I had two days at home between Hawaii and Jamaica! I had some amazing things happen in those two days. One was, I got to see my friend Jillian ski in the World Cup competition at Deer Valley my home ski area (see her picture below). The other is I got to see my peace advocate hero Michael Franti live in concert!!!! 

What a thrill. From 80 degrees in Hawaii to 4 degrees in Park City!!! I was freezing my butt off. Then the music started and Michael had about 10,000 of us dancing like crazy on Main Street! He was freezing up on stage and kept playing!! What an amazing man.

The thing that really impressed me about Michael Franti is the fact that after he attended a yoga class at my friend Lisa’s studio, he stayed and had tea with her and gave her and her husband and friends free passes to his show in Salt Lake City. 

I have admired Michael for some time and now finally got to see him. My goal is to meet him and play the HealingDrum with him and his band to further support the cause of peace in the world!!

Here is a couple of my Park City buddies I ran into at the concert! Keili and Jillian. 

Here I am with my friends left to right, Jamie, Rich, Marilyn and yours truly 

Well I am back from the islands; my tan is fading, and its time to get back on the road. I have had such a blast here in Park City the month of August. I have been mountain biking everyday and enjoying the mountains. I have had the pleasure of working people from all over the world attending training with The Four Winds Society. Tanks to Linda Fitch, Karen, Jillian, and of course the new addition to the hHealingDrummer crew Corrina Rasmussen. I am so honored to share the power of healing and unity to such wonderful groups of people training to bring healing to the world. Here are a few shots from one of our events!

Here we have a group learning to enhance their drumming skills learning the 5 element rhythms. Many had never played a drum and left the event with great skill!! 

In this shot I am having a jam session with one of the seasoned drummers. We traded licks while the group healed the steady rhythm. Lots of fun.

In this photo the healing energy was strong and a man from Taiwan grabbed my hoop drum and we drummed for world peace!!! It is all about world unity, and we had people from all over the world at this event. 

Another very exciting event has been the privilege of working with recording artist Rich Wyman and his wife Lisa Needham. Rich has worked with some of the greatest musicians throughout Europe and here in the states has worked extensively with Eddie Van Halen.  Rich and Lisa are collaborating on Lisa’s first major CD and I have the honor of playing the role of engineer, drummer, percussionist and guitar player for the preliminary recording!!! What a blast!!!

this is Lisa and Rich working together on some background vocals. Above, Rich hammers out some key board tracks. Below Lisa, Rich and I lay it down live at a local club

As you can imagine, with all of this going on, sleep is a rare occurrence but I have been blessed to have some incredible support from some great healers and Portland Roasting Coffee Company. I’m going through a bit of java these days!!  My coffee cup reads, “You can sleep when you are dead!” I’m hoping it is true cause I’ll need it. I’ll be posting snippets of the new music on this blog so check back regularly. 

For those of you who have not purchased your copy of World Unity, the feedback from those who have been listening is GREAT!!! I am happy to say. I am working on a new word music CD for holiday so you will have something exciting and uplifting for holiday gifts. So start with World Unity and get ready for another creation end of November!

Live loud and with energetic intention! Enjoy the rhythm of life and spend a moment to be grateful for something you may take for granted.

Peace,

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