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Peace in Action
This is Jay leading the energy of the day.
a review of one of his talks:
"After an introduction supplied by Tom Blower, outlining changes to the advertised programme, the first speaker, JAYSON STILWELL, took the stage. Jayson’s speciality is Tibetan overtone chanting – a technique in which vocal tones are manipulated by lips, cheeks, throat and tongue to produce a second note several octaves higher, which is superimposed on the first. Imagine a young, fair-haired Jack Dee [UK comedian], without the dead-pan and suit, but definitely with the humour. Jayson gave us a demonstration of overtone chanting and I was very impressed. I have heard others demonstrate the technique before, but never with such control of the overtone notes. He showed us a bass version that is rarely heard, and even at seven rows back I was surprised by the literally eye-watering spinal shivers it induced...... Jayson told us the story of how he found himself singing to a Cornishman’s wounded knee and discovered that the legendary healing qualities of sound are a reality. The chanting even resulted in the manifestation of a much-needed new set of cymbals for his drum kit! Jayson’s talk also covered the use of sound in sacred sites and reinforced the conclusions of a UK TV documentary screened earlier in the week, in which Paul Devereux and others demonstrated that Neolithic and Bronze age people may have designed their burial chambers primarily for their acoustic qualities. The chambers were designed so that standing waves could actually become visible in the medium of incense smoke. Jayson summed up his philosophy with the formula “Sound + Intention = Manifestation” and ended the talk with some audience participation – a communal chant that gave us a glimmer of the consciousness-altering potential of chanting, hinting at the connection between stone age priests and Tibetan monks."
Peace in Action
This is Jay leading the energy of the day.
a review of one of his talks:
"After an introduction supplied by Tom Blower, outlining changes to the advertised programme, the first speaker, JAYSON STILWELL, took the stage. Jayson’s speciality is Tibetan overtone chanting – a technique in which vocal tones are manipulated by lips, cheeks, throat and tongue to produce a second note several octaves higher, which is superimposed on the first. Imagine a young, fair-haired Jack Dee [UK comedian], without the dead-pan and suit, but definitely with the humour. Jayson gave us a demonstration of overtone chanting and I was very impressed. I have heard others demonstrate the technique before, but never with such control of the overtone notes. He showed us a bass version that is rarely heard, and even at seven rows back I was surprised by the literally eye-watering spinal shivers it induced...... Jayson told us the story of how he found himself singing to a Cornishman’s wounded knee and discovered that the legendary healing qualities of sound are a reality. The chanting even resulted in the manifestation of a much-needed new set of cymbals for his drum kit! Jayson’s talk also covered the use of sound in sacred sites and reinforced the conclusions of a UK TV documentary screened earlier in the week, in which Paul Devereux and others demonstrated that Neolithic and Bronze age people may have designed their burial chambers primarily for their acoustic qualities. The chambers were designed so that standing waves could actually become visible in the medium of incense smoke. Jayson summed up his philosophy with the formula “Sound + Intention = Manifestation” and ended the talk with some audience participation – a communal chant that gave us a glimmer of the consciousness-altering potential of chanting, hinting at the connection between stone age priests and Tibetan monks."