Healing Force. 
What a journey this song has been.
It first came to me in deep meditation during a silent meditation retreat 4 years ago. After a long session of meditation where I had these lyrics repeating in my head with crystal clarity, I ran to my tent to write down the lyrics (in hiding, as we weren’t supposed to write during this retreat!)
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The song stayed with me. I played it around campfires, at festivals, and everywhere I went. 2 and a half years ago, while in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, I filmed this music video with Jake Glasser. I had no idea how long it would take to finally release it.
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At the end of that year, I got into the studio and started recording. First I recorded my guitar and vocals, and my friend Zbra on Saxophone and Bird Calls at Studio C in Oakland, the studio of Jason Cropper (formerly part of Weezer, and recorded the Blue Album in that very studio!), then to Painted Sky Studio in Cambria where I recorded my Dad playing Cello, my Mom singing backup vocals, Sal Garza on Violin, and Alex Quirk (noknok) on Flute. Then, I went to Nevada City to Yuba Sun Studio to give all the files to Makila Wind and start working on the production. I returned to the studio at a future time to re-record most of my vocals and guitar and work on the arrangement. We worked back and forth online with the mix for a while. I returned a third time to work in person.
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And as time went by, through all the trials and tribulations that life had to offer us, we finally made it to the final mix and master of this song! This is song two out of four of the EP.
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My hope is that this song brings you healing energy, and reminds you that you are a healing force, that your body is the poem of the whole Universe, and that your body is the body of Mother Earth.


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A note on the content. 

This song includes lyrics of many esoteric and mystical healing arts, all that I have learned about from indigenous teacher and friends around the world during my travels, and from books. Here is what I have come to know them to mean:



Icaros: The patterns of the Shipibo people of Peru, found on their clothing, tapestries, and artwork. It’s been said that the Icaros are musical notation, and maps of consciousness. 



Songlines: The energetic lines that circulate throughout the world, depicted on Australian Aboriginal artwork as dots making up patterns. It’s been said that the Aborigines sing the songs of the songlines to navigate through the outback. 



Meridian: The energetic current that circulates throughout our bodies, often utilized in Chinese medicine, Qi Gong, and Acupuncture.


Dragon lines: Similar to songlines (and Ley lines), Dragonlines are recognized in both Chinese, and Celtic culture. It’s been said that where dragon lines cross, energy spirals into a vortex.

Chi: The energy inside of you, often cultivated with practices like Qi Gong.


Chakras: The energy centers in your body, as recognized by Hinduism and Buddhism, including your root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. Sanskrit for “disk” or “wheel.” 


Kundalini: Sanskrit for “Coiled Snake.” Hindu. Divine feminine energy at the base of the spine. The energy current that runs up the spine.

Arkana: Protective forcefield from the Shipibo of Peru, often cast after Ayahuasca ceremony.

Curanderos: A medicine person. What some might call “Shaman.” Someone who’s main role in life is to heal and cure.

Merk-Ka-Ba: A star tetrahedron that’s believed to surround every being within their aura (personal energy field). The upwards tetrahedron is masculine, and the downwards is feminine, and when they spin in opposite directions at the same rate, the being becomes balanced.

Cosmic Codes: Embodied epiphanies and radical realizations from the universe. 


While this song is fun and uplifting, I acknowledge the importance of giving immense respect to the wisdom keepers and indigenous peoples who have cultivated all this deep knowledge, who have suffered and been marginalized for centuries, and who have still maintained their ancient traditions and sacred ways of being. I am grateful for all who hold these codes of healing and transformation, and for the opportunity to learn and integrate them. 

For that reason, a percentage of the proceeds from this song will go directly to various nonprofit organizations who actively support indigenous wisdom keepers, such as Arkana Alliance in Peru, a Shipibo-lead activist organization where I lived and worked several years ago, and organizations in Guatemala that fund clean water and food for the Maya, where this video was filmed.


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I am so beyond grateful for everyone who contributed to the making of this song. 


And I'm grateful to you for listening to it! If you can share this on your page, with your friends, in your newsletters, and anywhere you share anything, it will help the message spread and ripple out. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Bloom