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YES! It's Live Radio and all that comes with it. In this exciting episdoe, Wanique Shabazz speaks with the founder of the Ausar Auset Society International, Dr. Ra Un Nefer Amen, Author of Metu Neter volumes 1-6. Dr. Amen will be in Atlanta on March 3rd, 2012 to share Black Psychology: Re-Establishing the Divine Mind from Noon till 8pm at the Morehouse School of Medicine National Center for Primary Care Auditorium 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta. For more information call 678-701-8011 or email aasatlanta@gmail.com.
Mapptime Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston part 1
At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world’s best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like “The Bodyguard” and “Waiting to Exhale.”
She had the the perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.
She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.
Mapptime Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston and Malcolm X part 2
She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin.
Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.
“The time that I first saw her singing in her mother’s act in a club … it was such a stunning impact,” Davis told “Good Morning America.”
“To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine,” he added.
Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with “Whitney Houston,” which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. “Saving All My Love for You” brought her her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. “How Will I Know,” “You Give Good Love” and “The Greatest Love of All” also became hit singles.
Another multiplatinum album, “Whitney,” came out in 1987 and included hits like “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
The New York Times wrote that Houston “possesses one of her generation’s most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity.”
Mapptime Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston and Malcolm X part 3
Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the “Soul Train Awards” in 1989.
“Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?” she told Katie Couric in 1996. “You’re not black enough for them. I don’t know. You’re not R&B enough. You’re very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them.”
Some saw her 1992 marriage to former New Edition member and soul crooner Bobby Brown as an attempt to refute those critics. It seemed to be an odd union; she was seen as pop’s pure princess while he had a bad-boy image, and already had children of his own. (The couple had a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, in 1993.)
But Houston said their true personalities were not as far apart as people may have believed.
It would take several years, however, for the public to see that side of Houston. Her moving 1991 rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, amid the first Gulf War, set a new standard and once again reaffirmed her as America’s sweetheart.
In 1992, she became a star in the acting world with “The Bodyguard.” Despite mixed reviews, the story of a singer (Houston) guarded by a former Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) was an international success.
It also gave her perhaps her most memorable hit: a searing, stunning rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which sat atop the charts for weeks. It was Grammy’s record of the year and best female pop vocal, and the “Bodyguard” soundtrack was named album of the year.
She returned to the big screen in 1995-96 with “Waiting to Exhale” and “The Preacher’s Wife.” Both spawned soundtrack albums, and another hit studio album, “My Love Is Your Love,” in 1998, brought her a Grammy for best female R&B vocal for the cut “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay.”
Mapptime Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston and Malcolm X part 4
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Mapptime Honors BoB Marley part 1
Robert Nesta Marley — "Bob Marley" was born on February 6, 1945 in Nine Miles, a district in St. Ann’s Parish on the north end of Jamaica. He spent his early childhood with his mother, Cedella Marley, sharing a tiny shack made of corrugated metal and wood in the mountainous countryside. “He was my first-born and very precious to the family and friends,” Cedella reported in Jim Henke’s essential sourcebook, Marley Legend: An Illustrated Life of Bob Marley. “He was always a jolly, happy little man. He loved to make friends, loved to play. I never had no trouble with him going to school and things like that. He was very obedient.”
Little known fact about Bob Marley is that he is actually "half white" or "half black" whichever way you want to put it. His father Norval Sinclair Marley was born in 1895 in Sussex, United Kingdom. The Marley ancestors went to Jamaica in the late 19th century to make a living in the mahogany trade. Norval grew up to be a soldier and Captain in the Royal Marines. Here's the only known photo of Bob Marley's father Norval Marley. At the age of about 50, Norval had an affair and married a 17-year old girl of African decent named Cedella Malcolm (Booker) after she became pregnant. Norval provided financial support for his wife and child, but seldom saw them, as he was often away on trips. Young Bob Marley was ten years old when his father died of a heart attack in 1955 at age 60. Marley faced questions about his own racial identity throughout his life. He once reflected:
"I don't have prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white."
