Shanti Sound with Michelle Byrne

I really enjoyed this chat with the lovely David/ Sri Prana, covering  all things chanting, kirtan and bhajan, how harmoniums were introduced  to India by German missionaries, the sound Om and its meaning, and his  experience as a devotee of Amma the hugging saint.

David has been following the path of yoga for over 40 years. He  practices and teaches Integral (Poorna) Yoga. David is also a Bowen  Therapist and combines Yoga Therapy with Bowen to help clients in a wide  range of physical and mental health areas.

David’s yogic learning, practice and teaching is influenced by the  classical teachings from many sources including Paramahansa Yogananda,  Swami Satyananda, Swami Gitananda and those masters who emphasise  spiritual development and yogic lifestyle. He also studied yoga with Dr  Savitri Devi of New Zealand.

David is a devotee of the Bhakti master, Mata Amritandamayi, better  known throughout the world as Amma – the hugging saint. David was chosen  by Amma to teach her Integrated Amrita Meditation in South Australia.  He has been regular visitor to her ashram in Kerala and also has  travelled extensively throughout many areas of India. David has a strong  interest in Yoga history and philosophy.

David plays harmonium, guitar and sings bhajans (devotional chants).  He began this part of his Bhakti Yoga journey using only guitar but  during his first India experience he bought a harmonium and while  staying in Rishikesh taught himself to play the harmonium. David has  been holding regular kirtans in Adelaide over a number of years. He now  holds monthly kirtans at his Yoga studio in Myponga. Participants are  asked to make a spiritual donation which goes to support 4 charities.  These are Hutt St Centre for the Homeless, Catherine House for Homeless  Women, Smith Family and Fred Hollows Foundation.

David offers chanting and harmonium lessons to people who are interested in bringing the joy of Kirtan into their lives.

David is passionate about sharing his knowledge of yoga and enjoys  helping others discover how the rich textured layers of yoga practice  can be integrated into daily life.

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Rebecca  Calabro is a heart-centred sound therapist who brings lightness and joy  to all she offers. She provides a safe space for people to explore  their inner world and facilitates a deep reconnection, so one feels  empowered to create an inspired life with clarity and ease.

Over  the years, Rebecca has completed an extensive curriculum with  Acutonics® and BAST (British Academy of Sound Therapy) in many  applications of therapeutic sound and has performed and trained with  Grand Gong Master Don Conreaux. She also offers intuitively guided sonic  activations. Creatively, she expresses herself through an experimental  music collaboration, Pallasites, with her partner Ben Featherstone.

In  addition to sound therapy, Rebecca has 14 years of professional  experience guiding others through their awakening using a multi-modality  approach. Her private consultations and workshops unite her expansive  wisdom and developed skill set in areas spanning emotional health,  mindset, spirituality and vibrational alignment. She also creates soul  resonant activation art, encoded with sacred frequencies.

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Pete Bengry is an internationally acclaimed professional percussionist, specialising in shamanism, sound healing, music production and one-to-one consultations. He is a member of the UK band ‘Cornershop’ who achieved a number one hit with the song ‘Brimful of Asha’ in 1996. His percussive training began at the age of five years, trusting his natural awareness towards rhythm, he began to play without any instrument other than his body and mind. At the age of ten years, he was lucky enough to travel to Africa and witnessed the Zulus drum, sing and dance. Being so moved by their presence, he received a drum, which influenced his passion into the practice of shamanism. This drum became his teacher, guide, parent and friend. When students ask Pete how he learned his skills, his reply is simple: “Listen to the drum, she will teach you all you need to know.”

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This episode was a wonderful chat with the very deep and creative soul that is Malachi Lonsdale of Pranava Sound Therapy! I asked him all about his amazing Pythagorean Monochord table (which I was fortunate enough to experience a  sound healing on when visiting the Blue Mountains a few months ago!) as  well as his tuning fork holders, gong and gong-harp, experience with  the Sound Healing Academy, and more!

