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		<title>Spirit of Nature Calendar - 2009!</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2008/03/spirit-of-nature-calendar-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few folk have asked me to put their names down for copies of my "Spirit of Nature" Calendar 2009, so I'm opening a list where you can show your interest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.soundintentions.com/iotw/front-cover-2008.jpg" alt="Calendar 2008" />A few folk have asked me to put their names down for copies of my &#8220;<em>Spirit of Nature</em>&#8221; Calendar <strong>2009</strong>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to show your interest then please use the contact form below.</p>
<p>The calendar has 12 images in CD jewel-case format.</p>
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		<title>New - Image Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2008/02/new-image-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New Image gallery now online - purchase prints from "image of the week".]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been hard at work, and after numerous requests from people, have finally created an image gallery, mainly of the &#8220;images of the week&#8221;, but I am adding some extra favourite images in there too.</p>
<p>You can browse, or choose by tags and keywords, or search on keywords.  Prints are available in a variety of sizes, ready for framing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.soundintentions.com/images.asp" title="Images of the week" target="_blank">View the gallery here » </a></p>
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		<title>Clava Cairns - Midwinter Solstice</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2008/01/clava-cairns-midwinter-solstice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing didge at Clava Cairns, near Inverness, midwinter solstice 2007.  A short video.]]></description>
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<p>Playing didge at Clava Cairns near Inverness, at sunset on the midwinter solstice (21st Dec 2007) - part of the <a href="http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html" target="_blank">Worldwide Didge Meditation</a>.</p>
<p>The setting sun shines down the entrance passageway and illuminates the back wall of the chamber.  Originally the passageway and chamber was roofed which would have created an incredible experience.</p>
<p>This year we had an incredible day of blue sky and not a cloud in sight - an unusual occurrence for us.  It was -10C, so the inbreaths of my playing may be a little sharp!</p>
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		<title>Spirit of Nature Calendar 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/11/spirit-of-nature-calendar-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm pleased to announce that I am now taking orders for my "<em>Spirit of Nature</em>" Calendar 2008, containing 12 images from the last year to guide us for the next.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.soundintentions.com/iotw/front-cover-2008.jpg" alt="Calendar 2008" />I&#8217;m pleased to announce that I am now taking orders for my &#8220;<em>Spirit of Nature</em>&#8221; Calendar 2008, containing 12 images from the last year to guide us for the next.<br />
<em><br />
update - 15th December</em><br />
Thank you to all those who ordered calendars and supported this project - the calendar is now sold out.</p>
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		<title>Sound Samples</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly uploaded some sound samples - click the title to expand this section]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have just uploaded some sound samples (and CD samples - I&#8217;ll be adding to these):</p>
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<p>Vocal harmonics: <a title="vocal harmonics" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/neilharmonics.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a><br />
Multi-tracked harmonic AUM: <a title="code AUM" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/code_aum.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a></p>
<p><strong>Transcendence CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="transcendence sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/meditate1.mp3" target="_blank">1</a> | <a title="transcendence sample 2"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/meditate2.mp3" target="_blank">2</a> | <a title="transcendence sample 3"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/meditate3.mp3" target="_blank">3</a></p>
<p><strong>Music and Moods CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="Music and Moods sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/musicmoods1.mp3" target="_blank">1</a> | <a title="Music and Moods sample 2"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/musicmoods2.mp3" target="_blank">2</a> | <a title="Music and Moods sample 3"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/musicmoods3.mp3" target="_blank">3</a> | <a title="Music and Moods sample 4"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/musicmoods4.mp3" target="_blank">4</a></p>
<p><strong>Breathe CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="breathe sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/hymnmp3extract.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a></p>
<p><strong>Harmonic Convergence CD</strong><br />
sample 1: <a title="sample" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/Harmonic-Convergence.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a><br />
