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Hi Bob:        Met you yesterday, and experienced the healing power of the drum right next to the falls, Beautiful!!!. Glen Helen---a very old friend, a long time place of power, peace and healing for me. What a beautiful place for drumming. Surprising it has taken so long to come there. Shanti   Bob        I had the extreme pleasure of having you drum over me. I felt my lower back loosen, relax, and let go of stress! I felt the energy release and go down my right leg and out thru my foot. It was amazing to feel this awesome experience thru the drumming you was doing! I would Highly recommend it for anyone! Blessings! Hi Bob        Just want to thank you for your "healing drumming hands." The drumming experience last night was wonderful. Take care and God bless            It was, with out a doubt, one of my most incredible, if not THE most incredible spiritual experience that I have ever been privileged to be part of in my life. All during I continually came into contact with spirits that I had never been in touch with before. I have no idea where I was but, I know where I was not. I was not in this body, for what seemed like, a very long time. Sometimes frightening, sometimes incredibly peaceful and safe. Always going forward, never backwards. When the ceremony finished, I felt completely humbled by the experience and the tears of both gratitude and shame fell like rain. I now feel that I am well on the way to being spiritually in the right place for whatever happens in my life, including my shoulder. I surely did not expect anything like that on that particular day, or any other day for that matter. I am very very grateful and remain humbled in the aftermath of what the spirits shared with me. What a privilege and honor. Peace and Blessings to you, my friend,              Your work was so beautifully. I haven't felt that held and that safe in a very long time. The power and intensity of my experience is an indicator of the space you held. It was as if Spirit brought multiple, holographic layers of healing in one concentrated time. My journey was amazing..I felt as if I became everything - the air, the earth, underground tributaries, the earth, fire, the mountains and stones, I looked out thru the eyes of animals- whales, panther, cassowary,......, I was immersed in all white space and light with a white stairway that didn't need steps, galaxy travel, stars, sun, felt spinning and twirling/unwinding, felt the heartbeat/ deepest, pulse of my aliveness, was visited by ascended masters, very distinct, you brought the whole world and Universe.            I met Bob Laake a few months ago at the Drum Healing circle at FourWinds Academy. The first thing I noticed about him is that he has this amazing energy, an intriguing combination of calm exuberance and nurturing that allows me to feel less guarded when I am around him. The next thing that caught my attention is his kick ass grin. OMG - it is irreverent, conspiratorial and just dances with hidden laughter. After getting to know him a little better, I also noticed that the man is NEVER still, but always tapping out a soundtrack looping through his head that only he is privy to. On the table with a spoon, on the floor with his feet, hell, once I even noticed that he was scrunching an empty water bottle in a pattern I recognized as Toby's nature rhythm. Each time I see that, I have to smile because it suits him - this restless rhythm making. It is an expression of his passion, his joy and his life's purpose. And it shines through him when he plays, no matter the instrument. Bob teaches drumming in the Cincinnati area to those of us still mystified by our djembes. He has a phenomenal amount of patience - even with someone as remedial as myself - and can easily break down a complex rhythm into digestible pieces that are more easily learned by your average, rhythmically-challenged, left-brain thinker. He seemed almost as excited as I was when I FINALLY got the oddly syncopated fire rhythm going. But then, I caught that grin of his, lost the rhythm and had to laugh where I normally would have become very frustrated with my own inability to get it. Somehow he brings out the sleeping drummer inside me - just like he will for you. Bob is providing our community with Sound Attunement Therapy (SAT) drum healing sessions, building on the foundation that Toby Christensen began here and carrying Toby's complete endorsement. According to Toby - 'The sun shines out of Bob's butt'. (Oh - I am so kidding. Toby didn't say that. He thinks the world of Bob, his drumming skills and his growing shamanic abilities. Neither Bob, nor Toby thought I would actually put that in here). Quite seriously though, Bob's presence here allows our drum healing community to have a strong constant center and to grow continuously. And my experience "under the drum" was nothing short of life-changing. It just took me a while to notice because I was too busy laughing and having fun. NSOROMMA