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by Marion | Nov 1, 2019 | All about singing, Benefits of Singing, Community, Creative Expression, True to you
Music has always been a huge part of my life. I was born in Nashville, the home of country music. I grew up singing in choirs, musicals, and a capella groups, and even now, I can’t walk out the door without my headphones and a playlist. I have a constant soundtrack...
by Marion | Sep 1, 2019 | Benefits of Singing, Community, Events, healing music, Inner Work
Some things just stay with you, don’t they? If you’ve read my December post in which I described my experience of last October’s “Singing on the Edge” weekend at Esalen, you won’t be surprised to hear that the experiences I had there won’t be leaving me any time...
by Marion | Mar 28, 2019 | Benefits of Singing, Community, Creative Expression
I’m the first to admit it: choir doesn’t have the sexiest image. If you cast your mind back to your high school days, if you were rushing to put your name on the sign-up sheet for choir, it was probably all about the singing and nothing whatsoever with the thought...
by Marion | Mar 1, 2019 | Benefits of Singing, Community, Creative Expression, Good Enough, healing music, Inner Work
Are you afraid of success? I’ve come to realize that I was — absolutely. And I don’t think I’m the only one. Admittedly, we can’t all be millionaires, we’re not all cut out to be brain surgeons, or to have a thriving Broadway career. But … for many of us, there are...
by Marion | Jul 1, 2018 | All about singing, Benefits of Singing, Creative Expression
I always love to talk about the bigger picture benefits of belonging to a choir —the spiritual, soul-level benefits of singing: the confidence it can bring you, and the way it connects you to your community and to your inner being. And that stuff is hugely important!...
by Marion | Jun 15, 2018 | Benefits of Singing, Creative Expression, Good Enough
Imagine this: you’re starving. But what are you in the mood for? Do you feel like donning your sharpest suit and heading out for a perfectly presented, Michelin star-worthy 5 course meal? Maybe you’d rather just pop to that tiny street stall where the tacos wouldn’t...
