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Miten – Voicing from Soulful Silence

Aired Thursday, 20 June 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

A soulful silence is an act of embrace and union with the pulse of our resounding being. It affords us the capacity for cultivating deep listening. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh defines deep listening as a gift of compassion because it offers a safe space for the speaker to attempt their heart. We offer ourselves the gift of deep listening when we spend time tending the garden of our heart. From the safe space of our soulful silence, we have the capacity to tune in to the resounding human body and witness our primordial sounds- the song of our being. Our true voice springs forward from the source of our heart’s pulse.

Tune into OMTimes Radio Voice Rising Show to join voice master Kara Johnstad and honorable guest Miten, formerly known as Andy Desmond, for a heartfelt exchange of adventures on the playground of soulful silence and voice.

About Miten:

Miten and life partner Deva Premal are a ground-breaking duet and modern nomads on a mission to share with humanity the medicine of mantra and lifestyle. With original chants that are used for meditation, yoga, stress management, massage, and conscious sleep playlists worldwide, Deva Premal & Miten not only model spiritually- conscious living but also share powerful tools for wellness, mindfulness, and personal growth. They have been featured in top media such as The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Huffington Post, endorsed by celebrities as varied as Cher, Tony Robbins, and the Dalai Lama, been included in movie soundtracks and have countless other honorable mentions.

Lynne McTaggart – The Power of Eight

Aired Thursday, 13 June 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

Did you know that when people carry out intention for each other in small groups of eight, miraculous healings occur – virtually in an instant. The power of eight has been well recorded and observed from the Pythagorean Scale to Hans Cousto’s “The Cosmic Octave” to the Octave festival days following Christmas and Easter to the inscription over an abbey in Cluny, France which reads, “the octave teaches the saints bliss.”

Tune in to OMTimes Radio Voice Rising Show for this week’s episode on the evolution of self-help through the healing power of eight, intention and altruism. Join voice master Kara Johnstad and award-winning journalist and author Lynne McTaggart to learn how to harness a three-fold key combination for miraculous healing power.

About Lynne McTaggart:

Lynne McTaggart is one of the central voices in the new consciousness movement. She is the award-winning author of seven books including worldwide bestsellers, “The Field,” “The Intention Experiment,” “The Bond” and her latest, “The Power of Eight,” now available in paperback. She also serves as Editorial Director of What Doctors Don’t Tell You (www.WDDTY.com), one of the world’s most highly praised health publications. Lynne and her husband, WDDTY co-founder Bryan Hubbard, live and work in London, UK. For more information, visit www.LynneMcTaggart.com.

Testimonials:

“Read this book, form your own Power of Eight group, and welcome the miracles in your own life.” – Deepak Chopra

“Every church group, every book group and every business team need a Power of Eight group to create a vortex of healing and transformation.” – John Assaraf, New York Times bestselling author of Having it All, and CEO of NeuroGym

“A once-in-a-generation work that will turn the tide in how we unleash the power of healing for each other and for the world.” —James O’Dea, former president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of Soul Awakening Practice

April Young Bennett – A Voice Lesson from a Suffragist

Aired Thursday, 6 June 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

Five score years ago on June 4th, 1919 the US Congress passed the 19th amendment guaranteeing the first wave of American women the right to vote. In honor of the giants whose shoulders we stand upon we dedicate this week’s episode to the female movers and shakers who have changed the game by raising the power of female voices.

Join voice master Kara Johnstad and our honorable guest, April Young Bennett, as they tune us with the echoes of our foremothers.

About April Young Bennett:

Ms. Bennett has campaigned for better state and federal laws addressing the wage gap, healthcare, education, juvenile justice, and gender equity. As an organizer for the activist organization Ordain Women, she has led hundreds of women and men in marches and demonstrations, thereby attracting national attention. She helps feminists of different faiths share ideas and collaborate toward common goals at the Religious Feminism Podcast. Ms. Bennett blogs about Mormon feminism at Exponent II, an organization in existence since the second wave feminist movement.

Don Jose Ruiz – Vocal Heritage

Aired Thursday, 23 May 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

“The human voice is the organ of the soul” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The ancient art of carrying and transmitting information through oral tradition has exponential potential in the present-day New Information Paradigm. Humanity as a whole and sound organism carries all the information necessary for preservation and continuation. Messengers offer the human organism explicit direction and are attuned to the physical, emotional and electromagnetic dimension of the human voice as a powerful vessel for information storage and dissemination. Today’s scientific application of sound for medical purposes and wellness practices are becoming more commonplace as we integrate our collective appreciation of energy, frequency and vibration also prescribed in the ancient arts, such as oral traditions. Join voice master Kara Johnstad and don Jose Ruiz for a soulful exploration of the mysterious ways the human voice transmits information through energy and matter, maintaining and restoring coherency into the subliminal.

