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The
New England Sound
Healing Research
Institute (NESHRI)
The
Science and Spirit Of
Sound
Second Annual
NESHRI Conference on Sound
Healing
at
First Churches, 129 Main
St, Northampton, MA
Join
Sound Healers, from across the Northeast and West Coast, for
a
weekend of Science and Sound Healing in the majestic cathedral of First
Churches, Northampton.
Share
and learn with a wide variety of noted teachers their personal
innovative Sound Healing techniques; using crystal bowls, gongs, sound
tables
and tuning forks, working with the voice with intention.
Examine
NEW
possibilities of healing within Sacred Sound, using the voice,
instruments,
Sacred Ceremony and tools for enhancing the profound effects on the
body mind
and spirit with Sound Healing.
Enjoy
Friday and Saturday night’s healing concerts, Kirtan and live web
broadcast of participants in
a world healing ceremony.
Dr. Molly
Scott, Saruah Benson, Kevin Michael, Dr. John Beaulieu,
Zacciah
Blackburn, Peggy Black, Barbara Hero, Terri Nash, Bill Shontz
Michael DiMartino & Transglobal, Jeff Volk & Live Cymatics
And
many
others
Join us in our WorldPuja / World Sound Healing ceremony broadcast live
via
Our
Special Guest:
Däbädi Thaayrohyadi;
Spiritual Wisdom Keeper of the Ancient Otomi Olmec
Toltec Teotihuacan Peoples of Central Mexico, bringing his
teachings of Sound in Healing, Ritual and Ceremony
For
Registration and
further
information, Contact:
Zacciah
Blackburn, Director of Education at NESHRI
via:
The Center of Light P.O.
Box 389 Ascutney, VT 05030
Phone
and Fax: (802)
674-9585
e-mail: sri@sunreed.com
web
site: www.thecenteroflight.net
SPONSORED
BY: ( NESHRI )
NEW ENGLAND SOUND
HEALING
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
&
THE CENTER OF LIGHT, in Vermont
We welcome you to attend any or all
events, as a member or non-member of NESHRI
You may purchase
tickets at the door.
-The Conference is
open to walk ins for all events, pay at the door-
Conference
Fees:
Conference Days
and Events
|
Ticket
Sales
|
NESHRI
Members ** |
Non
Members
|
Full
Conference
(includes all events, 3 days)
|
At
The Door
|
$255.
|
$295.
|
|
Advanced
Purchase
by June 7 |
$225.
|
$265.
|
Friday
and Saturday
(all events, two days) |
At
The Door
|
$190.
|
$220.
|
|
Advanced
Purchase
by June 7 |
$175.
|
$205.
|
Saturday
and Sunday
(all events, two days) |
At
The Door
|
$160.
|
$185.
|
|
Advanced
Purchase
by June 7 |
$145.
|
$170.
|
Single
Days/Events:
|
|
|
|
Friday
or Saturday
(all events, that day)
|
|
$95.
|
$110.
|
Sunday
Full day
(all events, that day)
|
|
$65.
|
$75.
|
Friday
or Saturday
without concert
|
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$85.
|
$100.
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Special
Events:
|
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| Concert,
Friday eve, 7:30 PM |
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$15.
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$15.
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Concert,
Saturday eve, 7:30 PM
|
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$15.
|
$15.
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Closing
Ceremonies,
WorldPuja.org &
WorldSoundHealing.org
4:30 - 6:20 PM Sunday
|
|
$20.
|
$20.
|
** NESHRI
Membership
(Purchase membership at time of registration for
membership discounts!)
