How might Music save the Hurting World?

Timothy EarthHealer

& Soul Fam

www.timmalone.org

http://treasuresbeyondmeasure.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Monthly events:

· APRIL 14 at ridgeback café 7 pm

· JUNE 24th Vol. pk. cedar grove

Set list from Debut:

1. Raining in the Desert

2. We Love (Ourselves Today)

3. Kitty Tiger Joy Joy (in 5 languages -- with hand puppets!)

4. Cowboy Song (from film “Joe v. Volcano”)

5. Good Medicine @ INDIAN CANYON

6. Instrumentals: Harmonic Convergence

7. Back to the Valley (Rivendale)

8. BE Filled (with Light and Love)

9. BlackBird Fly

10. Chants & Poetry Songs

11. Why can’t I? (Ode to Brasil Jazz)

12. The Over 40 Blues / Blues Medley

13. The Leprechan Song (St. Paddy’s Day Blues)

NEW CD COMING May 1, 2012

“U-TUBE “ UPLOAD IMMINENT!

LAST MONTH POST -- FEBRUARY 2012: What if Joy is what its all about?

FUTURE POSTS:

Meditations on our core pivotal centers: Heart, Head & Gut

U R Beautiful

What is the Song of your Heart? Soul?

Question War: How might this be helpful?

What if each of us had a Personal Trainer in Spirituality/Spiritual life?

Recovering, one day at a time,

Dog is with us ...

What if we love ourselves today... What difference does it make?

We love Japan! one year later, connections

I call myself "A Citizen ... of the World"

When is the last time you heard (or thought) you are Loveable just as you are?

Listening to the still, small voice within ...

What if your spiritual practice will save the world?

MEDITATION saved my life!

What is spiritual companioning /direction? How might it help me to center my life?

Good medicine you don't find at a pharmacy ...

Kitty Tiger Joy Joy

Indian Canyons

Photos with Guided Meditations on Staying Present & Healing

Songs (Upcoming cd)

poems (drafts for upcoming poetry book)

State of the Union, spiritual health of a nation and its people

Finding the right space, place & pace for YOUR life

Solitude Serenity: a life without a TV

The value of reviewing your day every night: Ignatian Spirituality resources

What if JOY JOY is what it's all about??

What if en-joy-ing life

with music, community, moving our beautiful bodies, and participating in that which leads us to growth,

and some kind of service, IS what we all all most deeply looking for

and need to be fully alive?!

JOY JOY.

What is Joy, anyway?! What does it FEEL like?

Hmmm.

One way to find out if this works for you, and yours, is to step out ...

Below is an invitation to try just that -- Live in Joy -- and enter into songs with meaning on (a kind of holiday) March 17th.

JOY JOY.

WHY DID THE MOVIE "Artist" win the oscar this year?

JOY JOY, on a screen -- old school meets new days.

Bring forth your inner ARTIST by joining future events which invite forth your voice, writing, inner song,

shake of a rattle. Or just write a few words in response to this blog (or another). In this way, we engage

and find out: We are not alone.

You are cordially INVITED to come witness the fruit of years of preparation: (and thawing: its 30 years since buying my first guitar!)

"Timothy EarthHealer and SOULFam"

is scheduled to play on St. Paddy's day

for my first Live public show from 7:00 - 9:00 pm

with guest musicians, original tunes, some Irish covers --

and chance to eat crepes & drink what heals ya!

ADDRESS: The Ridgeback Cafe, 500 NW 65th St.

Seattle, WA 98117 (206) 783-4073 theridgebackcafe.com

THE VISION and INTENTION

of the Evening (and Monthly Music Gatherings 2012):

New songs come through many artists and some ask to be brought to the light of day;

Come on a journey with me into spaces and places,

some playful and humorous, some sacred and even magical.

In this way the evening becomes a sharing -- of music, story, a SongSharing

which you can join in, participate, in multivalent ways.

This event is the first of MONTHLY gatherings to come --

indoors and in local parks under cedar trees -- over the span of 2012.

• Bring a friend or two!!
• Celebrate Life and
• the Precious sounds of FREE Live music!

FYI: The group is called under my stage name:

Timothy EarthHealer & Band (SoulFam)

sings Kitty Tiger Joy Joy!

