Amrita
uses sound to take you to "the center within," where all
of your answers reside. The sounds are created by crystal
singing bowls, bells, chimes, and Amrita's heavenly "soul
singing". Amrita plays the singing crystal bowls with
impressive skill. As she sings her voice becomes transparent,
and the music that comes from the combination is like
a sonic hologram. People are able to access deep textures
of consciousness as they listen, and experience their
own inner vibrations of heart and mind. Her voice guides
you into virtual sound labyrinth as she accesses healing
harmonics and powerful overtones, directing you through
focused intention to the areas where healing is most needed.
Sessions are healing, life changing, relaxing and nurturing.
Her work comes from insights received during her own incredible
healing from breast cancer using sound and breath.
Click here to
see more about Amrita's healing practice.
Threshold
Choir
Amrita
is a member of the Santa Cruz chapter of the Threshold Choir (there
are 12 choirs in the San Francisco Bay area and others
scattered around the world.) The all-women Threshold Choirs,
founded by Kate Munger, honor the ancient tradition of
singing at the bedsides of people who are struggling:
some with living, some with dying. The voice, as the original
human instrument, is a true and gracious vehicle for compassion
and comfort. The choirs provide opportunities for women
to share the sacred gifts of their voices at life's thresholds.
Either with other Threshold choir members, or alone, Amrita
is available to sing at bedsides. Please feel free to
contact Amrita if you would like her to come sing at a
bedside.
Threshold Choir has two beautiful CDs of music. Click
here to listen to sound clips and to buy.
MUSICIAN
Entering Devachan
Devachan is Sanskrit for the place of the gods, paradise; commonly referred to as heaven. In this realm we experience healing, find rest from all the concerns and worries of our earthly life, and feel the vitality of our natural essence. We are revived, enlivened, and renewed. Entering Devachan was co-created by Amrita and Sage just before 9/11/01 with great intention to carry listeners into their own "heaven on earth," the place where deep and lasting healing happens.
To listen to sound clips and order Entering Devachan,
please click here.
Crystal Portal
During
the lunar eclipse at the beginning of the Harmonic Concordance
on November 8, 2003, Amrita CO-created a recording with
Elivia Melodey and Gene Passafaro called Crystal Portal.
Amrita, Elivia and Gene went into meditation and brought
forth "the music of the future" in this live recording.
This amazing recording includes the sound of 36 crystal
bowls, silver flute and various bells and gongs. To listen
to sound clips and order Crystal Portal, please click
here.
Terra
Firma
During
the solar eclipse at the conclusion of the Harmonic Concordance
on November 23, 2003, Amrita recorded a powerful chakra
meditation using a variety of crystal bowls. This recording
takes listeners through the chakras chronologically utilizing
powerful binaural beats and various melodic harmonies.
This work is the culmination of the powerful vibrations
that were accessed during the lunar eclipse in the recording
called Crystal Portal. To listen to sound clips and order
Crystal Portal, please click
here.
AUTHOR
The Encyclopedia of Sound: A Researchers' Guide
to Sound and Music in the Healing Arts
The Encyclopedia of Sound dispells
the myth that there is little documented scientific evidence
of the power of sound to improve the quality of daily
life. Amrita reveals, through the more than 7200 citations,
how our whole universe is composed of vibrations, and
how they affect us on many levels.
Whether you have spent days in the library, hours combing
the Internet, or you are just beginning your search for
information on the healing power of sound and music, The
Encyclopedia of Sound will be a valuable
tool for you.
Amrita has been compiling research for years, and is pleased
to make this unique and long-awaited two-volume annotated
bibliography available soon.
The Dictionary
of Sound: A Practical Glossary of
Sound and Music in the Healing Arts
The Dictionary of Sound is
a companion to The Encyclopedia of Sound,
and for anyone who is interested in the
growing field of sound healing and psychoacoustics, it
is a must have. This dictionary defines subjects from
autism to zoology and absolute pitch to zikr, covering
topics from academics to yoga and many areas of interest
in between. You'll be amazed at how many terms (from basic
to the highly obscure) are connected to sound and vibration.
