Announcement to the Message Company Community

Dear Friends of the Message Company,

This is a message of both joy and sadness - a paradox that often comes at once. We are greatly saddened to share with you that the founder of the Message Company, James Berry, passed away on September 23, 2008.

Befitting Jim's beliefs, we are certain he would want us to celebrate his transformation to a higher consciousness. So, in that spirit, we held a memorial gathering in Santa Fe on September 27th and a Memorial Fund has been created for scholarships and research and development on consciousness. Those who feel moved to contribute may send donations to:

Wells Fargo
4384 Rodeo Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Make checks payable to: Account #8123535026
Memo line: For the Benefit of James Berry Memorial Fund

For those of you that didn't know, Jim was on a waiting list for an organ transplant. He got the call and underwent transplant surgery and, unfortunately, his body rejected the first organ. He died to this world and was born into the next while awaiting the possibility of another organ match. He passed away very gently and peacefully with friends and loved ones by his side.

As we're sure most of you are aware, James' vision and cutting-edge thinking created the international conferences on consciousness - ranging from healing, business, shamanism, sacred sexuality to altered states, the arts and science.

It is with joy that we announce that James' vision and legacy will continue. James has entrusted his company to us, Ken and Marcia Berry, his brother and sister-in-law. We assure you of our commitment, along with the dedication of the talented team at the Message Company, to move this work forward, expand and energize the vision.

This is the place for you to share remembrances, thoughts and blessings for James. Click on the Comments link to add your own comment to this post.

We will also devote time for remembrances at the next series of conferences - especially with The Third International Sound Healing Conference which is less than 6 weeks away (pre-conferences start on 11/14/08).

We thank you for your past support and look forward to your participation at future conferences.

Yours in Spirit,

Ken and Marcia Berry

Dr. Zhi Gang Sha at Third International Sound Healing Conference: Bring Out Your Soul Song

Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, MD will be presenting a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

Dr. Zhi Gang Sha is a physician, teacher and MD of traditional Chinese medicine.  He’s founder of the Institute of Soul Mind Body Medicine and author of several books including Soul Mind Body Medicine: A Complete Soul Healing System for Optimum Health and Vitality and Soul Wisdom: Practical Treasures to Transform Your Life.

Dr. Sha is trained in the most advanced cellular healing science now occurring in China. He’s also involved in research on the effect of spirituality on the human system. Dr. Sha and Dr. Masaru Emoto conducted research that demonstrates the powerful effect of Dr. Sha’s healing techniques imbedded in frozen water crystals. mastershasoulsong.com and DrSha.com


Dr. Sha's workshop "Bring Out Your Soul Song for Healing, Blessing and Rejuvenation" is on Monday, November 17.

Soul Song is the voice of your own soul. It is your own soul mantra. Your Soul Song has extraordinary power for healing, prevention of sickness, rejuvenation, prolonging life and transforming every aspect of life, including relationships, business and finances.

Why is your soul song so powerful? Soul song carries soul frequency. It directly communicates with the Divine and souls in the soul world. It carries love, forgiveness, compassion and light for healing and rejuvenation. Heal the soul first then the healing of the mind and body will follow!

Bring out your own soul song and apply it for healing, rejuvenation and life transformation for yourself, others, animals, plants, relationships, business, finances, etc.


Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Roxanne Daleo, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.


In addition to the Sound Healing Conference, several other all-day intensive workshops are also being offered. Visit our website for details on these.



“Loved the wide gamut of choices but that sometimes made it difficult to choose.  Enjoyed being with the sound healing community, networking, especially, talking with the presenters!  I loved the La Fonda – it has soul; so glad you hold the conference here. I always wonder how/where you find everyone! They were a very impressive group.  Friendly, open, heart-centered people. Thank you! It’s been an inspiration and a wonderful experience!” — Julianne Maurseth

 “Loved being able to get first-hand info from experienced practitioners at the cutting edge of their field. The conference was so interactive!!! Fun!!! Friendly!!! Excellent! Thank you!” — Diana LaDue-Hand



For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.

Chloe Goodchild at Third International Sound Healing Conference - Sound Intelligence: Awakening through Sound

Chloe Goodchild will be presenting a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

Chloe Goodchild is founder of The Naked Voice and its charitable foundation, dedicated to healing the divide between silence, speech and song.  Since deafness in childhood, Chloe began a life-long journey to find ways to express herself and to help others in the same process. The ‘naked’ voice - or real sound, prior to the social or personality voice - was the outcome and treasure of this process. She created a method of communication, and effortless expression that enables singers and non-singers alike to access their true sound, from a deep and non-judgmental listening, sourced from silence.
Chloe’s teaching and performance has been informed by an experiential research of East -West voice and sound practices, following travels in Africa, India, Turkey, Europe, USA and Canada. She has sung for HH Dalai Lama, the Way of Peace in Northern Ireland and many other events. Her CD, Fierce Wisdom, features her world anthem, Singing Field. She has recorded with several major film, jazz, contemporary and classical musicians and composers. Chloe has recently published two Naked Voice teaching or “home learner” CD-DVDs, Your Naked Voice and Awakening Through Sound. Following her book The Naked Voice, Chloe is presently writing a new book, Sound Intelligence. thenakedvoice.com


Chloe’s workshop "Sound Intelligence: Awakening through Sound" is on Tuesday, November 18.

