Dear Friends, If you're reading this, you might have attended the Tending Your Fire, Tending Your Heart retreat from Friday, February 23 through Sunday, February 25 at Episcopal House of Prayer near Collegeville.
We invited folks who have been carrying a load for their community, in a season of deep service, organizing, and/or mutual aid work to lay it all down for a weekend and receive some spaciousness and care.
Here is a list of the songs we sang over the weekend with links to online recordings.
- Armor (Ahlay Blakely)
- Breathe In, Breath Out Lullaby* (tune: Silent Night) - led by Katy
- Breath More Slowly* (Shireen Amini)
- Do You Feel? Do You Heal? (Lu Aya Nephew, The Peace Poets + Deirdre Shabaaz)
- Earth My Body (unknown) - Liz's adapted lyrics: Liberation / Solidarity / Justice coming / Ground in love!
- Endless Boundless Gratitude (Samara Jade)
- Gather / We Are Not Alone (Joanna Laws Landis)
- Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone)
- I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
- If it’s not a F*#$ yeah (Lyndsey Scott)
- O Bless the Food* (Okie Dokie Brothers?)
- One by One (Michael Stillwater)
- Open Sentences (Ahlay Blakely)
- Park Bench (Knots on a String, Nat's band) - live version
- Risk More for Love (words: Casper ter Kuile; music: Liz Digitale Anderson)
- Thank you earth (Mark + Sheri? Anderson)
- Traveler's Lullaby (Knots on a String)
- Wind in My Bones* (Malia Burkhart) - led by Malia
** the composer/catcher of this song is not known to us. If you do know, please pass it on in the comments. :)
Here's a list of Resources:
- Oracle Card Decks - Having a tangible tool to sit with and reflect our feelings back to us helps us slow down, process, and make space for emotional work and intentions we otherwise tend to ignore.
- Artist Grief Deck - https://griefdeck.com/ - This one was created by hospice workers during the pandemic.
- Sacred Incantations: rituals of trans wisdom for every season - from Enfleshed.
Buddha Board - https://buddhaboard.com/- Instruments:
- CajonTab by Louson Drum - Conie has a 12" CajonTab; Liz has one of the Pro series. Get to know a bit of the cajon's musical history here. Use Liz's affiliate link to get 10% off.
- Shruti Box, literally "sound" or "singing" in ancient Sankrit, replicates the sound of the Tambura, an East Asian Indian drone instrument. Part of the family of drone instruments that show up in many cultures, related to bagpipes and harmoniums. Conie's instrument is from Shrutibox.com run by Ron Kravitz of https://www.musicinthemoment.com/ in Philadelphia, PA
May all of these resources support you in your work and in your rest.
Liz and Conie, a.k.a. Good Trouble
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