&#8220;Word returns to source&#8221;: <a title="Word returns to source" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/Word-returns-to-source.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a></p>
<p><strong>Deep Relaxation for Healing CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/deepR1.mp3" target="_blank">1</a> | <a title="sample 2"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/deepR2.mp3" target="_blank">2</a> | <a title="sample 3"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/deepR3.mp3" target="_blank">3</a></p>
<p><strong>Chakra Dance CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/chakradance1.mp3" target="_blank">1</a> | <a title="sample 2"  href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/chakradance2.mp3" target="_blank">2</a></p>
<p><strong>Spirit of Highest intention  CD</strong><br />
sample: <a title="sample 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/HighestIntention1.mp3" target="_blank">listen</a></p>
<p><strong>Radio Interview (1998!!)</strong><br />
sample: <a title="interview 1" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/interview1.mp3" target="_blank">1</a> | <a title="interview 2" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/interview2.mp3" target="_blank">2</a> | <a title="interview 3" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/interview3.mp3" target="_blank">3</a> | <a title="interview 4" href="http://www.soundintentions.com/sounds/interview4.mp3" target="_blank">4</a></p>
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		<title>Summer Solstice 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/06/summer-solstice-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After an afternoon of tremendous thunder, lightning and torrents of rain, the evening cleared somewhat  and a few of us walked out an hour to the local stone circle for a spot of didgeridoo to mark the solstice.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.soundintentions.com/graphics/solstice2007.jpg" alt="summer solstice 2007" title="summer solstice 2007" width="260" align="right">After an afternoon of tremendous thunder, lightning and torrents of rain, the evening cleared somewhat (ie it wasn&#8217;t actively raining&#8230;) and a few of us walked out an hour to the local stone circle (ring cairn) for a spot of didgeridoo to mark the solstice.  Truth be told there wasn&#8217;t any sun to see setting, but we knew it was over there somewhere&#8230; and played anyway.  Our local sunset is about 10.15pm when these photos were taken (thanks Sean).  Even with the thick cloud and mist it was still completely light walking home at 11.30pm.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.soundintentions.com/graphics/solstice2007-2.jpg" alt="summer solstice 2007" title="summer solstice 2007" width="260" align="right">Here&#8217;s to the rest of the year!</p>
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		<title>Toning &#038; The Language of Light</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/02/toning-the-language-of-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[sound healing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It often seems that we are toning and talking in a kind of language which spontaneously arises.  If yu think about it - it doesn't work, yet in allowing it one may pick up ideas about meaning.  Here are some thoughts which came to me as I I considered what this language may mean.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It often seems that we are toning and talking in a kind of language which spontaneously arises.  If you think about it - it doesn&#8217;t work, yet in allowing it one may pick up ideas about meaning.  Here are some thoughts which came to me as I considered what this language may mean:</p>
<p>These words, this language, is truth &#8220;above and below the level of ordinary language&#8221; - slipping past our concious filters to allow us a glimpse, a feeling, of a deeper meaning which becomes clearer.  Like the sculptor revealing the hidden form, or a shape appearing through the mist - the sun comes out and suddenly, we are revealed.</p>
<p>Conciousness carries on this sound (whether we are aware of it or not), imprinting within us, our structure, our community-vibration.  This sound, this language, is a transformer which, as you allow it, will carry you more &#038; more towards the reality of who you really are.  Your Home language, Star language.  Soul speaks directly to soul - and your bodies respond!  With a shiver, an energy, a knowing, inner feeling.  In the Garden of the Soul, we tend you with Our language.  Our language of Love.  This is but a small expression of the &#8220;Language of Light&#8221;.</p>
<p>There have always been &#8220;Words of power&#8221; - you learn to create through your intent allied with these words.  However, these words (the Language of Light) are an authentic pwer - they cannot be forced, but arise spontaneously, carrying within their wellspring of source energy - finetuned to that moment (NOW!).  The finest expression of &#8220;now-ness&#8221;.  Your reality is informed - and changes.</p>
<p>You will learn that this language allies with pure intent of love, healing, growth.</p>
<p>More on the &#8220;language of light&#8221;:<br />
<a href="http://www.zakairan.com/ZaKaiRansArticlesBooks/SonicAlchemy.htm" target="_blank">www.zakairan.com/ZaKaiRansArticlesBooks/SonicAlchemy.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.roseschneider.com/aboutlol.html" target="_blank">www.roseschneider.com/aboutlol.html</a></p>
