Essential Program
Shores of the Heart is an interactive live music experience tailored to fit the individual needs of your community. Part song, part storytelling, part audience conversation, Shores inspires personal reflection and community dialogue, particularly around topics that are hard to address in more conventional means. Often used in conjunction with in-house therapy groups, or combined with additional services (see below for offerings), the core musical program typically runs for one hour. Even as a stand alone experience, participants note an increase in positive feelings, hopefulness, connection, and calm.
Communities Served
Veterans, Active Duty Military Personnel, and their FamiliesIn 2011 Rob got involved with a program in NYC called the Veteran-Civilian dialogue and came to a deeper understanding of how the military service of a number of his own family members had impacted not just their lives but the family as a whole. He has been actively engaged in working with the veteran community ever since, teaching meditation classes, sharing songs, and co-facilitating holistic wellness retreats. Many of his songs speak to the ethos of service that present and former military members share, as well as the challenges of homecoming, and the emotional and spiritual toll of war.
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Substance Abuse Recovery Groups, and Treatment CentersRob's songs, hard-won through personal experience, speak directly to the mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges of walking a path of recovery. Characteristic of recovery culture, they also offer a hearty dose of humorous self-deprecation, tempered with honest, anecdotal experience, strength, and hope.
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Church Groups, Colleges Clubs, Spiritual Communities, and Yoga CentersDriven by a disillusionment with the superficiality of our modern culture, people are turning to various spiritual traditions with great zeal to seek answers to life's most important questions. As a longtime seeker of spiritual truths, Rob has encountered many of the joys and pitfalls that await the traveler along these roads. His songs will touch the heart of anyone who aspires to achieve a deeper connection with the divine.
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Add on Services
Fire Ceremony for Releasing the Past and Seeding the FutureGuilt, shame, anger, remorse, despair: all these painful emotions are commonplace for people who've lived through the nightmares of combat, addiction, and abuse. They weigh down on the heart and tarnish the soul of people struggling to overcome trauma.
Fire is a transformational element and ceremony is a way of approaching the sacred in a non threatening/non linear way. Fire ceremony participants typically feel much lighter and more connected after a ceremony. They report an increased sense of peace and hope. |
Qigong Meditation WorkshopMany recovery programs suggest that some type of mindfulness practice is essential to the healing process. Unfortunately, they often fall short in delivering a practical skill set, and the novice is left to figure it out on his or her own. Misconceptions abound, and, frustrated by their perceived failure, people give up before they develop a working practice.
Rob has been a practitioner of Turtle Longevity Qigong since the early days of his own recovery in 2001. A gentle form that combines simple, standing movements with focused visualization, Turtle Longevity Qigong is easy to learn and can be practiced independently or with a group. From the beginning it has been an indispensable recovery tool. |
Despacho CeremonyA staple of Andean healing traditions, the despacho ceremony is a beautiful way to give thanks and bring balance to any situation. Often done in community, a despacho ceremony offers participants a chance to really tune in with their needs and desires, ask for divine assistance, and set intentions. Using symbolic ingredients like sugar, corn, leaves, shells, and rice, participants co-create a healing mandala designed to attune everyone present to their highest individual and collective visions. It's a beautiful, communal experience that leaves participants feeling joyful, grateful, interconnected, and in touch with a power greater than themselves.
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