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THE LEGENDARY TV ICON CHATS ABOUT M*A*S*H

AND THE SWITHEART ANIMAL ALLIANCE MISSION

TO END ANIMAL SUFFERING AND CRUELTY

Award-winning actress and activist and recipient of the 2017 BETTY WHITE Award from Actors & Others for Animals, Loretta Swit, has released “SWITHEART: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit” in conjunction with the 45th anniversary year of M.A.S.H., and the role that brought her international acclaim as   Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan.

SwitHeart chronicles the artwork of TV Icon Loretta Swit, a true champion of the animal kingdom. Watercolorist, award-winning animal activist and actress, Ms. Swit is renowned for her starring role on TV's most honored series, M*A*S*H, for which she won two EMMY's and worldwide acclaim.  SwitHeart includes 65 full-color paintings and drawings.  Proceeds from the book will be donated to charities and programs that are as dedicated, as Ms. Swit and the SwitHeart Animal Alliance are to ending animal suffering and cruelty.

Loretta Swit: Ms. Swit, known worldwide for her iconic starring role on TVs M*A*S*H, is an animal activist and artist who has combined her passions to create a beautiful new book that celebrates her artwork and her love of animals. Proceeds from this book will be donated to Ms. Swit's tireless campaign to end animal suffering and cruelty. Ms. Swit has devoted decades to animal-related causes and is a strong advocate for animals and animal rights.  In September, she was awarded the 2016 Global Wildlife Conservation Champion Award by the GES Africa Conservation Fund for her support of animal conservation efforts, kindness, compassion and generosity.  

This December Ms. Swit will accept The Betty White Award from Actors and Others for Animals, their highest honor, “for all she has done to protect and care for animals.” What many fans may not know about the multi-talented thespian is that Ms. Swit has been an artist from age six. 'SwitHeart' ($49.95 / Hardcover / 2017) documents her animal portraits along with descriptive anecdotes about each and her extensive philanthropic work. Ms. Swit recently said, “I'm thrilled to see my passion for animals and my passion for art merge in a book that will help benefit and protect the animals on our planet.” For decades, Ms. Swit has supported the efforts of a wide variety of the best and most effective animal advocacy groups and programs with live appearances, promotional campaigns, endorsements, interviews, photo ‘ops’, documentary footage, cash donations, and steadfast encouragement.

 Ms. Swit has earned the respect of both the general public and the philanthropic world for her continuous humanitarian work.
SwitHeart Animal Alliance’s mission is to prevent cruelty and end animal suffering. This is realized through donations, the promotion of and cooperation with numerous non-profit organizations and programs that protect, rescue, train, and care for animals and preserve their habitat, while raising public awareness about issues that concern domestic, farm, exotic, wild, and native animals and their well-being.  

“How wonderful that Loretta can use her talent to do so much good.”

- Angela Lansbury

“Her pictures are created as much with her compassion and dedication as they are with her talent and artful vision.”

- Alan Alda

“Loretta's paintings touch us... the joy of the intimacy, the touch of fur, feather, warm breath, the awe she must feel at creating something so simple yet so unimaginably, breathtakingly complex.”

- Mike Farrell

“It's clear she has given her passion to the animals and to the arts. She makes me proud. But I still covet this woman... must be her animal magnetism.”

- Ed Asner

PURCHASE SWITHEART:

The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit

By Loretta Swit
Published by Ultimate Symbol / Publication Date: June, 2018
Hardcover Price: $49.95 / Pages: 128 / 65 Color images

available at amazon.com

SwitHeart chronicles the artwork of TV icon Loretta Swit, a true champion of the animal kingdom. Watercolorist, award-winning animal activist and actress, Ms. Swit is renowned for her starring role on TV s most honored series, M*A*S*H, for which she won two EMMYs and worldwide acclaim.

What many fans may not know about the multi-talented thespian is that Ms. Swit has been an artist from age six. SwitHeart documents her animal portraits along with descriptive anecdotes about each and her extensive philanthropic work. Ms. Swit said, "I am thrilled to see my passion for animals and my passion for art merge in a book that will help benefit and protect the animals on our planet."

