Awaken Engage

A reflection and guided meditation…and some handpan ☺️. Note: If you just want the Guided Meditation, scrub to 8:50 on the audio track.  What masks do you wear? What do you see in the mirror? Who do you see in the mirror? How can you live from your fullest and truest self throughout the day?  Join me in exploring these questions and engaging in practices to connect you to your true self in each moment. May we reflect in our lives who we truly are ☺️☺️.

A reflection on ownership and identify.

What is asking for your attention today, right now? What wants to be seen, heard, connected with, and noticed? What do you do with “unwanted” sensations, feelings, and thoughts? If we want to live in the present, this is a muscle we have to develop.

https://youtu.be/3BY7CmQWOf4

Gene’s Song


While playing at the assisted living center this morning, one of our friends was passing away in his room. It is hard to describe the emotions from that scene. As we sat together, watching the flow of friends and family coming to pay their respects, a song emerged for the moment. This is our song, Gene’s Song.


So often, in our culture, death is hidden away from public view and we have few experiential “muscles” to help us through these times until we are faced with losing someone close enough to us that we can’t “get away” from this very natural stage of life. 


Gene was only at the center for three weeks and he was often asleep during our time together or talking in ways that made it difficult for us to understand.  But once, while the handpan was comforting us with its healing frequencies, he lifted his head and looked up at us, suddenly alert, and said, “Ahhhh...So peaceful.” 


I feel a great sense of gratitude for this group of people who have allowed me to be a small part of their lives. And I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the handpan and how it has brought healing and peace not only to me but now through me. 


I learn much from them. We laugh together, we play music together, and sometimes we cry together. 


May we all be peace, joy, wholeness, and love in this ever-changing world. 


Peace.

Audio Only (scrubbable)

https://youtu.be/GjZMLx-cA1Q

30 minutes of unedited Handpan playing I recorded last night as I was working with and through post-concussion symptoms of nausea, tinnitus, disorientation, and migraine. 


I began the session feeling the weight of the symptoms, and ended the session with a sense of lightness, hope, healing, and a different relationship to the pain. 


I continue to be in awe of the healing power of sound. 


Peace ✌️☺️

Audio Only (scrubbable)

https://youtu.be/NSMwkQSjSpw

A meditation for the early hours of the morning when the veil is thin and you hear the messages that might be drowned out during the busy moments of the day. 


A meditation addressing our identity. 


Peace ☺️✌️

Nothing is Lacking (Audio only)

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