Monday, September 19, 2016

No. 388: Grace Is...


Grace Is
Allowing Us
(OurSelves)

The Rights
The Paths
The Chances
To Grow

Free from the Shame

Of What We Thought We Were

Before We Knew

Differently.


THIS Is Life.  THIS Is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing. 

Friday, September 2, 2016

No. 387: Peace Is...


Peace Is
Where Life and Song
Intersect
In an Endless Stream 
Of Unconditional Love.

This is Life. This is Love. This is From the Heart Singing.

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Monday, August 22, 2016

No. 386: I'm a Minor Miner


When I'm doin' My Job right
I'm jus' chippin' away 
At all the stuff
That ain't Voice

Gettin' dusty an' messy
Gettin' hungry an' tired
Gettin' sassy an' whiny
Truth be told

BUT

When I see Gold Dust
And Rivers of Love Flow
Once We've-a hit 
The Mother Lode

I jus' stop in my tracks
Put down all my Tools
Fall on my knees
And cry in gratitude

For the grace to be so bold
In a world that'd often rather
Cover 
Us
Up
Than let Us, All Shiny,
Be: Treasures TOLD. 


THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

No. 385: I will stay



I will stay awake
And let
My Heart
Stretch

Til it FEELS
The pain of loss

And the pain it must take
To make
Someone kill

Voice
Body
Heart
(no matter the color of Love)

Will create in Me a Vessel

A heaven-shaped infinite well
That's large enough to hold
Every story of hell

As it dissolves into tears
Into empathic, fluid Truth:
The messy, real stuff of Authenticity
Which does not stop
At fear.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is From the Heart Singing.

In infinite Memory of all those suffering attacks of hatred.  Love wins.  On(e)ly Love.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

No. 384: Be very kind


Be very kind
And gentle
With those who say
You have no voice.

For in fact
These poor souls 
Think Life
Is about putting people
In boxes

Rather than opening
Delightful gifts
Moment 
By Moment.


THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

No. 383: Secret Stun-Gun of Love


Having a fully-formed From the Heart voice
Is like having a secret stun-gun of Love
At your disposal 24/7.
It's quite a lovely feeling.


THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing. 

Monday, June 13, 2016

No. 382: To Give Voice



To Give Voice is a Wonderful Thing: a Being of Immeasurable Meaning.


THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

No. 381: A House of Incredible Splendor



Guiding a Person to their Complete Expression of Voice
Is like holding the hand of a Most Precious Friend
Who,
Once Wearing a Blindfold,
Is amazed at the Utter Beauty (A House of Incredible Splendor--A Home of Infinite Bliss)
That's been in Her All Along
Even before the Unveiling.

...even, before, S/He see(ng)s.


THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is From the Heart Singing.




Wednesday, March 30, 2016

No. 380: The case of the Mysterious TumTum


Today in hot yoga I mis-identified my own tummy.
It the steamy heat of the third posture, I looked in the mirror and thought:
What a Nice Tummy She Has!
It is strong and defined...it probably supports her back well!
Look at that waist! An hourglass!
And then
I realized
It 
Was 
Me! 

COOL!

😊

But what does this have to do with singing, you may ask?
Well, it's about Trusting the Process.

Hot yoga, like singing, is a Path to developing the Self 
Spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally.
 
On all these different planes we live out our search for Voice.  

Sometimes on the Path it can seem we are taking FOREVER to get anywhere...
But it's the every day commitment to a process 
That helps us become, sometimes mysteriously even to us,
Who We Really Can Be. 

THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing. Wahooooo!


Monday, February 1, 2016

No. 378: Thank You.



...When I even THINK of teaching singing, 
an emotion wells up inside me akin to wonder...
to childlike curiosity...
so close to joy it feels like I need to hold it close to my chest 
like an endangered butterfly.  
Then I let it go, 
and Bliss leaks out my eyes 
'til all of me vibrates with the resonance of Love 
coming to Life. 

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. (WhoEver You Are...)


This is Life. This is Love. This is From the Heart Singing.


Sunday, January 10, 2016

No. 377: Guaranteed Weirdness.


On the Way to Your Own Voice
There's Gonna Be

~Guaranteed~

Weirdness
Newness
Oddities
Crudeness
Wonkiness
and
Downright BLECH--

Or at least
So It Seems

For a Creature Who's Growing
From Deep Down Deep
Cannot Know Anything
But Darkness

Until She Sees What's Not.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is From the Heart Singing.


Wednesday, January 6, 2016

376: More of Us would Know...


...More of Us would know We have Voice
if We we were taught 
To have the Courage
to step TOWARD
ALL emotion.

Think of the deepest, 
"Darkest" 
Scariest emotion
You could ever
FEEL.

If You think I'm crazy
I would tell You
Your Voice may
Have some surprises for You
Yet.

*psssssssssst* (open your treasure chest) ❤️

Sunday, January 3, 2016

No. 375: Sunny's New Year Wish for Us


May We AllWays Sing
As if We Are in Purrrrrrrrrfect
BLISS.

THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is From the Heart Singing.