Hive:

Hive is a circle practice in collaborative voice, rhythm and movement. There is a technical, skill-building layer; a mental-emotional attunement-building layer; and a deeper layer beyond words that can emerge when the group arrives in authentic coherence. We will practice vocals, frame drumming, and movement in chorus.. This is a space where life meets art, meets embodied prayer.

No previous singing or drumming experience is required. This is not about performance or sounding good. The practice of community music is about intention, presence, playfulness, and community care.

Upcoming Hive Series:

Seasonal Theme: The Inner Spark
February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11

This series will focus on the inner spark of creative vision we tend within, as we gradual open to another season of growth.

Seasonal Theme: The Honey Flow
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

This practice will focus on ceremonial song and movement leading up to May’s honey flow in the Hive and the birth of new queens in swarm season.

Seasonal Theme: Soulshine
May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10

This practice series will be focused on ceremonial song and movement leading up to Summer Solstice. We are working with the vertical ascending energy from the root to the voice, and opening the inner doors. Cultivating our “Circle of Liberation!”

*This practice is for folks who identify as women, and non-binary folks who resonate with the Feminine Principle. We will be referencing the spirit of the womb within, which we all have. I am drawing from the community music practices from my Southern Italian & Sicilian Ancestors, the communal ritual dances of the Mediterranean Basin (of the Melissai). and also from the women’s ritual healing and threshold-keeping practices I’ve engaged on this land for 20 years in sacred sisterhood.