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mmmOther : a song circle

  • Public Space One 538 South Gilbert Street Iowa City, IA, 52240 United States (map)

Anybody else feel a lil' like hallmark don't quite hit it?

"Mother's Day" brings with it a potpourri of Feels.......some culturally sanctioned // some hiding out at home alone or in taking 5 in the bathroom at family gatherings. What would a circle feel like that welcomes our Wholeness? Inclusive the grief, inclusive the non-traditional ways we Mother, Auntie, Care, Give. Life.

Here's an experiment to see & to sing to these nooks and crannies and call them in to light of our collective welcome. Come sing songs that celebrate earth mama, anchor fierce forgiveness, ripple out unconditional nurture, and also honor the loss that Love entails.

(( All genders most welcome. ))

I know and practice community singing as a pathway to mutual liberation, a reclamation of ritual wisdom skill, and an expression of sensual devotion. Unblocking energy, melting judgment, decomposing scripts of separation, enlisting endorphins, . . . . in Singing, we practice the muscle to choose the love and freedom we desire to. Wavelengths change things.


Afternoon flow:

Doors open: 3:30pm ~ please arrive & settle in by 4 (no stragglers, thanks)

Song container: 4-6pm

We'll open circle space, ground + warm-up + connect, then call-and-echo learn songs and make beauty -- building them slow and steady, welcoming harmony and improvisation as we find our groove. This type of singing is for all voices, to unfurl the line from heart to throat and claim our power and belonging. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together ~ My prayer, you'll leave our gathering feeling more open and expansive, flushed with happy chemicals, love gleaming out your beautiful eyes, and with a pocket full of sacred songs to keep singing yourself free ꩜

Sliding scale: $22-44

Advance registration is required

Thanks for finding the sweet spot that's both generous & affordable for you! Your support covers my travel and values my time, as well as paying for space rental, taxes, and tithe. I appreciate your support in seeing your small biz priestess sister into her soul work thrive, 🙏🏼 xx

(( If this range is not accessible, reach out to me -- no one turned away for lack of funds. ))

Our tithe for this sing goes to Inside Out Reentry, based in Iowa City that serves people returning to Johnson County after incarceration.

Community care:

This event is indoors. Come healthy. No mask or vax status required. You are welcome to mask and distance to your own comfort level.


More about your host:

Travelling from the wide sky and open spaces of east central Illinois, Lyndsey Scott is an artist and ritual-maker devoted to priestesSing the Heartland, (literal and figurative).  She catches and weaves sacred music to empower earth-based spiritual consciousness, and gathers soul circles that use Song and sacred listening to decompose oppressive scripts that get in the way of freely living the Love we are. 

Listen to her album Well Held: streaming on Spotify -or- purchase on bandcamp

For more about her "Why" -- check this podcast.

To become a regular supporter, pledge on Patreon.

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Art Gardens School