In grade school, Bob loved to sing. “I don’t really know how I got started,” Marley remembered in 1975, “but I know me mother was a singer. Me mother is spiritual, like a gospel singer. She writes songs. I hear her singing first and then I just love music, love it, grow with it.” A cousin gave him a homemade guitar fashioned of bamboo and goatskin. Bob became “like a brother,” in Cedella’s words, with another Nine Miles youth who shared his interest in music, Neville “Bunny” Livingston. When Bob was still in grade school, his mother left him in the care of his maternal grandfather, Omeriah Malcolm, while she went to work in Kingston.
Around 1955, Bob Marley joined his mother in Kingston. They lived at various addresses on Berry Street, Oxford Street, and Regent Street, and then in 1958 settled into a three-year stay at 19 Second Street in Trench Town. Years later, Bob immortalized his experience living there in his beloved song “No Woman, No Cry”.
Mapptime Honors BoB Marley part 2
In her book Bob Marley: My Son, Cedella Marley Booker remembered Bob singing the Christian hymn “In the Garden” one day after school. “I was stunned at how well he sang. Nesta has always been a singing child, but this is the first time I can remember being struck by his beautiful singing voice.” He made his first public appearance singing in a talent show at a local theater. “Me saw dem have a little t’ing down at Queens,” Marley remembered in 1976. “So one night me go in and sing a tune. Me nuh remember what it was, but me win a pound. The man must tell me me must start sing. And me did.”
Bob reunited with his childhood friend when Bunny and his father, Thaddeus Livingston, moved to Trench Town. Cedella and Thaddeus shared living quarters and had a daughter together, Pearl. Their sons immersed themselves in American radio broadcasts from Miami and New Orleans, dialing in the Drifters, Moonglows, Impressions, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino, and even country musicians such as Jim Reeves and Lloyd Price. While living on Second Street, Bob said, he also started “listening to jazz, except me couldn’t understand it. After a while me get to understand it and me meet Joe Higgs and Seeco Patterson, who schooled me. After a while I smoke some ganja, some herb, and then I understood jazz. I tried to get into the mood where the moon is blue and understand the feelings expressed.”
Bob and Bunny were also drawn to a ska, a new sound emerging right in their own neighborhood. Ska typically featured a fast rhythm accented by horns riffing on the off-beat. The style was deeply influenced by R&B, especially the sound of New Orleans, with its horns, boogie piano, and strong bass. Most ska music was instrumental, with the after-beat played on rhythm guitar or piano. Bunny crafted a homemade guitar using copper wire, a sardine can, and a bamboo neck, and the two friends began singing calypso, ska, and American R&B. Asked about his influences in those days, Bob said, “My greatest influence was the Drifters – ‘Magic Moment,’ ‘Please Stay,’ those things. So I figured I should get a group together.”
By 15, Bob had dropped out of school to concentrate on singing. His mother arranged for him to work as an apprentice welder. One of the workers Bob sang with around the welding yard, Desmond Dekker, encouraged him to pursue his dream of making records.
Mapptime Honors BoB Marley part 3
Between sessions, Bob hung around Studio One, practicing on guitar and listening to Coxsone’s large collection of American R&B and soul records. He also met the woman he’d marry: Rita Anderson, an aspiring teenage singer. In her book No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley, Rita described being smitten with Bob at first glance: “I looked at him and thought, uh-oh, such a nice guy. And I got weak in the knees.” He asked her to go to the movies, and she accepted. “And though I didn’t expect this,” Rita continued, “I became his. As in, okay now guys, this is my girl. I think I got involved with Robbie [Bob] because he was so clearly a strong young man. He was very straightforward and strong-headed, in terms of ‘This is what I want to do. This is what I’m going to do.’ And he was very serious about his family and life. His spirit was there, too. The strength of his spirit showed.”