|
$35.,
basic
includes on line directory listing
|
$55.,
special
includes directory listing and on line web page
|
|
To Register
Schedule of Events
--updates
or changes
may be made--
We
welcome you to attend any or all events, as a member or non-member of
NESHRI
Individual
day schedules:
Friday
Program, including Evening concert Performance
SaturdayProgram, including Evening concert
Performance
Sunday
Program, including live web broadcast, world healing ceremonies, with
worldpuja
Full course descriptions and teacher bios
Friday
Program
(click link for detailed
day's schedule)
Day events, 9 AM -
5:30 PM
Opening ceremonies, 9 AM
3 hour in depth workshops with ,
Dr. Molly
Scott, psychotherapist,
musician, educator, resonance therapy
Kevin
Michael, Master Teacher of Sacred
Sound
Peggy Black, Sacred
Sound Salutarist, Founder, co-Producer, International Sound Symposium
Saruah Benson, Master Sound Healing
Guide, musician, and poet of the
soul
Healing and Transformation
Through Sound, Light & Love
Dadbadi
Thaayrohyadi, Spiritual Wisdom Keeper of the Ancient Otomi
Toltec
Teotichuacan peoples
Zacciah
Blackburn,
Director of Education, NESHRI, co-Director, World
Sound Healing Org
The art of sacred sound transmissions,
(how to attune to, and channel, sacred sound)
others, to be
announced
plus,
1-1.5 hr. ongoing
introductory workshops on "What is Sound Healing?" by our
main presenters
Evening Concert, 7:30 PM:
Sounds of the
World:
A world sound healing music concert with the sacred music of various
cultures represented
Quechuan Peruvian Choir, Christian Choir,
Michael DiMartino & Transglobal
Transglobal
is an extraordinary group of artists with stylistically diverse
backgrounds. Drawing from their collection of over 300 instruments the
group generates an exciting flavor of music synthesizing influences
from around the world.
Their music is composed of
traditional world rhythms,
cross-cultural melodies and creative textures. This is expressed
through
both contemporary electric and acoustic ethnic instruments (percussion,
keyboard,
guitar, bass, wind instruments, and vocals).
Saturday Program
(click
link for detailed day's schedule)
Day
events 9 AM - 5:30 PM
1-2 hour programs with numerous
presenters
including ongoing introductory programs on the nature of sound healing
Amrita Cottrell,
Director, Healing Music Organization; voice, instruments,
crystal bowls
Barbara Hero, Director,
International Lambdoma Research Institute
Communicating with
Spirit
Benyamin Sheppard,
Director of Technology, NESHRI; intuitive music journeys
Elivia Melody, crystal bowl therapist/musician
John
Ananda, Master of Gong and Tibetan Bowls
Kevin Michael, Teacher of
Sacred
Sound
Margaret
(Meg) Sibley, Reiki II practitioner, sound healer
Michael DiMartino, Drums Around The World, Global Alliance
for Intelligent Arts,
master
drummer, producer, educator, artist
Michelle Herrara Foster,
Director of Research, NESHRI; intuitive music
Miriam O'Mahony, Interfaith Minister, Polarity therapist, Sound
healer
Peggy Black, Sacred
Sound Salutarist, co-Producer,
International Sound Symposium
Saruah
Benson, Master Sound Healing
Guide, musician, poet
Zacciah
Blackburn,
Director of Education, NESHRI;
Co-Founder, World
Sound Healing Organization;
voice, instruments, sacred sound; using the
voice with intention
Live
Cymatics, with Jeff Volk, a world premier performance
Evening Concert, 7:30 PM:
Sounding the World:
A world music healing music concert featuring NESHRI masterful musical
artists
Saruah
Benson, Molly Scott, Jim Ballard
Valerianna Claff
Michelle Herrara Foster, Benyamin Sheppard
others to be announced
Sunday
Program
(click
link for detailed
day's schedule)
9 AM -
6:20 PM
9-12:00 AM, NESHRI Forum
Member/Educator Forum
Sound Healing certification?
How to build NESHRI's vision and goals
1-4:30 PM 1-2 hour workshops
Dadbadi
Thaayrohyadi, Spiritual Wisdom Keeper of the Ancient Otomi
Toltec
Teotichuacan peoples
Michael
O'Leary, spirit singer, chant creator/leader and
shamanic
practitioner
Darrell
Brann,cranial
sacral therapist, polarity therapist, classical musician
Christopher
Kavi Carbone, Ecstatic Chanting (Kirtan)
4:30 - 6:20 PM
The World is Sound:
Worldwide web live broadcast of
Earth Healing Ceremonies
Join members of WorldPuja.org and WorldSoundHealing.org, and NESHRI, in
live web broadcast, via 
AllOneNow.org our joint effort to bring healing to
the world through
sacred sound of all cultures.