SwitHeart includes 65 full-color paintings and drawings, as well as 22 photographs. Proceeds from the book will be donated to charities and programs that are as dedicated, as Ms. Swit is, to ending animal suffering and cruelty.

You can also purchase A Needlepoint Scrapbook Paperback – Released October 21, 1986 also available at amazon.com

William Pullen B.Sc., M.A., MBACP (Accred)

What THEY say…….

Professional portrait photographer, Wanda Malfara is an award-winning artist and a portrait specialist with an expertise in digital photo software. Whether shooting in her Montreal studio or on location, she is a master at finding the undiscovered beauty of her subjects.

Wanda brings a remarkable artistic flare as she captures those treasured moments in life, moments that are meaningful to all of us from babies to weddings and all those special days in between. Her creative eye is equally sought after on assignments from glamour shoots to fashion and business portraits.

Her art is routed in a rich life history, from her classical music training, her career as a portrait painter, her world travels and more recently her role as proud mom to two lovely little girls she adopted from China.

Clients delight in Wanda’s joie de vivre and appreciate the heartfelt interest she takes in her subjects. Her passion for people shows through in her images and makes her a winning choice for portrait photography.

Beautiful, contemporary portraits by a custom, boutique photography studio.

What I say ……

I have enjoyed many achievements in my life and am grateful for each of them – even my failures because through them I grew and stretched. But aside from adopting my two daughters – nothing fills me with such excitement and sense of accomplishment and purpose as helping women transform their perception of themselves and find their true inner beauty, freeze it for them and present it to them as a gift to cherish their whole lives. When a client says to me “feeling beautiful today made me feel like I can conquer anything!!”I want to bow my head in reverent gratitude for being a part of this amazing process. Sometimes I wish I were filthy rich so I wouldn’t even have to charge for this (…but I’m not….just sayin’).

What humbles me the most is the trust my clients give me – to coax, ever so gently - their fragile, beautiful selves out and encourage it to bloom and embrace all its fullness and magnificence. It’s an amazing experience to be part of. The connection I have with my clients is sacred and makes the whole experience much more than just a photo shoot – much more than just taking a photograph.

Celebrating … beauty!

Hello, my name is Lorie Johnson and I am a psychic medium. In addition to that, I am also a clairvoyant, empath, channeler, automatic writer, aura reading, medical intuitive, and shaman. I also have the ability to communicate with animals. I have many guides and guardians, including the seven Archangels and call upon them regularly to protect me whenever needed.

I have been seeing spirits since the age of two and had an experience at the age of six where I saw three spirits laying on cots. I was able to spell the burning flesh and assumed this was their way of telling me how they died. One spirit interacted with me and I later realized that this spirit was a guardian of mine.

When spirits come to me they take the form of silhouettes and I can see and speak to them. Sometimes they come to me seeking help wanting to get a message to a loved one that it is still living. These spirits see the light around me and know that they can trust me. I’ve even been told that spirits that are angry are scared of me because they know I am not afraid of them and I will not be intimidated…I see their truth.

When I do my readings for clients I have to tell them upfront that they cannot hide anything from me. I see it, hear it, and feel it. In order to help one unlock their Pandora’s Box I have to walk their life and uncover whatever secrets are hidden. Not everyone likes what they are told but what comes forward by their loved ones that have passed isn’t about me nor do I judge. I am a very blunt person. If I see it I say it. If they say it I tell it. I’m just the messenger and honestly, after it’s all over with I don’t even remember what is said. If I held on to all that I have seen and heard I would be living everyone’s life that I’ve ever read.

I have helped in many police cases dealing with missing children and runaways. I have a strong passion for helping kids and the elderly as these two groups have a hard time speaking for themselves.

I love my gifts and who I am. God made me this way for a reason and I will continue to use these gifts given to me by Him to help anyone that comes to me.

Terry Hollimon also known as T-Holla, grew up with in an athletic family. Both him and his brothers played college football and his dad played professional football. Having a passion for acting and entertaining, his peers remembered him as a thespian in high school. With football being his number one passion, acting and entertaining would be considered his 1-A. His family fully supports the Barbershop Movement for what it represents and because they know how much entertaining and football means to him. His family considers it a blessing that Terry gets to enjoy doing what he loves for a living.

