Join us for a weekend of inspiring workshops and sound baths with Joe Teixeira, Kathryn Rambo and Laurel Ziemienski, learning how to use and play Tibetan Singing Bowls
What is Soundscape? It is a quarterly event hosted by Laurel Ziemienski of Ananda Healing Arts, Holly Emmer of Bay View Drum & Journey Circle, Kathryn Rambo of Purple Otter Studios and Janine Trede for a day of leaning into sound frequency, learning about the benefits of sound, and how to use it in your every day life. This is an ongoing quarterly series where we will bring in different experts to help elevate your awareness to sound and provide you with real life tools and tips to utilize in your own practice.
This April we are excited to welcome Joe Teixeira of Namaste Imports to back to Milwaukee for the 3rd year! This informative and inspiring weekend will consist sound baths, various beginner, intermediate & advanced workshops on Tibetan singing bowls and a chance to purchase exclusive antique Tibetan Singing Bowls from Joe's private collection. For those who attended previous years, this year we have worked in more opportunities to for advanced learning and plenty of time to practice and play, on your own and as a group.
Please note that Joe will NOT be vending at Summerfest this year, so if you want to purchase from him in person, this will be your ONLY chance this year!
Joe will also have a selection of his
famous tapestries, incense and statues
available this weekend
Special Announcement!
This year we are excited to offer two partial scholarship opportunities! We are committed to making sound healing as accessible as possible through inclusion and equality and to share the gifts of transformative healing. If you feel the cost of this workshop may prohibit you from attending, then we welcome your application! It is a 50% scholarship for the full weekend package.
Click HERE for the scholarship details and application
About your hosts:
Joe Teixeira
has over 25 years experience with Tibetan singing bowls. He started Namaste Imports in 1997, specializing in the import of Tibetan Singing Bowls and over the years he has amassed one of the largest collections of singing bowls in the country.
Joe's business is 100% referral based, selling his bowls in person only (no website!). Joe has traveled extensively to India & Nepal every November since 1997 and continues to do so (with the exception of covid) to make his purchases for the following season. He spends hundreds of hours sorting through bowls, picking only the best to sell to his customers with a 95% rejection rate.
Kathryn Rambo
has over 40 years experience as a board-certified music therapist, meditation instructor, reiki master and adult educator.
From 2005 to 2021 she offered a holistic sound practice that used a combination of Dr. Herbert Benson’s deep relaxation techniques, Tibetan singing bowls, and Reverie harp to help people turn off the body's stress response and rediscover a place of homeostasis and inner peace. Today she works as a wellness coordinator for seniors who struggle with living in poverty, offering classes, resources and programs that focus on helping them gain and retain whole person wellness.
Laurel Ziemienski
is a Sound Practitioner, Cacao Facilitator, Reiki Master Practitioner, Energy Worker, Meditation Guide and retreat organizer & host.
She owns Ananda Healing Arts and offers private Sound Healing sessions out of her studio in Saint Francis as well as group sound baths, cacao ceremonies, local retreats and other events at various venues throughout the Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha areas. She also organizes and hosts international retreats. Laurel is currently working towards her diploma in Holistic Nutrition, specializing in plants as medicine.
Itinerary
Friday night: 6:00-8:30pm
Transcendent Tones: A Journey of Transformation through Sound
Experience the ancient sounds of Tibetan singing bowls as Joe Teixeira, Kathryn Rambo and Laurel Ziemienski perform a transformative sound bath experience. During this incredible evening, attendees will be surrounded by powerful healing vibrations that will take them to places of deep rest, reflection and a sense of renewal. With a combined 50 years of singing bowl experience, this event is sure to leave you feeling balanced and restored, with an enhanced sense of well being. After the bath Joe will have an exclusive collection of antique Tibetan singing bowls available to purchase for bath attendees only that will not be available for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday: 9am-5:00pm
Saturday will be packed full of informative workshops, designed more for beginner to intermediate but all levels will learn something today! Plus there will be plenty of time to buy as many antique singing bowls as your heart desires! Joe personally travels to India & Nepal at least once a year to hand pick these special bowls. This is a shopping experience you will not be able to find anywhere else.
Saturday Morning
9am-9:45am: Bowl Sales
10-11:45am Joe will spend the morning teaching students the basics of Tibetan singing bowls. Guests will learn:
How to prepare oneself to play intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, physically
The three aspects of spinning the bowl (pressure, angle, speed) and how to use these aspects in the learning process.
How to hold the wand/mallet and what to avoid. How to tap the bowl
Spinning a bowl with both the leather and wooden side of the mallet
Why do some bowls play better with the wooden side and others with the leather side? And why do some bowls play better than others in general?