About: don Jose Ruiz, is a Toltec Master of Transformation & Modern day Shaman. He is a direct descendant of the Toltecs of the Eagle Night lineage, and is the son of don Miguel Ruiz, author of New York Times bestseller The Four Agreements. He is the author of The Fifth Agreement, Ripples of Wisdom, and My Good Friend The Rattlesnake. Along with his family, he teaches workshops and offers transformational journeys around the world. For more information please visit: www.miguelruiz.com

Testimonial:

“Don Jose Ruiz is a spiritual master in the making. His heartfelt tales resonate with courage and vulnerability as he takes us on a spiritual journey full of family wisdom, soulful surrender, and boundless love. The powerful life lessons and insight he shares are inspiring and timeless.” -Panache Desai, Discover Your Soul Signature

Mari Boine – A Sound Universe of One’s Own

Aired Thursday, 16 May 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

With her exotic voice informed by the long time oppressed shaman culture of the Norwegian Sami, an indigenous people often compared to Native Americans, and her almost trance-like folk music, Mari Boine created together with sámi guitarist Roger Ludvigsen, a sound universe of her own. Today she is revered as a truly unique artist whose trajectory led her to release more than a dozen highly-acclaimed solo albums and collaborate with stellar Norwegian jazz musicians like Jan Garbarek and Bugge Wesseltoft. From the start, Mari Boine has been one of the most outspoken and important representatives of the Sami culture. As an artist and activist, she has worked tirelessly for the recognition and preservation of the indigenous Sami culture, thus inspiring younger generations to be proud of their unique roots. Even though Boine draws heavily on her musical heritage (Christian Lestadian hymn singing, Sami joik chants, and Norwegian folk music), she masterfully blends these influences with modern musical elements from jazz, rock, and pop.

At a time when the vast majority of popular singers seems to follow predetermined patterns, Mari Boine has managed to stand out as one of a kind. Constantly evolving, changing, modernizing, and daring, but never bending to the rules of the recording industry.

Join voice master Kara Johnstad and Mari Boine for a compelling discussion on creating a sound universe of one’s own.

On Mari Boine:

“It’s completely irrelevant what you call her music. Her music that blends seamlessly into the rhythms and sound picture of our times. She could have sung her songs a thousand years ago or a thousand years into the future and still retained the same depth and resonance. In other words, it is like Mari Boine’s voice reveals just the smallest sliver of eternity,”

— Jörg Eipasch on Boine’s album Gávcci Jahkejuogo (Eight Seasons).

Chloë Goodchild – Unified Field of Awareness or Singing Field

Aired Thursday, 9 May 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

Here and now, precisely at this appointed placelessness and timelessness in its chosen form of information, is home to our interconnectedness, our inter-are-ing. We welcome you home to the unified field of awareness of our inter-being, where all sentient beings sing freely from their heart’s pulsation. Here we swim, dwell and swell in gratitude for our unity in uniqueness. Each ripple, drip, dip and spring of frequency shifts resonate in all directions, forming symphonies of perfectly playful spheres from and for all of creation’s joyful elevation.

When my remaining option is to intentionally love and unapologetically reclaim my identity as love embodied, will I have spiraled back home, an octave harmoniously integrated and evolved state of being. Here I will meet you:

“Out beyond ideas of right and wrong doing

there is a field

a singing field

I’ll meet you there”

-Rumi

Join voice master Kara Johnstad and Ms. Chloë Goodchild, an international singer, innovatory educator, author and founder of The Naked Voice (1990) as they peruse the Singing Field.

About Ms. Chloë Goodchild: dedicated to the realization of compassionate communication in all realms of human life. Deafness in childhood catalyzed Chloë’s deep encounter with her inner self, and began a lifetime’s experiential research into the voice as a catalyst for personal evolution and global transformation.

Simrit Kaur – The Science of Mantra

Aired Thursday, 2 May 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

As creatures of habit we can command conscious repetition to alter our being, from our brain wave frequency to the very molecular structure of our bodies, including our DNA. Join voice master Kara Johnstad and guest Simrit Kaur as they explore the science of mantras.