Kirtan
with Christopher Carbone, earth healing, earth awareness
discussion with worldpuja and
world sound healing organization directors,
Kirtan
Invocation
Personal
attunements with Sacred Sound
Participatory Earth Healing
Ceremonies
Dagbadi Thaayrohyadi, Kevin Michael, Zacciah Blackburn, and
members of World Puja, World Sound Healing Organization, and NESHRI
Intentional
sound healing ceremony for the Earth and each other, with
all participants.
If you wish to volunteer (partial or
full exchange for conference fees,)
or sell your products at the
conference, click here!
Product Sales
A large number of crystal bowls, sound healing books and CD's,
Tibetan bowls, gongs, bells, tingshas, Didgeridoos, tuning forks,
flutes, Native American flutes and drums, and other sound healing tools
and instruments will be on sale for your convenience, with informative
teachers and makers present.
About NESHRI 
The New
England Sound Healing Research
Institute (NESHRI) is a worldwide
network of sound healers with the goals of sharing experience and
knowledge,
coordinating workshops and educational programs, and conducting
informal and
formal research into the effects of sound and music on healing, and
building
community.
NESHRI
has a growing membership, worldwide, with benefits including
practitioner/directory listings on our web site, web pages (soon
available),
article publications, event listings and publications, event discounts,
and
more. One of NESHRI's primary goals is to further research into
the
nature and effectiveness of sound healing modalities. We
will be
assisting members in creating and participating in research
opportunities. Membership currently costs $35/year, and benefits
include discounts at NESHRI and supporter programs, submission at our
web site of events, news, and articles, and more. Individual web
pages are available for members for an additional $20 fee.
Please look
here
on this
organization, or ask Zacciah, or
visit http://www.neshri.org
(please bookmark or
write down The Center of
Light's website address before leaving!, or use your "back" button on
your browser to find us again. www.thecenteroflight.net )
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This conference is co-sponsored by NESHRI and The
Center of Light.
To register,
you
may call, fax, or mail us, at NESHRI, c/o the Center of Light,
with your name, contact, and credit information or mail your check or
money
order, with applicable fees.
You may print out a registration
form here (not yet available.)
You may register on line at our secure site
at:
http://www.sunreed.com/center-of-light-registration.html
Simply fill in all
contact and all applicable credit card
information, program dates you wish to attend, and cost.
Please insure you provide us with your name, address, phone, email
contact, no matter your method of registration.
Any charges will appear on your
credit/debit
card billing statement
as “Sunreed Instruments”, a partner company to The Center of
Light.
We accept MasterCard, Visa, and
American Express credit or debit cards
for payment,
as well as check or money orders, or cash.
(You may
also
send postdated checks for the early registration discount deadlines.)
Vermont residents
may qualify with VSAC
(Vermont Student Assistance Corporation) for adult
education financial assistance or grants in career training (contact
vsac.org.) Agencies in your home state may also
offer
adult education financial assistance.
(We will be glad to assist
with
information for those agencies.)
Volunteer assistants are needed, which can qualify for a reduction in
fees.
Registration
is a commitment to attend and to follow all guidelines
and
policies regarding this program, including taking personal liability
for any harm,
or damage, to persons or property while attending said program.
Payment in full is
due at time of registration to reserve space. Registration
is open until program is
full. We will not cash a check, nor
charge your credit card account, if space is not available, and we will
contact
you regarding a possible wait list. A
refund, less a $30 administrative fee, may be requested up until 20
days
prior to the
program. Refunds are not given after that time. Credit
toward future programs may be extended
at the discretion of NESHRI staff.
If a program is cancelled, due to inclement weather, or for any other
reason, a full refund will be made. NESHRI staff will make such
decisions, and NESHRI, the Center of
Light,
and their staff, shall be held harmless in case of cancellation.
Print
out Registration form here, (pay by check, money order, credit or debit
card)
The
church building is a completely accessible meeting house with a
handicapped ramp on the side, Center St.
Please enter, otherwise, through the Main Street doors for
registration, and attendance. Your registration materials will be
waiting for you at the conference, if prepaid, to cut down on
registration time at the door. A registration badge is needed
visible at all times for
attendance at the conference.
