Singing Heals - Songs for Survival

Name: Singing Heals - Songs for Survival
Start: 2025-03-08T17:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-08T19:00:00-08:00
Location: Aptos

Schedule

Sat Mar 08 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Aptos | Aptos, CA

Music is medicine - join me around the fire to sing, feel & heal together.
About this Event

Survival is a ritual, a ceremony, and a practice. Rudy Francisco

In times such as these, we need to return to the practices that hold, nurture and sustain us all. Singing in community is an ancient technology, and a powerful tool for healing and survival.

Not only does singing activate the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce cortisol and stress levels, lower blood pressure, improve digestion and cardio function AND release endorphins and oxytocin, singing is also a DYNAMIC, THERAPEUTIC tool that allows our emotions to be processed and to move through us in a way that thinking or talking simply cannot do.

My song circles are an accessible and community-based approach to singing. Together we will share simple chants, rounds and layer songs, taught in the moment "call & echo" style; songs designed to soothe, to uplift, to support and to inspire. Singing is our birthright - bring your voices and your hearts. I can't wait to sing with you.

**Circle held outdoors. Bring some cozy layers, and something to sit on. We'll have a fire pit for warmth. ADDRESS PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION.
**5-5:30 - Arrive, get settled, ground with the land and each other. 5:30-Singing begins.

No matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, or housing status, you are not only welcome here, you belong here. I hope you will bring the wholeness of who you are to this embodied experience of singing with full permission to be in movement, grief, laughter and imperfection.

DONATION - Suggested donation $30-$20. No one turned away due to lack of funds - contact me is this is a hardship. Thank you for supporting what supports you.

ACCOUNTABILITY - I will be tithing to the Amah Mutsun Land Trust. Aptos Beloved Community will generously be matching our donation.

Who I am:

Sarah MacEwan (she/her), aka The Singing Therapist, is on a mission to heal and be healed through creative self-expression. As a psychotherapist, singer, storyteller and grief-tender, Sarah brings her open heart and emotional expertise to every circle she leads, knowing that singing is a therapeutic experience like no other. Sing with her monthly at her Singing Heals Song Circles, or join her for the healing at healingishappening.