New Class! Acutonics® For Large Animals

Senior teacher and Acutonics practitioner, Kelly Haggerty, is excited to announce 2 more Equine Acutonics classes being offered in Key Center WA June 6-8 2008 and Olympia WA June 13-15, 2008. She will be co teaching with Judy Bernard MA,LAc. Kelly co-created the Equine Acutonics program with Ellen Franklin and taught the 1st class last year in Maryland. The class is designed to treat and balance both horse and rider. Kelly's 25yr health care background includes Occupational Therapy, Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine, advanced spiritual studies and sound healing. Kelly feels that this work is both a science and an art. She approaches horses with a strong emphasis on anatomy and confirmation with a goal of injury prevention and rehabilitation. Her knowledge of oriental medicine is directed at learning specific treatment protocols for horses and people to improve their physical, emotional and spiritual well being. She often receives feedback from horse owners, trainers, and competitors that they have never experienced or witnessed anything like this work before. Her goal is to help provide healthy avenues for horses and humans to evolve to higher levels of health and consciousness. When we truly tune in to the magic of horse the healing for both horse and human is profound.

New Class! Acutonics® For Small Animals

Senior teacher and Acutonics practitioner, Adona Bobbie Bay, is excited to offer the inaugural small animal class April 8, 9, and 10, 2008 in the Baltimore, Maryland area.

The class is designed for the treatment of cats and dogs, with a focus on common diseases and emotional issues, and their treatment protocols.

For those new to the Acutonics system, an introductory one day class is offered on April 7 to provide an overview and understanding of the system.  Adona is developing protocols for our bird companions as well and also travels to teach the full Acutonics program to interested groups throughout the United States.

With twenty years of experience in the healing arts,  Adona is the owner of both Stressless Sound Garden and Wellness Center and a second company, Cosmic Alchemy. She is also the director of Stressless Acupressure Institute, and is the co-creator of Spirit Path Vibrational and Cosmic Essences.  Her vision of her company, Cosmic Alchemy, is to activate the power and transformational process within each individual and assist them in the expression of their authentic self so they may fulfill their divine potential.  She offers Acutonic sessions to facilitate growth, planetary attunements, individual tutorials classes, and group classes that support planetary and individual evolution.  She supports all those called to this transformational process with a compassionate heart. Look for exciting news from both Spirit Path and Cosmic Alchemy in the near future. You may email her at bobbie.bay@comcast.net.

Planetary Lullaby—New CD & Hidden Codes of Life

Acutonics teacher and practitioner, Judy Bernard, has produced Planetary Lullaby, a relaxation or bedtime CD that may also be used as background music during Acutonics treatments. It features Acutonics planetary gongs--Mercury, Chiron, Venus, Nibiru, Full Moon, and New Moon, plus the rest of the planet frequencies from Acutonics Planetary Hand Chimes or Tibetian singing bowls. Available soon at the Acutonics store or email Judy directly, sanctuaryqi@hotmail.com.

Judy has been working with the Idea Foundation and hidden codes of life, which reveal spiritual purposes or contracts to help us discover why we are here and how we can help transform the world. "I have been using the Acutonics system to assist people in feeling the planetary frequencies within them, healing their wounds and awakening to the current mission at hand. There is so much information in the Codes that I have to re-read them often. I am always amazed at the divine information they contain; it is exactly what I needed to hear, to continue my path."

The Idea Foundation has created two YouTube videos, in the first by Pneuma-Yod and Guy Juarez (www.pneuma-yod.com) the gongs are played very low in the background. The second video, Gongs of Change, shows more of the planetary signatures. You can link to both videos, more information, and the hidden codes at www.triple7center.com or www.gongsofchange.com.

Judy has also added group gong meditation healings to her practice in Canada, Washington state, and Colorado. Her website is www.7keyssound.com.

New York City Debut Acutonics® Planetary Gongs

Acutonics teacher, Maren Good, BA, CMT has recently joined visionary artist Alex Grey and his wife Allyson for their ongoing New Moon ceremonies in New York City. Hosted by the Greys at Alex's gallery, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, the evening includes gong meditations and improvisational playing.

Maren has been using the Acutonics Planetary Gongs since October 2005, first offering planetary sound baths on the Winter Solstice 2005.

"My musician husband, Michael, and I invite a widening circle of people to the massage school where I teach to share in an evening honoring the celestial cycles with the planetary gongs. Because it’s about inviting family and friends to attend, their three children often participate, playing singing bowls while Maren and Michael play the gongs. Maren offers a meditation, some history about the Music of the Spheres, and historical/mythical stories on the equinox or solstice being celebrated. "We play for about 45 minutes, and then people stay for a little camaraderie with tea and snacks. Although I don’t charge for these events, I’m always amazed at the generous gifts offered in the donation box that is set out."