Malachi Lonsdale holds a Diploma with the Sound Healing Academy and  has been working as a practitioner for several years. He also has a  position as a tutor and assistant teacher and thoroughly enjoys  connecting with inspired students.

Driven by wonderment for the nature of sound and its remarkable  capacities for transformation, Malachi seeks to deepen his understanding  so as to aid those who seek its healing effects for mind, body, spirit  and soul.

Working with his friend, a skilled craftsmen, they continue to  develop some remarkable instruments and accessories, which are used in  his practice located in Blackheath, Blue Mountains Australia, and are also available for purchase.

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Darren Curtis (BA.Mus.Tech, ADL) & Bradley Pitt of Sacred Resonance, work as artists and educators who have been composing, creating live sound baths, producing art installations and performing sacred music and presenting across Australia and overseas for the last 20 years and in the last 5 years internationally.

Their business Sacred Resonance, founded in 1998, incorporates visionary thinking and higher experience of the Divine. Their work includes immersive experiences of sacred art & music, education through future-sciences which aims to help facilitate an interconnectedness for the mind-body-spirit. Their speciality also includes the latest discoveries in musicology, archaeoacoustics (acoustics in temples and pyramids), full dome visual immersive experiences and brain-body entrainment with beat frequencies, working with new consciousness sciences.

Since 2004 they have composed 8 albums and produced the international award-winning multimedia film ‘Gates of Light’.  In addition, they have produced/composed numerous meditation tracks, produced large-scale award-winning art-sound installations and mastered sacred music CD’s for artists around the world.

Darren and Bradley as co-coordinators are leading members of Dr. J.J. & Desiree Hurtak’s, Academy For Future Science, which is based on sacred scripture study, spiritual-science, musical experience of the Divine and the cosmology of The Keys of Enoch ®. In this field in which they run workshops, study groups and travel the world teaching, sharing and collaborating leading musicians researchers and spiritual thinkers of this current age.

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Relle Jasper is a Sound Healing Therapist incorporating Reiki, Esoteric & Shamanic Healing practices.

She was fatefully guided to the therapeutic healing  properties of Sound, Vibration & Frequency after a life changing car accident in 2015.

Music has always been a huge part of her life, and she  has an innate understanding of the effects of music on our overall  wellbeing.

Relle has studied Diplomas in Group Sound Therapy and 1-2-1  Practitioner Sound Therapy, Acutonics, as well as Reiki, Shamanic  Woman's Mysteries & Healing Modalities.

Connecting on a soul level with a specific intent in her own healing journey, she is passionate in her guidance to connect you back to your own inner wisdom & soul purpose.

We chat about how sound helped Relle recover from the trauma of her accident, hear about her journey through sound studies, talk about intervals and their use in sound healing therapies - and she guides us through a beautiful grounding exercise to conclude the podcast. She's super serene and relaxing to listen to, so enjoy this podcast!

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It was awesome hearing from Julia Williamson all about her incredible program "Sing to Thrive"

Julia is a Past Age Clearing and Healing Practitioner with  a long history of professionally singing, performing, teaching and  facilitating community singing groups.

A trained Empath since 1999 with ‘Earth Whisperer’ Maggie Landman,  Julia Williamson has healed and transformed her own life from meek,  fearful and small to vibrant, powerful and free.   Merging healing  affirmations and intentions within singing lessons and community singing  groups since 2007, Julia witnessed profound and transformational shifts  for thousands of people, including herself.   Firsthand, she saw how  singing activates the heart-frequency to deeply heal mental health  issues, low self-esteem, and self-worth.

Her music, songbooks, guided meditations and online somatic voice  lessons improve singing, harmony and improvisation skills. They rewire  the brain to help you become more self-aware, embodied and empowered to  use your voice as an instrument for personal healing and transformation  and take you beyond the ego to states of bliss and love where humanity’s  real power exists.