In January 1965, Rita Anderson launched her recording career at Studio One, cutting a single with Bunny Livingston as “Bonny & Rita” and recording for the first time alongside Bob on the Soulette’s “One More Chance,” which Clement Dodd claimed Bob and Rita co-wrote. The Wailers recorded several songs that month as well, notably “Hooligans” and “Jumbie Jubilee,” which were inspired by a riot that broke out during the group’s recent performance at Kingston’s Palace Theatre. Around April 1965, the Wailers covered the Beatles’ “And I Love Her.” According to Roger Steffens and Leroy Jodie Pierson’s insightful book Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography, “People in Kingston were calling the Wailers ‘The Jamaican Beatles’ because of the Wailers’ knack for topping the local charts, and the group may have cut ‘And I Love Her’ to reinforce this flattering identification.” In 1975, Marley spoke of his fondness for the Beatles: “I really like to meet them and sit down and chat with them. They are bredrens. Jah just love roots. Those guys are roots.” That July, the Wailers cut another cover of a British pop tune, Tom Jones’ “What’s New Pussycat,” as well as an early version of “One Love.” In September, their “Rude Boy,” a fast ska full of mysterious slogans drawn from the Jamaican mento tradition, became a Jamaican hit.
Mapptime Honors BoB Marley part 4
Cedella Marley, hoping to escape a life of numbing poverty, left Jamaica to join her sister in Delaware. She soon married a man named Edward Booker. Bob missed his mother, wrote her often, and occasionally sent her money. Cedella said that in one letter, Bob wrote that “when he sang, he felt a spirit moving him just as it moved me in church, with the same joy and lightness in his soul.” While his recordings had improved Bob’s musical foundation, they did little to alleviate his desperate poverty. After his mother left Kingston, he had to sleep in the back room at Studio One, and he and the other Wailers were suspicious Dodd was cheating them out of royalties. When Cedella wrote to Bob that fall and suggested he join her in Delaware, he agreed to come early the following year. First, though, the Wailers had to do more recordings, and Bob wanted to wed Rita Anderson.
In October, the Wailers recorded Bob’s original song “I’m Still Waiting,” a reworking of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” Curtis Mayfield’s “Another Dance,” the old gospel-folk favorite “This Train,” and “Ska Jerk,” which had a melody reminiscent of Junior Walker’s “Shotgun.” By month’s end, Rita Anderson was singing harmony vocals on some Wailers sessions. In November, the Wailers cut “Lonesome Track,” “Jerk All Night Long,” “I’m Gonna Put It On,” and the spiritual songs “I Left My Sins” and “Just in Time,” which came out on the Tabernacle label. In December, Bob participated in his final sessions produced by Clement Dodd, singing lead vocals on “Cry to Me” and “Good Good Rudie.” His next stop: The United States. “[In] one year,” Bob explained, “we make hits like ‘Put It On,’ ‘Rude Boy,’ ‘Rule Them Rudie,’ ‘I’m Still Waiting.’ And we expect to get some money, for this is Christmas. Then the guy [Dodd] give me £60 after we mek so much hits. So me just leggo and go live with me mother in America.”
This Island promo postcard features Bob Marley's 1965 passport photo.
The official who oversaw Marley’s passport application changed the order of his name to Robert Nesta Marley. Two days before his departure on February 12, 1966, Bob, who was raised a Christian, married Rita in a formal ceremony. At the time, both were attracted to Rastafarianism. Upon his arrival in Delaware, Bob was shocked by the frigid weather and sped-up pace of life. He briefly worked on a freight dock – perhaps the inspiration for his song “Night Shift – but, as Cedella wrote, “his Jamaican blood just couldn’t cope with the icebox called Delaware.” He tried desperately to find other work, and eventually landed a janitorial job. He spent much of his free time writing songs on an acoustic guitar, a practice he’d follow for the rest of his life. “Over there [in Delaware] me find the music still in me,” Bob said in 1975, “singing and writing some good tune like ‘Bend Down Low.’” After nine months in the United States, Bob had had enough. “If I stay here,” he wrote to Rita, “this is gonna kill me. It will give me all kinds of sickness! I’m a singer. I’m not this. I’m coming home.” In later interviews, Bob very seldom discussed his time in Delaware.
