Selected spontaneously created songs of Michael Stillwater recorded in honoring ceremonies and personal song portraits during the Fall Tour of Germany in 2025. Original guitar/voice recordings with participant voices joining in chorus, together with other instruments arranged in studio. 

Words, music & arrangements by Michael Stillwater 

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Fall 2025 Intuitive Songs

Wildflowers
Intuitive Song for Marissa
Voice, guitar and arrangement by Michael Stillwater

This is an intuitive, spontaneous song recorded for Marissa on Monday, 27. October, 2025, in Ulm, Germany.  Original guitar and vocal, other instruments added in studio.

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Lyrics:

Wildflowers they grow where they will
Wildflowers they’re growing there still
And the rain it falls on down and the sun it shines

Wildflowers they dance in the wind
Wildflowers they know what it is
To let go and simply be
Beneath the sky and by the sea
They know how to grow
They know how to grow
They know how to grow

Wildflowers in the middle of the night
Are waiting for the very first light
To bloom again like the light they are
To bloom again and be shining

Wildflowers they know how to grow
Wildflowers, yes, they always know
What it’s like to be free
What it’s like to let everything be
What it’s like to be free
There’s a wildflower inside
A wildflower it’s true
A wildflower inside of you

Wildflowers

Deep Stillness
Intuitive Song for Sandra
words, music & arrangement by Michael Stillwater
Recorded in Bielefeld, Germany on October 13, 2025

This is a spontaneous, intuitive song recorded during a songportrait, in which the music is created and recorded by Michael in response to recipient themes.
(Instruments other than original guitar were added in studio afterward.)

Lyrics:

Deep, deep stillness
Deep, deep stillness
Deep, deep stillness in me

Deep, deep stillness
Here I'm always whole
Always in my soul

No matter how loud the sounds
All around me now
I can come back, I can return
And I find a way somehow to the

Deep, deep stillness
It’s holding me so close
The deep, deep stillness
It’s what I love the most

No matter how many sounds I hear
And even in the music
I find a way to choose 
The sounds that help me use it

Here in the deep, deep stillness
I’m always ready for
The deep, deep stillness
Like walking through a door
Into peace inside of me
It's what I truly need
The peace inside of me
Planted like a seed in the

Deep, deep stillness
Everything is coming true
In the deep, deep stillness
I know that I am one with you
I know that I am one with you
I know that I am one with you, with you, with you

In the deep stillness
Nothing else I really need
In the deep stillness
Love is glowing like a shining seed

In the deep stillness
It’s where my songs are born
In the deep stillness
They’re already taking form
In the stillness, in the stillness
Where my songs are born
Already taking form
In the deep stillness

Deep Stillness

The Safe Place In Me
Intuitive Song for Jennifer
words, music & arrangement by Michael Stillwater
Recorded in Song Sanctuary, Hildesheim, Germany on October 18, 2025

This is a spontaneous, intuitive song recorded during a song sanctuary honoring ceremony, in which the music is created and recorded by Michael in response to participant themes.  Original guitar and participant voices with additional instruments added in studio.

Lyrics:

I’ve always known here in my bones
A place of home, the safe place in me 

I’ve always known deep inside my bones
Calling like a song of home, it’s the safe place in me
The safe place in me, it’s the safe place in me
It’s the safe place in me

I’ve always known, closer than my bones
Calling like a song from home, it’s the safe place in me
O it’s the safe place in me, it’s the safe place in me
It’s the safe place in me, calling me home, calling me home
Calling me home, calling me home

And when I forget something always reminds me
When I forget I’m kind to myself
‘Cause I’ve got the way inside me
I’ve got a way
That leads me back from wherever I am
It leads me back today
To the safe place in me, the safe place in me
It’s where I want to be, in this safe place in me
In this safe place in me, in this safe place in me
In this safe place in me.

The Safe Place in Me

Let in the Love
Intuitive Song for Birgitta
words, music & arrangement by Michael Stillwater
31. October, 2025 in Kempten, Germany

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This is a spontaneous, intuitive song recorded live during the Honoring Ceremony, in which the music is created and recorded by Michael in response to recipient themes. Original guitar and participant voices with studio instrumentation.

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Lyrics:

Let in the love, let it into you now
Let in the love, let in the love into you now

Let in the love, let the love into you now
Let in the love, let it into your heart right now

No longer do you need to try so hard
No longer do you need to search around
For what is here right now with you
Here right where you are

Let in the love, let it into your heart right now
Let in the love into your heart right now

Let it be easy, let it be good
For you, let it be kind for you
Right now you have it all
No worries, no searching anymore

Just let in the love, let it into your heart right now 
Let in the love, let it into your heart right now 

And let it be easy, let it be true
Let it be easy, it’s all here for you
Let it be easy, let it be true
Let it be easy, this love is here for you.

Let in the Love

Letting the Healing In
Intuitive Song for Sabine
words, music & arrangement by Michael Stillwater
26. October, 2025 in Ulm, Germany

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This is a spontaneous, intuitive song recorded during the Honoring Ceremony, in which the music is created and recorded by Michael in response to recipient themes. Original guitar and participant voices with other instruments added in studio.

