Sound Medicine

Join Davidji as he teaches and speaks in his captivating and relatable storytelling and humorous style to encourage, uplift and inspire us on our spiritual path as he reveals secrets of meditation and personal life stories on his path. 

He's a globally recognized Mind Body health and wellness expert and a prolific writer. You probably know his book secrets of meditation, which was the winner of Nautilus Book Award, as well as his bestseller de stress defying, and most recently released book "Sacred Powers". Davidji is a prolific teacher, writer, creator of guided meditations, you can listen to over 1000 guided meditations available on the insight timer daily own Apple Music just to name a few. He is often referred to as the velvet voice of stillness, and credited with creating the 21 day meditation process. He did spend 20 years in a career of business and finance before beginning this journey and apprenticing under doctors, Deepak Chopra, and David Simon, serving as the lead educator, CEO, and first dean of Chopra center University, where he trained over 300,000 people to meditate and certified over 2500 meditation teachers. This is a man of deep wisdom, and amazing storytelling.

This weeks podcast features John Beaulieu, ND, PhD,  naturopathic doctor, counseling psychologist, board-certified polarity therapist, composer, pianist, and sound therapist. His career spans over 40 years of creative arts, healing arts, and martial arts. A world leader in the use of integrative energy medicine for healing, Dr. Beaulieu is the author of four books including Human Tuning, and Music and Sound in the Healing Arts. He is an instructor of sound science and sound therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

I took a 3 day Course with John and was blown away with his wisdom on the subject of sound medicine and his refreshing approach. He is a master of making the complex - easy to understand, practical and fun. I am very excited for what is in store for you this episode. 

Links: www.BioSonics.com

We have a deeply moving meditative flute instrumental music for you buy Kevin James. You may remember the incredible interview we did with Kevin a few months ago. If you are not familiar with Kevin you are in for a musical treat. He travels the world sharing heart songs and mantras with communities in chanting circles. I highly recommend checking out his website and additional info at  www.KevinJamesMusic.com So grateful for the music that Kevin is offering and for his support of Sound Medicine Music and Mantras by giving his personal heartfelt encouragement to play these songs for you on our podcast as part of Septembers experiential sound experience. The songs you will be listening to are called Emptiness, Bardo, and The Peaceful Heart- which can be found on Spotify or Applemusic. For now- I suggest finding a comfortable place to relax and take in with full awareness the beauty of this music. Enjoy

Join us this week with the founder of the Yoga Space to explore a wonderful conversation around the topics of mantra, yoga, and life purpose.

Raji  began to meditate at a very early age, connecting with the Divine. It was where she was happiest. As a teenager, she began to explore movement of the body, the strength of the physical and creative expression through dance. Another form of connection. Gretchen pursued the arts and graduated from SUNY College at Purchase with a BFA in Dance Performance and went on to dance professionally with The Southwest Chamber Ballet, The Contemporary Ballet Company, Dance Theatre of Long Island, Human Movement Dancers and various other independent choreographers, as well as, choreographing and showing her own work in the New York area.

Wanting to continue a physical practice but searching for a healthier lifestyle, Gretchen was certified as a Kripalu Yoga Teacher in 1993. Her path unfolded and lead to other certifications as a Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and Traditional/Usui Reiki Master. In 2003, she began her journey as a yoga studio owner and opened The Yoga Space, in Keene, NH.

It was during a Sanskrit Mantra Workshop at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Mass. in 2006 that Gretchen was graced and blessed to meet her Guru, Namadeva Acharya (Thomas-Ashley Farrand).  This was a time of major importance and initiation in her life. He quickly became her spiritual teacher, mentor and close friend. From this relationship, Gretchen was given many spiritual initiations in the form of energy transmissions, teachings on mantra and its application to life situations and teachings of vedic ceremony, assisting Namadeva in pujas/yajnas at Kripalu and various other centers in the U.S. She became a certified Sanskrit Mantra Teacher, and was initiated into The Jyoti Order, certified as a Pujari and ordained as a Vedic Priest before Namadeva Acharya’s passing in 2010, all honoring his lineage and Sanatana Dharma Satsang. She has also received many spiritual initiations from Namadeva Acharya’s Guru, Sadguru Rama Mata, widow of Sadguru Sant Keshavadas. To these experiences, she is forever grateful, as they create the basis for her dedication to the yogic path.

In addition to Gretchen’s teachings at The Yoga Space, she shares her wisdom with workshops and retreats annually at Bethel Farm Yoga & Living Arts Center, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. as well as other yoga studios/festivals/retreat centers. She is the founder/director/senior facilitator of the 200-Hour, Yoga Alliance Certified, Mantra Teacher Training & Study Immersion offered in Keene, NH and Blue Spirit Costa Rica.

Currently, Gretchen is the owner/director of The Yoga Space in Keene, is on the faculty of Moco Arts where she teaches ballet and continues her most precious journey as a mom with her two boys, Maxwell and Noah.

Gretchen holds a vision of compassion, healing and peace for our planet. She brings to her teaching a high level of commitment, love for her students and infuses her classes, workshops and retreats with the joy of mantra. She thanks all who help allow this vision become a reality.

LINKS:

www.mantrateachertrainings.com

www.theyogaspacenh.com

Today I will be guiding you in a mantra meditation practice for physical healing. I suggest you find yourself a quiet space, turn off your phone and commit to the next 30 or 40 minutes to a practice of self love and connecting your individual being with higher awareness - the source of wisdom and healing that we are all part of.

The chanting is best performed when the spine is upright, and we can breathe easy. This is a time for you to go within as Geo guides you how to effortlessly connect to these ancient mantras to help tune our body to the rhythms of harmony and balance - specifically related this week to mental clarity, and self love. 

