Beautiful video of Paul Horn playing at sunset at Keawakapu Beach on Maui, in front of the Maui Mana Kai and Five Palms Restaurant. http://MountainCalls.com

The Stillness Inside: The Meditation Music of Paul Horn is now available!

I spent hours and hours listening with so much pleasure to the music that Paul recorded in such sacred sites as The Great Pyramid, the Taj Mahal, the beautiful Kazamieras Cathedral of Lithuania, and the Grand Assembly Hall of the Potala Palace, where the Dalai Lama spent his boyhood.

I loved every moment of it. What peace. What beauty.

I chose the pieces that I thought would allow each of us to travel deeper into ourselves carried on the waves of his golden flute.

– Ann Mortifee, Producer of “The Stillness Inside”

The Stillness Inside is now available from Sounds True. Find out more at Paul Horn’s site HERE, listen to excerpts at Sounds True HERE.

New Film by Tom Vendetti and Robert C. Stone, with narration by Ann Mortifee, music by Paul Horn & Christopher Hedge.

When the Mountain Calls official site

Hawaii events with Ann and Paul

at the Maui Arts & Cultural Castle Theatre
Tickets: $25 MACC Box Office  808-242-7469

TV Spot

Please check out Tom Vendetti’s new website with more upcoming show information regarding When The Mountain Calls.

OTHER HAWAII EVENTS on Kauai and Oahu

November 12th 7pm   ~ Kauai  – KCC Performing Arts Center
November 13th two shows 1pm and 4pm ~ Oahu Doris Duke Theater

Ann’s singing in the dome was a life changing experience for me.  I expected that event to be an evening of good music in the presence of Paul Horn and friends.  Ann was a total surprise for me and I think for most of the audience.

When she started singing, I couldn’t help but close my eyes and allow her voice to transport me to a totally different realm of existence.  During the entire duration of the concert, I was just being transported to higher and higher, subtler and subtler levels of Being.  Words fall short of describing what I was witnessing happening.  It was a complete perspective changing event for me.  And since that concert I’ve been aware of a completely different reality of existence….  one which is more real than the everyday reality I experienced earlier, or still do every day.

Everything on the outside remains the same but I’ve just been made aware of my Absolute Nature at the deepest level.

Once the concert was over I went to the front of the Golden Dome to greet Ann.  I don’t remember what I told her, more precisely , I don’t remember what I said to her…. but she just held my hand gently and I know she completely understood whatever I was trying to say.

I came from the concert and tried explaining to my friends and how amazing it was for me.  I remember I told them that it was as if Ann is Mother Divine and she was just gently asking her son to come out and see the Leela.

I’m so grateful that I got to experience her that evening.  My friends were laughing at me, but they don’t realize what had just happened to me.  I’m most grateful for everything since then.  I’m still me in the outer world, but it is my inside which has been transformed.   Life is so much more playful to me now.  Everything is just an expression of the flow. Thank you, Thank you! A K

Paul Horn’s flute gave my mind a chance to wander and settle down….. full of lyrical vastness and breathing in of forms. Ann Mortifee’s signature pieces gave the exaltation of trance and transformation. All over I heard people …even a day or two later….saying that they were spell bound. This is real music, as close to the heart as it gets. - Mathew L-W, Washington , D.C.

Such a blissful concert last night.  I felt Ann’s singing healing my heart- she is the embodiment of Mother Earth. - Deboragh Weberg

Ann is an amazing, connected, earthy, yet out there, spiritual and ethereal woman.  She connects us with our own Deeper Self.  She speaks/acts from that gut level….. power from the solar plexus.  I was blown away by the evening.  I felt Ann opened all our hearts and gave us a glimpse of personal power we can all aspire to. - Helene Darisse

Ann has a powerful and beautiful voice and Being.  I loved her. She made me feel proud to be a woman. - Dr. Christy Kleinshnitz

The deep love between Ann and Paul was obvious….. and it flowed out so passionately through their wonderful music.  My companion had the same experience and immediately picked up on their magnetism. I really enjoyed their concert and I look forward to them returning soon. - Dr. David Leffler, musician

Ann and Paul’s concert was one of the most memorable events that we have had at MUM. Ann and Paul deeply touched everyone’s heart , soul,  body , mind,  and emotions. - Isabel Millman Heaton,  musician/songwriter

Ann’s concert was so beautiful and very relaxing. All of her stories and her amazingly vibrant voice with those deep sounds made the afternoon a complete joy. It really resonated with everyone, took us all out of the intellectual –and into our bodies. – J.D.

