Name: Don't Go Back To Sleep by TheBirdSings
Duration: 2 min 49 s
Description: Laurence Cole, words by Rumi as translated by Coleman Barks. Arranged for guitar with permission by Lisa G. Littlebird.

I hereby accept upon myself the will of the creator, love your friend as yourself.

Hareini Mekabel

Laurence Cole, words by Rumi as translated by Coleman Barks. Arranged for guitar with permission by Lisa G. Littlebird.

Don't Go Back To Sleep

In early 2022, our dome was ready. The echoes amazed and uplifted us!

SOL musicians from around the world gathered together in the Sacred Sound Studio dome to explore the sonic space together. This album is part of what we created. 

Live music played with the Dome's natural reverb. Enjoy this album and look out for more music coming soon!

Dome Master Works

07 - Again and Again

The Monkey Who Waited — Jātaka MindVibes, Track 1 🐒🫁

Your restless mind, but make it gentle. Inspired by a Jātaka-style fable, this track teaches attention-without-the-tantrum: a calm pulse, bamboo-flute phrases, and space to breathe before you pounce on the next banana (or email).

How to use (pick one)
	•	Breathwork (audio-only): Inhale 4, soft hold 1, exhale 6. Repeat for 3–5 minutes.
	•	Mindfulness: Label the next thought “monkey,” wave, return to the sound.
	•	PMR mini-release: With each flute phrase, relax brow → jaw → tongue → shoulders.

Best moments

Pre-meeting nerves • Task switching • Doom-scroll detox • Study focus • “I just need 90 seconds to be a person again.”

60-second micro-script

Inhale 1-2-3-4… tiny pause… exhale 1-2-3-4-5-6.
Notice a thought. “Monkey.” Wave. Return to breath.
Soften jaw. Shoulders down.
One more exhale longer than the inhale. Enough for now.

Story thread

In the old tale, a jittery monkey learns patience is a muscle. One breath becomes a bridge; waiting becomes wisdom.

Credits

Created by MindVibes • Writing/guide: Jon Carroll • Jātaka-inspired concept • Use with care; not medical advice.

Tags

#MindVibes #Jātaka #Meditation #Breathwork #Mindfulness #Focus #AnxietyRelief #CBT #Ambient #Wellness #MentalHealthNurse

Gong Ageng Tumandang (The Monkey Who Waited)

Live recording from our regular Kirtan at The Yoga Forest, Atitlán, Guatemala.
August 2017 with Jayā Saraswatī.
jayasaraswati.com

Kirtan, August, The Yoga Forest

Govinda Jaya (Live)

Ilumina (live)

Melanie DeMore does it again with this potent but sweet directive to remember to STOP and breathe. Melanie's songs are famously simple appearing, but often have little tricky notes or timing in the layered parts and this is no exception. Still, it's one of her easier songs to share and teach. Slow it Down was part of Lisa's 2020 The World We are Dreaming Playlist project, and all contributing artists gave their permission to have their songs from that playlist be added to this library. Individual parts recordings are not yet available for this song.

Song composed by and copyright Melanie DeMore.

Lyrics and details about this song can be found at:  https://thebirdsings.com/slow-it-down/

Melanie DeMore's Album

Slow It Down by Melanie DeMore

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

I Was Born for This Moment - Debbie Nargi Brown

At the end of our Apprenticeship program in 2019, we had a marathon ceremony to sing the whole book from beginning to end. It was an incredible experience that took 37 hours and many cups...

We recorded it all for the sake of learning the songs and connecting to SOL spirit. The sounds of the forest are singing with us.

Watch this playlist, we will continue to upload the tracks here in the upcoming months: 

https://soundcloud.com/sound-of-light/sets/sound-of-light-marathon

To download the whole book playlist please write to us at:
info@solcircle.org

For exclusive Sound of Light recordings, song tutorial videos, seminars and more, go to www.patreon.com/soundoflight

Please support our music!
https://solcircle.bandcamp.com/

www.solcircle.org

www.sacredsoundstudios.org

Blessings to all beings!

Lyrics:

Fazei de Deus uma realidade 
Fazei de Deus uma realidade

Que Ele fará de ti, linda verdade 
Que Ele fará de ti, linda verdade

עשה מהאל מציאותך 
עשה מהאל מציאותך

והוא יתגשם בך כעצמך
והוא יתגשם בך כעצמך

Ase me ha’el metsiutcha 
Ase me ha’el metsiutcha

Ve hu itgashem becha ke atsmecha 
Ve hu itgashem becha ke atsmecha

Make your God, a reality 
Make your God, a reality

And He will become in you as beautiful truth 
And He will become in you as beautiful truth

111 - LINDA VERDADE

At the end of our Apprenticeship program in 2019, we had a marathon ceremony to sing the whole book from beginning to end. It was an incredible experience that took 37 hours and many cups...

We recorded it all for the sake of learning the songs and connecting to SOL spirit. The sounds of the forest are singing with us.

Keep an eye on this playlist, we will continue to upload the tracks here in the upcoming months: 

https://soundcloud.com/sound-of-light/sets/sound-of-light-marathon

To download the whole book playlist please write to us at:
info@solcircle.org

For exclusive Sound of Light recordings, song tutorial videos, seminars and more, go to www.patreon.com/soundoflight

Please support our music!
https://solcircle.bandcamp.com/

www.solcircle.org

www.sacredsoundstudios.org

Blessings to all beings!

Lyrics:

Luar se fez
Um raio prateado 
Iluminando o céu
E as espumas do mar

Lindo clarão a beira mar 
Vejo mamãe Yemanjá

Lá vem lá vem
Junto com suas sereias 
Nos abençoar
Rainha Yemanjá

Dona das Águas tu és Mãe 
Oh! Janaina Odoyá

Iluminai
Minhas profundas águas 
Para eu decifrar 
Mistérios do meu lar

Desse meu mar de emoções 
Rainha vem iluminar

Yemanjá
Principio gerador 
Amor fundamental 
Tão puro e maternal

Yemanjá vem confortar 
É Janaina Odoyá

The Moonlight created 
A silver ray
Lighting the sky
And the sea’s foam

Beautiful clearing by the sea shore 
I see mother Yemanjá

She comes, she comes 
Together with her mermaids 
Blessing us
Queen Yemanjá

Ruler of the water you are the Mother 
She is Janaina Odoyá

Enlighten
My deep waters
So that I can unveil
The mysteries of my dwelling

In my ocean of emotions
The Queen comes to enlighten me

Yemanjá
Origin of creation 
Fundamental love
So pure and motherly

Yemanjá comes to comfort 
It is Janaina Odoyá

122 - YEMANJÁ

Rise Up.mp3

Lisa G is a songcatcher. She holds a vision for a world where singing is once again an integral part of daily community life. May we use this most ancient technology to meet life's challenges and celebrations, open our hearts, and uplift our lives.

Lisa G. Littlebird is the director of the 250-member Wholehearted Chorus in Carmel and San Diego, CA. She has been on the faculty as a community singing facilitator at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA since 2006. She is a singer, composer and teacher with more than 30 years of musical experience, facilitating community singing as medicine for our world.  Learn more at http://thebirdsings.com.

Don't Go Back To Sleep

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