This week, we will be chanting 3 powerful mantras for healing. The first is a mantra to call forth your inner physician healer and bring out the best outcomes and resources for you healing The next mantra invokes healing energy of the sun to remove afflictions. The third mantra invokes the power of Hanuman to increase energy/prana and strength for healing. The mantra practice is traditionally considered sacred. It's a meditation practice and a modern approach to connect inward.

And a means to directly experience ourselves as vibrational energetic beings. Before chanting each mantra 108 repetitions, I will briefly introduced the mantra,

the application and the meaning and a little background of the mantra.

Before we begin - Inhale energy,  exhale tension  - and let's meditate together with the collaborative power of mantra.

May we be united in the heart. and deeply listen 
as we attune to the energies and vibrations 
deep within through mantra meditation. 
Blessings-
Geo

Glen Phillips is considered one of the best song witers of our time.  He has been a touring musician for decades for Toad the Wet Sprocket, and many solo and side projects including MAS, Plover, WPA, RemoteTreeChildren. In this interview he shares with us authentic thoughts, wisdom, and music from his decades of experience, including deep insights about life, song writing, mentoring, the creative process, and live music from his records. 

At the time of the interview, he was  sheltering in place and spending his unexpected time at home doing 3 weekly Facebook Live benefit concerts as well as a StageIt online concert on Sundays. He is also working on finishing up a new Toad the Wet Sprocket album to be released soon. He leads community singing circles on Tuesday nights, formerly in person and now on Zoom. He has started to teach songwriting, voice and guitar online as well. He thought he might learn to knit or pick up a new language or another instrument with all the time at home, but that hasn’t happened yet and probably won’t. His girlfriend really wants a dog but the landlord says no pets. He never did the quarantine sourdough thing but might pick it up if there’s a strong second wave.

This week you are in for a special sound experience for Chakra Balancing composed by international musician Nestor Iencenella. Lay back, relax and enjoy.

Nestor is a Musician, Composer, Engineer and Music Producer who has dedicated his life to music, starting at 10 years old as a guitar, bass and piano performer. Later, he became interested in music recording and production.

He worked as a composer, engineer and producer in many productions, and my compositions and works are published in various countries such as England, France, the USA, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Russia.

His productions have been edited by important companies such as Putumayo, (Usa) Triloka Records, (Usa) Worl Music.Net (England) Acqua Records (Argentina / Japan) Reader's Digest (France) and others.

This episode features 7 tracks in one, to help balance the entire energy systems of the body. Enjoy!

Drawing on her more than 20 years’ experience working with present-day Mesoamerican curanderos/as and the ancient shamanic healing traditions of the Mexica and Maya, Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., provides an explanation and exploration  for the curanderismo practice of soul retrieval. 

Revealing how to achieve a lasting retrieval of soul energy, Buenaflor shows how the dynamic process of curanderismo soul retrieval can heal many forms and degrees of trauma and help people move forward in life with more clarity, self-awareness, empowerment, and greater depths of authentic self-love. 

Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., has a master’s degree in religious studies with a focus on Mesoamerican shamanism from the University of California at Riverside. A practicing curandera for over 20 years, descended from a long line of grandmother curanderas, she has studied with curanderas/os in Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles and gives presentations on curanderismo in many settings, including at UCLA. She lives in Tujunga, California 

Today I will be guiding you in a mantra meditation practice for removing obstacles and connecting to divine love and mental clarity. I suggest you find yourself a quiet space, turn off your phone
and commit to the next 30 or 40 minutes to a practice of self love and connecting your individual being with higher awareness - the source of wisdom and connection that we are all part of.
The chanting is best performed when the spine is upright, and we can breathe easy. This is a time for you to go within as Geo guides you how to effortlessly connect to these ancient mantras to help tune our body to the rhythms of harmony and balance - specifically related this week to mental clarity, and self love. 
This week, we will be chanting Ganesh mantra for removing obstacles.  We will also be chanting a mantra for clearing the mind for clarity and for good luck.
And the third mantra we will chant is for love, Divine Love,
both loving oneself and expressing love in all of our relationships through loving thoughts, words and deeds
The mantra practice is a sacred practice. It's a meditation practice
and a modern approach to connect inward?
And a means to directly experience ourselves as vibrational energetic beings. Before chanting each mantra 108 repetitions, I will briefly introduced the mantra,
the application and the meaning and a little background of the mantra
Now 
Inhaling energy,  exhaling tension and let's meditate together with the collaborative power of mantra.

May we be united in the heart.
and deeply listen
as we attune
to the energies and vibrations
deep within through mantra meditation. 

Blessings,
Geo

This interview is with singer/songwriter and international musician Kevin James. Kevin is on a mission to share heart songs and mantras, by gathering communities worldwide, in powerful chanting circles. These circles are open to everyone, regardless of religion or beliefs. The chanting circles are free and open space to sing and enjoy yourself, to pray and to build community without sectarianism. Ultimately helping people to feel more connected. There could not be a better time for this type of work and service. It's so needed right now. The chanting circle embraces some sacred chants and mantras from different religions, teachings and cultures from around the world in a non denominational way. Kevin is a beautiful man with a vision based on connecting people to their own nature and universal connection through music. This interview is full of wisdom stories from a beautiful human being. 

In this interview Kevin discusses:
- His past as it relates to why he chooses to live a simple life
- Rainbow gatherings and disconnecting from electronics, cars, money, to live in deeper harmony with nature
- How he was first introduced to mantras and how they play a role in his life
- Shifting to seeing the world from an extraordinary perspective, where beauty is everywhere
- His sacred relationship with his daughter and their journeys together
- What it means to follow the Path of the Heart
- Experiences in his travels to many countries as a musician 
- Inspirational music, song, and chants