It was tough at first in the beginning to have people understand their vision and to see what they were talking about. They wanted to create a platform where they can talk about sports in a fashion where it is understandable to the average person. The average soccer mom can understand a football game better by listening to the Barbershop then they can from someone who has been talking football for the last 15 to 20 years. That was their biggest hurdle.

His long term goal for the Barbershop is to see it grow and to be on television with a worldwide audience

Fun Facts: He got to meet Marcus Trufant through his younger brother who played football with Marcus in college. Terry is a HUGE family man!

Founder Neveen has a passion in fashion, beauty, community development and entrepreneurship, and is currently on a Foundation Domination World Tour 2018-2019, sharing her Flawless Makeup, Skin Care Kits, and Cosmetic Business Essentials. She has an inspiring story!

Hailing from South Sudan, Neveen Dominic often struggled to find cosmetic products made for her ebony skin tone. With so many cosmetics companies touting their foundations' "wide range" of skin tones, Dominic was often let down when she found that these same companies' color ranges so often stopped short at "mocha."

She remembers the days she struggled to find any products to suite her skin tone and although she was passionate about beauty, the limited product choices made it hard to achieve that glam look every girl dreams of. The job of perfecting the complexion is even more daunting for dark skinned women, who often have to perfect intricate makeup techniques or are left without being able to wear makeup at all.  She noticed that even professional makeup artists shied away from taking clients with deep skin tones because of the limitations in their own product offerings. When Neveen saw other dark skinned women turn towards extreme methods such as skin bleaching to fit more Eurocentric standards of beauty, she knew that the issue was more than skin deep.

Fed up with having to compromise, Mrs. Dominic created Neveen Dominic Cosmetics with the goal of making all women look and feel beautiful, regardless of skin tone. The philanthropist and entrepreneur had a vision for celebrating and embracing multifaceted beauty and making accessible cosmetics for diverse women.

Naveen is the author of "Beauty from the Ashes of War: Testimony of God's Love and Dreams Come True", and the recipient of the True Beauty Foundations's "Woman of Inspiration and Impact Community Spirit Award", and one of 23 finalists for the 2018 Mompreneur awards.

SUZY PRUDDEN, internationally acclaimed and prize winning speaker and seminar leader, author and TV/radio host and personality, has been inspiring audiences since 1965.  She is a New York Times bestselling author, fitness expert, hypnotherapist, and success and accountability coach. Suzy has written 14 books on physical fitness, weight loss, body/mind technology and mind power, created 4 videos, and dozens of DVD’s and CD’s. She is the co-creator of Itty Bitty® Publishing. You’ve seen Suzy on Oprah, Good Morning America, and The Today Show. Deepak Chopra says, “Based on trusting your inner intelligence, Prudden’s program is logical and straightforward, and most important, it works.” Louise Hay says, “Prudden’s message is both new and simple. Learn to love the body you are in. It feels good and it’s fun. I’ve seen Suzy take a skeptical audience and within three minutes turn this same group into a happy, smiling, eager and enthusiastic gathering.” The New York Times says, “If Suzy is talking about it today, the rest of the country will be talking about it tomorrow.”

Born in the Soviet Ukraine, I arrived to the USA in 1979 and went on to graduate the University of Pittsburgh to become a Construction Engineer. An insurance adjustor by day and a writer by night, I live in San Francisco Bay Area with my family. Since 1987 I had been an avid student of Eastern religions and had achieved some fame as a psychic healer. My writing career started in 2008 with the publication of my first novel, Friends of Fred, available on Amazon and elsewhere. My first Sci-Fi novel, The Fifth Battalion, an adventure-filled auto-biography, The Golden Fleece, as well as several of my short stories, marked by lighthearted view of life and a spark of spirituality, are available on Amazon.  I have recently released a collection of my selected short stories, The Roto-Rooter. Now I am about to release a psychic healing guidebook, You Are Psychic, The Healer’s Handbook, the first ever attempt to train anyone into a psychic. I am also working on the screenplay for The Fifth Battalion and the sequel under the working title The Baltizor Conspiracy.

The unique concept which creates the most influence is why I consider ANYONE a psychic and claim that I can train anybody into one despite it taking me personally 31 years and a highly elaborate and esoteric route through 28 religions and life-threatening adventures.  

