Jun 5, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s been a tough week for a lot of people. The events unfolding in the US, in Canada and around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd have rattled us all to the core. It seems perhaps frivolous to ponder matters of art and its practice in the face...May 29, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Do I look serene? I’d like to think so… Although I thought I might, I clearly wasn’t ready to start practicing this week. At least not singing. But I DID start to meditate, which has proven to be a game changer. I joined, at the invitation of my dear...May 22, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
I thought I might be on a roll last week; I talked of emerging from a cocoon, butterfly-like. I had grand plans that I would begin practicing bit by bit. Maybe even start gently: ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Twenty minutes. I had one day where I spent some time doing...May 15, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Wake me up when it’s spring (my garden: May 14, 2020) I just got tired of titling what had become a weekly “in isolation” series in relation to, well, isolation.* I’m sick of it. You’re sick of it. We’re all sick of it. And...May 8, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Some days it’s about all we can do to keep our heads above water. Other days, we feel an inkling of hope. Often it’s in the stillness that we are able to hear the voice of truth inside of us. I heard a quote last night that resonated with this very...May 1, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Will it ever end? That’s the $24,000 question. And not just if, but how? One thing seems for sure, though: Rest is Assured (that is, if we are able to quiet all that inner turmoil). We are being asked to upend all of our routines, let go of many of the things...