Bayview Ballroom
May 8, 2008 9AM to 5PM ($125.00 pre-sale, $150 at the door)

Fabien Maman, initiated in Kototama, the ancient Japanese science of pure sound, will introduce his knowledge in this sacred sound workshop. Traced back to Celtic and Druidic tradition, this esoteric Sound teaching has been transmitted secretly and orally within the Japanese culture for the last 2000 years. The Masters' Lineage of Kototama was practiced by the Masters of Aikido - Sensei Ueshiba (the creator of Aikido) and Sensei Ogasawala, who transmitted it to Sensei Nakazono, who delivered Kototama to Europe and the United States, and who personally initiated Fabien Maman in 1975. For more than thirty years, Fabien Maman has worked with Kototama, developing his own sacred sound protocols, drawing from his experience as a musician/composer, acupuncturist, marital artist, healer/teacher - and his research on the impacts of acoustic sound on human cells. Fabien Maman's life's work is known today as Tama-Do, The Way of the Soul, which is the name of his Academy of Sound, Color and Movement. In this workshop, students will explore the roots of Kototama. They will learn ancient songs to awaken ancestral memories; the energetic meaning of their own name as a mantra; precise toning techniques to rejuvenate internal organs; and Fabien Maman's precise sound correspondences to harmonize the organs, chakras, subtle energy fields with the seasons, directions and the stars. This is a personal journey into each person's unique Way of the Soul. Participants will have the opportunity to 'tune' with Tama-Do Academy's sacred sound instruments, including the Giant Pyramid, Chakra Tubes and Monochorde Table. At the end of the workshop, students will participate in one of Fabien Maman's improvised Seasonal Harmonizing Concerts using elemental sounds and acoustic instruments and voice. No musical experience is necessary.