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Take a historical journey through sacred and healing sound and music practices from ancient and indigenous cultures around the world. Discover remarkable practical applications--now proven by contemporary scientific research--for managing your mind, body, and spirit. In this book, learn how: Various percussive rhythms and pitches can shift brainwaves. Music tuned to A at 432 Hz creates feelings of peace and wellbeing. Sound can positively affect body chemistry, improving immunity to disease and diminishing the residual effects of trauma. Cancer cells die through exposure to ascending musical scales. Physical pain may be reduced or ended with vocal toning. The intention of a music maker is discernibly conveyed to listeners.

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As we move into this emerging era of unity, one of the most powerful ways to connect one heart to another is through music. This is the guide to give you practical keys for this unity connection, using music for profound spiritual transformation. --Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder and spiritual director, Agape International Spiritual Center It is rare to find a music industry executive who shares such practical yet heartfelt knowledge about the power and influence that music has on the listener's body, mind, and spirit. In her chapter, 'Emerging Visions of Sound Healing in the Twenty-First Century, ' Tammy McCrary shines the light on the importance of musicians taking a conscious and responsible approach to music making. --Marianne Williamson Flicka and Tammy have masterfully written THE HANDBOOK for artists to consciously take their music to the next level. The Transformational Power of Sound and Music is a must-read for all music makers. --Chaka Khan, recording artist Flicka Rahn's book comes to us in the midst of a revolution of health and healing. She brilliantly brings together the ancient history of music of sound that provides the foundation for our understanding of how greatly powerful sound and music can be in health and wellness. She eloquently tells of ancient traditions of using certain rhythms, sounds, and vibration and then delves into the scientific research that supports sound and music as a way to deeply heal the human mind body spirit and soul. Sound helps to facilitate shifts in our brainwave state by using what we now call entrainment. Entrainment synchronizes our fluctuating brainwaves by providing a stable frequency which the brainwave can attune to and by using rhythm and frequency. This can be not only relaxing in our stress-filled world but massively therapeutic. It is no wonder that this ancient tradition of sound and music is making a modern-day renaissance--we have never needed it more! --Suzanne K. Gazda, M.D., neurologist and humanitarian, founder, Destiny Health and Wellness and HopeforHumans.org As an experienced healer following the Amazonian Shipibo healing traditions, I found The Transformational Power of Sound and Music an invaluable guide for all healers. Rich and deep shamanic wisdom is revealed.... Techniques and practical tools using sound as a sonic bridge to wholeness and peace are also described in this book. Rahn and McCrary always return the reader to the only true reality, which is the energy of compassion and love. --Yunuen Ramirez, shaman of ayahuasca and Mexican alternative therapies A groundbreaking book, filled with enlightening teachings on the use of sound, music, intention, ritual, and ultimately, the energy of Love as healing modalities. The book combines ancient wisdom, indigenous spiritual practices, and the latest scientific research in subtle energy to deliver a comprehensive healing manual that should be read by all healers and musicians. Eloquently written and thought provoking. --Jo o Mendes and Ramiro Mendes, musicians, humanitarians, and authors of Sound: The Fabric of Soul, Consciousness, Reality, and the Cosmos Rahn and McCrary have done brilliant work in this book explaining how we may empower ourselves to heal and soothe body, mind, and soul, an essential capability in the stressful world in which we live. --Davina Kotulski, Ph.D., psychologist and author of It's Never Too Late to be Your Self