In October 1966 Bob Marley returned home to Kingston and rejoined the Wailers, who’d continued recording without him at Studio One. In his absence, Rita had fully converted to Rastafarianism, as had many of his associates. Bob too embraced the faith, and the Wailers became the first popular Jamaican vocal group to adopt the Rastafarian lifestyle of strict dietary observances, daily Bible readings, wearing dreadlocks, speaking in the dread dialect, and smoking large quantities of marijuana. Asked by an interviewer what it means to practice Rastafarianism, Marley responded, “I would say to the people: Be still, and know that His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, is the Almighty. Now, the Bible seh so, Babylon newspaper seh so, and I and I the children seh so. Yunno? So I don’t see how much more reveal our people want. Wha’ dem want? A white God? Well, God come black. True, true.” Asked in 1973 how long he’d been a Rasta, Marley replied, “From creation.”
Bob spent his hard-earned savings from America on creating a new label, Wail ’N Soul ’M, and opening a small record store in the front room of Rita’s aunt’s house. In November, Marley and the Wailers cut “Bend Down Low” and “Freedom Time” for the new label. According to Roger Steffans and Leroy Jodie Pierson, “All three Wailers were unhappy with their previous relationship with Clement Dodd, but Bob wanted to give the relationship one more chance. Thus, they recorded their first self-produced single at Studio One and agreed to let Dodd distribute the disc. ‘Bend Down Low’ was a major hit in Jamaica and the Wailers did well on the copies they personally sold, but their distribution deal with Dodd only resulted in more arguments over money. This was their last recording session at Studio One.” In his 1973 interview with Carl Gayle, Marley confided, “Even now we haven’t got what we should have. Take a record we did with him called ‘Bend Down Low.’ It was the best-selling record through the year, and he said we weren’t selling nothing. We gave him four #1 tunes in ’66, and all we got was £20 each.”
MT Welcomes Gil Scott Heron's Son, Rumal and his mother Lurma Rackley to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pt 1
f you're driving through the country on a lazy afternoon
Or you're watching your children playing after school
They seem to be so unaware of
The things that they soon have to take care of
We've got to do something to save the children
Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world
Right now they seem to play such a small part of
The things that they soon be right at the heart of
My little Tommy he said he wants to be a fireman
And little Mary she said she got to teach school
If we know all we say we know about the problems
Why can't we do something to try and solve them
We've got to do something to save the children
Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world
We got to do something to save the children
To save the children
To save the children
MT Welcomes Gil Scott Heron's Son, Rumal and his mother Lurma Rackley to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pt 2
I love the collaboration that is taking place for the spirit and consciousness for Gil Scott-Heron. I wrote about Bill Ortiz’s CD Winter in America on Friday 1/13/12 (see Related Articles). I have discovered more information from special collaborators I wish to share with you.
Gil Scott-Heron will be honored at the 2012 Grammy Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award. You can learn more here at this micro-site established by his son, Rumal Rackley, his family and the Gil Scott-Heron estate.
I am energized to connect once with the spirit of urban poet Gil Scott-Heron through the online Web site and the vibrant pages of his new book, The Last Holiday: A Memoir.
I applaud the efforts of Tim Mohr in his editorial capacity for this volume. The book lives and breathes Gil Scott-Heron. Thank you Tim for the collaborative respect you evidence throughout the book.
The book cover displayed below is the edition published in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd. Canongate has a long history in earnest with Gil Scott-Heron. I encourage you to visit the Gil Scott-Heron Canongate TV Book Channel to view a video interview and gain more insight into the artist’s spirit.
"Coming on the heels of the civil rights movement, everybody was open to the realities that each person had to do something and be involved. All across the country and the world people were paying attention to the huge shifts that were going on-- the end of segregation, the efforts to end Apartheid, the focus on nuclear energy, the whole Nixon debacle. There were powerful political happenings and he was so brilliant about tapping into them in a way that people could understand. He was tapped into the energy of the time and he made extraordinary commentary on the major issues of his time. The commentary is still valid today."~Lurma Rackley, mother of Gil's son Rumel
MT Welcomes Gil Scott Heron's Son, Rumal and his mother Lurma Rackley to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pt 3
“You know what has made me the happiest I’ve ever been?” he asked. “Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.”
