Sound and Advanced Consciousness
Almonte, Canada  Oct 22-23, 2016
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PROGRAM CONTENT
Sound and Advanced Consciousness
 A premier opportunity for studies with Zacciah Blackburn, PhD    
By invitation only    
October 22nd-23rd, 2016
$355 CAD (early bird price - if paid in full by June 15th)
 $395 CAD, due in full for registration, after June 15th
 
in, Almonte, Ontario, Canada
(Near Ottawa)
Meals & Rooms not included, but available
(see contact information below)
   About our Facilitator
Saturday 10-6
Sunday 10-4
To register, & location

Sound and Advanced Consciousness
  

What is the nature of sound, healing, and consciousness?
What is the interface between these, which, when understood and utilized, can create a profound catalyst to our spiritual growth and therapeutic work?

Sound and Advanced Consciousness PracticeWho are we, as spiritual beings, and what is our place, our role, our purpose here?
Why is it important to understand and fully embrace this to gain the greatest illumination, realization, and evolution in our life and work?
What is the importance of, and how do we access the wisdom of the Ancient Ones of all traditions, and those Holy Beings of the Luminous Realms, no matter our spiritual beliefs or tradition?  What is the power of transmissions from those sacred realms into our essential being?  Why is this the heart of so many spiritual traditions, the passage of lineage transmissions, which is a catalyst for one's direct connection to the wisdom lineage carriers of those teachings, in all realms?  
How do we utilize that wisdom received, in our pathway of determination and realization? sound and healing 
And, how can sound practices heighten our experiences and therapeutic methodologies on that path?
Why does, and how can, key resonance create such a threshold for expansion, alignment or revelation within the great Mystery.


Join us in this advanced exploration of the nature of sound as used in consciousness practices the world over, as well as in contemporary evolution of the pathways and gateways of divination, invocation, revelation, healing, and realization of the Greater Self in relationship to the Cosmos.
 


 
   
TO REGISTER:
Please contact our program host for registration, especially if you are in Canada

Kristine Karpinski
kris@joyfulmotion.ca

If you prefer, you can register with us here:

You must pay in full by due dates to receive early discounts.
 
 We accept debit and credit cards, PayPal, cash or checks for payment:  
 
You may
register by Phone, Fax, Mail, E-mail, or Secure On Line, with a Credit/Debit Card, or Personal Check or Money Order, or Pay Pal
(we will send you a PayPal invoice, but please complete registration information:)
To register by phone, you may call our offices, see below.

Or, mail or fax your registration information, or MC/VIsa credit information.
  •  FAX:  802.674.9586
  •  Mail:  PO Box 389
  •  Ascutney VT 05030  USA

The Fine Print:
Registration in this program is a commitment to attend and to follow all guidelines and policies regarding this program, including taking personal responsibility for understanding the nature of, and participation in, these programs, and for taking personal 
liability for any harm, or damage, to persons or property while attending said programs. 
Registration is open until programs are full.  Registration is limited.  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.  Discounts only apply for payments in full.  
You may seek registration at any time, but to guarantee space,
payment in full must be made at that time.  Special consideration of payment plans may be made up til 90 days before program.  No refunds are given after 90 days before program begins.   Refunds less a $100. processing fee may be given before that time.  Any discounts may be taken only if payment is made in full before date of discount deadline.


LOCATION:

Spirit Matters Centre -
5907 Martin St. N
Almonte, Ontario (just west of Ottawa)

Meals and rooms are not included, but are available, please contact program host, (see details to left)


Directions will be provided upon acceptance into the program






Typical Schedule for 2 day programs

(All Times are Local Time;.  
Exact times may vary.)

First day:  Arrive by 9:30 AM.  
Registration and "settling in:'  9:30 AM til 10 AM
Program begins at 10:00 AM
Breaks every 1.5-2 hrs.
Lunch 1 or1:30 PM.
1st day program ends 6:00 PM

Supper for those staying approx 6:30 PM

Evening time for community, may include time for sound or music.


2nd day:
Breakfast 8:15 - 9: 15 AM
Program begins 10:00 AM
Breaks every 1.5-2 hrs.
Lunch at 1-1:30 PM
Program ends approx 4:00 PM




  
   
   Zacciah Blackburn, PhD, Sound Educator
Our Program Facilitators
Zacciah  Blackburn, PhD, is a gifted intuitive, teacher, and sound healer trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures, and is practicing in Ascutney, VT, at the Center of Light, which he founded.   Zacciah utilizes sound coupled with Sacred Intention, as  a therapeutic tool, for personal growth and transformation. 
Zacciah is a Co-Director, and Director of Education for
the International Sound Healing Network (SHN), formerly known as the New England Sound Healing Research Institute (NESHRI,) a worldwide community of healing practitioners broadening the awareness of sound healing through networking, education, and scientific research.  He is also co-founder & Director of the World Sound Healing Organization, and the All One Now Network of organizations furthering world peace, healing, and transformation of human consciousness through simple ceremony, broadcast live via the internet.  And, Zacciah was one of the Founding Board Members of the Sound and Music Alliance, a professional association of practitioners, educators, researchers, product makers, schools and organizations, dedicated to the use of the transformative power of sound and music throughout the full spectrum of life cycles. 