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Directions & Parking
First Churches is located in the center of
Northampton, just one block NW of the main intersection of downtown,
Pleasant/King Streets (Rt 5) and Main Street (US Rt 9), at 129 Main
St.
Northampton is located less than 20 miles north of Springfield MA, on
I-91, exit 18, US Rt 5, Northampton. Take Rt 5 North,
Pleasant St., 1.1 miles to Main St, Rt 9 West; turn left, go one block,
church is on right.
From North, Northampton is approx 15 miles south of Greenfield,
MA. Take Exit 20, Rts 5 & 10S, King St. continue straight 1.7
miles to Main St, Rt 9/10, turn right, go one block, church is on right.
From Points East and West, check maps. Intersection of major
highways I-90 (E/W) and I-91 (N/S) is 15 minutes south.
Click the Yahoo Map Quest below for a map and driving instructions.
MapQuest
Municipal parking lots and garage are located behind
either side of Main St. Extensive lots and garage exist to the
south side of main street, behind the Thorne's Market complex.
The church building is a completely accessible meeting house with a
handicapped ramp on the side, Center St.
Please enter, otherwise, through the Main Street doors for
registration. A registration badge is needed at all times for
attendance at the conference.
MEALS
Northampton is a thriving cultural center with excellent craft
and art galleries, boutiques, and world class restaurants, literally
just outside our conference doors. Currently no meals are
arranged for the conference on site. We will notify registrants
if this changes. Full kitchen facilities are available for those
with special diet, as long as you are self responsible for cleanup,
etc. Some snacks, teas, coffee, will be provided, for minimal
cost.
Accomodations - Hotels, motels, Campgrounds
NESHRI has arranged a number of rooms at motels approx. 15-20
minutes from site. Major college events have taken most rooms in
the region. We highly recommend early registration.
The following sites have rooms reserved in the name of NESHRI.
Most are non smoking, double, queens, though some are king, some are
smoking. Various rates may apply for up to 4 persons/room, many
have rollaways for add'l guests/room. If you wish a roommate,
ONCE YOU HAVE BOOKED A ROOM, call us, and we shall keep a list for one
referal per person, to send you the name of a roommate also
asking. We cannot "shop around" for roommates for you,
etc...thank you for understanding. Rooms are reserved under
NESHRI, w/ confirmations c/o Zacciah Blackburn. You must give
your name/credit card in order to hold the room, or the reservation
shall be lost.
Motel/Hotels:
*Will be Ramada Inn, currently remodeling from an Economy Inn Chicopee
MA 413.592.9101
We recommend, but: Must register by June 6,
$73.80/night
*Knights Inn, W. Springfield, MA 413.737.9047,
$69.00/night, by 6/17
*Super 8, W. Springfield, MA 413.736.8080, $69.00/night
*Econo Lodge, W. Springfield, MA 413.734.8278, $72./night
Additional accomodation
list, B&B's, campgrounds,
& chambers of
commerce in the Northampton/Amherst area with further listings
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Other NESHRI Events:
Check out News/Events
now and periodically for sound healing workshops, ongoing sound
healing circles, and performances. If you are a member, POST YOUR
EVENTS
and articles!!
We shall be informing you of our Fall Gathering, possibly also in the
Northampton area.
Volunteers Needed
NESHRI is a volunteer organization, and your help is appreciated. We
need
volunteers to assist with boosting our membership, hosting fundraising
events,
writing articles, and finding research grants and research
opportunities, such
as in hospitals or holistic centers. We are working together to raise
awareness
about the power of sound and music in healing and building community.
The
NESHRI family is growing! We will also be looking for a number of
volunteers for our next conference to assist in planning, admin,
doorkeeping/ticketing, and general overall conference assistance, in
exchange
for attendance. Please let Zacciah know if you are interested.
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Zacciah
Blackburn, Director
The
Center of Light in Vermont
P.O. Box 389
Hidden Glen Rd.
Ascutney, VT
05030
USA
Phone
&
Fax:
(802) 674-9585
e-mail: info@sunreed.com
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Instruments
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us!)
Sound Healing tools: Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Tingshas,
Shamanic Drums, African Drums, Flutes, Bamboo flutes, Shakuhachi
Native American Flutes, Didgeridoos, much more
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