I know his son, Rumal Rackley, now 34, who graduated from Hampton University in 1999. Rumal’s mother, Lurma Rackley, is a friend and writer living in Atlanta.
He also has three daughters from other relationships: Raqyiyah Kelly Heron, 34, who lives in New York; Gia Scott-Heron, 31, of Los Angeles; and Chegianna Newton, 13, who lives in London and goes by the name Che, after the Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.
Scott-Heron was the headliner at the D.C. Poetry Festival the year I interviewed him. We talked about the insightful and inciting lyrics to my favorite songs, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and “Winter in America,” as well as the album that would be his last, “I’m New Here,” released last year.
But he sounded most excited when talking about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday becoming a national holiday back in 1983. And he thanked Stevie Wonder for providing the soundtrack for that historic accomplishment.
“Stevie had a vision that the rest of us could not see,” he said. Quite a compliment coming from a visionary like Scott-Heron.
MT Welcomes Gil Scott Heron's Son, Rumal and his mother Lurma Rackley to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pt 4
IN-LA'KECH TIME TRAVELERS!
Now that you have become more familiar with WHO YOU ARE via your GPS, and how to navigate the 13 MOON 28 DAY CALENDAR, this semester will focus more on how to effect Global change using your HUMAN Holon. In other words preparing for Earth after 2012. Which we affectionately call in Time Travel language: Preparing for TIMESHIP EARTH 2013. How will we create our NEW WORLD? Do we have the power to create it as we see fit? Does it involve Politics? Who should we vote for? How do we navigate the Financial Industry? What about Health Care?
By combining the science of your Galactic Purpose Signature, your other Bodies with the Road Map, (the 13 moon calendar), we now are equipped with the tools to channel our energy through our Human Holon to the Planet Holon of the Earth.
WHY? YOU MAY ASK IS THE REASON FOR US REALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THIS ANCIENT WISDOM?
Well, when you watch the video attached to this email you will see that the scientific community is now coming to terms with the fact that we did not evolve from Apes as the Darwinian theory claims. Our Ancestors had wisdom and abilities that we have only briefly tapped into in our modern age. How is it that we have gone backwards? This is the time of a re-awakening of those dormant powers so that we can create for ourselves a mighty and peaceful civilization as did our ancestors before the conquerors altered history. Watch this video to see the amazing discoveries about the uses for the pyramids and details of how the society utilized the science of the Stars and Planets for healing etc. We are currently experiencing the end of an age, the Iron age. We are on the upswing of the pendulum, back to a Golden Age. THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL TIME IS HOW WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THIS UPSWING.
Here is the Link for the movie in its' entirety
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so that you don't have to watch it in pieces on youtube. But for those that are in a hurry, the youtube clip below part 2 of 5 will spark your interest to see more and to learn more and goes directly into the Olmec/Mayan connection.
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MT Welcomes BoB Law
PHILADELPHIA -- WURD -- the last home of Black talk radio in Philadelphia -- has struggled for the last few years, unable to attract advertisers or a large listenership.
Though small, the audience it did have was loyal. This support was largely a show of faith in the station’s owners -- the Lomax family -- who were perceived as at least having good intentions.
Then a new format was rolled out, transforming WURD into an information station. The station moved from the typical anger and complaint programming synonymous with most of today’s black radio to serious discussion of issues considered critical by the black community, including the Darfur crisis, the nationwide ramifications of Katrina and the Jenna 6 case in Louisiana. Suddenly the humble little 1000 watt AM was addressing the global black experience and consequently, taking its audience seriously.
This metamorphosis coincided with the arrival of nationally prominent and respected radio legend Bob Law. Though his efforts to program and reposition the station encountered some resistance from within, the growing audience responded with tremendous approval. The Bob Law Show featured conversations with dynamic personalities like Tavis Smiley, Maxine Waters, Cynthia McKinney, Minister Farrakhan and leaders from influential social organizations like SCLC and NCOBRA. Listeners were extremely active -- via constant letters, emails and on air calls. As a result of Bob Law’s expertise and influence, WURD was beginning to gain national attention.
