Workshops und Vorträge

On Saturday afternoon various presentations and workshops will be offered in parallel. You may choose to attend either two presentations or one workshop.

Presentations (Presentation 1: 4:15–5:15 pm / Presentation 2: 5:30–6:30 pm, see pp. 15–18):

If you choose the presentations, you may visit two during the allotted times; for each time slot there will be a choice of two topics.

Workshops (Workshop time: 4:15–6:15 pm, see pp. 22–33):

Depending entirely upon your interests and the field in which you would like to work with sound, you may attend one workshop from a selection of twelve that is the most appealing to you. The workshops will offer concrete suggestions for practical applications.

We recommend that participants who are not yet familiar with sound massage attend the basic workshop “Introduction to Peter Hess-sound massage” with Peter Hess and Connie Henning.

If you wish to attend one of the advanced workshops we recommend you should have completed the “Sound Massage I” basic training seminar, since the respective workshops usually focus closely on the previously introduced targeted use of sound massage.

Please state your choice when registering.

How our brain processes sound

Opening presentation by Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer, Ulm
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am

Unlike our eye, which delivers one million pixels to the brain about 20 twenty times per second, the input of our hearing is very modest. The eardrum jiggles on the left and jiggles on the right.

Sound kindergarten

Presentation by Beate van Dülmen, Haren
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 12:00-1:00 pm

The first part of this presentation will show some insights into what we experienced in our daily active use of “Peter Hess-sound education and counselling” methods and the “KliK-concept” in the kindergarten.

Sound break

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Hella Erler and Prof. Dr. Luis Erler, Regensburg
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 12:00-1:00 pm

We deal with the question of how the sound-related educational approach can be put into use in kindergartens and schools where education and training take place under conditions set by institutional demands (big groups, curriculum, educational scopes, rapid change of carers etc.)

Nada Brahma, the world is sound – on sound pioneer Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Presentation by Jadranka Marijan-Berendt, Berlin
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 3:00-4.00 pm

“From being the son of a pastor and member of the anti-Nazi resistance to a student of an Indian spiritual leader. From the organ bench in my father’s church, from Louis Armstrong and John Coltrane, and onward to world music and the ‘basic sounds’ of the earth, the sun and the planets to meditation. From hearing the outside to listening inside. Life – a sound. Paths between jazz and Nada Brahma.” (J. E. Berendt)

The German music journalist, producer and physicist Joachim-Ernst Berendt (July 20, 1922 – February 4, 2000) was not only an important jazz editor; he is also considered to be “the sound pioneer”. With his radio feature “Nada Brahma, the world is sound”, which was broadcast for the first time in 1981, he reached a vast audience and distinctly paved the way for today’s “sound community”.

Impact of sound on cell cultures

Presentation by Mag. Dr. Maria Anna Pabst, Graz
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-5:15 pm

To verify if vibrations of a singing bowl already take effect on the cellular level, we isolated human endothelial cells from blood vessels, and initiated a cell culture. The cells were exposed to the vibrations of a singing bowl, classified as a Peter Hess therapy heart bowl, on three consecutive days. Vibration measurements of the singing bowl and the cell culture dish positioned underneath it were made with a laser vibrometer. As a control we used non-treated endothelial cells.

Recent research findings on Peter Hess-sound massage

Presentation by Dr. med. Kerstin Gommel, Berlin
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-5:15 pm

In the recent past, Peter Hess-sound massage has been analysed using various approaches and techniques. Up to now, a Peter Hess-sound massage practitioner could rely on a vast range of reports based on personal experience from diverse fields of application. Now, for the first time, fundamental research provides objective findings on the effects of sound massage. First measurements of brain-wave activities, perception tests and analyses on the cellular level have been conducted in connection with the use of singing bowls. In addition, a fairly large group of people has been interviewed systematically about their stress level and body image during and after a sound massage.