Ann Mortifee is definitely one of the best performers I ever saw and heard. Such beautiful voice, so much passion,  so lively.  I am looking forward to see and hear her again. - Birgitta Larsson

Paul was playing a bit before a concert in the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome at Maharishi University of Management, Fairfeld, IA. I was resting a bit before leaving the dome. My eyes were closed and so it was possible for me to enjoy the delicacy with which he explored the acoustics of the room. He played very slowly at first and then began to play more rapidly. The effect on me was very nourishing, I was very much enjoying the way he unfolded the confident rapid phrases from the confident slow explorations……People were more than just impressed — they were thrilled — by Paul and Ann. I definitely encourage all those who have not heard Paul to be alert to opportunities to hear him. Those who have heard him are already encouraged. - Steve Sufian

I was very settled in program and was so clear and open. Then the music started and the full measure of the inner consciousness which is infinitely malleable was transformed into the power of the emotions generated by Paul and Ann. Ann in particular has such a deep and powerful capacity to express emotions that we all feel…. but are unable to touch with that clarity and intensity. It is like someone turning on a switch in my body that awakens the primary love and courage of the heart to appreciate and share this Glorious life we live. Thank You for allowing me to remember. When Maharishi talks about pure consciousness he means a vast pure unobstructed capacity to become anything. If powerful positive emotions are triggered from the voice or musical instrument, the consciousness rises to become that wave and the more pure the consciousness the deeper the experience and the more powerful the ability to have it radiate out to others, not even in the room. The consciousness is pure region of potential and if you inject some glorious feeling into it then you get that back. If we all could hear this music every day we would be able to ?create the right type of world. It’s just having the capacity to remember the feeling. Then you automatically must share it. People walk into the room and they hear and feel the music and have an experience. When they leave the room they are not the same anymore, they can’t think the same way. They can only think, ‘I love this’ .’ I love this’ and then kiss their children differently when they return home. The reason Paul is 81 and is so vital is that he surrounds himself with the delicious flow of pure spontaneous creativity rooted in the eternal. The body has no choice except to create positive chemicals and keep itself at the highest level of function. - Allen Reminick. Mathematician and Jyotish Master

These are rare and heart filling events by two world class performers…… top priorities… if you are in the area. You will cherish your experience for your lifetime. – Jenica K Waymen

Link to the article, or read it below.

Musical icons’ show billed as intimate evening.

Ann Mortifee has been on a spiritual journey for many years of her life.

She has travelled both inward and outward.

Next week, the Canadian arts and culture icon, together with her husband Paul Horn, a jazz legend, comes to Calgary, where Mortifee will share some of her experiences and insights on the spiritual life and what she has learned over the years.

On Friday, Horn and Mortifee will present In Love with the Mystery at 7: 30 p.m. at Woodcliff United Church, 5010 Spruce Dr. S.W.

It is billed as an intimate evening of stories, improvised music and readings from Mortifee’s new book of the same name and CD.

“It’s an evening of storytelling. There will be a little bit of music. And we’re going to talk about these strange serendipitous experiences that led up to the book beginning almost 35 years ago,” says Mortifee.

“All my life I’ve been interested in why are we here, what’s the purpose of life. What’s my destiny? All those questions that most of us ask at some point. I’ve been kind of blessed to go through a lot of different spiritual traditions. I’ve travelled a lot. I’ve believed things and let them go. And embraced more. In the end, can I really name what it is that most fascinates me? No, I really can’t. It’s a mystery. And I think if I ever say a prayer, it’s To Whom It May Concern.”

