Letting go of what is safe and comfortable to the call of your soul is a powerful teacher. Sometimes the soul commands a big wake-up call or it may be a quiet and gentle nudge. Either way, when you listen, you'll be guided towards true north! Learn how to step into + trust your knowingness and let your heart lead you to your unique version of a divinely inspired life inside!
Read MoreLearn how using Crystal Singing Bowls can elevate your Meditation practice and unlock peace in the present, reveal new levels of self-awareness, and awaken your connection with Divine.
Read MoreLearn how meditation with the transcendent sounds of alchemy crystal singing bowls can expand your creative juices and health and healing on multiples levels + Experience healing music created with alchemy crystal singing bowls that you can easily incorporate into a daily meditation practice. Lifting your meditation — lifting your life —to new heights could not be easier
Read MoreMeditation, in its simplest form, gives us a space and time to practice shifting focus away from our busy mind to become present with what is, in the moment. The more we practice meditation, the easier it becomes to shift our attention inward, allowing ourselves to relax and find peace and stillness within. In this blog series, I want to share some remarkable benefits of a type of meditation that is near and dear to my heart that can offer supportive and life-changing opportunities
Read MoreMeditation, in its simplest form, gives us a space and time to practice shifting focus away from our busy mind to become present with what is, in the moment. The more we practice meditation, the easier it becomes to shift our attention inward, allowing ourselves to relax and find peace and stillness within. In this blog series, I want to share some remarkable benefits of a type of meditation that is near and dear to my heart that can offer supportive and life-changing opportunities
Read MoreWhen you get your first crystal bowls, the tendency for most people is to want to play a LOT. Of course you do! They are irresistible! Every time you walk by them, they call to you: “Play me! Play me!” You smile and indulge them, over and over. Sometimes, you feel like you're drunk on sound! But there is a flipside to all the peace and expansiveness you feel … and it’s good to be aware of it…
Read MoreSound is a blessing. It holds a key to our health, our well-being, our ability to connect with and feel all of consciousness. We can recalibrate, restore and renew ourselves… down to the DNA, with loving, mindful sound. Aaaaaannnnndddd …. we can also destroy ourselves with sound. Little by little, bit by bit….
Read MoreLast Friday, my latest mantra single “Om Apadamapa - a Mantra for Healing” went GLOBAL and thousands of people have been singing, dancing and chanting it, with more joining in every single day. Watching this music take on a life of its own and be embraced by others has been beyond special….
Read MoreWe could say that chanting a mantra with sacred words or syllables is a way of tuning your attention to the radio station frequency of your preferred connection to the Divine.:-) As we become absorbed in the mantra, it begins to vibrate as a frequency in every cell of our body. The mantra literally begins to sing through us…
Read More“Ashana, I am feeling a deep call to step into something new, to change my life from the inside out. I feel like sound is calling me. It’s almost like my soul is pushing me towards healing sound. Where do I begin? “ I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I hear this question. And there is certainly no right answer because every person has a path that…
Read MoreOMG. 2023 seems to have hit the ground running with everyone I know. The energy has been ridiculous and everything seems to be relentless, moving faster and faster with each passing week. I start out on Monday morning and before I know it, it's already the next weekend. Christmas was just last month, wasn't it????? This is what it's been like around our house…
Read MoreFor the last several weeks, both James and I have been feeling challenged, off and on, to maintain and nourish a state of peace. We hear from friends, colleagues and loved ones that many people are going through something similar. "You're not the only one!" is a phrase we've heard again and again, more often than not, both in passing and in deep conversation…
Read MoreI spent most of my life running from the deeply uncomfortable parts. Childhood, youth, teenage years, and my first years in college and conservatory, not to mention all the rest. The perfectionism, shame, arrogance, jealousy, competitiveness, depression, despair all clamoring for my attention now that there are arms to welcome them, instead of push them aside and away. Some things just take a long, long time to simmer before they are ready to boil.
Read More"IF WE'RE NOT SURPRISED, WE ARE NOT REALLY LEARNING." - DEREK SILVERS I read these words about an hour or so after I was on my first coaching call with a new mentor who is helping me take my music and as yet unreleased offerings to a new level. I had to laugh out loud at myself, because for the first 10 minutes I spent with her, I gave her sh*t because I didn't want to do our session the way she wanted me to, lol! I had an idea in my head of how I thought it should go and I was sticking to it.
Read MoreFor many of us, the holidays can be an especially difficult time when it comes to the empty space we feel around the absence of those no longer with us. This year is no exception. So many of us, myself and my husband included, have lost many loved ones, family and friends this past year. It seems not a week passed that we didn't hear of yet another soul moving on.
As we celebrate the closing of 2021 with a Season of Light, it feels especially important to find ways to nourish the connection we have with those who are now dancing on the other side.
Read MoreTo make a dream come true, to put feet on a vision, to create a life path, we need vision, commitment, inspiration, tenacity, strength of mind, courage, support, passion, self-discipline and perseverance… to name but a few! I'd also add in a hefty dose of faith, focus, and an ability to get up off the floor when you're on your hands and knees, face in the dirt. Oh … and
Read MoreIt seems like everyone I meet is either moving to a new location, starting a new job, a new relationship, a new health routine, up-leveling their commitment to their family, relationship, business, career, spiritual practice. You name it. Fill in the blank, right for you. The status quo is absolutely OVER. We are ALL UP-LEVELING.
Read MoreThe above is a direct quote from my amazing husband, James Kawainui. We were sitting at the kitchen table, talking about a post on FB that deeply disturbed me. Someone I know personally had written the following on her page in response to all the trauma and divisiveness going on in the US today:
Read MoreThere is so much anxiety running through the collective right now, and believe me, I have been feeling it, too. Music is one of our greatest allies to help soothe our emotions and our nervous system, especially when they are both hellbent on leaping into fight or flight. Offering music to our precious body is one of the most nourishing things we can do for our health.
Read MoreBack in 1967, a group of 90 or so Benedictine monks from a monastery in the south of France became ill. Men who had been used to sleeping four hours a night and working all day had grown irritable, lethargic, exhausted, and susceptible to illness and disease. Over a period of time, numerous doctors were called in and not one of them could understand what was happening.
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