Amrita has been compiling this glossary of terms for many
years, and is pleased to make this Dictionary
of Sound available soon.
The Chantnal
Amrita
is co-authoring, with Peggy Black, a compilation of healing
chants and vocal sound exercises. This book is being heralded
as "A work whose time has come. A wealth of resources,
I feel this book was divinely inspired. I recommend it
most highly to those who are very familiar with chanting
and to those for whom this material is entirely new. There
is healing here. There is tangible spiritual progress
here. There is a route to spiritual light and spiritual
knowledge here. Dig deeply into it and mine the treasures
this volume can give you." according to Thomas Ashley
Farrand, author of many books and CD's on Mantra and Chant.
For more information on this book email Amrita.
Graceful Amazon
Amrita is writing about her journey into healing from a second round of breast cancer in 1999 by utilizing her voice and breath. Her amazing recovery took only six weeks from the time of the diagnosis until the day she was scheduled for surgery and the doctors found that the two tumors had "disappeared." Amrita chronicles her amazing journey and how she continues to heal herself on a daily basis through sound, prayer, meditation, intentions and affirmations, and most of all the practice of allowing grace.
To read excerpts from this soon to be published book, click here.
RESEARCHER
The Effects of Sound and Music on the Emotions
Amrita received her B.A. in Health Arts and Sciences from Goddard College in Vermont in 2001 as an independent scholar. She focused her studies on Sound Healing and Vibrational Medicine. Amrita created a pilot study which investigated the issue of grief--how grief manifests in the human experience; how sound and music can assist people in expressing grief in a healthy way, and how the sounds in nature may provide the tones and rhythms to help people in their grief process. The study was impressive and the findings were intriguing. It is Amrita's intention to create a full study in the near future, and she is seeking funding for this study. Please contact Amrita if you are interested in learning more about this interesting study.
Amrita is committed to furthering the development and implementation of "Sound Research" in studying the effects of sound on the human body, psyche and spirit.
To contact Amrita call 831-588-7498 or email Amrita.
EDUCATOR
Journey Into Sound
Amrita takes you on a Journey Into Sound. In this multi-media and experiential workshop Amrita tells her personal story of healing from cancer using sound. Other topics that are covered are: The Effects Matter & Health Based on Science; Mysticism and The Power of Chant and Tone; The Secrets of Letting Sound and Music Move & Heal You; The Importance of Silence and Sound; The Interconnectedness of Sound, Science and Art; and How Sound Can Be Made Visible.
In this workshop Amrita shares scientific evidence of the healing properties of sound, she leads the group in fun exercises where they can experience the effects of sound for themselves, and she takes the group on an amazing Sound Journey using all sorts of fascinating instruments including her incredible voice.
Click here to learn more about this powerful and fun workshops.
The Crystal
Sound Therapy Professional Training Program
Amrita
has developed an intensive training program with Susie
Nelson Smith, a sound healer in Australia. This training
draws on the background and experiences of Susie's and
Amrita's healing journeys. This training is open to people
with or without a musical/artistic background who are
interested in deeply transformative personal healing.
Participants will learn to utilize breath, meditation,
movement, essential oils and crystal in conjunction with
the amazing power of the cyrstal singing bowls as therapeutic
tools. This 12-month training program will assist participants
in delving deep into their own healing initiation so that
they can then assist others along their journey of healing.
Learn
more about this program.
OTHER
Founder and Director
Amrita
is the Founding Director of The Healing Music Organization,
a California non-profit that is committed to furthering
and supporting the work of visionaries, researchers, scholars,
artists, historians, healers, and those seeking healing
as we move into a new paradig. People who utilize the
services of The Healing Music Organization are healing
practitioners, researchers, researchers, educators, students,
and people who want to learn more about how they can use
sound and music to enhance the quality of their life and
the lives of their loved ones. Click
here to read more about The History of the Healing
Music Organization.
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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