Zacciah Blackburn, PhDZacciah has created a broad range of trainings in sound healing practice, which couples his deep cognitive and intuitive understanding of sound in therapeutic application.   These programs are an in depth study of the nature of sound and its healing effect on the human system, with cognitive and experiential training designed to better our understanding of, and therapeutic application in, the use of sound.  

 Zacciah 
brings with him a warmth and radiance that exudes through his work.  
We invite you to join us in this insightful and uplifting program for personal and professional development.


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Dorothy StoneZacciah is often joined by his partner his partner Dorothy Stone.
Dorothy assists us on many levels, offering her insight and wisdom, pure heart, and compelling, transformative voice, as well as in depth knowledge and experience with Sacred Chant.  Dorothy also brings decades of experience as a licensed body therapist, with years of applied sound therapies within her practice, and may offer her perspective on sound's use in bodywork.
She, also, is a compassionate builder of community, which adds even greater depths to these programs!
Dorothy Stone

The work of Dorothy and Zacciah together, amplifies even more the power and beauty of the connection with the Ancient Ones, and the mystical experiences this provides for most participants.  Dorothy's devotion to the path, and her ability to channel the Divine, are equal to Zacciah's.  Thus, the voices of the Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine, in Divine Union, come alive through their masterful communion with and channeling of the Divine Energies of the Unseen Ones in Heaven and Earth.  You will want to experience this.
Blessings to all


  
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See our multi year trainings, in our School of Sound Healing.   The Level I programs are a foundation for, and a requirement of, higher level studies, which will integrate deeper experiential practical application in therapeutic settings.   
If enough interest develops in the Ottawa area, we may offer the entirety of these trainings here.
See Advanced Level II program information here.  And,  Level III  


See, also, our Articles Section for several quality articles on the Nature of Sound Healing
including our recent
article on Divine Harmony and Proportions:   Sounding the Codes

EARTH MYSTERIES:  SHAMANIC UNDERSTANDINGS:
While all of our programs incorporate ancient, indigenous/shamanic, and esoteric 'wisdom school' understandings of the nature of sound, human consciousness, and our inter-relationship with the living energies of the Cosmos, those wishing to further an Earth based understanding of sound in ceremony
, working with E
arth based energies utilizing more shamanic methodology, may follow up with our Earth Mysteries programs in the US, Europe, Peru, Egypt, and elsewhere, each year.  We work in ancient ceremonial sites, and pristine and powerful natural energy sites, learning how to access and interact with the Living Energies and Spirit of the Place where we visit.   We recommend all of our sound healers' training programs for those wishing to understand how to access the subtle realms of consciousness, to attune, create relation with, and express deeper awareness in sacred sound, with voice, or instruments.  We also offer advanced Shamanic training for those participating in beginning programs.

 

These program notes were originally created for another in our trainings.  But they have been edited to give some additional insight into the potential of this program, for those whom may want more.
 

Native Ceremonial drums
An in Depth Exploration into
the Nature of Sound, Healing, and Consciousness 
The inter-relationship, and the use of sound in healing for self, service, and connection to the Greater Cosmos;

 

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Sound healing, and shamanism, are growing therapeutic fields, proven to
shaman, sound, drumenhance wellness and creativity at many levels of our being.  Cultures the world over have utilized sound, throughout human history, coupled with explicit states of consciousness, or awareness & intent, for healing, for connecting to, aligning with, for channelling, and embodying, that which they hold as Sacred, or Divine, as well as to use sound in direct healing incantations, to journey into other worlds, to awaken ecstatic states of awareness and innate well being, and to illuminate one’s ancient essence, and knowing. 