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		<title>Om Ah Hum</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/02/om-ah-hum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My personal experience of working recently with this mantra.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My personal experience of working recently with this mantra:</p>
<p>The All-encompassing expression (OM)<br />
of the flowering love (AH)<br />
This Divine seed at the heart of me (HUM)</p>
<p>I sound this, standing, in one breath with the sound gradually changing (but don&#8217;t obsess about this - it should be comfortable so sound in three breaths if you wish).  Starting with hands raised above the head (OM), palms together, bringing the hands down to the throat and heart (hands in western prayer position to coincide with the AH sound), then as the hands move down towards the navel from the heart, flattening out so only the fingertips touch (HUM).</p>
<p>Feel the intensity of this vibration, sounding the INTENT of love, joy, health, vitality, of Divine Will, to be expressed through our DNA, the matrix which shapes our reality.</p>
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		<title>Worldwide Didgeridoo Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/01/worldwide-didgeridoo-meditation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Four times a year people all over the world take part in this didgeridoo sound healing meditation wherever they are. The didgeridoo meditation happens on the equinoxes and solstices at local sunset times. It is like a wave of healing sound following the sunset around the globe four times a year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The worldwide didgeridoo meditation is sponsored by <a href="http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html" target="_blank">Didjshop.com</a> - visit their <a href="http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html" target="_blank">website</a> for more information on this event (and to view and buy their top-class didges).</p>
<p>Four times a year people all over the world take part in this didgeridoo sound healing meditation wherever they are. The didgeridoo meditation happens on the equinoxes and solstices at local sunset times. It is like a wave of healing sound following the sunset around the globe four times a year.</p>
<p>So the meditation starts in New Zealand (since they are the first large land after the date line); soon after participants in Australia, Taiwan, Japan and other Asian countries join in; the wave will then be carried on by participants in Arab countries, Israel, Africa and Europe with Americans, Canadians, Middle and South Americans complete the world wide circle.</p>
<p>We will do this didgeridoo meditation at every solstice and equinox, so we will join our global energy playing didgeridoo four times a year. Join our growing worldwide didgeridoo circle in this regular meditation, the next one will be on 22 June2007. Wherever you are on this beautiful planet on 22 June 2007, please allow for one hour starting at your local sunset time. If you cannot set that hour apart, be with us in spirit as much as you can during that hour.</p>
<p>The worldwide didgeridoo meditation is sponsored by <a href="http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html" target="_blank">Didjshop.com</a> - visit their <a href="http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html" target="_blank">website</a> for more information on this event (and to view and buy their top-class didges).</p>
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		<title>Transcendent Dying</title>
		<link>http://www.soundintentions.com/index.php/2007/01/transcendent-dying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Anna Gosling writes:</strong> "As an 11th-hour hospice volunteer, it's my job to ensure hospice patients die with as much peace as possible. I use Reiki, Shamanic journeying, meditation, prayer, readings, and guided visualizations to do so. But most important of all, I use music – not just any music. I choose music that helps the soul free itself from the body, music that helps move a dying person from a state of anxiety or fear of death to acceptance, music that helps relax a dying person so that she can release herself to death in a state of serenity. And one of the CDs I use is Neil Wakeling's <em>Transcendence</em>."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Contributed by Anna Gosling, USA</h3>
<p>As an 11th-hour hospice volunteer, it&#8217;s my job to ensure hospice patients die with as much peace as possible. I use Reiki, Shamanic journeying, meditation, prayer, readings, and guided visualizations to do so. But most important of all, I use music – not just any music. I choose music that helps the soul free itself from the body, music that helps move a dying person from a state of anxiety or fear of death to acceptance, music that helps relax a dying person so that she can release herself to death in a state of serenity. And one of the CDs I use is Neil Wakeling&#8217;s <em>Transcendence</em>.</p>
<p>I found <em>Transcendence </em>a couple of years ago, when a coworker nudged me toward Neil&#8217;s Web site. I had heard of sound healing before, but had never had a session with a sound healer, nor used sound healing in my own Reiki or Shamanic practices. I read Neil&#8217;s Web site, asked him a few questions about his CDs, listened to the <em>Transcendence </em>sample on his site, then ordered a copy. Within hour of receiving my copy, I was mesmerized. I&#8217;ve written comments on Neil&#8217;s Web site about how <em>Transcendence </em>makes me feel just using it for my own meditations or self-healings, and how I&#8217;ve used it with my Reiki and Shamanic clients. But in the past year, I started using it during my 11th-hour hospice vigils. And it has made all the difference in helping create a peaceful, sacred space for dying.</p>