Mantra supports rhythm and restores trust in the certainty of order. This enables our hearts to open and turns on a higher code within our DNA.

Simrit Kaur is a world renowned.

Simrit is a student, practitioner and a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Naad Yoga (the sciences of sound and consciousness). She is also a certified level II Reiki practitioner. Her highly acclaimed yoga of the voice and sound course, ‘The Supreme Sound’, continues to be studied by thousands worldwide. She records, composes, produces music, and tours with her band giving concerts and workshops across the globe.

“The most potent power on the planet is on the tip of your tongue.” -Simrit Kaur

Kevin Kortan – Sounding into Silence

Aired Thursday, 25 April 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

The call to life beckons us to contemplate our capacity to respond to our deepest questions. How does one grow in “response-ability” to life? Responsibility compels us to exercise the flexibility, adaptability and integration of body, mind and soul. The capacity for internal awareness frees us to respond back to life. Sounding is a vessel with the capacity to gently guide our internal awareness into the night, the darkness, the silence and womb of knowing.

Join voice master Kara Johnstad and guest Kevin Kortan, originator of Evolutionary Yoga™, as they discuss an integrative and innovative approach that unites Yoga, Tantra, Somatics, and Embodied Education. Kevin offers insights into the role that sounding, chanting, and mantra repetition has in bringing us into an internal awareness.

For sound enthusiasts and explorers, enjoy Kevin’s courageous journey from sacred sound and music to music for the stage and back to sacred, inner sound. He will take us through the curves and turns of mantra in motion, chanting in Sanskrit, English, and other languages and healing the wound of being judged about our voice.

About Kevin Kortan:

Praised as a “master of translation” and “an excellent teacher who makes his classes challenging for the experienced, yet understandable for the beginner.” He enjoys working with people from all walks of life. Much of Kevin’s teaching is done one-on-one in private sessions in the time-honored tradition of adapting yoga for the individual.

Connect with Kevin on www.evolutionaryyoga.com.

Rhiannon – On Being Flexible

Aired Thursday, 18 April 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

Range of free motion is a skill that can be cultivated and strengthen in all areas of life, be it mind, muscle or meta. Join voice masters Kara Johnstad and Rhiannon as they reflect upon their vocal rivers the skill and spirit of improvisation. Rhiannon’s acclaimed textbook Vocal River, The Skill and Spirit of Improvisation (2013) synthesizes Rhiannon’s journey, philosophy and exercises. It is a declaration of her passionate commitment to vocal improvisation. Tune in for a generous dose of vocal exuberance, craft and insights into the dimensions and gifts of improvisation.

About Rhiannon: A vocal artist with a vision of music as a vehicle for innovation, healing, transformation, and social change. A vibrant, gifted singer, performance artist, composer, and master teacher, Rhiannon lives and works on her farm on the Big Island of Hawai’i using her singing barn Ha Lau Leo Nani, The Gathering Place as a teaching and performance venue honoring culture and community.

“Rhiannon is incredibly brilliant and fun. I trust her musical instincts completely. A fellow graduate of MSU (Making Stuff Up) and a member of Voicestra since the beginning, she’s one of my very favorite people to improvise with. I’m so glad she’s finally taken the time to document her thoughtful, heartfelt, inspired approach Delve in deeply!” – Bobby McFerrin

Cleveland Watkiss – Biosonics of Sound System Culture

Aired Thursday, 4 April 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

Just as the acupuncturist “reads” the pulse, or the iridology “reads” the eyes, Biosonics “reads” the human voice for a diagnostic orientation of imbalance states. The frequencies in the human voice carry information about the state of the person’s physical and emotional balance. When the human body is tuned or in balance, it can work in harmony and create melodies. The power and pleasure of the sonic also has an exponentially scalable function within an orchestra or choir. Therefore, galvanizing and ennobling human voices is a profound tuning service to the one collective human organism. As a musical distribution mechanism, the Jamaican Sound System Culture has proved itself to be a transmission of life for the diaspora. Out of many, the voice makes us wholly one.

Join voice master Kara Johnstad and British virtuoso vocalist Cleveland Watkiss as they explore the intersection of sound, consciousness and well-being.

About Cleveland Watkiss:

A vocal improvisor, composer, actor, educator, born in Hackney, East London to Jamaican family. For his most recent work with: CW UK ALLSTARS he has assembled some of the most prolific musicians active on the UK music scene today.

Visit: www.clevelandwatkiss.co.uk