 The modern concepts of shamanism understand these principals, but often do not encompass the broad use of sound & awareness which ancient medicine peoples of most traditional cultures almost always have utilized....the connection of self to the other world, as a Divine Art, and, as a part of it, the Living Cosmos;  and, to become an intermediary through voice and intention, often with drum, rattle, or bell, etc, coupled with other world awareness, to draw through, or bridge to, the 'other side' of intelligent life, which resides in the subtle world, or 'other world' realities, in higher states of realized being.  The Tibetans, whose culture is based in steep shamanic traditions, understand this, and call one aspect of this 'other world' the 
Sambhogakaya, which means, to some in that tradition, "the Pure Realms of Light and Sound, where the Holy Beings dwell."   It is, also, an aspect of our realized state of being.  Traditional peoples of the Americas, Mongolia, and most regions of the world, utilize sound as a catalyst to enter or enhance altered states, peer into those other worlds, ally with their medicine powers, and so much more.

ancestors  It is through access of these sacred states of consciousness, and the "pure realms," that the shaman draws his or her magic and power.  It is his or her connection to the Divine nature of All Life, in relation to one's own realized self, or inherent wisdom and power, that we gain our power.  It is a coupling of this wisdom and power, which resides in All Life, and, is from the source of Creation, of which we each are a part, from which we derive our true nature and power.
 The elemental and ancestral worlds of our medicine allies are another aspect of these subtle planes of existence where we gain our power, as we understand, and enter alignment with the fundamental Original Instructions, embedded within us, and all Living Things, as well as the way of the Rhythm of Giving and Taking, in Harmony with All Life.   It is this Rhythm that syncopates us with the fundamental essence, and resonance, of the universal nature of All Creation, and which animates All Life.  Here, we discover that we are, indeed, supported in our life and work by the Universe, just as deeply as we are able, ready, and willing to abide within the Rhythm of its syncopated nature.  It is where we do not understand, or abide within, this universal Rhythm of Giving and Taking, that we lose our essence, our creativity, our support.  Here, again, we discover our power.

sound and shamanic instruments In this practice, we shall move through and incorporate many levels of this understanding, from the inherent nature of sound, instruments and voice, coupled with awareness and intention, and peering into the subtle worlds of reality, and our own higher esssence, or nature, to realize that place of authentic power from which we can draw our 'medicines,' that we shall conduct this retreat.  We shall draw upon methods of connecting to the Living Worlds of this world, also, the living beings, of Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and the Stone, Tree, Water and other beings residing with us, the Ancestral beings and Allies, the StarBeings, and others assisting us in our work.  We shall conduct prayers for the Living Earth, and all beings residing within her, for healing, for wellness, for service, to All Life.   And, we shall enter practices to directly perceive that Rhythm of Giving and Taking, and how it flows within our Lives.

 


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SPECIAL NOTE about Instruments Used:
  • Zacciah utilizes a variety of instruments in his work.
  • There may be the opportunity for you to join in some practices with a drum or rattle, should you wish to bring one.

  • If we continue with a series of sound trainings, we shall have much more to explore, in hands on practice with instruments which
    might include, especially, frame drums (hand-held drums, with beater, like traditional Native American or 'shamanic' drums,) rattles, crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, Tibetan bells, tingshas, tuning forks, some work with horns or didgeridoos.)  
  • You, certainly, can bring instruments for your own enjoyment during private times.  There may be time Saturday evening for a common musical experience for those who wish to share.
  • If you wish to see our full range of instrument selections, please visit our instrument website,
  • We have highly experienced staff who can assist in appropriate tools for your work.  We can ship them to your home.



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Zacciah Blackburn, PhD, Sound Educator





 
A Word from Our Program Facilitator:

These program notes were originally created for another in our trainings.  But they have been edited to give some additional insight into the potential of this program, for those whom may want more.
 
See new articles on this subject here
Why Sound Works, and How it used in Therapeutic and Shamanic Settings.

People have asked me for years to offer more traditional shamanic practices through my sound healing programs.  The reality is, my work is very shamanic in nature, and based in the rich tapestry and history of the use of shamanic sound in cultures from Cherokee and Ojibwe nations of the Americas (cultures I carry genetic and spiritual lineages of,) to the Tibetan Bon and Buddhist, Hindu mystical and Egyptian Mysteries I am initiated in, and birthed from.

Sound is every where and in every thing.  And, when we learn to listen to, and attune to, the vibrational essence, and information carried in all Living Things, as well as the VOICES OF THE OTHER WORLDS, we have an extraordinary opportunity to work with sound from a highly refined and other worldly perspective.

How do they speak, how do we listen, and learn?

shamanic practicesFrom a place of deep listening, and noticing how we perceive information from the subtle worlds, and developing relationship with those living entities (holy beings, guides, allies, teachers,) we come into deeper direct communion with them.  Paying attention is part of the process, to allow the Medicines to unfold.  Yet, there are specific methodologies we shall incorporate, as to how to access and gain direct communion with those in the SpiritWorlds.

