David Gibson is the founder and director of the Globe Sound Healing Institute in San Francisco (and online), offering individual classes and state-approved certificate programs in sound healing and sound therapy. He is the author of The Complete Guide to Sound Healing, and a producer of sound-healing music that is played in hospitals around the country.

He runs the Sound Therapy Center at the Institute (and online), which offers 15 types of sound-healing treatments. He has produced nine international sound-healing conferences and is the founder of the Sound Healing Research Foundation, designed to help bring sound healing into the mainstream for use in homes and hospitals.

David set up the Medical Sound Association, consisting of more than 600 doctors and sound therapists collaborating on ways to cure disease with sound, music, and vibration. Their website now has detailed treatment plans for a wide range of issues — including anxiety, depression, grief, PTSD, cancer, drug addiction, and dementia.

David received a $100,000 grant to create the Sound Education Center by taking the Sound Healing Institute’s curriculum into two Montessori schools. Along with 24 sound-healing instructors, he created over 2,500 exercises for children at every age level. The website now has over 500 downloadable exercises.

Acoustics pioneer John Stuart Reid is on a mission to educate and inspire the world about the field of cymatics — the science of visible vibrations and sound. He asserts that sound is the foundation of almost all matter in the universe and was a potent force in the creation of life in the primordial oceans, thereby carrying the power to heal life.

In his lectures, John reveals groundbreaking information on the mechanisms that support Sound Therapy and Music Medicine, and how they can be applied to improve health naturally.

His CymaScope invention has forever changed the world’s perception of sound by giving us the ability to “see” sound and better understand this ubiquitous aspect of life. His cymatics research, which is elevating this important new field in scientific and medical arenas, includes a study on differentiating between the sounds emitted by healthy cells and cancer cells, published in the journal Water.

In John’s words, “The old adage ‘seeing is believing’ takes on an important new meaning — to see sound is to open a new window on our world, one that has been veiled for all time, until now.”

Isaac and Thorald Koren (the Brothers Koren) are transformational voice leaders, music mentors, and artists who are passionate about hearing “the world’s song, one voice at a time.” They’re committed to bringing the healing power of music to voices from all walks of life. With over 20 years of experience recording, teaching, and empowering others while touring the world, their work continues to grow and expand the space for creative expression, leading people toward a more embodied life experience.

Over the course of their musical careers, as The Kin and the Brothers Koren, they have performed live on Conan, earned a gold record, and performed for over a million people while touring with Coldplay, Pink, Rod Stewart, and Bon Jovi. Today, their mission has shifted to one that seeks to include many voices, as they listen and study the transformative effect of voice and music on human wellbeing.

The Brothers are journeymen and guides for those seeking deeper connection and healing through the profound medium of voice, music, and song. They live in service to a bold vision: “Our wish is for each and every person to be radically expressed; a world where all genders, races, ethnicities, and human lives are fully connected to their voices, their stories, and their authentic selves.”

Through their programs, The Songwriter’s Journey and Your Big Voice, the Brothers Koren are helping thousands reclaim their voices (especially those who thought they couldn’t sing out) — and the stories and songs that have lain dormant — unearthing a diversity of big voices from all around the world. The Brothers have worked with Fortune 500 companies, presented at TEDx, are faculty at the Exponential Medicine conference, and are musical directors for the Association of Transformational Leaders™ SoCal.

Author and music therapist Christine Stevens was adopted into a Native American family by Uncle Manny Eagle Elk Council Pipe Sandoval in a Making-of-a-Relative ceremony — after spending more than a decade singing Lakota prayer songs, undertaking Hanbleceya (“Crying for a Vision,” one of the seven Lakota Sacred Rites), and becoming a pipe carrier for Women’s Way Long Dance, founded by Connor Sauer. 

With the permission of her elders and respect for the Red Road ways of music medicine, she has played the Native American-style flute for more than 25 years, as well as percussion for sound healing, honoring Nature in sacred sites, from a Sedona vortex to the Grand Tetons.

She honors the wisdom keepers who passed down these rhythms, and ensures that each practice is taught with cultural sensitivity and integrity.

Christine is the author of The Nature Sutras, Music Medicine, and The Healing Drum Kit, and the founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, which brings drumming and sound healing to organizations and events dedicated to uplifting humanity. As an advocate of music and wellness, her media appearances include NBC, PBS, Discovery Health, and Living Better TV.

Christine, who has worked with Fortune 500 companies, survivors of disasters, and refugee women, serves as a Musical Ambassador of Peace. She led the first drum circle training for peace in northern Iraq and toured Japan with a music medicine approach to the Native American-style flute. 

The host of Global Rhythm Sangha Online, she teaches a variety of online training programs, including Awaken Your Rhythm, which has served hundreds of people from over 35 countries. Most recently, her pilot study, the Global Tele-Music Therapy program, published in Music and Medicine, helped reduce pain, discomfort, and stress with enduring effects during COVID-19.

Christine’s commitment to love, beauty, and harmony, and the reciprocity of offering music to Nature continues to guide her sound-healing practice and courses with The Shift Network.

Barry Goldstein’s musical experience spans many styles and genres, from co-producing the Grammy Award-winning track “69 Freedom Special” with Les Paul for Best Rock Instrumental in 2005, to providing ambient music for Shirley MacLaine. Barry has composed and produced for television, film, major record labels, and top 10 recording artists. He also received the Coalition of Visionary Resources Award for Best Music of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, and his music is used in hospitals, hospices, cancer centers, and medical practices.

