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“The Oregon Flute Store has spent several years focusing on our customer’s needs and building strong relationships with quality artists such as Nina Umai Spiro. Nina Umai’s music is always our first choice for anyone requesting pure flute music and is always our top seller. We will continue to support Nina Umai with each new release and will relax with her music in both our store and custom flute shop.” – In Song, Jeff & JoAnn Calavan, Owners of the Oregon Flute Store, Vida, Oregon

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“Prepare to be moved when Nina’s fluting enters you. She give sweet voice to the earth, the plants, your bones, sticks and stones. Delicious and deeply nourishing.” – Susun S. Weed – Wise Woman Tradition, Author and Herbalist, Woodstock, New York

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“Trust Your Inner Wisdom is a vital part of the atmosphere we create for our ceremonial herbal body wrap experiences for groups of women. Its patterns and rhythms induce states of profound rest, inner journeying and deep healing.” – Beth Weintraub, The Herbal Body Wrap Experience, Eugene, Oregon

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“In the hands of Nina Umai Spiro, the Native American flute becomes a powerful instrument of healing and contemplation. Nina Umai is one of the few truly meditative flute players; she artfully combines both passion and discipline. The interplay of sounds and silence; the nuance of pitch and timbre; every breath is there for a reason, and it is right where it needs to be. The overall effect is one of transparency. When Nina Umai Spiro plays the flute, she goes deep within, and draws the listener in with her. One soon forgets that they are hearing someone play the flute. Rather, they are surprised to find that the flute is, somehow, playing them.” – Daniel Jarvis, Flutemaker and Spiritual Healer, Eugene, Oregon

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“Nina Umai created a magical healing circle at the Omega Institute when she was invited to work with students from the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Her presense, artistry, and ability to connect with each person allowed them to open to their own healing potential. I was in awe of the tears and emotion that filled the room as sound was directed toward each group member. Nina Umai has a unique gift that is powerful, dynamic, and transformative.” – Nancy Mangano Rowe, PhD - Faculty Mentor, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Woodstock, New York

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“We have been selling Nina Umai Spiro’s CDs since 1999 with great success. It seems that all we need do is play it in the background and customers inevitably ask “who is that playing?” and then they purchase the CD. Her lyrical flute fills our bookstore with a peaceful joy that is truly a delight!” – Teyani Whitman, Manager, Cybercafé & Bookstore, Clinton, Washington

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“Nina Umai Spiro played her flutes in a sound healing-journeying concert event during our weekend healing workshop. Her music was loving and inspirational. She touched the hearts and souls of our group. She connected with each individual, and the music gave each person what he or she was looking for in their spiritual journey. We highly recommend Nina’s music as a way of supporting people who have an interest in introspection and musical journeying.” – Stevan Thayer and Carol Armitage, The Center of Being, Inc., Woodstock, New York

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“Your recording, Listening Inside, uplifts the spirits and sells itself. The travelers who stop at my Art Gallery find it because I always have Nina Umai Spiro’s music playing or ready to play. Often people take a CD when they depart. As other products become available, do send me notice.” – Many thanks from Delta Arts, Mattie Robbins, Delta Arts, Lilliwaup, Washington

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“Nina’s music is deeply relaxing and very therapeutic. It transports a person to another place and time . . . to where one can look inside oneself and explore their innermost being. I highly recommend it for many uses from deep relaxation to background music for therapy and counseling to support music for all forms of body work and other hands-on healing work. I’ve used it many times in my Reiki classes and it’s always been a favorite of my students.” – Gordon Rosenberg, Reiki Master-Teacher & Therapeutic Movement Instructor, Eugene, Oregon

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“In our shop on the Village Green of Woodstock we have been selling Nina Umai Spiro’s music, first Listening Inside then Trust Your Inner Wisdom for the past three years. They have been two of our best selling CDs. The rich soulful sound of her flute creates a peaceful healing atmosphere which appeals to many people, some seeking appropriate background music for their healing work, others choosing the quiet intensity of her music for their own meditation and relaxation. I look forward to carrying her latest releases.” – Wendy Lines, Pondicherry, Woodstock, New York

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“Nina’s music has such pure intention, beautiful sound and improvised visual accompaniment. Beautiful flute melody, phrasing and tone. Sweetness and wisdom of sound; extremely well-recorded and effective. Solo Native Flute is certainly not new but her very personal approach to this instrument is.” – Taxi, Independent A & R Listings, Los Angeles, California

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“From the moment I put my flute to my lips in session with Nina, I was transformed. From that moment I have lived differently by discovering... uncovering... the music from my soul that had been silent, just waiting to be reawakened.” – Bethel Evans, Pravada Sound Healing student with flutes, Eugene, Oregon

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“I first experienced the healing power of Nina Umai Spiro’s flute playing after the trauma of 9/11. The sound of her flute was a catalyst to the release of held in emotions and initiated an experience of great peace. Nina’s music provides a way to deepen and reconnect to Spirit.” – Esther Frances, Astrologer and Vocalist, Kerhonkson, New York

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“Nina Umai Spiro’s gentle, heart-felt music is a perfect compliment to my massage and aroma therapy practice at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.” – Karen Beth, Licensed Massage Therapist, Bearsville, New York

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“Nina Umai has an innate understanding that sound is sacred and is a portal to other states of consciousness and healing energies. These qualities are evident in her concerts and recordings, her healings with clients, and as a guide for students of sound healing.” – Marvin Taub, Pravada Sound Healing and flute student, Oneonta, New York

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“Sitting, eyes closed, listening, being with the sound coming from Nina’s flute, I felt in the presence of a master musician — one who is able to get out of the way of her small self and allow us direct contact with that which is beyond us, but which is always present. I felt I was given a profound gift.” – Arlene Metrick, educational Therapist, New York, New York

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“Nina’s music is a meditation, bringing me into each moment, gently holding and releasing with great joy. As a massage therapist, I play her music during sessions to create an atmosphere of healing and serenity that has profound yet subtle and unobtrusive effect. I can play it over and over and never tire of the delicious sound.” – Heidi Washburn, Licensed Massage Therapist, Bearsville, New York