<p>The goal of an 11th-hour vigil is to help the dying within the last few hours of their lives. During the last hours of life, dying patients can experience terrible emotions: grief over what they are leaving behind, guilt about what they have done or not done during their lives, and fear of death, to name a few. My job is to create a sacred space for them in which to die with dignity and peace. I brought <em>Transcendence </em>for the first time on a vigil for a woman who was dying in a hospice house. Her daughters had been sitting with her for hours, and needed a break. I brought my Bible for any prayers for her (she was Christian), other sacred and inspirational readings, and <em>Transcendence</em>. The woman was unresponsive, but I knew she could hear me. I turned on <em>Transcendence</em>, which quickly filled the room with a tremendous peace and made the room seem lighter. I sat silently, praying for the woman, doing Reiki on her, which helped slow her breathing down, helped her become more restful. The on-duty nurse came in and told me it was the most beautiful music she had heard in the house. I smiled and continued my praying. Then about an hour into the vigil, I decided to pray aloud for her. I prayed over <em>Transcendence</em>, asking that the music help carry my prayers for her, and help transform her soul, help release her from her body. I finished my prayers and the woman took her last breath. And <em>Transcendence </em>was still sending its beautiful energy. I continued to let the CD play after the woman died, to help maintain the sacred space before I got up to tell the nurse the woman had just died. I wanted the few minutes after the woman&#8217;s death to remain as sacred as possible, before anyone came to check on her body. To me, the minutes just after death are just as important as the minutes preceding it. I sat in absolute peace with the dead woman, <em>Transcendence </em>singing its sacred song.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also experienced situations where family members have been in the same room with me during a vigil, and <em>Transcendence </em>has been playing. It&#8217;s almost as if, when there&#8217;s complete silence in a room, family members aren&#8217;t sure what to do. But as soon as I turn on <em>Transcendence </em>and ask that everyone sit silently in prayer, the room changes, the family members become completely still, aware, and attentive, and the gentleness of the music helps them become calmer. I&#8217;ve turned on <em>Transcendence </em>with a family member who was so upset, she couldn&#8217;t stop crying over her dying mother&#8217;s body. I turned on the CD and asked her to hold my hand, while we prayed aloud for her mother. I then asked her to silently send up any other prayers she had. And during that silence, the woman was able to become calmer, less upset. And I know it was because <em>Transcendence </em>helped her focus, helped her release some of her grief, and helped her realize that her dying mother was going to be perfectly fine. </p>
<p>It is said that certain music lowers your blood pressure, slows down your heart rate, and provides other positive benefits. I can certainly see why sound healing can be used to affect such changes. To me, it is amazing that Neil has been able to create what I call a perfect healing CD. I&#8217;ve not heard anything like it before or since. It continues to be part of my vigil kit, and I&#8217;ve recently committed to ordering extra copies for the other 11th-hour volunteers. Some of them have been with me while I&#8217;ve played <em>Transcendence</em>. I had one volunteer with me, and she had to stop what she was doing just to listen to the music. She couldn&#8217;t stop focusing on the music. She called it ethereal, and bought a copy from me. Maybe she needed that time just to listen to <em>Transcendence </em>and experience its benefits herself. </p>
<p>I have recently added <em>Breathe</em>, a new CD from Neil, to my volunteer kit. I find that <em>Breathe </em>helps me center myself before beginning a vigil, helping me focus on my breathing, and calming me down before I walk into a room to begin a vigil. I have used <em>Breathe </em>briefly during one vigil, and it seemed to me that the patient&#8217;s breathing actually began to shift, so that she was breathing in time to the rhythm of the CD. I have only used this CD once, though. Time will tell what kind of success I have with it. Since I&#8217;m so partial to <em>Transcendence</em>, I&#8217;m reluctant to play anything else right now.</p>
<p>I am grateful to Neil for his work and his music. I believe it was very wise guidance that led me to his site and prompted me to order <em>Transcendence</em>. I find my own soul flies with joy when I listen to it during meditations. There is something so expansive about this CD, that I completely understand how it helps the dying release themselves to death. It is truly a CD that is &#8220;bigger than us,” certainly bigger than me or what I do individually during a vigil. It helps me remember how connected we all are, and how the dying are truly leaving this planet to enter a sacred space of great joy. To me, <em>Transcendence </em>is a glimpse of eternal joy, light, and love. And I am grateful I can bring that to help others truly experience transcendent dying. </p>
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