by NoeSingingCircles | Nov 28, 2019 | Handwork, Meadowlark, Mothering, Mothersong, Music, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf
Here’s a lantern tutorial that’s so quick and easy, you can do it in around half an hour. It uses mostly things you have around the house, but if you need to purchase any supplies, you’ll find them easy to procure. You will need: Paper lunch bags. (Approximately 4...
by NoeSingingCircles | Nov 28, 2019 | Handwork, Meadowlark, Mothersong, Music, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf
As an alternative to the many glass lantern tutorials available online, here’s a simple, unbreakable alternative! This is a wonderful, pretty simple craft for families to do together. Children aged three and older will be able to do many of the steps. My own...
by NoeSingingCircles | Aug 6, 2018 | Mothersong, Music, Spirit
Do you ever feel like you need more ritual in your life? Do you ever wish you had a regular space to go deep with some of your personal questions and strivings, but struggle to find a tradition that feels like the right match? For those of us who self-identify as...
by NoeSingingCircles | Feb 17, 2018 | Continuum parenting, Meadowlark, Mothering, Mothersong, Spirit, Waldorf
A little over ten years ago, I heard a speaker who changed my life. It happened at the Bioneers Conference in Marin. I was attending this festival for ecological activists with my then boyfriend, (now husband), whose film was playing at the festival. It was a hard...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jul 6, 2017 | Mothering, Mothersong, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, World Folk Traditions
A friend of mine is about to give birth to her second child. For her first birth, she tried a home birth, but this time, she’s giving birth in a hospital. Like a lot of us who make this choice, she’s feeling a need to bring as much consciousness and intentionality...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 2, 2017 | Mothersong, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit
Sometimes people ask me “how can I overcome my inner critic when singing?” A good first step is to name how that inner critic got in the way of singing in the first place. For many of us, the reason is that we have been raised to think about singing primarily as a...