Earl Fowlkes serves as the President/CEO of the Center For Black Equity, Inc. (formerly the International Federation of Black Pride (IFBP). He founded the IFBP in 1999 ago as a coalition of Black Pride organizers the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa formed to promote a multinational network of LGBT Pride and community- based organizations. There are over thirty plus Black Pride events with over 450,000 attendees each year. In July, 2012, the IFBP Board of Directors voted to change the name of the organization to the Center For Black Equity which an expanded mission and membership base. The Center For Black Equity is the only Black LGBT international organization in the world.

Earl previously served fifteen years as the Executive Director of the DC Comprehensive AIDS Resources and Education Consortium (DC CARE Consortium) and Damien Ministries, organizations that provided services to Person Living With HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC. He was licensed as a Social Worker (New Jersey) and, has worked on HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues for twenty five years. Earl serves on seven non profit boards of directors and community advisor boards.

Earl attended Rutgers University with degrees in history/business. Earl resides in Washington, DC however remains a devoted to his hometown Philadelphia Phillies, Eagles and Flyers, and all things Pennsylvania.

DARRELL LEONARD

EMMANUEL ITIER

An experienced feature film Producer, Emmanuel Itier directed several pictures before completing in 2012 the Peace documentary ‘The Invocation’ narrated by Sharon Stone and staring Desmond Tutu, HH The Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra as well as many worldwide peace activists. In 2013 Mr. Itier executive-produced a Drama filmed in Hong Kong: ‘Red Passage’ which won many Awards in the Festival circuit.

Emmanuel Itier has also been a successful Music and Film journalist for both Rock Magazines, French TV networks and various websites for the last twenty five years. Finally Itier has been a buyer for many French and American Film distribution companies for the last twenty years. He was on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Film Festival for a decade and he writes poetry. He is also very involved with charities and the political world. Mr. Itier seats on the board of Directors of ‘Darfur Women Action Group’ in an attempt to bring Peace to Darfur. He is also the current President of the Rotary E-Club of World Peace ( RotaryEclubofWorldPeace.org ) and he is a member of the U.N Association.

Mr. Itier grew up in France and he moved in the USA thirty years ago. He resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three sons. Finally Emmanuel Itier released in 2014 another inspiring documentary Celebrating Women around the planet: ‘FEMME-Women healing the World.’ This Documentary earned over 20 Awards around the World.

Late 2017 Mr. Itier completed his third feature Documentary: ‘Shamanic Trekker’, about shamanism in Peru. Mr. Itier is now about to release two more documentaries in order to keep “Making Peace, One movie at a time.” These films are part of a series called ‘The Oneness Collection: Documentaries for a conscious Humanity.’ The first one is called ‘The Cure: Healing The Mind, Healing The Body, Healing the Planet’ to be distributed mid 2018 and by the end of this year the political loaded Doc: ‘We The People: A Re-Evolution of Economics and Politics’ is sure to shake the system.

"Cheryl from Texas" has an extraordinary ability to connect in with the multi and ultra dimensional worlds.  Her gift started at a very young age and along with a photographic memory she was constantly receiving guidance from what as a child she called "from those above."  When adults would ask her a question, her "folks from above" would telepathically give her the answers which led the adults to think she was exceptionally bright.  

Although her grandmother was intuitive and her grandfather had a genius I.Q. they discounted her sightings until one time, at the age of 15 when Cheryl was in the woods walking with her Grandfather he saw her "friends" plain as day...it scared him and they never talked about it afterwards.

She remembers small green beings coming to the window, place their faces near the glass and smile.  Her Mother, being very religious, would have none of it even though two children of her mother's friends swore they also saw Star Craft with her.

Cheryl went through various stages of wanting to fit in, wanting to be normal and during those times her ultra-dimensional friends honored her wishes and pulled back, but she knew they were always around her.  They were near yet no longer conversing telepathically and their level of protection was not as strong.

Now she celebrates her connection with the elementals, the fairies, the elves, dwarves, small folk and of course the Galactic Beings.  Cheryl is honored that they allow her to take photos...she sees them in a field that looks like parallel world's converging.

