The Motivation: End my Migraines! 

The idea for the award-winning CD, Seasons of the Soul, came from my own healing experience. I had struggled for years with all sorts of mysterious illnesses. None of my symptoms added up to a specific diagnosis, and so none of the treatments I tried worked completely. 

When the mystery illness evolved into a migraine that wouldn't stop, I became a gentle warrior for my own health. I worked with a talented acupuncturist on Hawai'i Island, and when I became too sensitive for needles, she taught me how to adjust my energy, and reduce the headaches, by what foods I ate. 

Connecting Food to Seasons

I ate what she recommended, and then gradually wanted to know why she was recommending these foods to me. She pointed me to a wonderful book called, Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford. It is a tome and dominates the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. 

As I began eating in order to stop the headaches, I began to notice that the foods that my acupuncturist was suggesting were following the seasons. My body actually wanted to eat what was in season. Eating foods that were out of season or shipped from somewhere else were contributing to my headaches.

I continued to eat, following my body and following the seasons. I began to notice other patterns that followed the seasons, too. Different emotions or parts of myself seemed to step forward at certain times of year, and they seemed to be in a regular cycle. 

I began to regain my health when I allowed my body to follow the seasons. 

Enter the Harp

I started improvising around the idea of creating musical seasons according to ancient traditional Chinese thinking. This idea excited me tremendously. And isn't this what composers are doing anyway? Translating their vision of the emotional and energetic world into sound and music? I felt right at home. 

Moving into Alignment with the Seasons

Since I had already experienced good results treating the still mysterious headache with other aspects of Chinese medicine, I decided it would be an interesting experiment to try on the other seasons with a Chinese flavor to them. 

Spring is the new beginning, the time of year to rise early with the Sun. Plants push upwards after winter's slumber. Any residual dissatisfaction, impatience and anger disappear at the sight of the green shoots of newness. 

Other Spring words: brisk walks
 eyes
 new beginnings youth 

subtle cleansing see in new ways. 

Element: Wood
 Color: Green
 Nature: Yang
 Organs: Liver, Gallbladder Emotion: Anger 

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Cymber is an award-winning professional harpist and singer, who has been featured on National Public Radio and Hawaii Public Radio.She weaves world, classical, jazz and nature into soundscapes of inner peace. She performs on the internet on Clubhouse and Facebook Live. She produces a podcast, Relaxing Harp Music, which was recently listed in the Top 5 of Best Harp Podcasts by Player.fm. She has recorded 3 CDs of healing harp mu

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