Barry, who has worked with Dave Asprey, the “Father of Biohacking,” reached the Billboard Top 10 in New Age albums with New York Times bestselling authors Dr Joe Dispenza, Dr. Daniel Amen, Neale Donald Walsch, and Anita Moorjani. His innovative product development and musical branding have been featured in film, TV, and in PBS specials. 

As a speaker, Barry’s presentations have been audience favorites, from medical grand rounds to national conferences. He breaks through even the toughest of skeptics by providing research, humor, and experiential processes that demonstrate the healing and transformational aspects of music, and how these “musical prescriptions” can be used in modern-day medicine. His music, which has been embraced by the medical community, provides a low-cost, non-invasive, non-pharmacological adjunct to treatments for insomnia, stress, depression, and pain.

Barry’s bestselling book, The Secret Language of the Heart, has become a go-to manual for how to use music beyond art and entertainment. It provides more than 50 groundbreaking studies that assist the reader in using music to improve their health and quality of life. It has been endorsed by medical pioneers Dr. Norman Shealy, Dr. Stephan Sinatra, Dr. James Oschman, and Dr. Daniel Amen.

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Barry Goldstein’s musical experience spans many styles and genres from Co-Producing the Grammy Award winning track” 69 Freedom special” with Les Paul for Best Rock Instrumental in 2005, to providing ambient music for Shirley MacLaine. In addition, He has composed and produced music for Television, Film, Major record labels and Top Ten Recording artists. Barry’s music is being used in hospitals, hospices, cancer centers, and medical practices. In addition, Barry has worked with the “Father of Biohacking” Dave Asprey and reached the Billboard Top Ten New Age albums with New York Times Best Selling Authors Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Daniel Amen, Neale Donald Walsch, and Anita Moorjani. His Bestselling book “The Secret Language of the Heart” has become a “go to” manual for utilizing music beyond art and entertainment. It provides over 50 groundbreaking studies that assist the reader in using music to improve their health and quality of life. 

Eileen McKusick is a pioneer in the fields of the human biofield, therapeutic sound, and electric health. A researcher, author, inventor, educator, speaker, and practitioner, Eileen has researched health since 1987, and specifically how sound impacts health since 1996.

She is the originator of the sound-therapy method Biofield Tuning (with thousands of students trained worldwide since 2010), and founder of the Biofield Tuning Institute, which conducts grant-funded, peer-reviewed, and published research on the human biofield in partnership with other research organizations. 

Eileen is author of two bestselling books... the award-winning Tuning the Human Biofield: Healing with Vibrational Sound Therapy... and Electric Body, Electric Health, a groundbreaking look at the electric nature of the human body, emotions, and life itself. 

Eileen is also inventor of the revolutionary sound-healing tool called the Sonic Slider, the creator of a line of tuning forks and accessories, and the CEO of BioSona, LLC, which provides sound therapy tools and training globally. Her work has helped thousands of people around the world overcome chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and other health challenges, enabling them to live more fulfilling and empowered lives. Eileen's work is changing the way we think about health and wellness.

Fariduddin (Fred) Johnson is a healer, artist, and educator dedicated to the journey of creating spaces and experiences that express our respect for and support of honoring life and all living entities. He is an Inayatiyya Sufi Order Reverend Cherag, sacred chanter, sound-healer storyteller, melodic narrative master teacher, director, and author.

An acclaimed jazz vocalist, sacred chanter, storyteller, author, and arts educator, Fred is a graduate of the National Academy of the Performing Arts as well as the Master Performers School of the National Mime Theater. He has opened for or recorded and toured worldwide with jazz and R&B legends Ramsey Lewis, Chick Corea, Sonny Rollins, Christian McBride, Richard Elliot, George Benson, Boney James, Joe Zawinul, Ottmar Liebert, David Sanborn, B.B. King, Patti LaBelle, Herbie Mann, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat Adderley, and Miles Davis.

He is recognized globally for his work in the health and wellness community as well as for his extensive work in international Interfaith peace and reconciliation. He served as Deputy Executive Director of Intersections International, a multi-faith, multicultural initiative of The Collegiate Church of New York for 10 years. and led their international outreach.

Since the mid-1980s, Fred has worked in communities throughout the world, empowering children and adults in creative ways to celebrate the richness of who they are, to dream big, lift their voices, and come together to work toward making the experience of living culturally rich, inclusive, and inspiring. 

His presentations on the healing power of music have caught the attention of internationally recognized holistic health practitioners and the medical community. Fred presents lectures and seminars re-accentuating the importance of creative expression and the sharing of story as catalysts for personal and communal empowerment, health, and healing, and giving voice to the voiceless. He is a leading voice in the national conversation regarding Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access, and chairs committees for the International Transformational Leadership Council, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, and the Stella Adler Center for the Arts in both New York and Los Angeles. 

Mentored by spiritual masters of the African oral and percussion legacy, Fred has been hailed as one of the true guardians of an oral tradition transplanted and nurtured to create a fusion of cultural heritage that is uniquely American and inherently African. His global presentations of “Jazz, its Roots and Branches” have served to inform and inspire audiences around the world to recognize and celebrate a creative global tapestry set by the first woven thread sewn from the artistic richness of Africa. 

His sound healing seminars and retreats teach from the rich African healing traditions aligned with sacred and meditative Sufic practices. Fred currently serves as Artist in Residence, Community Engagement/Diversity, and Equity Specialist, and coordinates the Arts and Health initiative at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.