Sound settings in in-patient child and youth care facilities

Presentation by Gabriele Ehnis, Sternenfels and Petra Emily Zurek, Schweringen
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 5:30-6:30 pm

We would like to introduce you to the development and effectiveness of the advanced training program “Peter Hess-sound education and counselling”, created by Peter Hess and Petra Emily Zurek, using as an example the work with young adults.

Music from water, stone and metal in art and therapy

Presentation by Prof. Mag. Klaus Feßmann, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 5:30-6:30 pm

The properties of sounds were considered to be much more multifaceted in ancient China than is the case in the world today. For every tone there used to be a time of day at which it had to be sounded, an age in a person’s life for which it stood, a direction, a colour, a number. In this context, when observing heavily suffering patients who are happy when subjected to therapeutic applications of music and sound, it is often their looks, their joy that is perceived when the basis of the music, the vibrations, manifest themselves.

Sound, resonance and relationship

Presentation with music by Prof. Dr. med. Rolf Verres, Heidelberg
Saturday, September 11, 2011: 10-11:30 am

When we experience singing bowls, our joint focus of attention on pleasing spheres of sound often has the effect that after a while we can no longer locate the bowl acoustically. We sense something pleasantly floating in the room all around us and also in our own bodies. So-called “surround sound” is far more than a physical phenomenon based on reflection of sound waves and on resonance.

Water-Sound-Forms

Resonating vibrations connecting spirit and material substance, and the secret of liquid water
Video presentation by Alexander Lauterwasser
Sunday, September 11, 2011: 12-1:30 pm

At the beginning of all form-giving processes – from the crystallisation of stones up to the embryonal development of living creatures – you always find a liquid phase which is characterised by an utmost degree of impressionability, sensitivity and plasticity, i.e. a particular ability to resonate. This sensitive openness of liquid water to most subtle influences is the precondition for new forming impulses - transmitted by vibrations – to be able to have transforming effects in the world, by giving shape to the materail substance or even filling it with life.

Basic workshop: Introduction to Peter Hess-sound massage

Workshop with Peter Hess and Connie Henning
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

This workshop offers you insights into how the method developed, the sequence and the central effects of Peter Hess-sound massage and its numerous areas of application.

Sound massage is usually easily accepted by most clients. The pleasant sounds of the singing bowls with their rich overtones have a soothing, relaxing effect and they instill confidence.

Breath, sound and body work

Jadranka Marijan-Berendt, Berlin
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

Breath carries life. Our life begins with the first breath and ends with the final one. Breath comes, flows through me, it goes, it sweeps through me and I wait, listening, listening attentively till it comes back on its own. Closely linked with breath: speaking, intoning, singing, moving. Vowels and consonants are connected with different parts of our body. When we intone, sing, or speak they unfold their relieving effects and stimulate self-healing capacities.

Sound massage in the treatment of disturbing tinnitus

Uwe H. Ross, PhD, Freiburg i.Br.
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

The perception of distressing sounds in the ears or the head (tinnitus) is very common. In Germany alone about three million people suffer from annoying tinnitus with resulting sleep disorders, concentration disturbances, decreases in work performance as well as anxiety, depression and social isolation.

Sound massage and physical therapy

Zeljko Vlahovic, Dipperz/Rhön
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

More and more therapists are using sound massage in their professional fields. In occupational therapy and physiotherapy sound massage is increasingly gaining a foothold as a regular component of therapy, for example, for the:

Sound massage and music therapy

Sound – music - therapy: Kerstin Wöhlbier, Magdeburg
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

Our modern world compels us to deal with major challenges every day. As a consequence, a manifold variety of individual disorders can be observed. Holistic methods like music and sound therapy to cope with them are gaining in importance. In this workshop I will introduce both approaches to you, highlighting their basic assumptions and comparing the two. Simple exercises will give you a personal feeling for these methods. I will also familiarise you with both the possibilities and the limitations of these two types of therapy in professional and private use.

Sound massage and health care

Rosemarie Bleil, Rosenheim
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

This workshop addresses people interested in bringing about positive changes in long-term care work. I will show you possibilities of how to optimally integrate sound and sound massage in work with people who need additional care, even under time constraints. Topics include the introduction of singing bowls in the care context as well as key figures important to the management of care institutions and the medical service.

