Tibetan Bowl School News

The last of the Tibetan bowl school June Intro classes was completed on June 20/21. It was evident from the students that most people do not know how to choose quality instruments. Students arrived with their collection of tingshas and bowls to show me with hopes of adding to their collections after the course. There were a few good bowls in the group but most of the bowls that came into the class had a tinny sound, few and faint harmonic overtones and the sound of the instruments faded away quickly. This is not the quality one would desire for sound healing sessions. Tingshas were suitable for getting attention but completly unacceptable for use as a diagnostic tool. They had a great deal of chatter, no lingering tone, and felt piercing rather than awakening in texture. During the weekend when students had the opportunity to listen to really good quality instruments, they began to hear tones and textures that they had not heard before. It was the first time for many of them that they were able to assess quality of sound. This was a great revelation to them and will serve them well for future selection of the sacred sound instruments.

New Rochelle

Have you ever been found? This week three people from my high school contacted me after finding me on Facebook. I haven't had any contact with them since 1969. As I look into the photos on their profiles I search to see if the spirit of the young friends I had back then is still with them. It is comforting to revisit part of ones history and to see where we have grown

A Worthy Sound Healing Publication

My friend Amrita Cotrell ( amrita@healingmusic.org) spends hours combing the internet to assemble valuable information on sound healing around the world. From her research, she puts together a Chronicle of Sound Healing e-publication that contains articles, studies, information and research about sound healing. If you would like to receive this journal email her for further details.

New Tibetan Bowl School Video

Sound Healing Tour Gift

Many people view concert touring as a romantic thing. That is certainly part of touring but a great deal of it is also driving huge distances, loading and unloading heavy equipment, sleeping on mats and having little choice about available healthy foods. It is a lot of hard work away from home and normally an excellent support to annual income too!  I just returned from a wonderful Tibetan bowl sound healing concert tour in the Sierra's  What a beautiful part of the country that is. The tour was a great success on many levels although the economic situation really made itself felt.  Part way through the tour I decided to let go of financial goals and dedicated this to be a  "Service tour" .  In that way I could totally give myself to the sound healing concerts and not think about or be dissappointed by the financial aspects.  The folks I met were wonderful, the weather beautiful, and bags of delicious fat red cherries were all over the little roads in farm stands.  I was gone for 12 days of concerts, workshops and private healing sessions.  In the end I did just fine financially, but the tour was the best ever because I was able to let go of that part of it.  One of the instruments I play during the tour is a Chiron gong.. an amazing instrument that through sound teaches us to 'see the gift in the wound" -- to transmute challenges into something for deepening... This tour was an opportunity for me to do just that and I feel so blessed.  Just wanted to share that with y'all.   Blessings.

Toning with a Master

May 4th, 6pm PST Sound Healing Teleclass- The topic this month is Toning. My special guest presenter is Internationally known Overtone Master Wayne Perry. I started working with Waynes overtone tapes years ago and still feel that they are the best. Why? Because they break down the syllables, textures and areas of the mouth, throat etc where different overtones occur. His work is the most accessible I have found and lots of fun to work with. Wayne will present an simple overview of overtoning and one aspect of it that very much relates to the singing bowls. Then he will answer your questions.

Wayne has asked that questions be sent to him prior to the teleclass so please email yours to me at diane@soundenergyhealing.com. To register go to: www.tibetanbowlschool.com/regist.shtml. $20. You will receive the call in numbers by email after you register. Registration deadline is May 1.