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Flicka Rahn, M.M.Ed., M.Sc., is an internationally known vocalist, composer, and sound healer, with a distinguished career in academia teaching at a number of universities. A former associate professor of music at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, where she taught for twenty-two years, she has also served on the faculties of Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts, the Boston Conservatory of Music, and the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, a master's degree in vocal performance from Texas State University, and a master's degree in guidance and counseling from Texas A&M, Kingsville. Since 2015, Ms. Rahn has been practicing sound therapy at the Integrative Healing Institute in San Antonio. She is a cofounder of the Transcendence Project and cocreator of the Innergy Tuner app. As a vocalist, Ms. Rahn has sung major operatic roles throughout the United States. She has appeared as a guest artist with, among others, the Boston Lyric Opera, the New York Wagner Society, the Boston Concert Opera, the Minnesota Grand Opera, and the San Antonio Opera. She has graced the stages of major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, and the Boston Academy of Music. She had the distinction of having worked as a cantor for over thirty years at Temple Beth El in San Antonio. Her international recitals include appearances in La Paz, Bolivia; Toledo, Spain; and Puebla, Mexico, as part of a Cultural Music Exchange showcasing American art songs. In 2012, as a Fulbright Scholar, she traveled to the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro in Queretaro, Mexico, and taught courses on American art songs and American musical theater. She returned to Queretaro in 2015 to produce and direct musical presentations at the Proarte Escuela de Danza and the Centro Estudios de Musicales. In 2016, she continued her work in Mexico appearing with the Queretaro Symphony in their annual Opera Gala, performing solos and ensembles with Mexican vocal artists. She continues to have a large studio of classical vocal students in Queretaro, Mexico. In 2017, she and Mexican tenor Andres Pichardo presented concerts in four cities throughout Mexico. In 2018, she returned to sing a concert in Mexico City with tenors Alberto Angel and Andres Pichardo. As a composer, Ms Rahn's sacred and secular pieces for vocal soloists, choirs, and opera companies have been performed at universities, educational institutions, churches, museums, and temples. Her art songs are published in the series Art Songs by American Women Composers. In 2017, she and her musical partner, Daniel Wyman, recorded and released an album of meditation and healing music, Icaros: Chakra Soundscapes, which was inspired by her experiences of the improvised healing songs of the Shipibo shamans from the Amazon jungle in Peru. In addition to her professional activity as a singer, composer, and teacher, Ms. Rahn offers sound healing therapy to clients at the Integrative Healing Institute in San Antonio, Texas. Flicka Rahn currently resides on a horse farm in rural Texas. She is married and has a grown daughter. Tammy McCrary, CEO and chief inspiration officer of Artistology, is an entertainment consultant and entrepreneur. She has lived and breathed innovation and entertainment for more than twenty-five years. From her time as a hands-on artist manager and her role as a brand strategist to her success as a senior-level entertainment business executive and nonprofit sector leader, Tammy has excelled at reimagining what it means to be a music industry pioneer. A passionate proponent of collaboration, Tammy is a cofounder of the Transcendence Project, a cocreator of the Innergy Tuner app, and coauthor of the best-selling book Succeeding Through Doubt, Fear and Crisis. Tammy's visionary career began as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked as an artist relations coordinator with SUPERB Productions, the organization that oversaw the university's concerts. Eventually, that early experience with event production led to decades of professional work in artist management, as she successfully guided acts ranging from a pop girl group and an award-winning jazz singer and pianist to a legendary diva. As a producer, Tammy's credentials are as varied as they are impressive. She executive produced the legendary Chaka Khan's Funk This, an album that garnered critical acclaim and two Grammy Awards, and she served as a producer of the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards. Tammy also coproduced and was featured in Diagnosis, a documentary about autism that won the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Cannes Film Festival's American Pavilion showcase. Driven by a desire to help those who are challenged like her son, Tallon, who has autism, Tammy cofounded two nonprofit organizations: The Chaka Khan Foundation and Colored My Mind. During her tenure as the chairman of the Chaka Khan Foundation, the organization raised $1.4 million in aid of autism awareness and research, while Colored My Mind was able to band together in 2011 with the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006. As a result of those joint lobbying efforts, the U.S. federal government committed to providing in excess of $3 billion for autism research and other services. Following these diverse accomplishments, Tammy founded the Artistology Academy and Community to empower artists at every level of success. Whether they're just starting out, at the mid-level of their career, or enjoying great success in the music, film, or television businesses, through her experience, resources, and vision Tammy helps creative individuals take ownership of their artistic careers and utilize new technology in the most effective ways. Her mission is to inspire artists to collaborate and create products that make a positive impact in the world. Tammy McCrary resides in Los Angeles, California.

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