Our Powers Combined! Community Singing to Seed Liberation (ANN ARBOR)

LYNDSEY SCOTTloves community singing as a shared practice of Playing Attention.“Here we are! Now what?!”She brings her artist-yogi self to her song-weaving: the wiggle and the weird are welcome. Her homespun ditties hope to get You skipping easily between the sacred, sexy, and sssssilly. Your inner child, exiled banshee, and wise elder are all invited to the circle!Youtube song-as-prayer channeLpatreonlinktreeetsy@nevertidyinsta @lila.gaia

Lyndsey Scott

Join Shireen Amini  &amp; Lyndsey Scott on their east coast song circle tour

Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House

Song kin Shireen Amini and Lyndsey Scott merge their medicines for the first time for an East Coast song circle tour! As students of, as well as leaders in, the community singing movement, they are asking-in-motion about song’s liberatory power. Co-creating a space of authentic, playful, &amp; deep devotion, they will forge a strong container to hold the complexities of each of our identities and histories intersecting. Through heart sharing, somatics, song, and rhythmic expression, they will invite energy to re-whole us in our individual and collective bodies: grounding, attuning, grieving, releasing, connecting, and celebrating. We’ll ask, what’s needed here now? What’s possible when we open our hearts to this aching world and dare the soulful risks it asks? May we be the world we dream, in real time, as song washes over us with grace that overflows into action.<h3>Evening flow: </h3>Doors open, Arrive and greet folks and settle in ~6:30Song container: 7-9p We teach songs call &amp; echo. We believe singing is a birthright and welcome all levels of experience. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together . We aim to create an integrated space rooted in understandings of our historical context and current social realities. No matter your gender, sexual orientation, abilities, race, or housing status, you are not only welcome here, you belong here. It is one of our core values to utilize song to resist societal oppression and support liberation from the inside out.We 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 more.<h3></h3><h3>Acknowledgment: </h3><h3>This event is taking place on the unceded territory of the the Anishinaabeg – The Three Fire Confederacy of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations, as well as the Wyandot Nation peoples.</h3><h3></h3><h3>Venue info: </h3>Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House @ 1420 Hill StreetTwo small parking lots (~12 spaces total) are located by the alley at the rear of the property, plus a handicap parking space. Parking is available on Olivia and Lincoln streets for a 2-hour maximum 8 AM – 6 PM weekdays. Handicap access is provided via a short ramp at the Meetinghouse front door, which must be opened manually with assistance. An elevator located at the back of the Meetinghouse provides access from the outside to the Meeting room/Corner Room level and to handicap-accessible restrooms in the Meetinghouse basement.<h3></h3><h3>S﻿liding scale: $22-55 </h3>Thank you for finding the sweet spot that's both generous &amp; affordable for you! Y﻿our support covers our travel and values our time, as well as paying for trainings, taxes, and tithe. Thank you for your support in seeing us thrive, 🙏🏼 xx (( I﻿f this range is not accessible, please reach out -- no one turned away for lack of funds. ))O﻿ur tithe for this tour goes to <a href="https://mmiwhoismissing.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MMIWHOISMISSING</a> a 100% Indigenous-lead sovereign and educational voice that advocates for grassroots efforts, working directly with MMIR families, survivors, &amp; Tribal coalitions laying the groundwork, socially and politically to protect our Indigenous Populations from further Colonial Violence.<h3>C﻿ommunity care: </h3>This event is indoors! Please come symptom-free. No mask or vax status required. You are welcome to mask and distance to your own comfort level. We will hold a culture of respect for the choices everyone makes to take care of themselves.<h3>Are kids welcome? </h3>We affirm the value of family-inclusive spaces. This event is designed for adults and may involve collective experiences of grieving, stories about healing from trauma, and occasional cuss words. That said, we welcome children to this offering insofar as parents are aware of its content and sensitive to supporting the sacred quiet of tender sharing and of the space between songs. Children 13+under don't need a ticket, and you may donate what you choose for teens. WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED:Water ChairsRestroom facilitiesWHAT TO BRING:A water bottle A notebook, if you like to jot down inspiration or song informationA﻿ blanket or warm layers, if you want to get cozyYour voiceYour open heartYour whole truth<h3>Help spread the word! </h3>W﻿e welcome your help sharing these tour dates with your friends, thank you 😁 ꩜ 8/30 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-powers-combined-community-singing-to-seed-liberation-ann-arbor-tickets-695031647367?aff=oddtdtcreator">Ann Arbor </a>꩜﻿ <a href="https://events.humanitix.com/singing-in-love?mibextid=Zxz2cZ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">S﻿inging in Love Gathering </a>꩜ 9/5 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-powers-combined-community-singing-to-seed-liberation-noha-tickets-686098036697"> N﻿orth Hampton, MA </a>꩜ 9﻿/6 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-powers-combined-community-singing-to-seed-liberation-boston-tickets-692654697847?aff=oddtdtcreator">Boston </a>꩜ 9﻿/9 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/692657446067?aff=oddtdtcreator">Brooklyn</a>꩜ 9﻿/10 <a href="https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/asp/main_enroll.asp?fl=true&tabID=8" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Philadelphia</a>꩜ 9﻿/13 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/691182634867?aff=oddtdtcreator">Richmond, VA</a>꩜<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDcpCV-ohOFF8_Tls3C80GCHMiFiF8sd3_GbgOkYF7KkGSDA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&fbclid=IwAR3a80fg7tP08yucXst2sCeftBLsCCQqib9cJ3FEg5UF_jOY0TFxZSlR5is" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> L﻿ove Song Gathering</a> ꩜ 9﻿/20 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-powers-combined-community-singing-to-seed-liberation-asheville-nc-tickets-692664978597?aff=oddtdtcreator">Asheville, NC </a><h2>More about your hosts:</h2><h3>S﻿hireen Amini</h3><a href="https://shireenamini.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">S﻿hireen Amini </a>(non-binary using she/her in English, elle in Spanish) is a queer, second-generation Puerto Rican-Iranian American, Earth-loving singer-songwriter, percussionist, and song leader based on unceded Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, Grande Ronde land aka Portland, Oregon. While holding transformational space, Shireen leads infectious, soulful, and groove-based community songs, often engaging her participants in rhythm, because she believes strongly in music’s power to propel cultural revolution. She also teaches drumming, leads workshops, and facilitates grief ritual as part of her community-based music empowerment project <a href="http://shireenaminimusicmedicine.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shireen Amini Music Medicine.</a><h3>Lyndsey Scott</h3>T﻿ravelling from the wide sky and open spaces of east central Illinois, <a href="https://linktr.ee/lila.gaia" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lyndsey Scott </a>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: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4SKqT5OczyXvyickYbZrow?si=xT6KfrS9TVGjLxX151h17w" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">streaming on Spotify</a> -or- <a href="https://lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">purchase on bandcamp</a>

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