How to choose a bowl and what to look for
The different styles of bowls
12-1:00pm Lunch & bowl sales
Saturday Afternoon
1-2:00pm We will explore ways to incorporate your singing bowl(s) with other healing and wellness modalities. If you are a reiki practitioner, massage therapist, acupuncturist, yoga instructor, aromatherapist or use crystals in your healing session, we will introduce you to ways you can incorporate a singing bowl to enrich your practice and offer something extra for your clients. Taught by Kathryn Rambo with special guest Janine Trede
Guests will learn:
How to use a Tibetan singing bowl within different modalities
How to apply sound healing to your existing practice
How to enrich and elevate your current offerings with sound healing
How to help your client further relax into their session, improving their ability to heal
2-4:00pm We will have the opportunity to break into small groups to learn how to buy your first favorite bowl, start a collection or build on your existing collection. Joe, Kathryn and Laurel will work with each group, helping to guide and advise. Each group will have time to work exclusively with Joe, an opportunity that can’t be found anywhere else.
Participants will learn:
How to select their first bowl
How to pair 2 bowls together
How to build on an existing collection
What bowls work best together
How to play the bowls so they sound their best together and on their own
How to purchase future bowls that will work with their current collection
NOTE: PLEASE BRING YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAIR NEW BOWLS WITH YOUR EXISTING ONES-OPTIONAL
4-5:00pm Bowl Sales
Sunday: 9:00am -4:00pm
Sunday's classes are designed for the intermediate to advanced student. But the good news is if you are a beginner who attended Saturday, you are automatically qualified for Sunday! Plus more time to practice & shop the Tibetan singing bowl table, picking up that one (or 2) bowl/s that have been calling to you but you've tried sooo darn hard to resist!
***It is not required to have your own singing bowls or to purchase bowls for this weekend. Joe will generously have plenty of his own collection available for everyone to use***
Sunday Morning
9-9:45am Bowl sales
10-11:45am The morning will consist of esoteric style classes, something a little different from previous years. Here we will address the magic of sound healing and what it means to be in the “flow”.
Kathryn Rambo will start us out by teaching The Magic of Tone: We will be taking a journey into an alternative way of thinking about and experiencing the sound that your singing bowls produce. In the west, music, and the sound that an instrument makes, is comprised of notes and intervals. The note or sound has no other meaning except in relation to the notes around it, to intervals. In contrast, the primordial music of India, China, and the Hindu traditions, music is sacromagical because it is made up of tones NOT notes. In these cultures, each tone has a center influence and is alive. Tones are experienced as vibrant, living beings, as devas, that interact with each other. We will explore this alternative way of playing and experiencing the living tones of our singing bowls.
Laurel Ziemienski will follow this experience with a class on intuition. Playing Tibetan singing bowls is as much intuitive as it is technical (sometimes more so). In this class Laurel will guide you through an intuition exercise designed to help you tap into that delicate flow in order to create magic with sound. The morning will finish with Joe guiding us in a lesson on chanting, learning how to channel sound through our bodies to help us better tap into the enchantment of sound as a healing experience. We will end the morning in a community chant, harnessing the power of the collective.
Guests will learn:
How to play a singing bowl if you have no musical training
How to break through your existing musical training to find the magic in sound healing
How to experience sound as a tone, rather than a note on a page
How to tap into your own intuitive nature to nurture intuitive sound healing
How to use your own body as a channel for your sound healing practice
12-1:00pm Lunch and Bowl sales
Sunday Afternoon
1-3:00pm For the 2nd part of the day you will be given plenty of time to put your lessons into practice! We will break out into groups and practice playing together. We will learn from each other while Joe, Kathryn & Laurel work with each group to help refine and explore. We will learn how to play together as a group, finding balance between melody and silence. It will be a collaborative & highly experiential workshop. The Grand Finale of the weekend will be a group sound bath where we will put our new techniques into practice while bathing each other in the healing vibrations!
Guests will learn:
How to play multiple bowls together
How to play singing bowls in a group
How to find and incorporate the magic of silence
How to create melody with your bowls
How to give a sound bath within a group setting
3-4:00pm Bowl sales
Tickets
Choose the days you want to attend
OR…..
Purchase a full weekend pass and save money!
Psssttt…You’ll receive a free gift with a full weekend pass!! a $25 value! (limited to the first 15 guests to sign up)
If you would like to order lunch, please see the lunch option at the bottom. Make sure to order lunch for each day you will be attending
There will be an optional selection of boxed lunches available on Saturday and Sunday with salads and sandwiches, vegan and meat, from a fantastic local caterer. Please indicate at check out any special requests or food restrictions needed. Make sure to order lunch for each day you will be attending. If you do not order lunch, you will need to bring your own as there are no restaurants nearby to order from. Once the lunch purchase has been placed, you will receive an email with a menu, asking for your specific order.
The fine print:
All registrations must be paid in full in advance.
Please contact Laurel Ziemienski with any questions at 414-202-3489 or laurel@anandahealings.com
Cancellations: We reserve the right to cancel the event one week (7 days) prior to the event if the minimum number of tickets have not been sold by that date. In the event of cancellation, full refunds will be issued. In the event the workshops are cancelled due to Covid-19, any other illness or unforseen event to the presenter/s, a full refund will be issued.
Refund Policy: If a registrant withdraws from the event in writing at least 10 days prior to the event, they will receive a refund minus a 25% non-refundable, nontransferable cancellation fee. There are NO refunds for cancellations received less than 10 days prior to the workshop or class.