Her honoring of the elemental realm includes not cutting trees except with their permission to trim, leaving tall grass for the small folk and the animal kingdom and communicating with the elementals when work on the land needs to be done to be in harmony with all living there.

Cheryl frequently experiences plasma, organic and metallic ships flying over her home.  There have been many interactions between military craft and the Galactic Craft where she lives.  Her photos of orbs, plasma craft and Light Beings are spectacular.

Cheryl's main message is to the importance of raising awareness that we are not alone...we share space with so many beings.  Being kind to all sentient beings is important.  The more we are kind to each other...to Mother Earth..to animals...to the plant beings...to the elementals...the more we raise our consciousness and vibrations which allows us to see and interact with Beings from all dimensions.

Bill Sweet was always interested in paranormal phenomena which include the spiritual phenomena of prayer. Through meeting the founders of Spindrift Inc., Bruce and John Klingbeil, Bill began to grasp new ways of applying consciousness research to religion and science. Bill learned that the Klingbeils were healers in the Christian Science tradition who were doing scientific tests of consciousness and prayer.

Spindrift investigates prayer and human consciousness.

Bill Sweet was president of Spindrift for four years.

Bill was brought up in Wilmette, Illinois. He graduated from New Trier High School, which was the top public high school in the country at the time. He went to Illinois State University and received a communications degree. Bill has the highest-level ham radio operator’s license. He is also an audiophile and musician. For the Chicago area, Bill’s booking agency handled bands ranging from Dixieland, Rock and Roll, Disco, Big Band, and small group jazz.

The Spindrift research has been helpful in showing that aspects of prayer and consciousness are real phenomena and not the human imagination. Spindrift studied the positive effects, biased effects, and the dark effects coming from people’s prayers. An historical tidbit is that before 9/11, Spindrift tried to advise people to pay attention to the words in the dark prayers that militant Muslims prayed toward Jews and Americans.

The word Spindrift means the fast-moving spray atop an ocean wave during a powerful storm.

Spindrift points out: scientifically it is shocking to think of a force as intelligent, loving, kind, good, and aware of needs. The research suggested that prayer somehow linked to a loving Intelligence moved organisms toward their norms.

Attention:

Bill Sweet’s book on Spindrift is called A Journey Into Prayer: Pioneers of Prayer in the Laboratory: Agents of Science or Satan? (375 pages published by Xlibris.com)

Area of expertise is connecting prayer with paranormal research.

Here is a book review by Dean Radin, Ph.D.

• Review published in Shift: at the Frontiers of Consciousness, the quarterly newsletter of the Noetic Science Institute.

What we’re reading...
The current pick from the Ions' staff:
A Journey Into Prayer by Bill Sweet

This book documents the inspiring and cautionary true story of Bruce and John Klingbeil, a father and son team of devout Christian Scientists who dared to test their faith in the power of prayer, and of Spindrift, the research organization that helped to support their efforts.  The story describes the Klingbeils’ courage and personal commitment to learn the truth about the efficacy of prayer, their self-taught but ingenious experiments, the staggering hostility they attracted from both the religious and the scientific communities, and ultimately, the unbearable poignancy in their untimely and mysterious deaths.

--Dean Radin, IONS’ Senior Scientist,

(Interviewed in the movie What the Bleep.)

Spindrift applied consciousness research to religion and science.

Bill Sweet joined SpindriftResearch. Spindrift studied human consciousness, spirituality, and the positive effects, biased effects, and negative effects of prayer.

Bill Sweet has written A Journey Into Prayer about the scientific aspects of prayer and the story of Spindrift.  See a sample chapter at Xlibris.com.

Brought up in Wilmette, Illinois, Bill graduated from New Trier High School, the top public high school. He went to Illinois State University and received a communications degree. Bill is a ham radio operator, a parapsychologist, an audiophile and musician.

The Spindrift research indicates that aspects of prayer and consciousness are real phenomena and not just the human imagination.

Spindrift points out: scientifically it is shocking to think of a force as intelligent, loving, kind, good, and aware of needs. The research suggested that prayer somehow linked to a loving Intelligence moved organisms toward their norms.

As the former president of the Spindrift Research Group, Bill Sweet has been involved in the Spindrift study of the positive and negative aspects of prayer phenomena. The positive research suggested prayer was somehow linked to a loving Intelligence and was a normalizing force. The negative research suggested a negative intention in prayer was a destructive force.

