Hawaii,The Big Island.
Here I introduce a very simple story of my journey.
My Circles and Sound story began in Hawaii in 2002, with my daughter Mia age 8. With the inheritance of my grandmother we spent three months on the Big Island of Hawaii, swimming with wild spinner dolphins and turtles, living on and off the beach and spending time with inspirational people from all areas of life who helped and supported us on our journey.
Most of our time on the island was spent in one very sacred bay where the dolphins would visit almost daily and I would sing at 6am to greet the sun. Going with the flow of the days, swimming, drawing, dancing and being inspired by the beauty of Hawaii. One of our most memorable moments was meeting the slow hypnotic flow of lava at Kilauea Volcano, it was mesmerising, as was the feel of the island and its history.
We moved to Farnham in Surrey 5 years ago to be close to family, where I found some of my Great Grandfathers writings and discovered amongst them a poem titled 'Kaiulanis Bower' dated Honolulu, March 1899. Kaiulani was the Queen of Hawaii and died in 1899. How he had travelled to Hawaii and why is a mystery, a golden thread in my ancestral tapestry.
Having visited Hawaii on three occasions, again in 2004 and 2006 , the nature and flow of my circles and song have become more organic creating peace for the mind and yoga for the heart.
The first time I sang was one beautiful Hawaiian evening in 2004, when I was invited to an outdoor concert with my daughter and friends. Whilst relaxing on the grass and enjoying the music and atmosphere, I heard a soft gentle voice asking me to go and sing. After the third time of hearing this voice and trying to ignore it (as I wasn't a singer!) I felt it coming from a place within my heart, and of the earth. Obediently I walked towards the stage in blind faith of what would happen. Taking a deep breath I began to sing...sacred sounds travelled through me out into the night skies, followed by a very wise and profound language, with an incredible feeling of connection and oneness with all of Creation. When I had finished, some people who had been listening met me from the stage and shared how they had each felt that they understood what I was singing, and that it was in the language of the Universe, of the Soul. I have now been singing,trusting and following my voice for over 7 years, which is taking me on an extraordinary journey.
Everyones experience of this language is very personal and unique. Some feelings for its origins have been from Inuit to Celtic, Mongolian, African, Indian, Latin, Lemurian or even Dolphin?... Sometimes it is refered to as 'Light Language', also the language of Colour, or the truth of the Earth, a voice of our Ancestors...A prehistoric language rooted at the beginning of time. I am often asked if it is related to singing in Tongues?
It is indeed a gift and I feel very blessed, but have no wish to try and explain the mystery, only to sing it...
... E L A K O Y A H ...
Whilst in Hawaii I met Jas Marlin, creator of 'The Bhakti Tribe', who recorded my first vocals (to be available at a later date) He also invited me to sing on his magical improvised albumn 'Ancient Waves' -track 9 , 'Kohala Mia' it is a compilation of global travelling musicians, which I am delighted to be a part of.
To sample 'Ancient Waves' visit www.bhaktitribe.net
''Bhakti Tribe emerges in modern times to inspire devotion as an art, to enhance and accelerate creativity based on the ancient science of the harmonics of light and sound.The tribe serves as a reminder to remember our connection to self, unity, community, Creator/source/the all that is/G.O.D. (give own definition).
People have a unique ability to forget...to become so absorbed in an idea of identification that they forget themselves into that idea. Once forgotten, to remember, one often needs a reminder. The Bhakti Tribe is one such reminder of who we are, individually and collectively.
The Bhakti Tribe, like the Gypsy, travelled the ancient worlds sharing the gift of devotion in parables portrayed through art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and story. In this way, the people of the lands recieved the spiritual nurturing, guidance, insights and understandings to embrace and move through the challenges and opportunities of life. In gratitude for this spiritual manna [food], the people supported the needs of the tribe with gifts and offerings of land, lodging, transportation, food and clothing.'' -The Bhakti Tribe
The Big Island of Hawaii is an island of such beauty and complexity, of old ways and ancient wisdom, meeting todays world. My journeys there have shown me a way to touch hearts, to sing, to create and nurture a truth that lies within us all, our innocence. The dolphins awoke in me something so precious, a gift to us all...'Huulanaya'.....
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