Sisters in Harmony Global with Te Martin and Alexandra “ahlay” Blakely

Heather Houston is a Santa Cruz-based song leader, choral director, recording artist, and vocal empowerment coach with over 30 years of experience in uplifting hearts and building community through the power of song. Founder of the Yala Lati Women’s Choir and creator of the Sisters in Harmony Retreats, Heather leads transformative singing experiences both in person and online, including at venues like Esalen, Sivananda Bahamas, and 1440 Multiversity. Her music, rooted in themes of healing, unity, and connection with nature, is sung by communities worldwide and can be found in her online song library and on all major streaming platforms.

Heather Houston

Women's Singing Circles on Zoom - Facilitated by Heather Houston

<h3>Sing your grief, gratitude, prayer, and praise within the safe container of a women's circle. </h3><blockquote>Learn heart-opening songs for the journey. </blockquote><blockquote>Feel fortified, connected, and uplifted.</blockquote><blockquote>Let's feel the power of our global community!</blockquote>Te, Alexandra, and Heather offer you powerful songs for these transformational times we are living in. We'll dive into vocal meditation and collective prayer, mantra, heart-opening songs, soulful songs, fun songs, and songs that invite us to dance! <blockquote>Please bring an item for the altar and a candle to light. Have your shakers, drums, guitars, chimes, and shruti boxes at the ready. </blockquote>Donations: Thank you so much for your donations. $20 suggested. This is a tough time for many, and musicians are no exception. Heather offers a generous percentage of profit to her guest artists. Tickets are non-refundable.Registration: ***The ZOOM LINK will be sent out in the order confirmation email from EVENTBRITE, and then again two days before, two hours before, and again twenty minutes prior to the event, TO THE EMAIL YOU USED HERE ON EVENTBRITE. It will be sent FROM EVENTBRITE. *** Please check your spam folder. CALLS WILL BE RECORDED - a replay will be sent out to all ticket holders. About Te:Te Martin is a song-keeper and ritual artist. They were born on Ramaytush Ohlone land in San Francisco and have been shaped by the Ocean, Redwoods, circus arts, and theater games. They facilitate oral tradition singing classes and workshops that focus on song as a tool for collective liberation, somatic regulation, and ancestral connection. Te served as co-organizer of Thrive Street Choir in the San Francisco Bay area for six years, is a student of Gaelic song, and released their first professional music video and EP of original songs, "Water &amp; Bones", in 2021.About Alexandra:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/alexandrablakely" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alexandra “ahlay” Blakely</a> is an Ashkenazi, Scandinavian singer-songwriter, grief tender, community organizer, and ceramicist walking the path of ancestral healing and the reclaiming of lost cultural memories. Her community singing album, <a href="https://ahlayblakely.bandcamp.com/album/spells-from-the-unknown" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spells from the Unknown</a> encapsulates songs for the community to transform, ask questions, and seek to lead lives that might make us ancestors worth honoring. Her upcoming 2024 community singing album, <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-singing-album" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WAILS: Songs for Grief </a>was recorded in July 2023 with a choir of 200 voices. The album is completely dedicated to grief, inspired by the Whales and Frances Weller’s “the five gates of grief.” To stay informed, sign up for her <a href="https://www.healingattheroots.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">monthly newsletter</a>.About Heather:Heather Houston is passionate about uplifting hearts, freeing voices, transforming lives, and building strong, loving communities through the power of singing. She spreads her magic through her 20+years of international song circle leading, private vocal coaching, and her online offerings - The Art of Mindful Singing, S.H.E. Sings, Singing as Sanctuary, and Sisters in Harmony Song and Chant Leader Training. You can now join her every Monday night on Zoom for a 2-hour Sisters in Harmony Global community song circle with guest artists!Heather recently released her second solo album, Sisters of the Moon, which features the ethereal voices of her 40-voice women’s choir Yala Lati. Her first solo album, Prayers for the Water is a ZMR Top 10 album. You can find Heather’s music and her acappella group SIRENZ on all of the streaming platforms and for download on her website.Heather is one of the featured song circle leaders at the annual Singing on the Edge retreat at the Esalen Institute, Song Village in the Santa Cruz Mountains, SongFest in Los Angeles and Sacred Sound Meets Sacred Nature retreat at Pema Osel Ling. Her most recent passion is curating annual Women’s Singing Retreats in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her next retreat will be held in the Summer of 2024. Please stay tuned - registration opens in January of 2024.

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