MT Welcomes BoB Law 2
Save Black Radio Broadcast Summit: Bob Law formerly of Night Talk, nationally syndicated Radio Show.
An Open Letter From IMPAC
The Independent Movement For Political Action
And Then We Heard The Thunder
By Bob Law
There is something sinister about the country’s drift to the extreme right. With the aid and support of most of the country’s media, the ultra conservative right wing has begun to expand their war on the poor and working class in general and Black Americans in particular. For instance Michael Bloomberg, the unpopular and distrusted mayor of New York City, has proposed a social engineering plan that would place all new immigrants to America in Detroit Michigan, as a way of repopulating that city.
This, rather than relocating American industry in that city, a move that would create jobs and generate income for the current residents of Detroit most of whom are Black, As Americas economy continues to struggle, some of the nations largest mega corporations continue to export jobs and industry overseas while refusing to reveal the number of workers they employ in the United States compared to the number they employ outside the country. According to Travis Waldron at ThinkProgress.org The most recent data shows that this out sourcing has cost the United States 2.9 million jobs while creating 2.4 million jobs overseas between 2004 and 2009. Bloomberg says send people instead of industry to Detroit.
All the social comfort indicators make it clear that the overall condition of Blacks is becoming more and more fragile. Black people, however, are still being offered and are accepting symbolic victories that have no real substance. Blacks are still celebrating the number of Black elected officials even though they have been unable to deliver essential services as well as protections for the declining Black communities around the country. Blacks rejoice over the presence of a Black as the head of a major white corporation, while Blacks own less than 1% of all the businesses in America, 38% of Black Americans live below the poverty line, Black children are trapped in dysfunctional public school systems in every city in this country and the public school to prison pipeline has resulted in a prison population that is more than 51% Black.
MT Welcomes Yirser Ra Hotep of YOGA SKILLS joining Auset in the Studio
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MT Welcomes Yirser Ra Hotep of YOGA SKILLS joining Auset in the Studio 2
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1. Those interested in participating in a healing journey of Kemetic Yoga but do not desire to become certified as an instructor.
2. Those that are not certified as Yoga Instructors but want to become certified at the basic 200 hour practicum level. (See prerequisites below)
3. Current Kemetic Yoga Instructors who have become certified at the 200 hour certification level and now want to pursue the 500 hour certification level. (See prerequisites below) Depending on your category designation your fee will either be $1,695.00 for individuals not seeking certification OR $1,895.00 for individuals seeking certification at either the 200 or 500 level Join the 28 Billion Dollar Yoga Industry! Payment plans are available Payments can be made by credit card, cash or money order For more information contact: Yirser at 773 396-6613 or toll free 1 888 599-YOGA (9642) email: yirser@yogaskills.com
MT Welcomes Yirser Ra Hotep of YOGA SKILLS joining Auset in the Studio 3
YogaSkills Land of the Pharaohs Tour of Ancient Egypt 2012
The YogaSkills Land of the Pharaohs Tour of Ancient Egypt 2012 (July 24th – August 4th) is an exceptional combination of history, spirituality, culture, yoga and meditation. Join us as we experience the awe-inspiring, mystical land of the pharaohs spanning from the Pyramids of Giza in the north to the Temple of Abu Simbel near the border of Sudan in the south. Our price of $3,795.00 includes access to a myriad of treasures in antiquity, such as:
• The Temple of Abydos which is the birth place of the chief-god of Ancient Egypt, Ausar.
• The celestial Temple of Denderah which is home of the world’s oldest zodiac. At this location, we will explore hidden, underground chambers where secret rituals were conducted and evidence of Ancient Egyptian knowledge of electricity remains etched in compelling imagery on the walls.
• The Valley of the Kings where the tombs of legendary pharaohs of Egypt such as: Ramses II, Thutmose, King Tutankhamun and hundreds more are located.
