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Cultivating a Musical Response to Divisiveness and Existential Fear
Cultivating a musical response to the symphony of dissonant notes screaming for attention in our world right now is not a distant, poetic idea. Itās a tangible, practical skill. Uncomfortable, yes. Difficult, yes. Full of the mess of aliveness, yes. A swift and tidy spiritual bypass would be much easier. But leaning in to listen deeply, to feel whatās truly alive in us, can also make this moment resonant with hope and possibility.
Have you been tempted to write off someone in your life who has (or hasnāt) adopted a particular conspiracy narrative with the pandemic?
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The Healing Power of Voice
In this interview by Jeff Greenwald for The Nine Gifts,Ā Anandra speaks about the Healing Power of Voice.
Jeff Greenwald:
We begin to control the sounds we make when we are babiesābut when and why do we actually start singing?
Anandra George:
That's a wonderful questionābut not being a developmental child psychologist or child linguist, I can't answer that with any kind of authoritative stance. But I can answer from my own perspective.
When I was a child, my mother told me that I was humming to myself all the time. She would always ask me, "What are you singing? Wh...
Cultural Appropriation: Let's Learn a New Way Together
This post has been long-gestating within me, as Iāve grappled with my own deeply seated belief systems about āwho I am,ā and what rights I have to teach mantra and nÄda yoga as a non-Indian white woman. My own story of horrifying mistakes and the long road Iām walking on towards integrity aside (Iāll tell it later), Iād like to offer this list of resources right away. (Scroll down to straight to it.) Itās a work in progress, coming home to truthā¦ and the first step is educating ourselves so we can begin to have the difficult conversations within ourselves.
Many of the...