For a schedule of all events, including ChantWave, Song Sanctuary seminars and retreats, and SongLife Training, visit: innerharmony.com/events/

If you wish for a personal songportrait with Michael, visit:

innerharmony.com/songportraits/

Lyrics:

I let it into every part of me
I let it into the heart of me
I let it into every part of me
I let the healing in, I let the healing in

Into every part of me
Into the heart of me
Into every part of me
I’m letting the healing in
I’m letting the healing in
I’m letting the healing in

To every part of me
I’m letting the healing in
Into the heart of me
I’m letting the healing in
Into every part of me
I’m letting the healing in
I’m letting the healing in
I’m letting the healing in

Every cell in my body
I’m letting the healing in
Every thought in my mind
I’m letting the healing in
Every cell in my body
I’m letting the healing in
I let myself be kind
I’m letting the healing in
Into my heart and mind
I’m letting the healing in
It’s love that’s all I find
I’m letting the healing in

Letting the Healing In

Always in the Circle
Intuitive Song for Sandra
words, music & arrangement by Michael Stillwater
Recorded in Bielefeld, Germany on October 13, 2025

This is a spontaneous, intuitive song recorded during a songportrait, in which the music is created and recorded by Michael in response to recipient themes. Original guitar with studio instruments

Lyrics:

Even when I’m on my own
Even when I feel alone
Even when I’m back at home
I’m in the circle, I’m in the circle

Even when I’m on my own
Even when I feel alone
When I’m back in my home I’m always 
In the circle with you
In the circle of love
In the circle it’s true
I’m always in the circle of love

Even when I feel alone
Even when I’m on my own
Even when I’m back in my home
I’m always here 
In the circle of love
Always in the circle with you
Always in the circle of love
It’s what I know is true
It’s what I know is true

All I have to do wherever I find myself
All I have to do is remember
All I have to do is remember
All I have to do is remember I’m in the circle
Remember always and forever
Always and forever
Always in the circle of love
I’m in the circle with you
I’m in the circle with you 
I’m in the circle with you 
I’m in the circle with you 
In the circle, O

Even when I feel alone
Even when I’m back at home
Even when I’m on my own
I am always in the circle of love (repeat)

Always In the Circle

Michael Stillwater is an innovator with music, words, and images.
An award-winning songwriter, recording artist and filmmaker, he provides
artistic and transformative reflection upon core societal issues, catalyzing
creative expression in people of all ages.

musical artist / songwriter / filmmaker / intuitive musician / educator / producer


MUSICAL ARTIST/SONGWRITER: Stillwater’s interfaith chants and healing songs are enjoyed in singing circles, gatherings, churches and communities worldwide, with multiple recordings by other artists as well as himself. An interfaith minister through the Chaplaincy Institute, he ministered through Heavensong, a
non-denominational church based in California and Hawaii, from 1978 through 1990.

FILMMAKER: Through Song Without Borders, the nonprofit creative arts agency he co-founded, Stillwater produced films and other programs applying song to personal and societal transformation. He created his first film, Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen (2012) together with his wife, Doris Laesser Stillwater. Acclaimed ‘a heartening rarity’ by the Wall Street Journal, the film received four Best Documentary awards at US film festivals and enthusiastic response from a global audience, including Europe and South Africa. The movie tells the story of the life and music of National Medal of Arts
recipient Morten Lauridsen, recognized as the most performed choral composer of recent times.

The Stillwater’s second film, In Search of the Great Song: Fifty voices. Twelve countries. One question. (2016), received two Best Documentary awards, including at its US Premiere, Moondance Int’l Film Festival in Boulder, CO. Providing an existential and metaphorical context, the film serves as a conversation starter for exploring our inherent creativity and essential spiritual unity. With interviews recorded worldwide, including at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, the film was screened at the Parliaments in both Salt Lake City (2015) and Toronto (2018).

Their third film, Beyond the Fear of Singing: Unlock Your Voice, Release Your Song (2019), winner of three film festival awards, focuses on the inhibition so many feel about their singing voice, together with healing pathways for overcoming limitations and the rewarding discovery of expressing one’s voice.

INTUITIVE MUSICIAN/EDUCATOR: Stillwater’s unique intuitive recording artistry provides a way for people to feel seen and supported at an essential level. His intuitive songportraits demonstrate empathic connection, while Song Sanctuary seminars and retreats combine a variety of interactive elements in a
one-day, two-day, or longer program. SongLife Training serminars, both local and online, provide anyone with a forum for unlocking their musical aspirations individually and with others.

PRODUCER/AUTHOR: With Emmy-award winning film composer Gary Malkin and Swiss contemplative psychotherapist Doris Laesser Stillwater, he co-authored Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying (over one million readers/ listeners) and Care for the Journey: Messages and Music for Sustaining the
Heart of Healthcare, created for reducing stress in healthcare and palliative care practitioners. 

Since 2020 he has published a monthly column in Meer, an international online magazine. Together with his wife Doris he leads Song Sanctuary Retreats in Europe and America, providing support through contemplative, creative and personal growth practice. A resident of Europe since 2005, he now lives in the Alps of Switzerland, travelling frequently, offering online and local musical events and creative educational programs.