Sound Intelligence brings a fresh understanding to the significance of sound and voice, as humanity’s most intimate, sustainable and renewable resource for the 21st century. As unique as our DNA and finger print, our human voice can bring us into a direct encounter with our true nature, prior to rational thought, accessing a depth of self-awareness and compassion that is life-changing.

Our sound intelligence engages us in a new language of consciousness, rooted in the perennial wisdom, prior to religion, politics or law. It restores our capacity to unearth the wisdom of oneness, older and deeper than the polarity of all conflict.  Through a re-definition of the true purpose of sound and song as a wisdom language for our time, Chloe demonstrates the power of our sound intelligence to transform negative conflict or dissonance into a resonance with life, personal and universal. This courageous, rewarding process bridges our inner life with our outer world.

You'll have a direct experience of Sound Intelligence during her workshop. You will learn vocal practices and energy movements that access three realms of self-awareness through sound awareness:

• Contemplative love, an impersonal, benignly disinterested love, rooted in the unchanging world of silence and the inner life, accessed through sacred chant and mantra, and deep non-judgmental listening,
• Creative Love, an engaging personalized love, rooted in the ever-changing complexities of the passionate imagining mind, accessed by the Seven Sounds of love, or musical chakras, and
• Compassionate Love, an all-inclusive transpersonal love, rooted in an unconditional regard for the well being of humanity, transforming negative emotions into positive human feeling, accessed through the 7 musical modes and the Singing Field anthem.



Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Roxanne Daleo, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.


In addition to the Sound Healing Conference, several other all-day intensive workshops are also being offered. Visit our website for details on these.


 “I loved all the presenters I saw.  This conference was such a joy for heart/mind/body/spirit/ears/voice! Loved all the sound, music, movement, healing.  Thank you so much for doing this.” — Shoshona Blankman
 “A million songs of thanks for all your work in producing an amazing Sound Healing Conference.  I have received many blessings. I learned important new information and had fun hob-nobbing with my fellow sound wizards.  I’ve talked with many people since and everyone had a positive experience at the conference.” — Susan Hale, author, Song and Silence


For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.

Toby Christensen at Third International Sound Healing Conference - Five Element Drumming

Toby Christensen will be presenting a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

“Change Your Rhythm and Change Your Life” is the foundation of Toby’s healing therapies, teachings and music. Known as The Healing Drummer, Toby is a recognized expert and innovator in the field of healing music. Part rock drummer/part ancient healer and a bundle of kinetic joyous energy, he uses the drum to create a force that disrupts unhealthy patterns and then combines elemental rhythms to restore and realign the mind, body and spirit. He travels across the country reaching thousands of people through his healing sessions, drumming circles, workshops, and interactive concerts.  A childhood drumming prodigy, he grew up playing in professional bands.

After becoming a pastor, he became disillusioned with the big business of religion. He found success as a senior executive for a major corporation and then as an entrepreneur with a successful line of coffee stores.

Toby then began intensive study in both Healing Drumming and Shamanism. He went to Africa to study with the Dagara of Burkina Faso. He also studied Native American Drumming at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

Toby has authored books and articles and recorded many CDs. He is the inventor of Sound Attunement Therapy. His latest therapeutic invention is the Crystal Healing Bed, an amazing construct of copper, crystals, and sacred geometry that intensifies the healing forces of the drum. Toby has just introduced the 5 Element Drumming DVD and CD where he teaches you how to use your drum as a tool of personal empowerment and sharing the meaning of the 5 Elements of the Dagara West African Medicine Wheel.



Toby's workshop "Five Element Drumming: Rhythms for Transformation" is on Sunday, November 16.

This workshop is an in-depth exploration of the ancient five elements of the African Dagara Medicine Wheel that will help you energize, empower and balance your life. Toby will explore in depth the teachings and rituals of each of these elements, as well as the specific drumming rhythms associated with each of these elements. Learn how each of us is inextricably linked to a certain element by birth, and how you can use this knowledge to balance your own energy and life.
Master the 5 Element Rhythms bringing balance and healing to your personal and professional life. Develop basic skills of drumming to facilitate the release of stress, increase relaxation and create new emotional patterns. Achieve balance and understand how harmful patterns affect an individual and how to implement simple exercises to immediately support healthy activity. Integrate the exercises and information into personal and professional lives, creating a happier and healthier lifestyle.