• The Temple of Waset is the largest and most ancient spiritual complex on Earth. The layout of the United States capital is patterned after this complex which spanned 2,000 years to create with its colossal statues, Teken (obelisks) and etheric reflecting pool and sanctuaries.
• The majestic Temple of Luxor was built to reflect the psycho-spiritual structure of the human body. We will also enter the timeless domain of Queen Hatshepsut, Pharaoh during the 18th dynasty.
• We will cross the Nile on an ancient Egyptian style boat to saddle camels along the cliff road to ultimately arrive at the Nubian Village in Aswan. Here we will experience first-hand the unique culture of the descendants of the original African founders of ancient Egyptian civilization. To assist in local education efforts, school supplies will be delivered to the children of the community. The Nubian Village is plentiful with aromatic herbs/spices, jewelry, statues and fabric which are available for purchase.
• As we explore the germination site of the pyramid concept at the Step Pyramid of Sakarah, which was born from the multi-genius intelligence, Imhotep, we will behold an entire complex of mesmerizing pyramid structures. Additionally, one of the oldest texts in the world, the “Book of The Dead” (properly called Coming Forth by Day), is exquisitely carved on the walls at the Pyramid of Titi.
• We will also visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world and the splendid The Temple of Isis (Auset).
In addition to these epic attractions, you will also have access to:
· Round trip airfare from JFK airport in New York to Cairo
· 5 Star Hotel Accommodations (Double occupancy)
· 3 Day Nile cruise on a luxury cruise ship
· Ground transport on modern air-conditioned buses
· Overnight train ride with a sleeping car
· Meals (Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian options)
· Entrance fees to all main attractions
· Enchanting dance performances and other entertainment on evening Nile cruise
· Informative workshops on Kemetic Yoga, Meditation and Internal Energy Practices
· Intriguing lectures on Ancient Egyptian history, philosophy and spiritual science
Additional Costs:
· Visa $20.00 (Will be paid for in US currency upon arrival in Cairo)
· Tips: $175.00 person for one group tip for all services
· Camel Rides: $5.00
· Entrance Fee to Great Pyramid: 50 Egyptian Pounds (approximately 9 US Dollars)
Payment Options:
One complete payment:
Pay in Full and receive $100 off your total cost (not including additional costs, see above).
MT Opens with Ursula Lentine and Welcomes Queen Afua part 1
Ursula Lentine http://www.ursulalentine.com
The adventure of Growth is a gift of life Ursula enjoys sharing. As a licensed Minister, New Thought Practitioner, Spiritual Advisor, and Healer, she offers unique, powerful and transformational services to enhance your life experiences. Through this work, Ursula's compassionate perspective and unbridled commitment to a life well-lived is yours to attain.
As Spiritual Advisor, Ursula works privately with individuals and groups, helping them discover and release unconscious obstacles, allowing them to live an unencumbered and purposeful life. Her certifications include Metaphysics, Internal Family Systems, and Pranic Healing.
QUEEN AFUA
http://www.queenafua.com
Queen Afua is an internationally renowned best selling author, holistic wellness entrepreneur, and highly sought after natural health practitioner. She is committed to informing and inspiring global wellness through practice, products, and teaching. With a surplus of 35years experience, Queen Afua has built a wellness empire that includes The Global Sacred Woman Village, The Queen Afua Wellness Institute, The City of Wellness Society, and her signature Heal Thyself and Sacred Spirit product lines. She has published four critically acclaimed books: Heal Thyself, Sacred Woman, City of Wellness, and Overcoming An Angry Vagina.Queen Afua is the choreographer and creative architect of the Womb Yoga Dance as well as the director and actress of the Overcoming An Angry Vagina stage production.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY Queen Afua was an early wellness advocate for healthy organic vegan lifestyle and holistic approaches for achieving wellness. At the young age of 17, she took bold steps to begin treating her chronic asthma, arthritis, and with natural alternative methods and thereby discovered her life calling. Over the next 2 decades she immersed herself in the art of learning to use food and nature as healing elements becoming a certified colon therapist, fasting specialist, Hatha yoga instructor, and lay midwife.
