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AISSAWA TRANCE Rhythms w/ GREYWOLF

Published on April 22, 2010 in Drums, Events and classes. 1 Comment

Aissawa Trance Rhythms Presented by Greywolf

Friday April 23rd @

New World Wellness
20 W. Dakin Ave.
Kissimmee, FL, 34741
(407) 847-8792

Cost: $15 or $12 in carpool (family discounts also available on a per family basis)

Description:

This workshop will present deeply orchestrated trance rhythms from Morocco.
The Aissawa are a mystical order of Sufis who perform music and dance to
accommodate trance and spiritual healing. Greywolf has been studying and
performing with Quentin Shaw, founder of Chicago Aissawa, and is excited to
present these very different rhythms! Traditional instruments for these
rhythms include Bendir, Tareyja, Tabl, and Tasa; some of these will be
available for use in the workshop but also feel free to bring your drums.

greywolfGreywolf (Martin Murphy)
Greywolf has been teaching hand drumming and facilitating drum circles since
1992, after years of (ongoing) study with modern day masters from West
Africa, the Congo and the Middle East and more. He has completed the Remo
Health Rhythms Facilitator training; is a Rhythmic Entertainment
Intervention Authorized Provider; and has performed, practiced Sound Healing
modalities, and recorded from coast to coast.

A Different Drummer

Published on April 12, 2010 in Consciousness and Drums. 0 Comments

You are now in control of your life. You see, the ego is never in control. The ego is controlled by wishes for comfort and convenience on the part of the body, by demands of the mind, and by outbursts of the emotions. But the higher nature controls the body and the mind and the emotions. I can say to my body, “Lie down there on that cement floor and go to sleep,” and it obeys. I can say to my mind, “Shut out everything else and concentrate on this job before you,” and it’s obedient. I can say to my emotions, “Be still, even in the face of this terrible situation,” and they are still. It’s a different way of living. The philosopher Thoreau wrote: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears a different drummer. And now you are following a different drummer–the higher nature instead of the lower. - Peace Pilgrim