Isa founded her practice, Sound Healing Arts, in 1996 in New York City while living there for an Opera Career. She trained with John Beaulieu, ND, PhD, RPP, in Sound Healing, BioSonics (TM), Cranial Balancing, and trained at the New York Open Center (with Lisa Schimski) and Polarity Wellness Network in Polarity Therapy. Polarity Therapy gives her sound work a "touch" context. Isa then shifted her focus from the classical arts to the healing arts where she feels her heart can be fully involved in a deeper level of service. She brings her classical vocal training into a unique multilayered toning approach accompanied by crystal singing bowls, BioSonic (TM) Tuning Forks, and tibetan bells and tinghsas in a session. She returned to her home state of North Carolina in 2000 where she works with the general public and, specifically, cancer patients, in retreat and private sessions. Isa is a featured speaker in Sound Therapy (see other heading for details).
MUSICIAN
Isa holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance. After a 25 year career in the field of Opera, where Isa performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in New York City and Italy (1997 Winner - Concorso d'Eboli International Vocal Competition), Isa focused her training and talents toward the healing arts field of Sound Therapy. She is currently a recording artist with four CDs.
Sacred Meditations CD
A Classical Voice CD accompanied by classical harp - Sally Duran, harpist. Sacred songs with a meditative effect to soothe stress and bring forth feelings of peace and calm. Tracks include: Amazing Grace, The Lord is My Shepherd, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Ave Maria (2 settings), Sleep my baby, Pie Jesu, Laudate Dominum, Requiem, and Goin' Home.
Christmas Meditations CD
Voice and Harp Sacred Christmas songs accompanied by Sally Duran, harpist. Isa has intentionally utilized her lower voice to make this CD calm and meditative without too many high crescendos. It includes some Christmas Favorites as well as some beautiful lesser known pieces. Tracks include: Still Still Still, The First Noel, A la Nanita, Silent Night, Child in a Manger, The Angel Gabriel, Sans Day Carol, In the Bleak Midwinter, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Holy Night.
Tones Without Masks CD
This is a toning meditation CD with Vocal Toning, crystal singing bowls, and tuning forks (composed and performed by Isa Dollyhigh). Tracks include: Earth (C), Water (D), Fire (E), Air (F), Ether (G), Intuition (A), Connection (B) A CD to use in Meditation or as background for a bodywork or energy session. Two versions of this CD are available. The original Meditation Edition is 28 minutes long and is perfect for a short morning or evening meditation. The Practitioner Edition was requested by area Holistic Practitioners and Massage Therapists in order to have a session length balancing of all the chakras. The 54 minute length is perfect for background music for a massage or other holistic modality session.
Devotion - A Toning Meditation CD
The Song of Mary Magdalene: An Allegorical Telling of the Life of Christ Vocal Toning, Crystal & metal Singing bowls, tuning forks, and synthesizer (composed and performed by Isa Dollyhigh). The tracks are: Journey of the Soul, Being Human, Surrender, Mountain Prayer, Gethsemane, Devotion, Arise, Ascension A meditation CD that brings up things that need to be cleared in tracks 2 - 3, and then takes you deeper into meditation after track 4. Finally, it ends with a higher etheric feeling in tracks 7 & 8.
Healing Music Programs
Isa currently performs programs with an emphasis on the healing power of music. She reaches patients and Seniors at all level of functionality with her music, and she connects with them on a human level as well as a vibrational level. She has performed programs in hospitals, assisted living facilities and public venues in New York, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. She has also done programs for Hospice and hospital surgical support in Pre-Op and Post-Op.
AUTHOR
"Sound Healing: The Power within You", Art of WellBeing Magazine, 2000 "Sound Healing", ENERGY Magazine (International Newsletter of American Polarity Therapy Association), 2001 "Sound Healing", Domestications Magazine, 2001 "The Healing Vibration of Crystal Singing Bowls", Art of WellBeing Magazine. 2005
RESEARCHER
N/A
EDUCATOR
Sound Healing Arts: Sound Therapy Education
Isa teaches an "Introduction to Sound Therapy" in North Carolina and Virginia Massage Schools as well as the following classes:
VOCAL TONING WITH EASE: Drawing on her 25 years of experience as an Opera Singer and Voice Teacher, Isa offers a unique approach in how to use Vocal Toning in your own daily practice with ease and comfort. Giving a foundation of how the breath works to produce vocal sounds and then expanding to creating the sounds naturally and easily, Isa promotes the health of the voice while giving you full self expression through toning.
VOICE LESSONS AND VOCAL CLASS: If you have always wanted to sing but were too shy or if some adult told you to be quiet when singing as a child, Isa can help you “find your voice”. We all have a voice, and singing can help release emotions and reset vibrations. Isa teaches beginner to advanced students with a unique perspective of the natural voice and ease. If you are too shy for one on one lessons, she also offers Voice Class in which she teaches up to five students at one time. Ease and fun are the keys.
SOUND TOOLS "PLAYSHOPS": A series of three mini-classes designed to incorporate Sound Tools in your daily practice or professional sessions: *Sound and the Voice *Crystal Singing Bowls *BioSonic™ Tuning Forks. Playshops are taught in 3 hour segments with fun exercises and “play” to encourage comfort and ongoing use of each instrument. No Musical Experience is required. Open up your world to sound while having fun and learning helpful tools for the future.
SOUND HEALTH SERIES: This in-depth workshop covers the history of Sound, scientific research, techniques of making sound and toning, tuning forks, singing bowls, bells and other sound instruments, how to use Sound on the body to release energy blocks and stored emotions, and using sound for self help and pain management. Taught in three levels: Level I Sound Health – the Self (7 hrs) Using sound and sound instruments in daily practice Level II Sound Health – the Client (7 hrs) For healthcare practitioners, massage therapists, or anyone interested in using sound with a family member or loved one – using sound with another person to help in their healing process. Level III Sound Health – the Universe (4 hrs) Using sound to help create harmony in the world.
SOUND HEALING ARTS - POLARITY THERAPY EDUCATION: Isa is a Registered Polarity Educator, and she has taught Polarity Therapy within Associate Polarity Practitioner programs in North Carolina, and she teaches an "Introduction to Polarity Therapy" within North Carolina and Virginia Massage Schools.
OTHER
Speaker/Lecturer
—Speaker for North Carolina Social Workers Conference: “New Frontiers in Oncology Pain
Manage-ment: Going beyond the Traditional” for nurses and social workers held at the Wesley Long Regional Cancer Center (Greensboro, NC)
—Keynote Speaker for Cancer Survivor Day: Wesley Long Regional Cancer Center (Greensboro, NC)
—Facilitator for Wesley Long Regional Cancer Patient Retreat (Greensboro, NC) “Sound & Silence”
—Morehead Hospital (Eden, NC) Health Education Series
—Integrative Cardiology (High Point, NC) Health Education Series
—SAS Company (Cary, NC) Health Education Series
—Whole Health Center (Greensboro, NC) Health Education Series
—West Market Street UMC (Greensboro, NC) Wednesday Night Series
— Numerous Civic Clubs and Special Interest Groups
Hospital/Surgical Support
— Pre-Op and Post-Op Patient Surgical Support
— Hospice Vigils
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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