Heartstrings

Heartstrings

The idiom ‘To tug at your heartstrings’ means to stir emotions. Most of us will be hesitant to do so, as we attempt to keep a balanced life. Meaning, not too many emotions and not too boring. But sometimes in order to get unstuck, and generate transformation and transmutation of living patterns, we do need to stir emotions. Because sometimes we’re too much in our heads, closed off from our bodies, and we numb out. We drown ourselves in work, alcohol or food, or our phones. We do that mostly unconscious, not aware of the patterns we slowly submerge ourselves into. Until we become aware we’re numbing ourselves, and we’re not really living our life to the fullest.

That happens to me too. I might have put too much on my plate and deprive myself from taking time off. Time that I need to get back into my body and feel, to release stress and do some inner work. For me, that means I need to listen. I need to listen to the silence, the sounds of nature, the birds, the crickets. I need to listen to my body and notice I’m tired. I need to listen to the echo chamber in my head and see what I’m putting in there. I need to find sounds that resonate with my emotions and I need to dance in my living room.

To go a little deeper, I need to gently tug at those heartstrings and unlock a space for deeper transformation and healing. The cello is a special instrument that does that for me. It’s such an emotional instrument, both melodic and rhythmic. To me, it sounds like it speaks in words and colors. It truly is an instrument to my heart.

In the next Sound Meditation Heartstrings Dec 7 the cello plays an important role. We will use it to carry you into a soundscape that mirrors the depths of your emotions. Each note is an invitation to release, to feel, and to reconnect with the rhythms of your heart.