Because of Alex Grey’s international presence, their New Moon ceremonies draw upwards of 30 people, and the Full Moon ceremonies 70 or more. Maren credits the gongs with leading the way to an ever-widening circle of influence. "My experience of being immersed in gong attunements at my Level III-IV intensive in Colorado was when I knew that I had a calling to take these vibrations out into the community at large. My Earth gong (now showing a little wear) has gone to classes, trade shows, conferences, and I have numerous requests to bring the gongs to other venues, from an annual woman’s celebration in the spring to a gathering of elderly people who are all between 80 and 90 years old. One gong is all it takes — but watch out, it can be habit forming!"

These questions and more are answered in a new Acutonics course, The New Science of Biology and Sound, developed and taught by Alicia Villamarin, PhD, AP,LAc, CH. The foundation for the class includes the new science of biology, the fields of cellular biology…and beyond.

Welcome to the world of Psychoneuroimmunology and Epigenetics – the New Science!

• Learn the secrets of the cells and the mysteries of how thoughts, intentions, intuition, and sound affect your body and your mind.
• Expand your ability to explain how sound heals, changes, and transforms.
• Increase your knowledge of the wonders of acupuncture, prayer, and visualization.
• Discover the facts that support what you've known for years.

The course begins with the study of the cell and the beautifully complex mechanisms of its function. The ancients recognized that cells were a reflection of the Universe…a hologram…as above, so below.

Visit how sound can affect the cell machinery.

Study how the neuropeptides actually direct the biochemical processes of the cell.

Journey through the field of Psychoneuro-immunology and a systematic study of body-mind integration.

Learn about the emerging field of Epigenetics and discover the reasons for our difference from pigs and monkeys even though we have similar genomes. We will ask the big question…is DNA fully responsible for directing our lives or do the signals we send ourselves hold a greater influence?

Acutonics Without Borders

Pamela Brady, BA, MA, LAc has been integrating sound healing modalities into her acupuncture practice for the past 15 years. She has traveled with her tuning forks worldwide providing treatment for under served and impoverished populations as well as those suffering from physical and emotional trauma due to natural disasters.

Honduras…As part of The Honduras Healing Recovery Project, Mela committed two weeks a year from 2000 to 2003 to treat victims of Hurricane Mitch, and trained healthcare providers in the basic use of the tuning forks so that they could continue treating the widespread effects of PTSD in the communities most devastated by the hurricane countrywide.

Cuba…In 2001, Mela visited an alternative health clinic in Matanzas, Cuba. Since music is such an integral part of Cuban culture, Acutonics found a warm welcome. In partnership with The Kairos Institute, a full set of tuning forks and the book, Acutonics: There's No Place Like Ohm, were given to the clinic for the staff to study and use.

Bali…Early in 2006, Mela was invited to bring Acutonics to Bali for a month. Living in a traditional bamboo jungle house, she treated first responders of the tsunami relief effort in Aceh, Indonesia and anyone else who was interested. Bali is the retreat island for tsunami volunteers and they were in desperate need of relief from the stress, anxiety, and deprivation from weeks of working in the hot, humid, mosquito infested tent camps of the totally destroyed Aceh coast of Sumatra. Interestingly, the Balinese found Acutonics to compliment their ritualistic, musical, Hindu ceremonies.

Tibet…Last fall, Mela joined the Gar Tibet Health Project, traveling with a 13-member medical team to treat Tibetans in remote, rural villages. Working out of a make-shift clinic in a monastery perched at 15,000 feet, she provided acupuncture and sound therapy to lamas, monks, nuns, and local residents. People came from far and wide, desperate for attention. From elderly grandparents to small school children, they were fascinated by the relaxing, healing power of the vibrating forks!

War Veterans…Now back in Vermont, Mela has initiated a free community clinic, one night a week, treating war veterans and their families for anxiety, stress, and PTSD. Many of the vets are being introduced to The Acutonics Sound Healing System and they are saying they haven't been this calm or slept so well in years!

Acutonics Teacher, Amanda Lamprecht, Founder of First Scratch Patch USA, Seattle

The Scratch Patch is a fun family experience... ...interactive gemstone collecting that is educational and fun for the whole family.

The Scratch Patch is unique as it creates a natural organic environment that inspires, and it is a treat for the sense of sight and touch.

