The 8th Annual Festival of Life - creating a health future - now!  Saturday 24th September 2011

Haldane Room

11.30am
Christa Lancaster and Marc Bregmann - Archetypal Dreamwork: The Transformative Power of Dreams
What if you knew that every single dream, every single night, offers the way to reclaim the power of your extraordinary soul? For over 35 years, Archetypal Dreamwork has guided dreamers onan experiential, life-changing descent into the unconscious to confront their very particular psychological obstacles and uncover the soul self that has always known divine love.Unlike traditional forms of therapy and dreamwork, Archetypal Dreamwork invites dreamers to leave the intellectual mind behind and surrender to the images and feelings of the dreams that come, not as information, but as agents of transformation.
Christa Lancaster and Marc Bregman, founders of North of Eden Archetypal Dreamwork in the USA, will be in London to present this groundbreaking work . They will discuss how dreams, with infinite patience and grace--and sometimes ferocity--unveil our blind spots and personal traumas to show us the way through to an experience of divine love. North of Eden teachers will join Christa and Marc for a demonstration of String Therapy, a form of dream enactment used with groups in workshops and retreats that brings the unconscious to consciousness. This experience is often nothing short of breathtaking as it reveals our own limiting mind-consciousness as well as the essence of who we truly are. There will be time for questions about the work and for audience members to ask about their own dreams.
Contact: North of Eden • 07534 508919 • www.northofeden.com
2pm
Boon Higashino - New Healing Music Band ' Her Crystal Circle'
This is new type of healing and world music group which circled around 'Rachelle Rodrigues' who is qualified sound therapist. Depends on venue and situation, group can be formed from solo healing bowls to trio, quartet. Meditative and also musically so exciting.
Rachele Rodrigues / Sound Therapist - UK - has been using sound since 2001. She is a qualified Sound Therapy Practitioner with a diploma form the British Academy of Sound Therapy and a certificate in drumming. Rachelle is registered with Institute of complimentary Medicine and the British Register of Complementary Practitioners. Debut album "Back to Now" (2009)is beautiful and auspicious creation between sound therapy and leading musicians from various fields.
Contact: B&C Healing • 07942 445159 • www.bncmusicunited.com
3.30pm
Katherine T Owen - Self love, God love, in a time of Pain
In this workshop, Katherine talks about the attitudes and insights that allowed her to keep her heart open through 14 years of illness and isolation. She reads simple yet powerful love poems to and from God from her book . We can find it hard to love
Katherine T Owen was disabled for 14 years with severe ME/CFS. Stuck in a room, unable to feed herself, and with unreliable care she struggled to maintain a sense of self love. She set out to undo the blocks to receiving God's love. ourselves at the best of times? How do we love ourselves when we lose most of what defines us?
Contact: 01793 815175 • www.a-spiritual-journey-of-healing.com

5pm
  Krsnadeva Hanson - Experience Chanting and Meditation
assisted by Paresh Birianzi
A short introduction to chanting and meditation, with a explanation of the meaning of the mantra we will use. This will be followed by approximately 20mins chanting and 20mins meditation, with a short time for discussion afterwards.
Krsnadeva has been practicing meditation and chanting for 4 years now in the Ananda Marga tradition, and has worked as a full-time volunteer for Ananda Marga teaching yoga and introductory meditation across the north of England for 6 months, and currently as a teacher in an Ananda Marga school in North London as well as giving one class a week on chanting and meditation.
Contact: Ananda Marga • 020 8806 4250 • www.anandamarga.org.uk
6pm
Gayasound - Sound Meditation with Gong and Tibetan singing bowls
Experience the universal sound of the gong and tibetan singing bowls .Allow the sounds to take you into a state of peaceful meditation , and let it touch you deeply at a cellular level. Let go of any expectations and experience total relaxation and connection with the Sounds of the Universe
Dominika and Darius have collaborated on many occasions in variety of indoor and outdoor settings. Their unique approach to Sound session incorporate gongs, bowls and other instruments such as flute, shamanic drum and didgeridoo. Session often ends with chanting within the circle as well creative activities such as group mandala painting. Dominika Baran played Gongs and Tibetan singing bowls for many years inspired by Gong master Don Conreaux. Her passion is to promote harmony and unity using natural mandala making and her sacred gateway which is Gong. "We should find our personal (heart) way of giving back to the earth and channel energies for higher benefit of others - we are all one". Dariusz Zaczkowski, multi-instrumentalist, studied at Peter Hass Institute of Sound Healing. He uses Tibetan singing bowls and gongs from the border of Tibet and Nepal.
Contact: Gaya Sound - www.gayasound.com
7pm

Liza Lilintahl - Sweet Sounds of Devotion
assisted by Basia Wiacek

A sacred space of musical meditation where we will experience the awakening of bhakti (devotion) through the repetition of sanskrit mantras. When we chant, we feel more conected to our hearts and we raise up the vibration, within and all around us. Be open to a profound heart opening, ecstatic, transformative and expansive experience!
Liza is a kirtan singer and also a flow, yin and restorative yoga teacher. Her kirtan concerts have been described as heartfelt, ecstatic and powerful. She has studied with internationally renowned kirtan artist Jai Uttal and is currently studying indian classical music in London, where she lives. The release of her debut album "EXPANSION" has been received with great enthusiasm by the international kirtan community!: ìLiza Lilintahl has the voice of an angel and the energy of a goddess. Her debut album, Expansion, is a soulful blend of devotional kirtan infused with modern flavour. Itís the perfect soundtrack for a yoga class, meditation practice, or dance party. Lizaís voice soothes, inspires, and uplifts! Debbie Steingesser (L.A. yoga teacher, founder of Afro flow yoga)
Contact: 07792 867414 • www.lizalilintahl.co.uk/kirtan-singing
8pm
Illumina - Silence, Sacred Sound & Mantra
Together we will all create the blissful states of Healing and Celebration using the mediums of Sacred Sound,Chant and Mantra to reconnect directly to the Still, Silent Presence of our Divinity. Illumina are Lila Cohen and Sean Shokat - two divinely inspired musicians who hold a space of Healing and Celebration using the mediums of Sacred Sound,Chant an d Mantra to reconnect directly to the Still, Silent Presence of our Divinity.
Contact: 07931 192867 • www.illuminamusic.co.uk
9pm

Fabrice de Graef - Meditation on Five Ragas
The ragas are multi thousand years experiences of emotion in connection with the sounds of a particular scale, it is often considered of one form of Yoga. These meditations are played with one of the oldest instrument on earth, the bansuri... literally the bamboo of notes. The sound directly affects the psychological state, and spreads a well being flow of sensation within. If you never heard of it, just come sit and try...
Fabrice has spent eight years in India under a governmental scolarship, his gurus are Harri Prasad Charasia and L.Subramaniam. His love for natural music is equal to his love for raw food that he has practised first alone and now in his family for 20 years.
Contact: Fabrice De Graef - +336 59 27 60 76 - www.myspace.com/fabricedegraefwww.myspace.com/nhiila