Meherbaba, Mani Irani, Inayat Kahn, Robin Morgan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Trudell, Kay Gardner, Ella Fitzgerald, Mousey Alexander, Benny Goodman, Bruce Coburn, Joni Mitchell, Bob and Jane Brown, Diana Laffey, Dev Singh and Doug Lofstrom.
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The Folk Music Source Book places Tricia's "intelligent contemporary writing" in the same league as: "Holly Near, Cheryl Wheeler, Anne Hills and Christine Lavin."
Tricia Alexander is an award-winning performing and healing artist with a 30-year history in community arts development (individual creativity and self expression with a focus on youth, Elder and women's programming). She stepped onto the Reiki path in 1991, using Reiki in her concerts, workshops and after school programs (in the USA and Britain). .......................
Tricia is also a Reiki Master Teacher, a BodyTalk Access Technician and a BodyTalk Practitioner. Her private practice takes her into homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities. ........................
Her continuing education includes: Mind Over Genes, The New Biology, a day-long intensive workshop with: Bruce Lipton (Quantum Physicist, Teacher and Author: The Biology of Belief), a two year apprenticeship in the use of Modal and Sonic Tools for Healing with Meistra Kay Gardner (Reiki Master, Musician, Composer, Author: Sounding The Inner Landscape) with deep listening exercises by Pauline Oliveros. .......................
In 2007 and 2008, Tricia took a series of intensive workshops with Dr. Michael Ryce (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and Holistic Philosophy, Founder/ Director of Heartland, world renowned lecturer and teacher focusing in Bodymind principles, physics and ancient Aramaic studies). Ryce workshops: Self-Healing, Healing Through Relationships, The Inner Process of Forgiveness, On Creating Consciously, Anger and Grief Resolution. .......................
Tricia is also a singer songwritier and performance poetm an acomplished guitarist and harmonica player. Tricia's Reiki-filled voice soothes the heart and spirit. She is known as "one of Chicago's finest folk performers - Always a little on the jazzy side" (Chicago Sun Times). Her original blues, jazz and folk music ranges from soothing and deeply spiritual to social commentary - and from lightly romantic to slightly bawdy. Humanities Iowa calls her, "A modern-day Aesop" - and the Folk Music Source Book places her "intelligent contemporary writing" in the same league as: Holly Near, Cheryl Wheeler, Anne Hills and Christine Lavin. .......................
Tricia's recent Reiki-filled CD Grace, is being well-received as a work that lifts the heart and soothes the spirit. She is currently working on two projects, I Know What I'm Looking For (a new CD) and Hymns to Her (a new book of poetry). .......................
Hi, Tricia. It's great to hear from you. Jen and I don't have anything coming up in Chicago, but I will be in Kalamazoo at the medieval congress this week! Aage