Queen Afua has lectured globally and served as an expert consultant to numerous institutions and publications including Long Island University Medical Center, NASA, NYC Downstate Medical Center, and Omega Institute.Her work has impacted millions of people around the globe since the early 1970's with a client base that ranges across the United States and as far reaching as Africa, London, Australia , Canada , and the Virgin Islands..Her signature products, programs, and trainings are highly revered by naturopath colleagues and medical doctors alike as being at the forefront of wellness and self-care. Queen Afuas 21 Day and 12week programs and Heal Thyself products have been clinically tested with unanimously high success rates by Dr. Bernadette Sheridan. Dr. Bernadette Sheridan , a Family Practitioner for over 30 years, Director of Grace Family Practice , has partnered with Queen Afua and has successfully clinically tested Queen Afua's 21 day , 12 week program and products.
MT Welcomes Queen Afua part 2
Join
The Global Womb Wellness
Movement!
This work is to harmonize Planet Earth! Take a transforming journey of physical and ancestral healing that will restore the magnificence of your spirit through sacred initiation.
Queen Afua begins by helping to discover the unique "womb-an-ness" and to honor the womb as the center of our consciousness and creativity. Whether we are conceiving babies or businesses, ideas, or art, Queen Afua illuminates the importance of cultivating our Womb Wisdom. Once your optimal womb wellness has been established, you are ready for your initiation into Sacred Womanhood.
Queen Afua blesses with invaluable tools needed to bring your being into true harmony with planet earth, the cosmos, and your true greatness!
So, with love, wisdom, and passion, Queen Afua will guide you to accept your mission and your mantle as a Sacred Woman - to heal yourself, the generations of women in your family, your community, and your world.
MT Welcomes Queen Afua part 3
Scott-Heron began his recording career in 1970 with the LP Small Talk at 125th and Lenox. Bob Thiele of Flying Dutchman Records produced the album, and Scott-Heron was accompanied by Eddie Knowles and Charlie Saunders on conga and David Barnes on percussion and vocals. The album's 15 tracks dealt with themes such as the superficiality of television and mass consumerism, the hypocrisy of some would-be Black revolutionaries, and white middle-class ignorance of the difficulties faced by inner-city residents. In the liner notes, Scott-Heron acknowledged as influences Richie Havens, John Coltrane, Otis Redding, Jose Feliciano, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Huey Newton, Nina Simone, and the pianist who would become his long-time collaborator, Brian Jackson.
Scott-Heron's 1971 album Pieces of a Man used more conventional song structures than the loose, spoken-word feel of Small Talk. He was joined by Johnny Pate (conductor), Brian Jackson on keyboards, piano, Ron Carter on bass and bass guitar, drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Burt Jones playing electric guitar, and Hubert Laws on flute and saxophone, with Thiele producing again. Scott-Heron's third album, Free Will, was released in 1972. Jackson, Purdie, Laws, Knowles, and Saunders all returned to play on Free Will and were joined by Jerry Jemmott playing bass, David Spinozza on guitar, and Horace Ott (arranger and conductor). Carter later said about Scott-Heron's voice, "He wasn’t a great singer, but, with that voice, if he had whispered it would have been dynamic. It was a voice like you would have for Shakespeare.”
1974 saw another LP collaboration with Brian Jackson, the critically acclaimed opus Winter in America, with Bob Adams on drums and Danny Bowens on bass. The album contained Scott-Heron's most cohesive material and featured more of Jackson's creative input than his previous albums had. Winter in America has been regarded by many critics as the two musicians most artistic effort. The following year, Scott-Heron and Jackson also released Midnight Band: The First Minute of a New Day. A live album, It's Your World, followed in 1976 and a recording of spoken poetry, The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron, was released in 1979. In the July 1976 Bicentennial issue of Playboy Scott-Heron was profiled; the accompanying artwork shows Scott-Heron singing or speaking into a microphone as it melts from the heat of his words.
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