Toby's website: healingdrummer.com


Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Roxanne Daleo, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.


In addition to the Sound Healing Conference, several other all-day intensive workshops are also being offered. Visit our website for details on these.


“Outstanding presenters! I appreciated their openness, respect for each other, and depth of experience. The beauty of the place enriched the experience. Excellent combination of education/participation. Joy filled! Encouraged networking and openness to meeting others.  You brought us the BEST!” — Fran Clarke

 “This was really the most synergistic sound event I’ve had the pleasure to attend.” — Colleen Clabby


For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.

Kim Atkinson at Third International Sound Healing Conference: Embody Rhythm: Space, Time, Sound and Form

Kim Atkinson will be presenting a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

Kim Atkinson, percussionist, rhythm educator and evangelist, is the driving force behind PulseWave Percussion. Studying rhythm and the cultures that give it prominence has been one of the most significant currents in his life. Kim discovered African drumming while a psychology/natural science student at college. His encounter with Yoruba led him to study linguistics, ethnology, mythology, history, and perception along with music. Drumming and drum culture has invigorated Kim’s life and given him a clear direction and sense of fulfilling service. His educational releases include Mozambique, Clave Consciousness and Speaking of Rhythm.


Kim's workshop "Embody Rhythm: Space, Time, Sound and Form" is on Saturday, November 15.

You will use voice, movement, clapping and percussion instruments to learn eight basic combinations of triplet rhythm and how they expand into the 64 basic patterns that form the basis of good musicianship. You’ll be shown a simple matrix and we will spend most of the time in class playing, combining and deeply feeling the patterns. You will use body rhythm (sounds of feet, knees, chest, clap and snap) as your beginning sound palette and then move to other instruments as available. We will alternate between sitting and standing, foot taps and full body movement. These combinations are the same as the 64 combinations of the Chinese oracle "I Ching." This program will be 30 percent lecture and 70 per cent experiential.

Mental Heath Professionals: Drumming and rhythm-based therapy continues to receive more attention and use in the mental health field. My class is a user-friendly way to expand knowledge of rhythm, its processes and effects, as well as how to facilitate its use in various populations.

Learn to free the bodymind and expand the possibilities of improvisation and to realize and apply the information to individual musical situations.

Develop deeper understanding and feeling of rhythmic effects and patterns, expand knowledge of how and when to apply various patterns based on their effect on the body/mind, and improve musicianship by expanding the vocabulary of rhythmic patterns and learning about rhythms from other parts of the world and how they are used.

Kim's website: pulsewave.com


Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Roxanne Daleo, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.


In addition to the Sound Healing Conference, several other all-day intensive workshops are also being offered. Visit our website for details on these.


“I just attended the Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe. I enjoyed the content very much and was excited to see that people came from many different states of the US and also from different countries. Thanks for providing a place for the work of sound healing to be explored.” - Pierco Allred

“This was such an amazing experience – I have learned so much. This has opened up my heart – not only the presenters but also the attendees, the staff and my accommodations. What a beautiful experience." - Patricia Tortorici


For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.

Chris James at Third International Sound Healing Conference: Songs From the Inner Heart

Chris James will be presenting both a keynote and a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

Chris James is a pioneer of Voice and Sound. His expertise is in the energetic qualities and effects of healing sound, song and meditation. A singer, musician, martial artist, monk and voice therapist, his CDs are played in prenatal courses, birthing suites, doctors' surgeries, hospital emergency wards, hospices and medical clinics. Chris founded The International School of Sacred Sound, The Sound Foundation charity and is patron of the UK College of Sound Healing. He is renowned for his ability to unite audiences of thousands in song and also facilitate intimate groups.


Chris' keynote is titled "Songs From the Inner Heart" on Tuesday, November 18.

Imagine if we TRULY loved the sound of our own voice. Over time we have shut down our listening because there is so much that we don't want to hear. When the imposed mind is bypassed we can connect to that part of ourselves that CAN hear and DOES sing in tune - the part of us that is truly free.

Chris facilitates your journey moving from the gentle breath meditation into stillness from where tone is formed. Everyone's voices emanate harmoniously merging into one connected sound.

Return to daily life with a new template of clarity informing our choices and how we live. Explore when we come 'into tune' naturally, creating harmony in our lives and releasing energetic blocks that have kept us disempowered, and discover how pure, simple sounds begin the journey into true joy and harmony with our natural voice. Realize that everyone has a beautiful voice.


Chris is also giving a workshop "The Healing Power of Esoteric Sound" on Tuesday, November 18.

