Yala Lati Women's Choir EVENING Autumn CONCERT - IN-PERSON & on ZOOM

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

Center For Spiritual Living

<h3>Beloved Community,</h3>We are thrilled to be gathering THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING this year for our concert!Please join us!Delight in the magic of voices rising in harmony to heal our hearts and uplift the world! You can expect lots of audience participation. We'll be singing TO you and WITH you.CSL will be all aglow with candles and altars and twinkly lights!No snacks this year - so sorry. Please bring your own water and closed thermos of tea.Note: Santa Cruz City COVID Protocols ObservedSPACE IS LIMITED. The room capacity at CSL is 256. We will be selling 150 tickets per show.Heather and Yala Lati will be rapid testing frequently the week of the concert.DOORS OPEN at 6:30 pm FOR OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY - Heather will have her computer and camera up close and personal!Heather will interact with you per the usual. SO FUN!YES, the concert will be recorded and REPLAY sent out to all registered participants.Zoom Link sent out upon registration and the day of the event.Come experience the magic with us! ***<a href="https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/the-tribal-band" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Portion of proceeds benefits the AMAH MUTSUN TRIBAL BAND</a>*** <h3>More about Yala Lati Women's Choir</h3>Yala Lati is a sisterhood of women’s voices rising to praise life and bless the world. We sing beautiful, uplifting songs and transcendent harmonies from various artists and traditions that invoke the power of love, unity among all people, and reverence for all life. We are devoted to empowering women’s voices, uplifting women’s lives, and building a strong, vibrant community here in Santa Cruz.We’ve been offering Spring and Winter concerts since the year 2005, and almost every show has been a sell-out! We also love to sing at community events, marches, rallys, spiritual centers, and benefit concerts. Over the years we’ve offered our loving hearts and harmonious voices to the women at our local jail, and have given thousands of dollars to local organizations that care for people and the planet. We feel especially blessed that we had the great honor of singing before the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers for their 7th council meeting in Sedona, Arizona. In addition, we are the beautiful voices you hear on Heather’s “Sisters of the Moon” album! With special guests: Shekinah Tribal Belly Dance is a Santa Cruz based troupe, directed by Inna Dagman, devoted to expression through the internationally known language of belly dance known as American Tribal Style. This style of dance allows women to improvise in the moment, while dancing together, relying on a common language of moves. As women of diverse ages, shapes, and backgrounds come together to share in this dance, we are reunited in sisterhood and an ancient appreciation of the Sacred Feminine.Shekinah Tribal Belly Dance members are women local to the Santa Cruz area, of diverse ages, occupations, and backgrounds, united by the vision to come together in dance that truly brings to life the Divine Feminine essence. Our performances always aim to bring the audience into the presence where the multifaceted and healing energies of the Goddess may be experienced.<h3> </h3> <h3>About Our Director, Heather Houston:</h3>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 a cappella 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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