New York Open Center
22 E. 30th St.
New York, NY 10016
www.opencenter.org
Ph: 212.219.2527

AN EVENING WORKSHOP
Thursday, March 18, 8–10pm

In this workshop Tiokasin Ghosthorse will focus on the cedar wood flute tradition and its importance in Lakota culture. He has been renowned for his ability to com¬bine deep insights through the “spoken word” with the transcendent sounds of the flute in powerful teachings. He will explain how to listen to sound and tone, the use of the flute as sacred healing instrument, how it can affect the body at the deepest levels, and how it can be used to bring about conscious change. Tiokasin will teach us how the sounds of the flute can open us to higher levels of consciousness and how we too can learn to use this type of healing sound energy.

Note: Students are welcome to bring a wooden flute. Recommended store: New York Woodwind and Brass Music Corp., 212-302-5893.

Tiokasin Ghosthorse, of the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Nation of South Dakota, is a musician, poet, storyteller, university lecturer and scholar. He has been a major figure in reviving the cedar wood flute tradition. With a long career in indigenous rights activism, he hosts a program on WBAI called “First Voices Indigenous Radio,” which gives indigenous peoples worldwide a forum to educate others on current issues.