ThIS™ Solstice SoundBath – Woodstock 12/21

“…such a unique and wonderful experience – one I will not forget.  I am not sure where I went during all the amazing sounds but I felt so relaxed and like I had been on vacation somewhere, somehow.”

Please join us for a very special evening of transcendental sound featuring Peter Blum on Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, bells, cymbals, flutes & drums; Master vocalist, violinist and soundshifter Naaz Hosseini; Evry Mann on drums, percussion, chimes, gong, and West African harps (Donso Ngoni). And special guests Steve Gorn and Thomas Workman.

Annual Solstice

SoundBath Concert

8:00pm

Saturday, December 21

Sage Academy for Sound Energy

• 6 Deming Street
• Woodstock, NY
• RSVP: sagehealingcenter@gmail.com or 845 679 5650

$25 RSVP / $30 at the door

SoundBath with Naaz Hosseini, Peter Blum, Steve Gorn, and Thomas Workman is a unique concert/meditation event that creates a “sonic bath” or “field of sacred sound”. You are encouraged to experience this horizontally – lying on blankets or yoga mats and allowing the other-worldly sounds to guide you into deep contemplative states. Seating is available, if you prefer.

Music has been used as transformational ritual in practically every culture to attune to solstices, equinoxes, and phases of the moon. The duo of Peter and Naaz have been performing meditational sound baths and concerts for 20 years, frequently joined by other world class musicians. In what has become an annual and much anticipated Woodstock event, they will again be welcoming the light at the time of the Winter Solstice.  In this improvised “horizontal concert”, it is the intention of the musicians and listeners to create a sacred space. No two sound baths are alike as the music is created (some say “channeled”) in response to the mood, time of day, season, weather, etc. Participants are invited to lie on yoga mats or blankets, surrounded by sound-generating stations set up around the room. Total immersion in a constantly changing vibration field, creates a space conducive to receive visions, healing, and guidance from within and without. It is a ”sacred” soundbath because for the musicians, this is akin to universal prayer with our instruments.

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Naaz Hosseini, is a master vocalist, violinist, dancer, and psychotherapist.  As a multi-disciplinary performer she has appeared world-wide with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble at venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and Walker Art Center. As composer/performer, she collaborated with Pilobolus, the National Theatre of the Deaf, and Bridgman/Packer Dance. Naaz has offered her voice healing and empowerment workshops at Omega, The New York Open Center, and Kripalu. Her CD, SoundPath, is a meditative journey that opened the doorway for her own voice healing and her voice and body work with others. She has combined her extensive experience and training as a psychotherapist, performer and educator to create PowerfulPresence® coaching to help individuals embody their voice personally and professionally. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Nyack, New York.

Peter Blum creates a unique meditational environment using large gongs, bells, cymbals, tuning forks, and his collection of dozens of Himalayan singing bowls. Peter has studied music and sound healing with Dr. Karl Berger, Ustad Jamaluddin Bhartiya, Beautiful Painted Arrow (Joseph Rael), Pauline Oliveros,  John Beaulieu, and Don Conreaux. He has given workshops and sound healing concerts at Omega Institute, Abode of the Message, Menla Mountain Retreat Center, The Graduate Institute, and yoga studios across America.

Steve Gorn is a world-renowned musician. His virtuoso bansuri flute is featured on the 2011 Grammy-winning recording “Mino – Journey to the Mountain,” with the Paul Winter Consort, and the Academy Award winning Documentary film, “Born into Brothels”. His unique blend of Indian music and contemporary world music can be heard on recordings with Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Tony Levin, Paul Simon, Glen Velez, Jack DeJohnette, Richie Havens, Deepak Chopra, and many others.

Thomas Workman is certified and active as a Sound Healer. He leads healing sessions with groups and individuals. He is a  performer with deep roots in jazz, world folk musics and improvisation, and has helped organize a variety of groups, including the Big Sky Ensemble, BaKana and the Sonitas Project. He has played extensively for theater, and has performed with Steve Gorn, Roswell Rudd, Pete Seeger, Tani Tabbal, Karl Berger, Joakim Lartey, Chris Lane, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater (Musical Director), and The Vanaver Caravan, among others.

“Sound healing can quickly align brain waves and regulate respiratory and other systems, while at the same time presenting teachings gathered in deep inner awareness,” says Workman. “Long before I began formally studying sound healing, I was drawn to instruments with deep roots in ancient shamanic healing traditions. They called to me, and became my teachers: didjeridu, conch shells, bone and bamboo and wooden flutes, Siberian jaw harps, extended vocal techniques and more. I discovered that some traditional sounds and instruments carry healing intention inherently.”

© 2019 Naaz Hosseini

About the Author: Naaz Hosseini

Naaz Hosseini is a singer, dancer, psychotherapist, and voice empowerment coach. She developed Powerful Presence™ coaching to help corporate and entrepreneurial women step into their vocal power to command the attention and respect they deserve. As a NYS Licensed Psychoanalyst and Qualified Gestalt Therapist, she supervises and trains mental health counselors at Teachers College Columbia University and therapists at the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training. She served as visiting faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Project Zero Summer Institute for ten years where Howard Gardner has said, "With enthusiasm, I recommend Naaz Hosseini, a pioneer in using the voice and the body for understanding."