What if you could turn off your self-judgment and inner critic and sit down with a musical instrument and start playing — joyously, exuberantly, and without inhibition…
… every note perfect at the moment, allowing your soul to sing its song and express its greatest longings?
In a recent free online event, music therapist Christine Stevens shared that when we express ourselves freely and creatively, there are no missteps…
… only discoveries that make us more awake, more inventive, and more resilient in taking on the unknown and unexpected.
Join Christine in an inspiring free online event (now thru August 28th) where she’ll take you on an improvisational music journey with the Native American-style flute (or by simply using your voice).
Christine says that this flute is one of the most accessible and most fulfilling instruments to learn because it’s crafted in the five notes of the pentatonic scale…
… and no matter how you combine them, it’s impossible to make a mistake. There are no wrong notes!
Playing improvisationally, Christine says, liberates your imagination and enables you to find what’s true for you. It peels away layers of self-limitation—and maybe even uncovers your higher purpose.
During this event, Christine will guide you through the five notes of the pentatonic scale, allowing you to feel the emotional content of each note and the energy traveling up your spine as you journey up and down the scale.
She’ll also give you an animal spirit prompt—the medicine of the Eagle—to sing or play with. The eagle symbolizes the unrestricted aspect of the natural world and the power of freedom in literally “winging it.”
This isn’t just about music! You may be surprised to know how creating and playing improvisationally can open a doorway into new states of consciousness that can transform your life.
You can here for Finding a Higher Purpose With Improvisational Native American-Style Flute: Shift Your Mind From Self-Judgment to a Creative Flow State for Deep Soul Expression
In this one-hour online musical event, you’ll:
Discover an “earthing” practice with sound — to ground you into nature and then uplift you- Practice improvisation with voice or flute based on the 5-note scale, and discover each note’s purpose and energetic gift
- Be infused by a healing improvisation with Christine’s branch flute in the key of E
- Experience the inspiration and cultural significance of combining drum, rattle and flute — the three sounds of creation in the Mexican tradition
- Work with the medicine of the Eagle whose wings remind us of “winging it” and the connection of flute and birds, for a sense of freedom that may alter the way you live your life
You can RSVP for free here.
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About Christine Stevens
Author and music therapist Christine Stevens was adopted into a Native American family after spending more than a decade singing Lakota prayer songs, undertaking Hanbleceya (“Crying for a Vision,” one of the seven Lakota Sacred Rites), and becoming a pipe carrier for Women’s Way Long Dance, founded by Connor Sauer. With the permission of her elders and respect for the Red Roadways of music and medicine, she has played the Native American-style flute for more than 25 years, as well as percussion for sound healing, honoring Nature in sacred sites, from a Sedona vortex to the Grand Tetons.
Christine is the author of The Nature Sutras, Music Medicine, and The Healing Drum Kit, and the founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, which brings drumming and sound healing to organizations and events dedicated to uplifting humanity. As an advocate of music and wellness, her media appearances include NBC, PBS, Discovery Health, and Living Better TV.
Christine, who has worked with Fortune 500 companies, disaster survivors, and refugee women, serves as a Musical Ambassador of Peace. She led the first drum circle training for peace in northern Iraq and toured Japan with a music medicine approach to the Native American-style flute.
The host of Global Rhythm Sangha Online, she teaches a variety of online training programs, including Awaken Your Rhythm, which has served hundreds of people from over 35 countries. Most recently, her pilot study, the Global Tele-Music Therapy program, published in Music and Medicine, helped reduce pain, discomfort, and stress with enduring effects during COVID-19.
Christine’s commitment to love, beauty, and harmony and the reciprocity of offering music to Nature continues to guide her sound-healing practice and courses with The Shift Network.
See Christine in our List of Esteemed Shamanic Teachers.