Sept 25: Retrain Your Lizard Brain at New City

What:  Retrain Your Lizard Brain: Somatic Singing for Trauma Awareness and Resilience

When:  Thu, Sept 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: New City Center for Healing Justice, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis 

How do we rewire our brains from the lies the domination system baked into us? How can we uproot and compost the harms from patriarchy, capitalism, ableism, oppression ugh ugh ugh and root down instead into our dignity, worth, and interconnectedness?

Singing is one way to start rewiring your brain and helping your body live into a different story. One breath at a time, one phrase at a time, repeated over and over in community, til we live and sing our way into a new way of being together, belonging to one another.

This isn’t singing for performance or perfection; this is singing for healing and connection. We’d love you to join us.

Suggested donation $10-50; No one turned away for lack of funds, we want you there.

Setlist for Good Trouble's set at 9/20 Coming Together

Dear Friends,

If you're reading this, you might have joined Good Trouble at Pershing Park in Minneapolis on Saturday morning (Sept 20) for Coming Together: Singing for Courage, Resilience, + Hope.  Thanks for joining us!

Here is the list of the songs we sang with links to online recordings:

• Put Your Roots Down (Molly Hartwell) - a webpage of the original and several variations that have sprung from it!  
• Heart Flies Open (Ian Carrick) -  Ian's website 
• It’s ok, if you’re not ok (Kira Seto) -  Instagram post 
• How many times will my heart be broken (Liza Walker) - Audio on Google Drive 
• We were made for these times (Clarissa Pinkola Estes/Linda Noonan) - Video on Facebook 
• You Were Born to Be Seen (Moon Clemetson) - Video on Patreon website 
• Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone) - SoundCloud Audio 

* no known recording online. Please share in the comments if you find one!

Much gratitude to the Fulton Neighborhood Association for sponsoring the overall event and Pershing Park staff for hosting the event and a rain location if needed.    

We would love to have you be part of the community that sings and makes life together, feeling all of the griefs and celebrations. Join our mailing lists (both of us have one) for upcoming song circle announcements by sending your email to goodtrouble@pointsoflightmusic.net with a subject line of "Pls add me to your singing list".

Notes on Instruments

• CajonTab by Louson Drum - Get to know a bit of the cajon's musical history here. (Here's an affiliate link to get 10% off).

Fall 2025: MSP MMC Gatherings

Fall 2025 Music that Makes Community Gatherings in the Twin Cities Metro

**Confirm dates, times, and locations on MMC's Community Events calendar**

September 2025

Date: September 18, 2025

Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Location: University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis

October 2025

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2025
Time: 6-7 p.m.

Location: Zion Lutheran Church, 1697 Lafond Ave, St. Paul

November 2025

Date: Nov 20, 2025
Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Location: University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis

December 2025

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: TBA

Location: St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Sunfish Lake

Fall 2025: Dances of Universal Peace in St. Paul (Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7)

What: Dances of Universal Peace, aka Sufi Dancing

When: First Sundays, 6:30-8:45 p.m.
Upcoming Dates: September 7, October 5, November 2 December 7, 2025

Where: Twin Cities Friends Meetinghouse, 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN

More details on Meetup.com