We caught this song with a youth person for a rally they are supporting to organize. The lyrics express the message they were wanting to convey.

There's a way to find hope
Take action
And show up
And scream if you have to
*scream*

Find Hope

Grief moving through me
Let my body
Feel the waves of love and grief…

Grief, grief and love
Let me feel it all
Let me feel it all

Grief and Love

Wild and Free

This song was commissioned by the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery playlist project. [Link to the full playlist coming Autumn 2024!]

I love a song that asks a question. This one asks three.

I hope you don't just sing these questions; I hope you and your community are continually experimenting towards the answers together. 

Lyrics: (I've updated the call and echo section slightly since this recording: Let's tell the story, Let's learn the story, Let's live the story...)

What would being in right relationship look like
With this land?

What's the old story? (What's the old story....)
Extraction and greed...
But let's tell the story...
Of Reciprocity...
Reciprocity...

What would being in right relationship look like
With these hands? (lower harmony)

What's the old story? (What's the old story....)
Extraction and greed... 
But let's learn the story...
Of Mutuality...
Mutuality...

What would being in right relationship look like
With the people on whose land we stand? (higher harmony)

What's the old story? (What's the old story....)
Extraction and greed... 
But let's live the story...
Of Interdependency...
Interdependency...


Teaching notes for songleaders: If you decide not to teach the harmonies that's fine! I would still teach all three questions and tell folx they can sing them right on top of one another. 


Thanks to Conie, Doe, Kat, Emily, and Katrin for singing with me (and to Doe for finessing the end of the call and echo section!)

Right Relationship

Meditation Mix featuring Peia, Kip Mazuy & more.  This one can really quiet the mind, allow it to ground you and take you beyond this realm at the same time.  Enjoy your meditation.

PEIA NAKAI - OmTara Meditation Mix

Re-Wild My Soul by Heather Houston

This beautiful chant poured through me one morning in a meditation on my sister's land in Northern WA. With Mt. Baker above me, Canyon Creek below me, sunshine, wind, eagles, vast sky and forest all around me, I went into a deep state of communion with the land and allowed this song to move through. It doesn't make grammatical sense entirely, but it's easier to teach this way. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

Oh river, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to flow with ease again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mountain, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to lift mine eyes again I am ready, take me in.

Oh eagle, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to fly so free again I am ready, take me in.

Oh vast sky, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be spaciousness again I am ready, take me in.

Oh soft wind, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be clear and cleansed again I am ready, take me in.

Oh sunshine, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to shine with warmth again I am ready, take me in.

Oh forest, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to trust this path again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mama, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to beat with yours again I am ready, take me in.

To learn the individual parts to this song, please visit my Public Song Library:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

©Heather Houston
All rights reserved

Re-Wild My Soul - All Parts

A song for the September 20th Global Climate Walkout in solidarity with our global youth asking us to stand with them.

Call and response. stomping feet back and forth and clapping with one of the feet. 

LYRICS
Sound the alarm 2x

We're together braver now than ever
We've got one chance, this is now or never

Sound the alarm 2x

We are rising, time to stand up to the flames
Thunder, lightning, put it out just like the rain

Sound the alarm 2x

Repeat as many times as desired.

Artwork by: Clea Eppelin

Sound the Alarm

https://thebirdsings.com/fall2020-playlist/

Not A Lone Wolf - Steph Drouin & Aimee Ringle

Living Waters

I Release Control - Alexa Sunshine Rose

words & music by Michael Stillwater
from Chantwave Live in San Diego

Chantwave-Live San Diego 1

One by One

song to get free to!  song to help no our authentic yes and no
i caught this walkin up a mountain in big sur CA after a mind-blowing-open convo exploring what is actual sexual freedom beyond patriarchal scripts etc etc

casual singalonga caught doin dinner dishes during EarthKeepers Wisdom School gathering @ Sandhill Farm 2019

F*ck Yeah! <Doin da Dishes RemixX>

I write songs for community singing. They're songs for the streets, to keep us going in the struggle for justice, songs to remind us another world is possible and carry us through to liberation. I hope you'll find some friends and sing these together.

Right Relationship

Liz Digitale Anderson

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