Setlist for Mar 22 Songs for Tending Our Hearts

Friends,

Here are the songs we sang at Songs for Tending Our Hearts at Yess Yoga on Friday night, March 22, 2024:

1. Holding Song (Ian Carrick)
2. Do You Feel? Do You Heal? (Lu Aya Nephew, The Peace Poets + Deirdre Shabaaz)
3. The grief for what you’ve lost (Barbara McAfee)
4. Loosen, Loosen (Aly Halpert)
5. Comfort* (Heather Wilson)
6. We shall be known (Karisha Longaker/MaMuse) - teaching tracks from The Bird Sings website
7. We Rise/In Hope, In Prayer (Batya Levine)
8. Over/Under (Lyndsey Scott)

* An online audio or video recording has not been found.  Let us know if you find one in the comments!  

Some of you asked about the Resources we shared. Here's a short list...

• About the 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. In March we spread out the Artist Grief Deck (https://griefdeck.com/) which was created by hospice workers during the pandemic
• Instruments we use: 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
• Where else to sing in the Twin Cities? There's three places you can check! 
• Twin Cities Singing Circles (Facebook group)
  
• Perfection-Free Community Singing (Facebook group)
• AND this Google Doc of regular circles that Liz DA put together.

We are grateful to you if sang with us and to Yess Yoga for hosting.

Bimonthly dates for this grief song circle at Yess Yoga have been scheduled for 2024. Pencil these dates into your calendar:

• May 24
• July 26
• Sept 20
• Nov 22

If you'd like reminders, sign up for the In-person Sings/Good Trouble mailing list here to get an email beforehand. Or just check the Yess Yoga's website.

Keep singing and stay warm, graceful, and creative!

Love, Liz and Conie, a.k.a. GOOD TROUBLE