Bill Sweet has written A Journey Into Prayer about the scientific aspects of prayer and the story of Spindrift.  See a sample chapter at Xlibris.

Bill is a ham radio operator, a parapsychologist, an audiophile and musician. E-mail: sweet@SpindriftResearch.org

The Spindrift research indicates that aspects of prayer and consciousness are real phenomena and not just the human imagination.

Bill is the author of the best-seller A Journey into Prayer: Agents..., a tome that focuses on the scientific aspect of prayer research in the laboratory. A sample chapter can be read at Xlibris.com and Amazon.com. Reviews are by Deepcok, Larry Dossey, Russell Targ, Marianne Williamson

Bill Sweet’s e-mail address is sweet@spindriftresearch.org

Area of expertise is connecting prayer with paranormal research.

John Engh is the Executive Director of the National Alliance for Youth Sports, which since 1981 has been one of America’s leading advocates for positive and safe sports for children. Prior to being named executive director, he served as chief operating officer. He joined NAYS in 1988 as publications director and later was vice president of NAYS’ Youth Development division, where he helped create the highly successful Hook A Kid On Golf and Start Smart Sports Development programs that are conducted throughout the United States, as well as on U.S. military bases worldwide. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and he is a married father of two.

Wade Floyd is the Founder of CoachTube. CoachTube gives every athlete in the world access to the instruction, knowledge, and the motivation they need to grow and progress as athletes and students. We do this by providing access to online training from the world’s best coaches. These lessons are available on-demand, so that students can learn when and where it’s convenient for them.CoachTube empowers coaches to create courses online. We provide tools, technical support and guidance, so you can quickly and easily get your content online. Spend less time marketing & more time coaching.

Wade grew up with a passion for sports and dreams of playing at high levels, but couldn't afford the expensive camps or elite training programs out there. Now he spends his time coaching little league baseball and building a place where athletes can learn the skills they need to succeed.

Rev. Donna Lopez has been a member of hgsa since 2000, was ordained here in 2007.

She is an author of a book on spirit photography “Energetic Transmissions through Spirit Photography 2^nd Edition”

She facilitates energy transmissions with a modality she calls ETS Energetic Transmission Sessions, whereby she moves and transmits energy for the client; moving them beyond their current state, whether physical, mental, or emotional in real time.

She offers a free transmission call each mid-month to anyone in need.

She also has a YouTube channel by the same name where she shares channeled messages for the month and mid-month energy forecasts.

She is a teacher since 2006, a medium for the last 26 years, a happy grandmother, who feels blessed to be with all of you today.

I have a book I wrote a few years ago "Energetic Transmissions through Spirit Photography 2nd Ed." that is not about the paranormal. Instead it gives insight to the influence we are having on our environment through our conscious, or unconscious alignments. The photos share that as I discovered and was taught by my Spirit Teachers that every thought, every emotion, every pondering is creating our reality. In the photos that came through what I was receiving from my guides was then showing up in photos as confirmation. As photos were shared many describe feeling dizzy, different, and the emphasis in the book is to choose consciously, eliminating perceived boundary's for what is possible. The book is available on Amazon.com and Kindle.

As an offshoot of my insights my healing, intuitive/mediumship work entails working in real time to clear patterns in one’s energy field dissolving long held conditions or conditioning. 

My work continues to evolve.

As for influence, I am aware of my own choices and that they be sovereign and free of alignment with mass consciousness, but they also may be in alignment with the masses.

I have a YouTube channel ETS Energetic Transmission Sessions where I share a channeled message for the month and mid-month energy forecast sharing the energies we may be encountering during the rest of the month. (like a weather report)

I am open to flow wherever the interview takes us.

TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery specialist, bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and awakening coach who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful teachings.

He is the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, which is a ground breaking and effective approach to viewing and treating addiction.

TJ also serves as the senior minister and spiritual director of Agape Bay Area in Oakland, which is the first satellite community of The Agape International Spiritual Center in LA. 

He published his first book, Conscious BEING: Awakening to Your True Nature in 2015, and his second book, Conscious Recovery: A Fresh Perspective on Addiction was released in December of 2017.

