Special guests Kawennontye Shani Martin, Entiontierenhte Autumn & Theresa Bear Fox of the Mohawk Nation join Dream Seed for this special meditation of giving thanks, in honor of this season and all the abundance it brings. We dedicate this gratitude prayer to the original people of Turtle Island. Giving thanks for the wisdom of the children of the earth. May your prayers be our prayers.
This event is available by donation (all amounts welcome). You will be emailed a link to the broadcast once you donate.
See you soon for this very special sound journey!
About THERESA BEAR FOX
Bear writes: I always loved music, and I realized later that I had a gift for songwriting around the age of 29. When I look back and think about it, I always had this beautiful gift, but I didn’t realize what I had. I remember when I was riding the bus to school I could hear music coming to me. I look around and there was no radio playing. It was a melody coming that only I could hear. So I would hum the melody I was hearing. As I got older, I first began writing songs that were in Mohawk for our Traditional Women’s singing group called, ‘Kontiwennenhawi’, (Carriers of the Words). In 2001 my family had a house fire. After this house fire, my family was going through tough times trying to pay bills and trying to put money aside to build a house. One day, I got the idea that I should try and write songs in English. I can write songs in Mohawk maybe I can write songs in English too. The first song that I wrote in English was, ‘Broken.’ The second song that came to me to write was called, ‘Rich Girl.’ So, these are the beginnings of songwriting and singing for me. I began making CDs, and it helps to have them to make ends meet.
When I write a song, I run it by my family first. I have five children; I have one girl and four boys. I remember when I sang them ‘Rich Girl’ for the first time—my kids loved it. It made my daughter cry.
About About KAWENNONTIE (SHANI) MARTIN
Kawennontie Martin is from the Six Nations Grand River Territory. She is of the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan Family. Kawennontie has been an active role model for her community in the deliverance of her loving distributive energies through her heart and her creative thinking. Kawennontie embraces ancient Ancestral knowledge through daily living and a seasonal rhythmic ceremonial life while planting seeds of important values as a Haudenosaunee/Waldorf Teacher. She is currently studying Anthroposophy at the Rudolf Steiner Centre, Toronto and her life’s education continues through the development of the senses, observing, planning and interacting with the inner and outer landscapes of life. Kawennontie is a loving mother of nine children and 4 grandchildren.
About DREAM SEED
DREAM SEED is a shamanic sound ensemble featuring members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation and Didge Project. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments are used to create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. Participants are led through guided meditations and sound healing practices designed to harmonize body, mind and spirit.