Women's Singing Circles on Zoom - Facilitated by Heather Houston

Women's Singing Circles on Zoom - Facilitated by Heather Houston

About this Event

Sing your grief, gratitude, prayer, and praise within the safe container of a women's circle.

Learn heart-opening songs for the journey.

Feel fortified, connected, and uplifted.

Let's feel the power of our global community!

Te, Lydia and Heather offer you powerful songs for these transformational times we are living in. We'll dive into vocal meditation and collective prayer, mantra, hear-opening songs, soulful songs, fun songs, and songs that invite us to dance!

Please bring an item for the altar and a candle to light. Have your shakers, drums, guitars, chimes, and shruti boxes at the ready.

Donations:

Thank you so much for your donations. This is a tough time for many, and musicians are no exception. Heather offers a generous percentage of profit to her guest artists.

10% of donations for the month of May go to Rising International, based in Santa Cruz, Ca. "Globaly, we find the world’s most forgotten women, and enable them to join the global economy by selling their handmade boutique-quality products online at Rising Virtual Events. Locally, we train women and teens in America, many economically vulnerable, to be Rising Representatives who run their own Rising businesses and sell products made by their global sisters. We search the U.S. for event hosts who invite friends to their Rising virtual events to shop and stay connected. Our model empowers both local and global entrepreneurs to rise together."

Registration:

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CALLS WILL BE RECORDED - a replay will be sent out to all ticket holders.

Just so that all are aware, beginning in September, Zoom will require us to use the passcode number. Please arrive a bit early to navigate this new requirement. Thank you!

About Theresa "Te" Martin

My purpose is to facilitate communities in singing for resilience and justice. We sing because it plays a part in the healing of the earth. While I have been singing (in church choirs, on my bike) for most of my life, over the past couple of years, my vocation in song has been growing. I have been leading community song circles for the past two years, am an organizer of the Thrive Street Choir, and recently completed an apprenticeship at Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center.

About Lydia Violet

Lydia is an accomplished Iranian-American multi-instrumentalist weaving together Southern blues, American roots, and Iranian folk music traditions. In her live band she combines fiddle, banjo, and luscious 3-part harmonies to offer a soul-folk revival experience participating in a new wave of protest music

About Heather Houston:

Heather Houston is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, transforming lives, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing. She spreads her magic through her 20+years of international song circle leading, private vocal coaching, and her on-line offerings - The Art of Mindful Singing, S.H.E. Sings, and Sisters in Harmony Song and Chant Leader Training. You can now join her every Monday night on Zoom for a 2-hour Sisters in Harmony Global community song circle with guest artists!

Heather recently released her second solo album Sisters of the Moon which features the ethereal voices of her 40-voice women’s choir Yala Lati. Her first solo album, Prayers for the Water is a ZMR Top 10 album. You can find Heather’s music on all of the streaming platforms and for download on her website.

Before Covid times, Heather was one of the featured song circle leaders at the annual Singing on the Edge retreat at the Esalen Institute, Song Village in the Santa Cruz Mountains, SongFest in Los Angeles and Sacred Sound Meets Sacred Nature retreat at Pema Osel Ling. She also offered annual Sisters in Harmony Retreats at Skyote Mountain and Om Oasis in the Santa Cruz mountains, and taught a weekly Free Your Voice class to the guests at 1440 Multiversity. She is holding strong the vision of circling and singing together in person one day again soon!