Memories of the Snowstorm: Haiku and meditations to come

Remarkable! Beautiful! Fun! Scary ...

The Weeklong SnowStorm of 2012

expressed itself in three movements: Snow, Ice and Wind

(and for some, floods & power outages for days)

However it was experienced ...

SNOWFLAKES REMAIN

in the shape of Haiku here for you:

During those days of forced retreat these poems emerged

and asked to be shared ...

1. Boughs, heavy with snow

Bend to the Earth, pointing:

pure white, powdery delight.

2. Snow fall, Winters day.

Slow down, gears halt to silence;

(So) we may feel the Love.

3. Ice, Snow, Broken Branches

Upon the Ground - Nature's

heavy burden, down.

Next up:

Guided Meditations for Self-Discovery

PROJECTS COMPLETE: This Wednesday AUDIO BOOK Celebration & VIDEO for Holidays

Here is your invite to Wednesday's Book Celebration /Audio CD and Exercises on CD project
as well as the link below
to a Christmas Song Video to bring joy to these wintry days:

U-TUBE VIDEO LINK:

The url is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmUyjqqYJ0

Otherwise just type in Christmas in Seattle (is the Christmas for Me) at www.youtube.com
Song by Jennifer Oliver with backing and support by yours truly!


Book Celebration Event - YOU ARE INVITED!!
You are invited to join us in celebrating the release of The Chronic Illness Owner's Manual in Seattle at Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle,
on Wednesday November 16th at 7 pm.
Author Beth Alderman MD, MPH will read several anecdotes,
Tim Malone will guide a healing exercise, and Will Blades will share his music.

The Manual WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO BOOK READ BY TIM MALONE, via download from
http://sevenfoldhealing.com. See below in bold for Guided Exercises CD coming soon!

The Chronic Illness Owner's Manual: Just the Stories [abridged audio book read by Timothy J. Malone]
Put this audio book on your CD or MP3 player, kick back, and let the stories take you on a journey through the landscape of healing. Ideal for use while in the bath, walking or resting in nature, or attending your practitioner's healing studio. Expected in November.

The Chronic Illness Owner's Manual, Audio Guide to the Exercises [audio book created in collaboration with Timothy J. Malone]
If you are a self-healer or practitioner, you can put this audio book on your CD or MP3 player, relax, and allow it to support and enhance your healing practice in real time. If you are chronically ill and have not yet developed the energy or skills to guide yourself, or you are a practitioner new to sevenfold healing, this audio book can acquaint you with the twenty-six meditative healing exercises and support the development of your inner guide to sevenfold healing. Coming soon.The Sevenfold Healing Creative Team will be available to sign books, answer questions, and schedule bodywork treatments.

The Sevenfold Healing System for relief, wellbeing, and recovery in chronic illness is ready to use and to share with friends, loved ones, and clients through The Chronic Illness Owner's Manual, our new bedside companion, reference book, and wisdom text for integrative and comprehensive self-guided healing transformation. Because it enables the sick to access medical lineages ranging from Allopathy to Daoism; to integrate fragmented and disparate sources of care; and to heal all levels of the body from the flesh to interbeing, the Manual offers readers the chance to join in the revitalization and resacralization of modern global medicine. The Manual includes healing anecdotes with commentaries, working questions, and meditative practices.

Currently it is available on paperback via CreateSpace and as an eBook via Kindle and Kindle App. Paperback version includes original cover art by Coastal Salish artists Dylan Thomas and lessLIE. For more, see our website or continue to the holiday gift list below.

NEXT UP: Kitty Tiger Joy Joy
caught Live in Seattle ...
:)

A poem, New Music Projects & links to a sweet Autumn

Greetings ...
as Autumn colors our world! A poem for you to ponder:

An Ode to the (not-so welcomed) change of seasons

The NW rain brings forth delicious shades
of green
& myriad mushrooms supporting;
where before sweet sunshine warmed our insides,
bringing forth lemonade smiles
the grasses began turning brown, dry ground.

A return to balance
need not bring frowns,
nor the nights, sighs.

Let Autumn be our guide,
a companion bringing nothing short of
LIFE:
drink lush, painted foliage and skies.