Skype ID: live:tjwoodward86
Cell Phone: 415.410.4800

Dada is a yoga monk, a meditation instructor, an author, a keynote speaker and a musician. Born in New Zealand, he was ordained as a monk in India in 1979. Dada has appeared on stage with the Dalai Lama, taught or performed in more than 40 countries and has spoken for TEDx, NVIDIA, Google, CISCO, Lam Research Intel and Facebook.  

I’m also a humor writer, so that is a big part of my classes, presentations and products.

But the experience I create with music and humor and more is just a vehicle to inspire people to adopt the life changing meditation practice I have learned. Their ongoing practice is what brings the real lasting value.

 I’ve played music all my life, and been a meditation teacher for more than 40 years. I combine music and meditation to create an experience that people remember. Last week I met with a marketing and sales team at a big hotel, a potential client. I brought out my guitar, taught them a mantra and had them all chant and meditation. Several of them were crying afterwards (in a good way). It was a done deal.

Skype ID nabhaniilananda

cellphone    650 400 6223

Email address    Dada@TheMonkDude.com

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“Determined, talented, driven, passionate” …these are just a few of the adjectives people use to describe this multifaceted percussionist. A professional musician since 1972, Doane Perry has been called one of the most prolific and versatile drummers in contemporary music.

His career spans over 28 years with the internationally acclaimed progressive rock band Jethro Tull, incorporating 18 world tours, countless records, videos, and DVDs, and a Grammy. As a performer, composer or producer, he has appeared on more than 100 records to date, many of which have attained gold or multi-platinum status, and on numerous #1 records in multiple genres. He has worked in the recording studios of New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, and London. And as an author, he has been a featured writer for musical magazines, anthologies, book publications, websites, CD liner notes, Jethro Tull concert programs, four treasure hunts and one crossword puzzle!

Born June 16, 1954, in Mount Kisco, New York, Doane began piano lessons at the age of seven and later picked up drums when he was eleven. “The Beatles arrived on the scene and changed everything,” he says, adding with a smile and his characteristic charm, “and the possibility, however unlikely that might have been, of young girls chasing me down the street if I took up the drums!”

Determined and smart, even at the young age of 14, Perry had his own working band. He spent his time gigging on weekends until he graduated from high school at 17, filling a brief beat as a Baskin-Robbins ice cream vendor. He never stopped studying music, crossing a myriad of styles and absorbing music from some of his major percussive influences, which included Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Barry Altschul and Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull’s first drummer) amongst many others.

The year 1972 found the 18-year-old already a professional, juggling time between school and gigging — which ultimately created a serious conflict. Having to choose which direction to go, Perry made the life-changing decision to pursue his music full time.

No sooner had he made his choice, then Doane embarked on gaining a broader understanding of as many musical genres as possible. This opened doors to both live and studio work — Rock, Pop, Jazz, Fusion, Latin, Classical, R&B, Folk, Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian, Celtic, Broadway Shows, TV, and numerous film scores. It was New York City, and the age of diverse thriving ethnic and world music surrounded him. “It was a wonderful time to be a young musician, particularly in that city,” says Doane.

Perry’s love not just for music but also for literature and learning had him attending Browning, St. Bernard’s, and Collegiate Schools in New York City. He also spent a brief time at New York University, and was part of extension programs at The New School, Rutgers, Julliard…anytime his busy music schedule would permit and immersed himself in private musical study in Jazz and Orchestral Percussion.

To purchase Tone Masseve’s “Amp L’étude” visit 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FT6C4S5

For more information:
Website: https://www.tonemasseve.com/
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Jim Padilla is the King of Collaboration, a Visionary at the Helm, and CEO of Gain the Edge Jim has created an army of heart-centered sales rock-stars. Along with his wife Cyndi, they have partnered with top industry leaders to exponentially increase their online launch, and back-of-room revenue. Jim sets up a strategic sales system and a sales force that averages over 25,000 sales conversations per year in a variety of formats. Gain the Edge is the secret weapon of choice for many industry experts; anchoring over $100 Million in sales for the likes of Josh Turner, Justin Livingston, Lisa Sasevich, and Bill Baren. Jim keeps his team and his clients on the cutting edge of sales conversions strategies.