The use of Tibetan instruments and prayers for healing will deeply imbue you with the resonant medicine of Tibetan healing sounds in a prayerful ceremony. Lama Lobsang creates a beautiful Tibetan Buddhist altar with traditional offerings. Breathing exercises work to wake up the energy of your body. The ancient sounds of chakra mantras and five-element mantras expand your consciousness and increase awareness. The medicine Buddha mantra generates healing while other mantras are recited for protection, purification, and peace. A period of silent meditation induces deep relaxation. Experience vibrational healing with mantras, singing bowls, drums, bells, gongs, cymbals, horns, tingshas, damaru, and conch shells. A 21-Tara long life prayer and dedication of merit will transform you. This workshop is perfect for healing professionals as well as Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Bring your own instruments, if you have them, to be blessed in this ceremony and a blanket for comfort.

Course 081157
Date Saturday, June 7
Time 9:00 AM - Noon
Cost $60/50 payment 10 days advance

Louise Cloutier

Affirmations are powerful and transformative. The deep, inspiring power of music, of engaging rhythm and inspiring melodies also touch you. Combining the power of both these tools, you will write your own musical affirmation. The musical aspect in this kind of affirmation can work wonders, is fun, and easy to remember. You will receive a brand-new chant, written specifically for you that supports your highest dreams. It will be entirely yours, because you will write it yourself using Louise Cloutier’s song midwifery techniques. No matter what your musical background is—even if you believe you can’t carry a tune at all—you will have your own new, energizing musical affirmation that will be recorded for you to have and continue to use.

Course 082149 CEUs Available
Date Monday, September 8
Time 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Cost $25/20 payment 10 days advance

Richard Rudis

Infuse yourself in sound with the vibrations from an enormous gong. This will lead you into an intensive immersion and a transformative experience of spiritual and physical healing. This unforgettable experiential evening will soothe, inspire, and awaken your spirit. The session begins with you experiencing the healing properties of the sacred singing bowls. Then, Richard Rudis creates transformational waves of sound that bathe you with the rising and falling rhythms, tonalities, and vibrations of a huge earth gong tuned to the sound of AUM, the universal chord. Relax, let go, and harmonize yourself with frequencies of the gong bath for a remarkable vibrational experience. Register early, it sells out quickly.

Course 082164
Date Thursday, September 25 SOLD OUT
Time 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Cost $35/25 payment 10 days in advance

Richard Rudis

This gong bath is for two hours and gives you the opportunity to deepen your experience. This extended gong bath is recommended for people who have experienced a gong bath before.

Course 082165
Date Friday, September 26
Time 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Cost $50/45 payment 10 days in advance

Sumi-e means black ink painting. Its black ink on white paper is simple, elegant, and serene. The goal of the sumi-e painter is to use the brush with both vitality and restraint. Sumi-e, though is more than technique, it is a spiritual journey. Discover the history of this contemplative art form brought to Japan by Zen monks who practiced sumi-e to develop patience, concentration, and discipline. Use the unique tools known as the Four Treasures on handmade paper as you paint several pictures of classic symbolic nature subjects using the simple brush strokes. Simplicity is the main characteristic you will paint to express the essence of the subject. Less is more. Even a novice can produce a painting to be proud of that demonstrates the style and simplicity of this art form. No previous painting or art experience is needed. Over this three week course, you will deepen your sumi-e painting experience and ability to produce a variety of sumi-e art.

Please purchase art supplies that include one ink stick and one ink stone or one bottle of Japanese black ink, one medium Japanese of Chinese brush, and one pad rice paper (Hosho) 9 X 12 inches. You can purchase supplies at Toguri, Blick, Pearl or Hi-Land Art & Frame in Highland Park.

Course 082177
Date Tuesdays, October 14, 21, 28
Time 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Cost $70/60 payment 10 days in advance