Esoteric sound emanates the intelligence of the inner heart. Learn how to make sound from stillness and experience the joy, expansion and clarity it brings to all areas of life. Rediscover your natural healing voice, your gentle breath and all the potential it offers. The vibration of sound emanates an energetic quality and sends out information. Experience how this information is felt and received by the human body.

Discover what sound healing is and how it starts with our own inner awareness. Realize the effects our aural environment has on us. Develop the awareness to access our 'feeling' or intuitive body, returning us to our natural state of clairsentience. Release the physical, emotional and mental blocks which keep us from hearing, expressing and creating our lives in truth.

Chris' website: chrisjames.net



Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Roxanne Daleo, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.



"This conference in ALL respects, has been fantastic and astounding. Having the people who started the sound healing movement, gave us such a sense of history, and our place in that.

You and all of this conference's participants have made history. Congratulations. A lot of the workshops were experiential – priceless. And to have plenty of hard science as well – you covered the subject from every angle – very thorough." - Arana Kalwaic

"I don't know where to begin. There was so much that was wonderful! I learned more about music, more about healing, and came away healed and transformed. Mostly though, I was filled with the encouragement to follow my intuition, my heart, my desire, my path." - Diane McCarty



For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.

Tom Kenyon at Third International Sound Healing Conference: Sound of the Nagual

Tom Kenyon will be presenting both a keynote and a workshop at the Third International Sound Healing Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, November 14-18, 2008.

Tom Kenyon received his undergraduate degree in Communications and Speech and his Masters in Psychological Counseling. His post-graduate training is in Ericksonian Medical Hypnosis, Neuro Linquistic Programming and Whole Brain Learning.

Recognizing the power of sound, Tom began to compose music to deepen hypnotic states of awareness. As a result of his ten-year journey into Acoustic Brain Research he is considered a pioneer in the field of psychoacoustics—the scientific application of sound and music to affect the brain and psychological process.

Tom is the creator of over thirty psychoacoustic recordings that are used by clinicians and laypersons throughout the world. He is the author of several books and numerous articles and is an internationally acclaimed teacher and sound healer.


Tom's keynote is titled "Sound of the Nagual: The Use of Sound in Shamanic Healing" on Sunday, November 16.

In this program, Tom will discuss how sound is used in shamanic healing and journeying—particularly, how shamans use vocalization and indigenous instruments to alter perception. Through the lens of EEG studies and other research, he will explore how shamanic sound work shifts brain activity leading to profound altered states of consciousness.

Using this scientific platform as a foundation, Tom will talk about the phenomena that take place during shamanic states of awareness. Specifically, he will look at how sound alters brain activity affecting both physiology and perception. It is Tom's conviction that shamanic sound patterns alter the perception of time, and it is this alteration of perceived time that opens the doorway into shamanic states of awareness. He also believes shamanic sound work alters physiology in profound ways.

This is a multi-media and multi-cultural experience as Tom explores shamanic healing from many different perspectives-including those of psychoacoustics, neuropsychology, transpersonal psychology, comparative anthropology and ethnomusicology. The program will end with a live presentation of shamanic healing using a shamanic drum and Tom's nearly four-octave range voice.


Tom is also giving a workshop "The Portal: An Experience in Shamanic Sound Work" on Sunday, November 16.

In this program, Tom takes you into the world of shamanic sound work. This is a highly experiential event in which you can enter directly into the mysteries of the shamanic state. We will explore these states through the language of science and comparative shamanism. We will also look at how different shamanic traditions work with sound as a 'portal into the other worlds' and how this type of sound work alters brain activity. We will discuss and demonstrate the use of sound-codes in shamanic healing, allowing you to explore their mind-altering effects.

The idea of 'other worlds' from both the shamanic and transpersonal psychological perspectives will also be explored. This provides an intellectual approach that allows you to more easily enter into the shamanic experience-whether you believe the content of such experiences is real or symbolic.
In the last portion of this program, you are guided into a complete shamanic healing journey.

Tom's website: tomkenyon.com


Other esteemed presenters at the conference include David Hykes, Jill Purce, Richard Rudis, Don Campbell, Christine Stevens, Chris James, Kim Atkinson, Joel Andrews, Donna Carey, Fabien Maman, Onye Onyemaechi, John & Annaliese Reid, Sue Raimond and many, many others.



"Master Charles Cannon wanted me to let you know how appreciative he is of your professional excellence and attentiveness to detail during his participation in the conference. He noted the flawless organization and management. In conclusion, he said that of all such conferences he has participated in over many years, this was by far the best." - Alan Scherr

"It's my honor to be here. We have come a long way. This conference is so unique." - Don Campbell, author, The Mozart Effect



For more information, visit the Third International Sound Healing Conference.