Sound massage and dementia

Pia Fratoianni, Nürnberg
Samstag, 10.9.2011 von 16:15-18:45 Uhr

There are many possibilities for the use of sound methods with people suffering from dementia – both in individual and group settings. They include sensomotoric activation, senses work and biography-oriented memory work, and palliative or terminal care.

Sound massage as a complementary method in healthcare professions

Dr. med. Jens Gramann, Berlin
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

Equally as varied as the therapeutic spectrum of non-medical and medical healthcare professionals are the possibilities for using sound massage as a complementary method. What is crucial is the therapeutic intention. The spectrum of possibilities ranges from pure wellness, relaxation, stress management, blood pressure reduction and hypnosis-based, psychotherapeutic approaches right through to energy and even spiritual healing, just to name a few.

Sound massage with handicapped individuals

Tanja Bock, Kiel
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

It was the practical work with severely disabled individuals and their carers that initiated new approaches in the Peter Hess-sound education and counselling field. Special KliK-workshops have been created for the work with disabled people. This workshop is designed to present the new concept to you. The main focus lies on sensitivity and perception, and on nonverbal communication with people with disabilities. Practical information will be given on the following topics:

Sound massage in clinical applications

Angelika Rieckmann, Bad Driburg
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

The Peter Hess-sound methods offer a very successful approach with above-average results for motor, sensory and psychic treatment and improvements in the care situation. Patients from different sections, e.g. neurology, intensive care, orthopedics, psychosomatics, oncology, psychiatry and addiction can benefit from the harmonising vibrations and the reorganising touch of high-quality Peter Hess® therapy singing bowls when it comes to pains, mobility constraints, sensitivity and perceptive or body image disorders as well as for muscle tone regulation, improvement of drive, attention, communication and for emotional stabilisation.

Measuring stress with the heart rate variability method

Andreas Rehländer, Rastede
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

Heart rate variability is the ability of the heart to adjust the intervals between two heartbeats to meet physical demands, while remaining in a coherent rhythm (optimum synchronisation of the rhythms of pulse, breathing and blood pressure). The greater the HRV, the more healthy, stress-resistant and adaptable to changes we are. As a scientifically proven, meaningful measure of heart and brain interaction and the adaptability of the autonomic nervous system, HRV is a benchmark for global fitness and health.

Sound in the kindergarten – the KliK Project

Anna Avramidis, Schüttorf
Saturday, September 10, 2011: 4:15-6:45 pm

KliK means “sound in children’s groups”. You find singing bowls in many kindergartens, and many kindergarten teachers have had some experience with singing bowls at work. On the basis of kindergarten teachers’ extensive practical experience the Peter Hess Institut developed the further training concept called KliK that teaches participants the competent and targeted use of singing bowls for their work with children’s groups.

Tibetan songs and mantras featuring Dechen Shak-Dagsay

Dechen Shak-Dagsay, daughter of Lama Dagsay Rinpoche, has lived in Switzerland since her childhood. Already as a child she loved to sing Tibetan folk songs with her mother. In 1999 she released her debut album DEWA CHE, which gained her fame not only in Switzerland but also far beyond its borders. Many other productions have followed.

Accompanied by her Swiss producer Helge van Dyk (grand piano) and shakuhachi virtuoso Jürg fuyûzui Zurmühle, Dechen Shak-Dagsay will present Tibetan songs and mantras at the 5th Sound Congress. With an impressive new air of self-assurance, the exceptional singer combines age-old mantras with contemporary sounds that make the listener feel like meditating, relaxing or dancing.

(www.dechen-shak.com)

Festive evening & concert on Saturday

Peter Hess turns 70 this year, a fitting cause for celebration on Saturday evening – of course with scores of sounds!

Percussionist and musical sound specialist Peter Gabis of Vienna (www.petergabis.com) will set the tone of the evening’s musical program in a way that only he can.