Such medicine to my soul. I sing this in my own sacred space because it is healing and helps to connect with the medicine. Thank you for your beautiful voice and the magical chords.

so awesome thnk you for sharing i will learn this

It is important that listeners and singers know the Yoruba heritage of this song and as well, Orisha Oshun, riverain deity of the Niger River.

One of my top 3 songs to play. Thank you!!!

lisa g littlbird

Agua Hermosa, permiso para orar
A tus aguas cristalinas, espíritu divina
Llevando tu bendición, curandera femenina
Sangre de la Tierra, agua es la vida

CHORUS
Fluyendo, fluyendo, fluyendo
Cantando tu canción misteriosa
Celebrando, alegrando, enseñando con movimiento
Bailando los ciclos de la vida

Yo seré como el agua
Transparente como el agua
Fluida como el agua
Clara y pura como el agua

Agua, escuchando tu voz
Hablando en la lengua de la creación
Madre enséñame, guía mi camino
A fluir con confianza, ser como el río

CHORUS

Vengo a escuchar a los secretos del agua
Vengo a cantar con el misterio del agua
Madre agua, Yakumama, Agua Sagrada, Mni Wakan

credits
from Silent Voices, released November 20, 2020

Ayla Schafer - Guitar & Vocals
Chandra Lacombe - Kalimba and backing vocals
Misha Mullov-Abbado - Double bass
Michael Stanton - Oktav guitar
Txai Fernando - Percussion

Silent Voices

Fluyendo

Ayla Schafer - Fluyendo

Este ha sido un primer intento por abrir la vision mágica de los cantos que originalmente han sido usados en la primera parte (1990-1998) de "Cielo y Tierra".   
Es un trabajo realizado en las montabas frías del Desierto de los Leones,   Mas llendo al encuentro de un nuevo espacio de libertad sonora.   Aquello que nos permite abrir las imágenes de nuestro mundo ancestral,  imágenes en ceremonia, en el temazcal,  la medicina atrás de la medicina,  la sencillez total,  alegría del alma.

Cantos de Curacion

La Obscuridad y la Luz

voz e composiçāo - Mariana Root
hang drum - Nacho Rodriguez
clarinete - Zeger Vandenbussche
contrabaixo - Afonso Castanheira

produçāo - Yuin Huz e Zeger Vandenbussche

www.marianaroot.bandcamp.com

Rezo

Yurac Chacruna

El Trabajo Chamánico Consiste En Limpiar Nuestra Visión, Todo El Polvo Que Arrastramos Desde Nuestro Nacimiento, Para Que Podamos Ver La Realidad Tal Cual Es... Llena De Magia y Abundancia Milagrosa..

Tito la rosa - icaro, shamanic songs (02) ayahuasca, the mother104

Song by Joseph Sulla
Singing: Shir Jivani & Shahaf Emaya
Guitar: Eitan Ginzburg
Recorded at Eitan Ginzburg's studio (2014)

Aqui Na Terra

Ayla and friends Agua del Amor (Capo 1)

Ayla Schafer
    Dm            F          Am         
El amor es el agua infinita       
    Dm            F               Am
Divinidad fluyendo pura vida
         Em             Am
El río libre es mi sangre
                 Em           Am
Mi sangre roja es el camino   (x2 whole verse)
Am             Em 
Por mi vida voy agradeciendo
      G                           Em           Am
Me das la fuerza para seguir caminando
    Am         Em 
escucha me a ti yo te llamo
G                    Em            Am
Wakantanka, Abuelas y Abuelos
       Am           C 
Con mi familia voy agradeciendo 
   G                          Em                Am
rezamos a la vida juntos vamos curando
    Am            Em
escucha nos, estamos llamando
G                   Em           Am
Wakantanka, Abuelas y Abuelos

Am                     Em
Canta a la luna y a la madre Tierra  
G                                  Em     Am   
Canta dando vueltas al padre sol     (x 4) (both lines)


      Dm     F        Am
Mi aliento es mi rezo

            Dm         F                 Am
Con el agua del amor yo voy llegando

           Em                  Am
en mis venas tus ríos corriendo

                 Em            Am
Mi sangre roja es el camino   (x2 whole verse)

Artwork by Dorrie Joy  - www.Dorriejoy.co.uk

I am absolutely delighted to be collaborating with Dorrie Joy, an intuitive and visionary artist who I have been deeply inspired and creatively moved by for many years. The spirit of my songs meet with the spirit of Dorrie's paintings and merge in the dance between song and sound.