There are, also, specific methods of learning how to view into the subtle body, and work energetically with others in shamanic/sound practices (therapeutic in nature.)

spirit worldsAnd, there are numerous ways to tap into the Living Energies of the Earth, create alliances with these energies, and the Elemental, Ancestral and other living consciousnesses of those energies (and realms, or worlds,) present, in every place, every room, every Earth Sanctuary we visit or live in, to incorporate in our lives, practices, and healing ceremonies for our selves and others, not to mention for the Earth Herself.

We are in a time of profound transformation, and in this special retreat, which may be the first in a series, we shall engage in real experiential practices in deep communion with the nature of our essence, and our relationship to the Living Cosmos.   This may unfold as healing ceremonies for our selves, the Earth, and each other..  

This program is intended to focus on the coherent relationship of sound and consciousness, how they intertwine, and how we can work with them.  It may not be so much of a practice in 'how to use' sound, but shall use sound in its richest format for deep consciousness exploration and evolution.  If we continue, we shall draw from highlights of my Sound Healers and other trainings, and incorporate & encapsulate elements of how to work with voice and instruments, energy of the human subtle field, and the subtle realms of the Greater Realities (or, Other Worlds,) around and within us.  How to develop allies and personal power, and resolve or dissolve the encumbrances we, or others carry, which debilitate most of our lives.

Why do so many focus on the shadow side, when that is not what we wish to create?  We cannot ignore the shadowsseeing into other worlds, spirits we carry, but it is far more important to realize who we truly are, where our power truly lies, and who are our greatest allies and resources for healing, living, and thriving, upon this bounteous Earth.

We shall peer into, work with, and come to understandings of both principals and processes of healing.

This is all part of what I offer in my greater 1, 2, and 3 year trainings in Sound.  Many do not understand how much of the shamanic perspective I bring into this work.  Nor how rich of a back ground in other initiatory cultures mystical paths I offer.  We shall draw from all of that.   

ancestors, shamanic practicesWhat I do is, and has always been, based in traditional Wisdom and indigenous Shamanic cultures of the world's many living traditions.  
I have seen many have come to view shamanism in our contemporary society, what I see as a limited perspective of its true and authentic nature, and capacity to bring us to our authentic Self.  It is about authentic Self and its relationship to the Divine, to the Living Cosmos.  It is fundamentally to make us whole, to discover who we truly are, not who or what we have been led to believe, or just to relieve us of what may ail us.  By peering into the Other World realities, we gain direct observation of our true and authentic nature.  This empowers us, enlightens us, enlivens us, and we come away feeling whole and complete; healed.

So, perhaps we will start here.  What is consciousness? Where does our power reside; how do we access it, define it, and utilize it; how do we heal ourselves and others;  what is healing?  how is the Earth involved; and what can we each do to assist in this powerful transformation of Human and Earthly consciousness which is transpiring today.

What does he mean by the Living Efire ceremonyarth, Living Energies, or 'Consciousnesses of Other Worlds?'  Do you realize these are alive, (everything,) and accessible as allies, as true living entities?

We have not been taught these principals well in the modern era.  We shall explore these directly, to empower our own path with direct communication, direct communion, direct communication, direct realization.


Everyone who comes will likely find this experience more than they anticipated, more than they possibly even imagined.  The majority of participants in this work, previously, report just that.  Even those who have come for years.  (One participant, who is an advanced student, with over 8 years of practice, states the ceremony in the Stone Chamber was the most profound she has ever  experienced, even moreso than our practices in ancient sites of UK, such as, Stonehenge, or in Egypt, and Peru.)

We look forwarfd to seeing you.

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 * About our Facilitator


 
 
 time in nature, connecting to living energies
Potential:  We will be in a beautiful space, in nature.  Zacciah often incorporates time with nature,
creating relationship with the living energies of the Cosmos, of Earth and Sky.

Here, for instance,

Engaging in Solar practices




Sound Healing Therapies
Zacciah accepts appointments for individual healing work or training in sound healing therapies.  This work is an eclectic blend of spiritual counseling and shamanic and sacred sound therapy, designed to help one connect with inner guidance and spiritual nourishment, clarify life issues, work with deep healing where needed, and to find one's own voice and authenticity in the world. The work is  to help you find and establish your path in your own sacred journey, to help you identify and remove obstacles to obtaining your own greatest good.  We whom have been on this journey, best understand it, and can best assist others.  Click here for more information.

You may call or e-mail Zacciah to discuss your personal needs.
You will find articles on the nature of Sound Healing linked below, which may give you further insight into this work, and a link here to Zacciah's background.                   
Please contact us for further details.

 Articles on Sound Healing  


The  Center of Light in Vermont
Zacciah Blackburn
220 Hidden Glen Rd.
P.O. Box 389
Ascutney, VT  05030  USA


Phone: (802) 674-9585
Fax: (802) 674-9586
E-Mail admin@sunreed.com

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