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September 2, 2021

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Valentina Suzukei and the Music of Tuva

“Tuva is the epicenter of a rare form of throat singing, in which our ears seem to magically hear multiple pitches and melodies emerging all at once from a single note sung in a drone. Valentina Szkei is the world’s leading expert on Tuvan music, especially the variant known as Xmei. Unfortunately, her research and preservation of Tuvan culture has never been translated into English, despite its invaluable significance illuminating profound musical practices not well known outside of Tuva. This was one of many reasons I traveled across the world to interview her in 2014. Together, we journeyed to remote villages near the borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China to meet musicians, shamans, hunters and instrument builders. These remarkable people embody the unique ways traditional Tuvan culture syncretizes music, spirituality, and a quantum perception of nature.” Filmmaker Steve Elkin delves deep into the heart of a profound art form in this interview. { read more }

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Learn more about Steve Elkins unique explorations in this interview, “Seeing the Invisible.” { more }

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September 1, 2021

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The Dancing Doctor

On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform surgery but to undergo a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Within minutes, the sterile room began to enliven with R&B drumbeats, and the entire surgical team erupted into dance to Beyonce’s “Get Me Bodied,” with Cohan in the center of it all. This flash mob video, captured by the anesthesiologist, went viral — with over eight million views to date — and even Beyonce herself posted it on her Facebook page. “What better time to celebrate life,” said Cohan, “than when you’re facing death?” In 2014, a year after her surgery, Cohan founded Foundation for Embodied Medicine (FEM), a nonprofit organization to bring this embodied wisdom to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. More about her journey here. { read more }

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Join an Awakin Call on September 11th, 2021 with this compassionate physician and expressive dancer in a call that will be part conversation, part workshop, with an invitation to explore body awareness, conscious movement, and embodied presence in a collective field. RSVP info here. { more }

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