Sung by Rabbi Mónica Gomery, Rabbinic Intern Koach Baruch Frazier, and Aly Halpert

We Let It Be, by Rickie Byars Beckwith

Wild and Free

Maybe It's Enough

"I move from wholeness to wholeness, always complete, always full."

             - Jonathan Gustin & Purpose Guides Institute from The Purpose Octagon # 1 : Care of the Soul


You do not have to be good
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

             - excerpt from Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

lyrics:
i move from wholeness to wholeness
always complete, always full

you do not have to be good

let your soul work on you


song + vocals + percussion: Joanna Laws Landis
lyrics: Jonathan Gustin & Purpose Guides Institute; Mary Oliver
artwork by Maggie Walker

Wholeness to Wholeness

"The foundation of Wild Sweet was born out of a loop pedal improv on a New Year's sunrise set at a small festival many years ago. But the song was fully written during our recording process together in Asheville. Each of us was tasked with bringing two original songs to record. While I had a few options of lullabies to bring, and even started recording 1 of them, I felt something else wanting to come through. Tina encouraged me to keep searching and in the wee midnight hours, I rediscovered this melody from the archives of my recordings. One of our songwriting prompts during our group mastermind had been ‘polishing an old gem’, so I dove into polishing this song seed. The lyrics came swiftly, inspired by the energy of being in the cocoon of staying at home during lockdown, as well as the cocoon of our songwriting immersion, and the magic of recording this album together. It was the final song to be written during this cycle of our collective song-catching journey and captures the essence of what we were gathering. Wild Sweet sings to the emergence of widened wings after a deep season of rest, just as humanity is re-emerging into a new season of becoming." ~ Ayla Nereo

Cradle

Wild Sweet

This I know: 
That my body is a vessel for the song
Let the drum beat through me
Let the great bells ring through me
Sing through me

Vessel for the Song

chant by Kath Weider
(phrase from Course in Miracles)

Kath Weider: vocals
Lori Fithian: percussion, vocals
Dan Bilich: bass, vocals
Sam Clark: guitar, vocals
Paul VornHagen: sax/flute/clarinet, vocals

recorded live at Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth
May 13, 2023

drones

LET EVERY VOICE BUT LOVE (live)

Internal Drumming - Sarah Bentley 
Part 1
When you listen to your heart and it’s rhythm
When you listen to your own internal drumming
When you listen to your dreams and your visions
You align your passions with you gifts
Part 2
Listen to your heartbeat
Ancestral rhythm
Listen to your dreams
You align your passions with you gifts

Internal Drumming

Gift - Sarah Bentley
I am a gift to this world	
I offer my heart and skills
I am a gift to this world
I offer my heart and skills

I am, I am a gift, I am
I am a gift

Gift

SONG FOR ALL OF US

Let Us See the Beauty

Sarah S. Bentley is a song catcher and song carrier, based in Austin, Texas. She facilitates down-to-earth, heart-centered, and powerful sacred singing circles. Sarah gracefully weaves the art of embodied singing, mindful movement, ritual, and communal prayer into her circles.

Sarah started singing as a child and has performed as a singer/songwriter. She draws on her studies in integrative medicine (qigong, yoga, meditation), health promotion, behavioral science, and community resilience to provide a rich and healing experience for her participants. Her intention is to spread peace in the world by sharing the wisdom of movement and heart songs to harmonize our communal resonance and raise the vibration of the Earth and Her inhabitants.

Gift

Sarah S. Bentley

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