She says as the world gets smaller and different communities, traditions and realities become more evident to all people, “the mystery of life becomes more fascinating and the need to articulate it and say ‘this is the truth’ just seems to go away.”

“I got up every morning at five o’clock and they were thoughts that came to me after a lifetime of travelling inwardly and outwardly,” Mortifee says of her book.

Then on Saturday, there will be a full-day workshop from 10 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. at the church called Sacred Union. Horn and Mortifee will bring together their “unique and shared life experiences,” says a poster promoting the event.

“You will love this day and come away with: tools to integrate mind, body, emotion and spirit; the ability to use your physical body as an ally in staying grounded in the present moment. Through music, story, improvisation and meditation, you will find yourself expanded and joyous.”

For more general and ticket information for both events, visit www.annmortifee.com.

Mortifee says she’s been a singer all her life and many years ago she began teaching workshops on how to be more creative, opening yourself up and getting in touch with your own creativity.

“Through that whole process, I became conscious of how the body plays into your ability to be creative. When the body gets shut down, how hard it is to access your passion, and how creativity of course is so interconnected with passion,” she says.

“We do a little bit of singing. We do a little bit of visioning. And it’s just a day to reflect. Go inward. To feel where you’re stuck in your body. To open yourself up a bit. And to get in touch with your creative essence. So the Sacred Union is real ly about bringing the different aspects of yourself together.

“The day is really about how to unify the self in a way that gives you more power, more joy, more peace and more inner balance and harmony.”

mtoneguzzi@calgaryherald.com

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Musical+icons+show+billed+intimate+evening/5381900/story.html#ixzz1XZXcPSMP

Tix for Evening: http://annmortifeepaulhorncalgary-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Tix for Workshop (Includes Friday evening): http://sacredunioncalgary.eventbrite.com

ANN MORTIFEE & PAUL HORN invite you to an event. from Living Forest Communities on Vimeo.

My love affair with the forests began decades ago when I first donned backpack and set off into the mountains. Now, Paul and I live tucked amongst hundreds of acres of preserved forestland.

It was out of this love of the woods that a sadness began to gather in me each time I passed a clear-cut devastated by industrial logging. In response to my desire to promote a gentler alternative to the way we work and live in the forest, friends and I formed the Trust for Sustainable Forestry. Much of my time over the last 9 years has been devoted to developing a conservation model and finally we are ready to share our vision in a broader way.

On Sept. 11th, Paul and I would like to invite you to join us as we celebrate a momentous milestone in our journey. We are hosting a gathering at Elkington Forest, just north of Victoria, BC. Through our partnership with Living Forest Communities a second conservation community is about to be launched. Paul and I are blessed to be able to purchase one of the first lots and we will be having a ground-breaking ceremony for the building of one of the first homes.

Please think about joining us. We will have cake and refreshments together, time to relax and enjoy nature at its best. I feel so thrilled to have come to this point, and who knows, you might even desire to join this special conservation community that will help to conserve 1000 acres of pristine forest.
Love,
Ann

Friday, September 23rd

In Love with the Mystery: Join Ann and Paul for an intimate evening of stories, improvised music and readings from Ann’s inspirational new book and CD.

7:30 PM at Shatford Centre 760 Main Street, Penticton, B.C.

TICKETS: Friday evening: $10
phone: 250-770-7668, at the door or online via Eventbrite

Saturday September 24th

Sacred Union FULL DAY WORKSHOP 10:00am – 4:30pm
A lively workshop featuring Ann Mortifee & Paul Horn

Jazz legend, Paul Horn, and his wife, Canadian arts and culture icon, Ann Mortifee, bring together their unique and shared life experiences.
You will love this day and come away with:
• Tools to integrate mind, body, emotion and spirit
• The ability to use your physical body as an ally in staying grounded in the present moment
Through music, story, improvisation and meditation, you will find yourself expanded and joyous.

Register for the Saturday Workshop online HERE at Eventbrite or phone: 250-770-7668

Download pdf of the Poster_for_Penticton