PRINT AVAILABLE - https://www.dorriejoy.co.uk/fullscreen-store-page/comp-j94ed4d6/e40f317d-2f14-4920-8c13-05a17d9cfccf/14/%3Fi%3D14%26p%3Dvbuo2%26s%3Dstyle-jc6d7art

Agua Del Amor

LIVE MEDICINE CHANNELING SONG 
CANTO CANALIZADO

ICARO MASPAIÁ

Icaro Maspaiá

This is a very old song out of the Yoruban & Santeria traditions - Nigeria, Cuba, & Brazil. I learned recently that it is about those who serve the Orisha Oshun (sometimes Osun) and the brass bracelets they wore that Oshun asked them to rattle. This somehow managed to be mistakenly interpreted and shared by myself and many others as “necklace of love,”  perhaps due to the devotees adoration of the Orisha.  Oshun embodies love and sexuality  and one of her elements is brass, which never rusts. One writer shares "To understand Osun is to know the intelligence, vitality, caring and nourishing abilities of womankind. Long-suffering, cheated, overlooked, and over-worked, but always committed to the survival of humanity. Besides signifying wealth, brass never rusts, it is eternal. In Osun, we have the embodiment of prosperity, love, beauty, elegance, sexuality and sensuality and a divinely sanctioned feminist. 

This is a traditional song in the public domain. Choral arrangement copyright Lisa G. Littlebird, instrumental arrangement and guitar recorded by Aimee Ringle.

Chords, lyrics and more:
http://thebirdsings.com/ide-were-were

Ide Were Were

An anthem for our time, written by the beautiful singing duo MaMuse. UPDATE! This recording has been updated here as of June, 2025 to precisely match MaMuse's arrangement and tempo. 

Original song by Karisha Longaker, 2016. Copyright MaMuse. We Shall Be Known is recorded here with permission for the purposes of oral tradition singing and teaching. If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.
http://mamuse.org

This is a recording used as a practice track for the Wholehearted Chorus of Monterey and Big Sur, CA, under the direction of Lisa G. Littlebird. Details including lyrics and individual part tracks can be found at:
http://thebirdsings.com/we-shall-be-known

We Shall Be Known by MaMuse - ALL PARTS

This arrangement is a mashup of two soulful, celebratory songs, Blessed We Are by Peia Luzzi and Soul Key by Lisa G. Littlebird & Zan Moore. Most of the arrangement is in two voice parts, with moments of four part harmony, sung with guitar and drum.

Blessed We Are is an original song by Peia Luzzi. Soul Key is an original song by Lisa G. Littlebird & Zan Moore. Arranged for Wholehearted Chorus by Lisa G. Littlebird. Contact Lisa G. Littlebird for permission to record or perform for profit.

Lyrics, individual part tracks and more are available at: http://thebirdsings.com/blessed-we-are-soul-key

Blessed We Are by Peia + Sol Qi - Middle Low

Music and words by Rafael Marchante Angulo
Backing vocals by Lucidia Omamori

Written and recorded by Rafael in The Observatory Studio.
Mixed by Jag Sutta and Rafael at Iguana Studios.
Mastered by Andy Hippy at Metropolis Studios.


This song speaks to the power of ceremonial celebration, the power of intention and prayer.

Lyrics:

AI AYO
EEIIEEEEE EEEIIEEEEE EEEIIIEEEEE LALALAAAAA X2

AHI LLAMAMOS AI AYO
AHI BUSCAMOS AI AYO
AHI OFRECEMOS AI AYO
AHI NOS MANDE SU BENDICION X2

AHI ESCUCHAMOS AI AYO
AHI SENTIMOS AI AYO
AHI OBSERVAMOS AI AYO
Y APRENDEMOS DE LA VISIóN X2

EEIIEEEE ETC... X2

AHI CANTAMOS AI AYO
AHI BAILAMOS AI AYO
AHI SERVIMOS AI AYO
AHI CELEBRAMOS DE CORAZON X2

TE DAMOS GRACIAS AI AYO
EN NUESTRA ENTRAÑA AI AYO
SEMBRASTE VIDA AI AYO
Y LA VIDA DE ALLI FLUYO X2

EN CONSTANTE EVOLUCIóN
TODAS BUSCAMOS LA VERDAD
TODOS PONEMOS NUESTRA INTENCIóN
Y LA FUERZA PARA LUCHAR

OOOOOOOOOOOOO X2

LA LUCHA DE LA TRANQUILIDAD
DE LA PRESENCIA Y LA HONESTIDAD
TE DAMOS GRACIAS AI DE VERDAD
POR TU AYUDA Y TU CLARIDAD X2

EEEEEIEEEE ETC X2

Y A MIS HERMANAS AI AYO
SU CUERPO LIMPIE AI AYO
SU VIDA LIMPIE AI AYO 
Y LES MUESTRE EL CAMINO AYO X2

Y A MIS HERMANOS AI AYO
SU CUERPO LIMPIE AI AYO
SU VIDA LIMPIE AI AYO 
Y LES MUESTRE EL CAMINO AYO X2

EEEEIIIIEEEE X2

English:

EEIIEEEEE EEEIIEEEEE EEEIIIEEEEE LALALAAAAA X2

THERE WE CALL AI AYO
THERE WE SEARCH AI AYO
THERE WE OFFER AI AYO
MAY YOU SEND US YOUR BLESSING X2

THERE WE LISTEN AI AYO
THERE WE FEEL AI AYO
THERE WE OBSERVE AI AYO
AND WE LEARN FROM THE VISION X2

EEIIEEEE ETC... X2

THERE WE SING AI AYO
THERE WE DANCE AI AYO
THERE WE SERVE AI AYO
WE CELEBRATE FROM THE HEART

WE THANK YOU AI AYO
FOR INSIDE US
YOU SOWED LIFE
AND LIFE FLOWS FROM THERE

IN CONSTANT EVOLUTION
WE ALL SEARCH FOR TRUTH
WE ALL PUT FORTH OUR INTENTION
AND THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT

OOOOOOOOOOOOO X2

THE FIGHT OF TRANQUILITY
OF PRESENCE AND HONESTY
WE THANK YOU, WE TRULY DO
FOR YOUR HELP AND YOUR CLARITY X2

EEEEEIEEEE ETC X2

AND TO MY SISTERS AI AYO
CLEAN THEIR BODIES AI AYO
CLEAN THEIR LIVES AI AYO
AND SHOW THEM THE WAY AYO X2

AND TO MY BROTHERS AI AYO
CLEAN THEIR BODIES AI AYO
CLEAN THEIR LIVES AI AYO
AND SHOW THEM THE WAY AYO X2

EEEEIIIIEEEE x2

Music Changes Worlds

Aí Ayó

This song came from a desire to sing words I wish to hear and feel more often. I often seek a deeper solace and remembering of life's safety and wellness, inside a world that so often feels so far from well. 

My wish with this song offering is that it be sung and shared not from a place of complacency, willful ignorance or false positivity... but from that deeper substrate of being that truly knows this life and world is safe to explore, safe to leave and safe to love.

Original song by Lisa G. Littlebird with beautiful guitar arrangement and recording by Zan Moore.

For lyrics, teaching notes, individual part tracks and more, visit: https://thebirdsings.com/alliswell/

All Is Well by Lisa G. Littlebird - Low

If had to be stranded on a desert island with one mantra, this song would be it. This gem of music medicine landed in the voice of my dear friend and singing sister Lyndsey Scott, as she biked around the midwest. It's been changing lives and hearts ever since. 

Original song by Lyndsey Scott, recorded here by Lyndsey Scott and Lisa G. Littlebird. Lisa added the two harmony lines with Lyndsey's support and the arrangement is shared here with her blessing.  Melody and 1 and 2 are identical except for a little echo at the end of the song.

Lyrics, teaching notes and individual part tracks can be found at: http://thebirdsings.com/thewayknows/

The Way Knows the Way by Lyndsey Scott

En tus ojos de agua infinita 
se bañan las estrellitas mamá
Agua de luz, agua de estrellas
Pachamama vienes del cielo

Limpia, limpia
limpia corazón, agua brillante
sana, sana
sana corazón, agua bendita
calma, calma	
calma corazón, agua del cielo, mama


Agua de Estrellas

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.

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