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Electric Consciousness AKA ARIA award winning music teacher Scott Maxwell combines modern and ancient healing instruments with cutting edge music production software. Through this combination of old world and new world instruments, Scott is able to create unique harmonies and ultra-cosmic frequencies. From the mellow light tones of the 432Hz crystal bowls to the ethereal shadow screams of the Vimana, Scott induces trance states to allow your being to travel deep into the world of sonic vibrations. We chat about 432Hz, planetary frequencies, binaural beats and Scott's journey into discovering singing bowls and sound healing instruments + more!

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Weaver of sound, intuitive and facilitator of possibilities. Yee Ley of HK Chinese descent was born in London, UK.

A spiritual awakening in her thirties dramatically changed Yee Ley’s  life path where sound and energy medicine entered her world. With a  background as an IT Business Analyst, this shift in consciousness enabled  her to create a lighter way of living and it sparked a thirst for  wanting to know more.  This intrepid explorer of consciousness, now  provides transformational experiences for those that are looking for a  lighter way of living. Inspired by her teachers and her team of light,  she has developed her own sound healing style and range of voice alchemy  classes and album releases.

Yee Ley has been living in New Zealand since 2014 and provides a  range of sessions, classes and retreats that assist people to meet the  choices they are looking for.

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This week I chatted with Sukhmani and Sukhman, who make up the duo Sukha from California. The name Sukha means ease and bliss in Sanskrit. They’re are a gorgeous musical couple who are also mantra artists, sound facilitators, yogis and teachers- I was lucky enough to hang out with them for a few days when I visited in 2016. We’re chatting about how they met, all their amazing offerings- music, yoga trainings and soudbaths- the benefits of live music with yoga, the benefits of singing and much more. Show notes at shantisound.com.au/podcast

Katie Underwood is a certified Meditation Teacher & registered Member of Meditation Association Australia. She has also trained in Remedial & Relaxation Massage, Reiki, Sound Healing Therapy, Yoga of Sound & Traditional Tibetan Sound Healing. A multi-instrumentalist, Vocalist, ARIA-nominated and APRA Award winning Recording Artist.  She  has been working in the Wellness industry for 10 years and Music industry for over 35 years. Her  current passion & purpose is empowering people to enhance their  self-healing with regular meditation, healing sounds & strong social  connections, online and in person. A prolific music producer, Katie has produced four meditation music albums in the last four years -  Madrigal, Journey to Mantra & Awaken  - and just released her new double-length album, Mantra Dreaming, available on all streaming platforms, CD & USB.

I loved chatting with Katie - she's so cool! We covered various topics such as how chanting mantras is like feeding a banana to the monkey mind, what’s happening to our brain and nervous system when we are engaging in these sound practises, and much more.

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Nessi Gomes is a British-Portuguese musician, she is an amazing singer, songwriter and music artist and an international voicework facilitator, helping people open up their expression through the power of their voice. Nessi shares deeply with us about the challenges she faced as a young person and how sound and using her voice in particular helped her to navigate difficult times. We hear about her experience living in the Pachamama spiritual community in Costa Rica and how that influenced her life and her music, about about recording her album on a boat on a canal in London, and about her incredible vocal workshops: Vocal Odyssey: Meeting with the Spirit of Your Voice, and how the workshops have transitioned to an online course during covid times, now accessible to hundreds of people. Nessi also guides us with a short humming exercise to engage our breath and slow our breathing, bringing a sense of calm.

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An introduction to Michelle Byrne & Shanti Sound, established 2011! Touching on some of the people and events that have influenced Michelle's work including: being in bands and travelling with her Mum, experiencing Deva Premal, Miten and a hundred others chanting a sacred mantra for her and her husband on their honeymoon, making sound friends at Jonathan Goldman's Healing Sounds retreat in Colorado and studying sound therapy with the British Academy of Sound Therapy. 

Future episodes feature interviews with exciting guests from around Australia and the world!

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