This one came through for myself and my retreat participants. Let’s surround ourselves in love as we move through the world – like a protective ball of energy. Lets feel it moving through us, in us, as us…
Lyrics:
The energy of love surrounds me
The energy of love moves through me
Guiding my way in all I do and say
Yes the energy of love surrounds me
Heather Houston
© 07/2022
A fun greeting song created for my Song Village community — and for everyone to enjoy. Once my participants get the hang of it, I invite them to walk around and sing one whole round to one person, then to another, and so on and so forth. Harmonies can be improvised. All for fun!
Lyrics:
You belong here in this place
You belong here in this place
Oh I see you
And I see you seeing me to
I belong here in this place
I belong here in this place
Oh I see you
And I see you seeing me too
I belong here in this place – repeat 3 or 4 times
Heather Houston
© June 2022
A tribute to our beautiful Mother Earth. This one flowed through on a warm Spring day in 2020 with the energy of gratitude in my heart! Sung in a round. It’s quite challenging vocally, so make sure that you and your participants are good and warmed up, and invite them to breathe deeply.
Lyrics:
Oh Mama Gaia
Oh Mama Gaia
Oh Mama Gaia
We sing our praise to you!
A beautiful gathering song for these times. Namaste – the light (Divine) in me honors the light (Divine) within you. A beautiful greeting song!!
Part 1
The light in me, honors the light within you
Part 2
Oh… you are, yes you are, light
Part 3
Oh… you are light
Part 4
I am light, you are light, I am light, you are light
© Heather Houston
03/08/2020
All rights reserved
This one flowed through for a room full of women entrepreneurs. It’s been a favorite for many ever since. A beautiful layer song.
Lyrics:
Oh I am opening up for a dance with Divine Mystery
Oh I am trusting the path that’s unfolding before me with ease
Just let go now, trust the flow
Just let go now, then you’ll know
Right on time now, I’ve arrived
Right on time now, I’m aligned
© Heather Houston
All rights reserved
Sisters of the Moon Album Version:
Rough Recording on Heather’s Garage Band:
This is a great ice-breaker of a song! The perfect opener. It gets your group singing in harmony in a matter of minutes. Possible meaning is “Mama come out and play!” When I first learned this, I learned that it was from the Torres Straight Islands and that it meant “Beautiful Earth.” The more research I do, the more I find that it’s actually from West Africa and has traveled far and wide. I learned it off of a “WombSong” CD. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
Bele mama, bele mama ee ay
Bele mama, bele mama ee ay
Bele mama, bele mama, bele mama, bele mama,
Bele mama, bele mama ee eh
This song is in the public domain
Arrangement by Heather Houston
I’ve known and sung this beautiful chant in women’s circles for many years. It’s an invitation to feel one with the Earth, a reminder of our sacred connection to, and responsibility for, the more than human world. The composer is unknown, and the song is in the public domain.
Arrangement by Heather Houston
Lyrics:
Earth my body,
Water my blood,
Air my breath
and fire my spirit
A gathering song from the Ivory Coast. I learned this one from an Inkululeko CD back in 2000 when I was teaching elementary school. I arranged the harmonies for my students. It became a favorite for all of the grades, every year. Adults love it too! 😉
Try keeping the rhythm in your hands or feet as you sing it.
This song is in the public domain
Arranged by Heather Houston
Lyrics:
Zominamina eh eh
Wake wake eh eh eh
Zominamina zonga le wa
Ana wa ah ah
Zongo eh eh eh
Zongo eh eh eh
Zominamina zonga le wa
Ana wa ah ah
An uplifting gathering song from Kenya. I use this one often when opening a circle. “Welcome to my village, you are all a part of my village, we are all one village.” I learned this song from my dear singing sister Debbie Nargi-Brown.
Lyrics:
Ay Yai mochi numba
Ay Yai mochi numba
Go berri samba mochi numba
Go berri samba mochi numba
Go berri chickede mochi numba
Go berri chickede mochi numba
