Singing Meditation: Together in Sound and Silence 0 Edition
Author(s): Ruthie Rosauer (Author), Liz Hill (Author)
Publisher: Skinner House Books
Publication Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Print length: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1558965572
ISBN-13: 9781558965577
Book Description
“In a culture that often severs musical and artistic talent from all except a few anointed ones, this book is restorative. Following Hill and Rosauer’s text is like having an ancient time traveler accompany the reader through the roots of the Tree of Life, one that grows thousands of branches of music, and musicians. This work is filled with gentle, supportive explanations reminding: Yes, music is part of your soul, the legacy you were born with and born to.” –Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author, Women Who Run With the Wolves; deputy managing editor and columnist, The Moderate Voice
Editorial Reviews
Review
In a culture that often severs musical and artistic talent from all except a few anointed ones, this book is restorative. Following Hill and Rosauer’s text is like having an ancient time traveler accompany the reader through the roots of the Tree of Life, one that grows thousands of branches of music, and musicians. This work is filled with gentle, supportive explanations reminding: Yes music is part of your soul, the legacy you were born with and born to. –Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., author Women Who Run With the Wolves
Singing Meditation offers the church musician a powerful tool to help people reclaim their singing voices. This spiritual practice may soon take its place alongside church choirs and drum circles as a way for ”just folks” to participate in a rich musical tradition. –Barbara Miller, music director, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore
In this ever louder, ever faster time in which we live, Hill and Rosauer’s invitation to combine contemplative silence with communal singing and dancing provides a desperately needed balance. –Joyce Gilbert, founder, Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network
About the Author
Ruthie Rosauer has been leading singing meditation groups since 2004, after finding inspiration in the Taizé singing at the Findhorn Community in Scotland. She also sings with music therapy programs and directs a Threshold Singing choir which performs for the terminally ill.
Liz Hill is a business-communications writer and co-author of several works of fiction for young adults. After many years spent not singing, she reclaimed her voice in a singing meditation group led by Ruthie Rosauer.
Joined in song, our emotions are not merely stirred; they merge and dissolve with the emotions of others, deepening our human connection. Our voices create a net of sound that binds us tightly together. When we gather to sing sacred songs, the song and the act of singing together strengthen our spiritual community by bolstering our sense of fellowship.
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