BELGIUM - We had a wonderful time in Belgium with our good friends Patrik, Myriam, Stefan and Mieke. A big thank you to them for the wonderful organization of our programs there. Thank you also to Bart who is responsible for some great U-tube clips from our work there. As usual we had a very special and memorable time together in Belgium. Here is a link to utube to see Barts film of our visit to Belgium. http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query=TERRY+OLDFIELD+AND+SORAYA&search_type=
We performed a wonderful concert in the beautiful old church in Assi, outside of Brussels for the 3rd year in a row. With a nature DVD from our Australian Sunshine Coast on the big screen behind the stage it was a very special evening of sound and visual delight. We also performed a lie down “Healing Sound” concert where 70 people were stretched out comfortably in a softly lit space while Terry, Patrik and myself treated them to a symphony of resonant sound. Terry played various flutes as Patrik and myself accompanied with around 50 other instruments for nearly 2 hours. We were all transported to a place of peace. After a concert such as this the sound of inner silence and harmony that follows is indescribable.
Pure Resonance.

Terry conducted his Master Class “Music from the Heart” encouraging people to go beyond the mind into the heart of sound. This class is not only for musicians, it is for all who find joy in creating music. This was a  fun and awakening time by all.  We plan to make these classes available in Australia also.

The Make the Shift workshop was also a very special day with some profound awakenings and sharing by a special group of people.  We reflected on our lives and the emerging patterns that have brought us to the window of perception we now look through creating our experience in each moment.  We looked at and questioned our perceptions of reality and the reflections in our lives. We worked with our shadow and saw how we all have a small side, which once faced and exposed can bring us to a crossroad. We may then choose to step out of our shadow and work in the light, without denying its existence.  The processes we developed over the day were enlightening and  for some surprising. It was wonderful to see a balance of men and women in this workshop and there openness to question a reality that we often take for granted and that may limit our opportunity to go beyond barriers that create separation and alienation. Too many people experience loneliness and pain due to limiting belief systems and false judgment of themselves and others.

WASHINGTON D.C.  

On to America, and I have to say we were pleasantly surprised to see what a beautiful city Washington DC is. It is very green and lush with beautiful gardens and old established trees. Thank you to Virginia for showing us around and looking after us so well.
We conducted a Yoga Nidra and Healing Sound workshop at a large yoga center near Washington. The practice of Yoga Nidra as a simple yet profound meditation practice for stress and energy management, healing, insomnia and as a path toward higher wisdom has earned a great deal of respect in this area. The workshop was very well received with 33 people attending.

We were struck in Washington with the upcoming American Elections. The overwhelming support of people we met was for Obama. Let us pray that he is elected. People here seem ready for a change, hoping to embrace a new and peaceful future in America.  With Barrack Obama as president the emphasis could shift from firearms, war and fear to one of hope, green changes and peace. He seems to be the only hope in sight for positive change here in America.  He is portrayed as an intelligent, warm, honest family man. Being black has been an issue, for a still very racial society. With an increasing desire for an end to  war and community fear and violence, together with those who are simply disgusted by the Bush dynasty’s mass propaganda of fear, investment in firearms and  pharmaceuticals it seems most Americans are finally ready for a change of government. This readiness may help them to overlook their racial difference and go with Obama anyway. I for one think it is time for such a change and feel Obama may change history. He seems a great man. Lets hope he is not corrupted by ego and power if elected.  

THE GRAND CANYON & SEDONA

We took the opportunity to fly south early to Albuquerque in New Mexico. From here with a few days off we hired a car and drove across the desert to the Grand Canyon. It is an awesome place of grandeur and beauty, and we were stunned at the size of it. Terry and myself hiked 6 miles in the canyon enjoying the natural beauty. We were blessed to see the flight of the Condor an endangered bird of great size and power both as we entered and left the gorge.

SEDONA
This is another place of very high energy and stark beauty. I could not help feeling the energy was similar to that of the Northern Territory in Australia where I spent much time as a teenager. The red rock formations have been worn away by wind, water and time to leave incredible  sculptures of great beauty and magnificence. We visited 4 areas known to have energy vortices and spent time in quiet meditation hiding away among the rocks. Very special. We were in Sedona for the full moon and were blessed to experience the moon rising as the sun sank on a powerful energy vortex. Some moments are too precious to portray.

SANTA FE
Our last stop was Santa Fe in New Mexico, home to our record company "New Earth". Set again among the desert cacti and red rock with adobe homes of ochre, browns, fauns and reds all blending into the vast landscape, this is a very different place. Waduda and Bhikkhu who run New Earth Records are wonderful open-hearted people. They run there company from a home base with office attached. All the team there seem more like family than employees. It is a pleasure to see a new age music company that walk their talk. We had a small concert in a yoga center in Santa Fe, which was very sweet. We walked in the mountains near there and enjoyed the beautiful autumn gold of the Aspen forests, we found bear tracks and lay on the earth looking up at the shifting clouds passing over the snow capped peaks behind us. We saw rainbows in the clouds. What a wonderful world........................lala

Home Run

I write this on a flight to Brisbane. Time has passed quickly and we have travelled around the world over the past 7 weeks. We look forward to the warm sunshine coast and the clean rolling waves. The dry air of the desert makes us yearn for the humiditity of the subtropics of home.  It is a long time to be away from our children and we are eager to reconect and share our stories.

Yoga Classes will resume and a new meditation circle will begin at Mandala in the next few weeks.
Much love to all. Soraya and Terry.

We are now in the land of Water and Windmills. Holland is also the land of bicycles, what a wonderful way of
transport, saving us from air and sound pollution. You really have to watch your step though as there are hundreds of bikes everywhere you look, and they have right of way. The completely flat landscape here lends to this great form of transport for young and old, business men in their suits and ties, grandparents and school children. I can't imagine all ages riding for miles on the hills of the sunshine coast?
We had a few nights in an old convent near this city of Tilberg and enjoyed walking the paths through the beautiful old oak and beechwood forests there.
We have been busy doing Newspaper and television Interviews in preparation for our concert on Saturday Evening. Everyone has welcomed us warmly in Holland  and we give a special thank you to Alexandra who is our host here and has organized our events.

 "Resistance to presence creates internal chaos" - Soraya (making the shift)

Much love and peace to all our friends.
Soraya and Terry.

We had a beautiful concert in Oslo last night. The people here have been so caring and we have made great friends with Kristian Aartun of Noble Publishing. The welcome we have received here will call us back again next year. Terry caught up with his niece and nephew and family which was very special and touching after so long. Love to all.

Hello everyone,

Here we are in England, a land of beautiful  rolling lush green countryside and intricate stonework. A feeling of ancient times and the endurance of mankind permeates this place. As their summer comes to an end they have seen little sunshine and there has been massive flooding and mud and and cold rain. But the sun showed its grace to us in Cornwall and we walked on the windswept moors yesterday among great granite stone circles planted eons ago by people driven by the same need for inner connection with nature and the stars of the universe that we still feel even now.
Much love and peace to all.
Soraya and Terry

Keep up with Terry & Soraya on their International Concert & Workshop tour here.