Alana Woods grew up on a farm in the midwest. She has a lifelong love of nature,many alternative healing modes, all the transpersonal arts and especially music., and plays piano and harp professionally. In 1980, after leaving her profession in the Unity ministry, she lived on a mountain in North Carolina and created a pioneer work in music and sound healing. She worked with private clients in many places, traveled and taught about the affect of music for your health for 12 years in the US and Europe.;In 2003 her first book "The Healing Touch of Music: An Exploration"(with accompanying CD in back) came out. She has produced a series of multimedia materials documenting her work. See website www.soundvistas.com