient healer and a bundle of kinetic joyous energy. He has taken a long and amazing journey to find his passion and mission in life. A childhood drumming prodigy he grew up playing in professional bands and he still brings that boyish energy to his current work. Always religious, he went to divinity school and became a pastor/evangelist traveling the US and Canada preaching the “Good News”. After becoming disillusioned with the big business of religion, Toby changed his life dramatically. He plunged into business and found success as a senior executive for a major corporation and then as an entrepreneur with a successful line of coffee stores, Greyhawk Coffee.

Throughout all of this, Toby continued to search a greater meaning in his life. At a retreat he was introduced to the African teacher and drummer, Malidoma Some‘, the connection was instantaneous and they drummed together long into the night. “It was as if everything woke up in me all at once. My new life began that day.” Toby began intensive study in both Healing Drumming and Shamanism. He went to Africa to study with Malidoma and Ritual Master Sobonfu Some‘. He also studied Native American Traditions and at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. After years of study under these experts and with their blessings, he went out on his own.

Toby has authored books and articles and recorded many CD’s and his concerts are energetic interactive experiences of music, drumming and dancing. He travels from his home in Park City, UT across the country to conduct individual and group healing sessions, drumming circles, classes and workshops. Toby is the inventor of Sound Attunement Therapy.

His latest therapeutic invention is the Crystal Healing Bed, an amazing construct of copper, crystals, and sacred geometry that intensifies the healing forces of the drum. Toby has just introduced the 5 Element Drumming DVD and CD where he teaches you how to use your drum as a tool of personal empowerment. He also shares the meaning and energy of the 5 Elements of the Dagara West African Medicine Wheel. Toby also works with organizations and groups in numerous communities. From speeches and corporate team-building to out-reach programs for youth and the elderly.

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Jeffrey has a great conversation with Toby Christensen, The Healing Drummer, a recognized expert and innovator in the field of healing music.

“Change Your Rhythm and Change Your Life” is the foundation of his healing therapies, his teachings and his music. Toby uses sound energy from the drum to create a force that disrupts unhealthy patterns and then combines elemental rhythms to restore and realign the mind, body and spirit. Toby travels across the country reaching thousands of people through his healing sessions, drumming circles, workshops, and interactive concerts. His mission is to show people the healing power and transformative energy of drumming.

How does it work? Science has already shown that we are energetic beings vibrating to rhythms on both a cellular and sub-atomic level. Toby’s combination of ancient drumming and modern science called, Sound Attunement Therapy, helps to reconfigure your bio-energetic structure promoting healing and restoring energy. Recent studies acknowledge that therapeutic drumming is effective in dealing with a wide range of mental, physical and emotional issues including: pain and stress relief, immune system function, AIDS, high blood pressure, adrenal failure, cancer, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. But you only need to talk to Toby’s clients to be convinced of the healing power of drumming. Time and time again, people report feeling magically transformed with unbelievable energy after an experience with Toby, to live a more healthy and satisfying life.

Toby is a study in contrasts, part rock drummer part ancient healer and a bundle of kinetic joyous energy. He has taken a long and amazing journey to find his passion and mission in life. A childhood drumming prodigy he grew up playing in professional bands and he still brings that boyish energy to his current work. Always religious, he went to divinity school and became a pastor/evangelist traveling the US and Canada preaching the “Good News”. After becoming disillusioned with the big business of religion, Toby changed his life dramatically. He plunged into business and found success as a senior executive for a major corporation and then as an entrepreneur with a successful line of coffee stores, Greyhawk Coffee.

Throughout all of this, Toby continued to search a greater meaning in his life. At a retreat he was introduced to the African teacher and drummer, Malidoma Some‘, the connection was instantaneous and they drummed together long into the night. “It was as if everything woke up in me all at once. My new life began that day.” Toby began intensive study in both Healing Drumming and Shamanism. He went to Africa to study with Malidoma and Ritual Master Sobonfu Some‘. He also studied Native American Traditions and at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. After years of study under these experts and with their blessings, he went out on his own.

Toby has authored books and articles and recorded many CD’s and his concerts are energetic interactive experiences of music, drumming and dancing. He travels from his home in Park City, UT across the country to conduct individual and group healing sessions, drumming circles, classes and workshops. Toby is the inventor of Sound Attunement Therapy.

His latest therapeutic invention is the Crystal Healing Bed, an amazing construct of copper, crystals, and sacred geometry that intensifies the healing forces of the drum. Toby has just introduced the 5 Element Drumming DVD and CD where he teaches you how to use your drum as a tool of personal empowerment. He also shares the meaning and energy of the 5 Elements of the Dagara West African Medicine Wheel. Toby also works with organizations and groups in numerous communities. From speeches and corporate team-building to out-reach programs for youth and the elderly.

The Omni Art Salon theme music When Angels Smile, is provided courtesy of Back To Earth