C. 2011 Timothy J. Malone


postscript:
I remind myself today as the clouds and wind swept in:
Ah, accepting "what it is"
in the turn of the season
can be excellent spiritual practice ...
not necessarily welcomed
though most growthful, indeed!


THIS WEEK an update on CURRENT MUSIC & AUDIO PROJECTS ...

A celebration!
I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE FRUIT OF A SUMMER SABBATICAL
AND A 3 MONTH SEMINAR UTILIZING THE "ARTIST WAY" PROGRAM ...

WITHIN THE MONTH I WILL SEND LINKS TO NEW SONGS & AUDIO FILES:

1. "Kitty Tiger Joy Joy" – the Band, THE SONG & upcoming CD
and tour of Japan. This project has roots in cultural exchange of east and west, a bridge that can bring us all closer together. PLAYFUL and danceable these Songs are also chocked full of affirmations.

2. Recordings called forth by local volunteer organizations –

a. Listen to version of “Rawhide” for the NW Parkinson Foundation, recorded for the purpose of inspiring riders on the 150 mile Seattle to Portland (STP) bike ride this past summer 2011

3. Instrumental /Meditational Guitar …

to enter into a tranquil space … for journaling, meditation, inner work, and to enter into a healing state.

4. Guided Meditations/Chants for 21st century living …

a. Coming up next week ... Healing Meditation on our origins using the Enneagram slef-discovery system.

5. HEALTH and HEALING book written by a Doctor, with Voice Over/acting of the exercises, audio book and retreats by yours truly:
Link here to http://www.sevenfoldhealing.com/

***Downloadable formats coming soon***


NEXT WEEK a guided meditation on our origins in Love & what helped us to thrive, and survive ...

Summer Daze may come late ...but how sweet ...:)

Summer Haiku of Savoring

Sit,
Sun Soak:
Touches
the Skin
like Press
of Warm
Lips on Raw Heart
Strings -
SSSung!

Haiku of opening (to summer)

Walk in Nature,
now
Be led,
beyond the head,
perceive
mysteries
- wow!


Note:Haiku follows a 5-7-5 syllable rhythm.
The draft ones above are stretched for purpose of savoring the images evoked ...

NEXT WEEK: floating along with 60 Orcas whales at boundary waters Canada-USA islands.

A new beginning ... renewed commitment. Join me!

This week marks the 10th anniversary of my return from a one-year pilgrimage journey across five countries in Asia.

Inspired by this timing and invited to write a book on Pilgrimage as a Healing journey by a local author and doctor for the Sevenfold healing paradigm I am renewing my commitment to utilize this blog as a space to share writings in process as well as fresh poetry and essays which emerge from travels, both outer and inner.
First is the info I sent to the website for this Health Manual. You can buy this book soon via the website and in the next 6 weeks you can download the audio book version which I have been gratefully asked to voice ... may this be for the benefit of all !

** Timothy Malone serves the Creative team of SevenfoldHealing.com as RetreatMaster, meditation instructor/mentor, voice of the audio book, and will offer music and writing to the website experience.
The Seven levels of integration which this process engenders speaks to me as a comprehensive and liberating modality. I come to the team as a facilitator of deep awareness, a kind of contemplative state from which to open to healing on all levels. Entering into a state in which we can heal ourselves is often challenging to do all by ourselves. To access this space of healing we may find great benefit from having a companion or a voice of support which leads us gently into that deeper state. In twenty years of study, teaching and spiritual practice I have been gratefully led to cultivate a number of ways to support the process of growth and wholeness, including guided meditations, music, and 1:1 “spiritual disciplines” Coaching.

Visit www.timmalone.org for more info, to email or set up an appointment.
Tim lives in a hermitage near the Puget Sound writing Songs & poetry and serves as spiritual director with the Spiritual Exercises program (SEEL). Visit www.seelpugetsound.org


Where do we find community to heal?
An Open minded and Open hearted Spiritual community which honors all traditions and which I co-preside the HeartSongs ceremony 5 times a year and teach other classes on Spiritual Integration and Meditation/Prayer styles. The red cedar circle also meets here weekly. www.interfaithcommunitychurch.org