Sound and Healing~
Sound/vibration has been used for centuries to affect change and create healing in our bodies and has been used by many cultures to produce “altered states” of consciousness. The coming together of spirituality, quantum physics and science is opening up a whole new widow of exploration and is helping us to bridge the gap in our awareness of its power and usefulness in modern medicine. Through advanced technology, we now have the ability to record the images produced by sound/vibration. To actually “See” sound moving and creating changes in the subtle and cellular worlds is an amazing sight and is even being used in the creation of art.
*Picture* Sound As Art~ Recorded Vibrations from a Bass Guitar ~
We are in the midst of one of the most significant paradigm shifts mankind has ever encountered. We are seeing the end of Newton’s mechanical world-view, which is being replaced by a new one that tells us that we are interconnected consciousness, and that matter is nothing more than a form of energy, as is sound. Quantum theory has changed everything, because what was once a mechanical, external universe has now become an internal web of intelligence.
We are all awakening to the recognition that we are not just an inert physical body, but are made up entirely of energy, which can now be recorded. We are able to take a picture of a fetus in the womb and see the “energy body” that will become the physical expression of the soul as it evolves into time and space. Science can also detect the body’s meridian system, which are the “grid lines” that acupuncturists use as a guidance system in their healing practices. By directing certain sound/vibrations through these meridians, healing can occur.
The Matrix Weaver’s resident sound expert, Jonathan Goldman, is a writer, musician and teacher. He is an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of HEALING SOUNDS: THE POWER OF HARMONICS (Inner Traditions), SHIFTING FREQUENCIES (Light Technology) THE LOST CHORD (Spirit Music) and TANTRA OF SOUND (Hampton Road), co-authored with his wife Andi. He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama’s Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Film Making from Boston University and a Master’s Degree in the Independent Study on Sound Healing from Lesley College. He is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music and Medicine.
Jonathan is the director of the Sound Healers Association; the original organization dedicated to the education and awareness of sound and music for healing. He is also president of Spirit Music, which produces music for meditation, relaxation and self-transformation. Jonathan has created numerous cutting edge recordings including: “Dolphin Dreams“, “Sacred Gateways: Drumming and Chanting“, “Trance Tara“, “Ultimate Om“, “Holy Harmony” and “Medicine Buddha“; created for H.H., the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Northern California this May, 2001. His overtone chanting is heard on Kitaro’s 2001 Grammy Award winning album. Jonathan’s best selling release “Chakra Chants” won the 1999 Visionary Awards for “Best Healing-Meditation Album” and “Album of the Year”. Jonathan’s highly acclaimed albums: “The Lost Chord“, “The Divine Name” (co-created with Gregg Braden) and “ChakraDance” also won as the Visionary Awards. His latest album are “The Tantra of Sound Harmonizer” and “Reiki Chants“. His collaboration with Tibetan Chant Master Lama Tashi “Tibetan Master Chants” was been nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for “Best Traditional World Music”.
Jonathan has written numerous articles on the therapeutic and transformational uses of sound and music, which have appeared in many national publications. He has also contributed chapters and interviews to many books, including: MUSICMEDICINE, SONIC ALCHEMY, MUSIC: PHYSICIANS FOR TIMES TO COME and HEALING SPIRITS. Jonathan’s work has been cited in many books, including Julia Cameron’s VEINS OF GOLD. The McGraw-Hill college text, MUSIC IN OUR WORLD, has a chapter on Jonathan’s recording of “Dolphin Dreams“. In DAVINCI DECODED, Jonathan’s CD “Chakra Chants” is listed as the #1 Selection for “Top Ten Spiritual Playlist”.
An internationally acknowledge Master Teacher, Jonathan facilitates Healing Sounds Seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared on national television and radio, including Art Bell’s “Coast to Coast AM” and has been featured in national periodicals including “USA Today” and “The New York Times”. His annual Healing Sounds Intensive attracts participants from throughout the world.
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Sound has the ability to unite us as One Being in our own healing and the healing of our Planet.~
Enjoy In-Joy,
Makasha “The Matrix Weaver”
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