The Scratch Patch is a place where people can have loads of fun “scratching” for their favorite tumble-polished gemstones from thousands of polished stones that cover the floor. Fill a bag with your treasures...you only pay for the bag, not the type of stones or how many you can get into the bag! These are special high quality stones imported from South Africa.

Facial Soundscapes in New York, California, Oregon, & Santa Fe

Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, LAc, MS, MM and MichelAngelo, MFA, Director of Astrological Medicine & Musical Studies, Acutonics, are featured presenters at the 2nd International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, November 8-12, 2007. The 3-hour Facial Soundscapes: Harmonic Renewal presentation, scheduled for November 11, will demonstrate the vibrational tuning fork facial using Acutonics tuning forks.

Other Facial Soundscape events to note are:

July 15, New York, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), Many Paths, One Medicine Conference
October 21, Portland, Oregon, AAAOM Expo 2007

Mary Elizabeth and MichelAngelo will teach a new facial renewal course, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal: The Resonant Face, at Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College (AIMC) in Berkeley, California, October 12-14. This innovative seminar will fully integrate Acutonics tuning forks into a constitutional facial acupuncture treatment protocol, and has been approved for CEUs in California.

For more information: 212-593-1954, toll free 866-460-2944, chiakra@onebox.com, www.chiakra.com.

Massachusetts Study Group

Gail Byrnes, LAc, MAc, MGA is hosting a monthly Acutonics study group -- open to all who have taken Acutonics I. Friday, June 8 and July 13 10 am - 4 pm, $50/session Please register in advance. gailbyrnes@gmail.com or 978-302-6654

Acutonics Tutorials in Tucson, AZ

Dahvid Weiss, DOM, LAc, senior Acutonics instructor with extensive teaching and practice experience, is now offering custom scheduling for Acutonics education classes. Dahvid is certified to teach the entire Acutonics core curriculum.

You can combine classes that you need to meet your requirements for certification. Classes will be taught as tutorials unless several people want the same classes and dates, so you will have the benefit of individual attention. To arrange classes at a time that meets your scheduling needs, contact Dahvid at equisol1@yahoo.com or 520-576-0003. Please provide first and second choices of dates and times. The longer the lead time of preferred dates, the more flexibility there will be.

Acutonics Study Sessions*…the Missing Link!

"It is one thing to learn the Acutonics material during a structured class curriculum, but another to have hours to practice in a supervised setting…during these (monthly study sessions), we review the curriculum and discuss individual cases and design treatment strategies…we are able to actually perform (supervised) treatments on each other…my confidence to use the forks has grown tremendously. I look forward to each (study session) with a wonderful enthusiasm." –Lisa Fleming, Acutonics Student

Acutonics teacher and practitioner Arlene Myers of Mashpee, Massachusetts now offers monthly Saturday afternoon study sessions for Acutonics students and practitioners. At only $50 a session for five hours of focused study, which includes a supervised hands on peer treatment, Arlene offers an opportunity for practitioners to deepen their understanding of Acutonics, build their confidence, and train for specific and individualized treatment challenges. Students who attended classes with other teachers find value interacting with a new teacher and students they may not have known before.
 
With 20 years' experience in clinical acupuncture, Arlene is beyond excited from the results of her study sessions, "Everybody says it's the missing piece! The value lies in the opportunity for students to practice clinical skills; students bring current cases to discuss and get treatment ideas. I can also introduce new treatment tools and discussion topics as students' needs are identified. Students can work on different levels and enjoy a journey through each of the forks, enhancing skills and increasing practitioner retention. These sessions are proving to be an incredible confidence builder. Contact agm@cape.com, 508-539-0299.
 
Laurie Herron and Katie Mink of West Coast Acutonics in Oakland, California have been leading monthly Acutonics forums since June 2004. Students have come from all over the world for this exciting opportunity. Open to anyone who has completed Level 1 training, their Acutonics forums are designed to be a place of continuing education and exploration of Acutonics.  The cost is $35.00 for a four hour session that includes topical discussions, participant selected case studies, and an opportunity to treat and be treated using fundamental Acutonics to the extremely advanced level. With supervision and guidance, learning and understanding can increase exponentially. Laurie specializes in Shamanic energy work and Katie is a licensed Acupuncturist with a private practice for the past 20 years. For more information, call 925-256-6769 or email westcoastacutonics@sbcglobal.net.
 
If you think you might benefit from treatment strategy review and practice, point location practice, review, and enhancement of techniques with the forks and other sound tools, and a more in-depth understanding of Chinese medicine theory and its application to specific cases or conditions, consider attending one or more of these study sessions.
 
* All three teachers have found these study sessions an important component towards satisfying the required 100 hours of supervised treatments for students in the Acutonics Practitioner Certification Program.