How Shamans Inspire Us to Transform and Heal Lewis Mehil-Madrona, MD, PhD People come to traditional, cultural healers with potentially life-threatening problems that have defied conventional medical treatment. Healers (shamans) find ways to instill faith and hope in their clients. They use the power of story with the support of a group of believers to inspire their clients to believe in the possibility of healing. A community of believers provides testimonials that attest to the healing experience of other people. Ill people learn from listening to these stories that the possibility of healing exists and that others have recovered when conventional medicine thinks they will not. Traditional cultural stories support spiritual procedures designed to increase faith and hope. States of mind arise that are more compatible with physical healing. Research may eventually reveal the links between states of mind and states of body, but regardless of this knowledge, shamans have been developing states of mind to facilitate healing for centuries. Goal: To "unpack" the interaction between shaman and ill person to show what happens along the road from sickness to health. Learning Objectives: Learn how shamans use testimonials to inspire their clients to believe they can heal, Learn the power of a group of believers to facilitate transformation, and Experience the use of traditional, cultural stories by shamans to facilitate the development of faith and hope. Presenter Bio: Lewis is currently Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan and is the author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing and Coyote Wisdom, books about what aboriginal culture has to offer conventional medicine for health and healing. He teaches a course on indigenous knowledge at the University and is doing research on how spirituality enhances management of physical illness. www.coyotehealing.info

Energy Field Physics in Trauma Work Sharon Porter Our thoughts, feelings, intentions and super-conscious awareness are profoundly connected to our energy field and may even originate there. During trauma work, my hands are moved by and augment the field as it trembles and reorganizes, animates the ultra-sonic core, shoots off force vectors from impacts, expels shock and anesthesia, pours in spiritual light, adjusts chakra spins, builds fluid potency during return to midline, and drops into stillness when the system accesses the deeper ground from which Healing Intelligence arises. Sharon will introduce the highly effective Somatic Experiencing model of trauma healing, take the audience through an energy experience, and then name the patterns as they come up in video and live demonstrations. Goal: To stimulate further awareness and research of the relationship between consciousness and human energy field patterns. Learning Objectives: Identify seven common field phenomena of consciousness, Perceive the direct relationship between thoughts and field phenomena, and Notice that the change usually occurs in the field before it comes into the consciousness of the client. Presenter Bio: A pioneer in the fields of Energy Medicine and Consciousness, Sharon Porter co-founded the first large Polarity Therapy school and currently trains practitioners in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Body-Centered Psychotherapy and trauma work. Her enthusiasm for the physics and bioenergetics of consciousness is contagious. She is writing a book of case studies on energy approaches to healing trauma, with an emphasis on truncated defensive responses. Porter's certifications include Somatic Experiencing, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Yoga and Self-Care, and Core Process Psychotherapy. www.healthwaveinstitute.com

CymaScope Technology: The Sounds of Science - Part II John Reid and Susan Hale Everything that has ever existed, or will exist, in this Cosmos and on Earth, is a complex web of wave energy, an intricate tracery, woven layer upon layer, frequency upon frequency. CymaScopy, an emerging science, studies sound by means of the CymaScope, a powerful new tool with which we can explore the enigmatic inner worlds of living organisms. Together, John Reid and Susan Hale present their findings on the sacred dimensions of space and sound, and then move into an interactive workshop where participants will: Gain an understanding in sound's role in Creation, Discover the relationship between space and sound, Be guided through sacred sounds and vowel exercises to free the voice, and Experience slides of CymaGlyphs and a demonstration of the CymaScope showing the unique acoustic signature of voices from volunteers. Presenter Bio: John, an Acoustics Engineer from England, is the inventor of the CymaScope, a 21st century electro-acoustics device, inspired by the work of Ernst Chladni, Margaret Watts-Hughes and Hans Jenny. He has taken their work to a new level and is researching how sound creates form through vocal sound, natural sound, music, sacred language and how sound is influenced by sacred space. John has done research on Egyptian Sonics at the Great Pyramid of Giza and has published a booklet of his findings. Susan is a music therapist, singer and author of Song and Silence: Voicing the Soul and the forthcoming book Sacred Space – Sacred Sound about her research and experiences singing throughout the world including at Chartres Cathedral, Stonehenge, Avebury, Newgrange and the prehistoric cave of Lascaux. Susan has a degree in Creative Arts Therapy and is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. She teaches people how to find and free the natural voice throughout the United States, Britain and Canada. www.angelfire.com/nm/susong

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