September Marks a Season to Emerge

Emerging from the summer always feels like a bit of a rebirth.

The crisp fresh air is a reminder that we are coming out of the heat (in many parts of the world), and the sight of school buses and children with backpacks signals the end of a less-prescribed season.

While, for me, this September marks the first in 21 years where one of my children is not starting school, it still feels like a beginning. In fact, as I dig up the earth to build a new studio on my property upstate, and clean out the apartment in Brooklyn where I raised my boys (trying to get them to claim, get rid of or store in my basement the flotsam and jetsam of their childhood), it feels like the preparation for a new stage of life.

My contractor showed up last week with something on the end of a stick. As he neared, I realized it was one of the Monarch caterpillar cocoons he had told me he and his son collect from the milkweed growing near their house in the Catskills.

"This is gonna hatch today," he said with assurance, having seen 24 of them do so this summer.

And so it did. I'd planned to sit and stare at it on my deck all day, but forgot, so just missed the actual emergence. But it was cool enough to see the brand new butterfly, wings still wet and attempting to open from where they'd been bound visibly within the clear artfully dotted cocoon.

Wow. Talk about metaphors. Nature has a way of sending us the messages we need, little reminders of the seasons, and the cycles, and how everything--including us--needs to morph and change. There is always beauty to be found in these processes, even within the more difficult of transitions, if we look, and listen carefully, if we commit to seeing and hearing it.

I have a variety of opportunities for you to listen mindfully to what changes you want and need this season as I support your process with a unique composition of my bells, bowls, drums and other percussion, including my voice.

In Brooklyn, I will be doing private events at Opportunity House temporary housing shelter, The Apsley by Sunrise Senior Center and at a global ad agency. Reach out if you want to book a private individual or group session for personal or professional events.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SEPTEMBER 14, 21, 28 + OCTOBER 5

OPUS 40, SAUGERTIES, NY

I'm SO excited about this Sunday morning Sound Bath Series at Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY that begins next Sunday, Sept. 14th and runs through October 5th. The reverberation of my instruments and voice off the beautiful bluestone spread through the Opus 40 grounds in glorious formations will lend an extra level of connection to the Earth and to our place in it.

Offered free with admission to the park.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th - 7 PM

Join me in Brooklyn for a Salon + Sound Bath. Commune with Brooklyn neighbors over snacks and spritzers, then relax with a Sacred Bloom sound bath. 7 PM - 8:30 PM

$20 suggested donation. Space is limited. RSVP to sacredbloomtribe.com/events

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th - 3 PM

FREE Community Drum Circle + Sound Meditation in cooperation with the Baltic House's Isaac Brown Healing Arts + Community Center. 3:00 PM.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - 6:30 PM

PCNC SOUND BATH, ELKA PARK

Join for this sound bath at my home in Elka Park to support the Platte Clove

Neighborhood Center in our efforts to restore a historic

church building nearby and build community. Free event,

but donations to the PCNC appreciated.

RSVP to sacredbloomtribe.com/events

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th - 6 PM

YIN + SOUND, JAYA YOGA EAST

Join me and Yin Yoga instructor Katie Cavanagh for a lovely evening Yin + Sound Bath from 6 PM until 7:15 PM at Jaya Yoga East. Register at JayaYogaCenter.com. Space is limited so sign up early!

In peace and harmony...Reach out with questions, comments or to book a session with me!! XX

Steph