December abundance

We are already more than halfway through the month of January. The days are getting longer as light returns. This photo is one I took in very early Spring which will be here in a flash. TIme goes so quickly now that I am really aware not to waste any of my hours on negativity or rumination or any of the other things that might come along to distract me.

I am sitting here in my office, working away. The windows next to me show snow blowing in the wind...in just a few hours we will have a new blanket of pure, white snow. My cup of coffee is next to me and a candle is lit. Yesterday I finished my sales tax report for the State of Indiana and sent the check. December was a month of abundance in so many ways, and sales were great!

What a privilege it is to be able to work in a place that is beautiful and supportive. Since I am self-employed this is my own choice to make of course, but it is definitely something to be grateful for.

January is the month also of taking inventory....time consuming but necessary. It also the month of updating records, connecting with people who have ordered throughout the year to say thank you, and cleaning the office space. It is a time of doing research on music and on markets. It's a good thing that January is a long month!

Mayan Dream Productions began in 1987, so I celebrated 25 years of business last year and this year begins the next 25 years.
Very cool!

Have a beautiful day! Love to all.

The Power of Music To Heal

What is the essence of music? Is it an organization of sound waves in a particular planned order? Is there some kind of law that music has to be created in a certain way, or that the musician does or does not have to have a certain education? My answer is…nope.

We take sound for granted because it is everywhere. Science tells us that our human organs each radiate a distinct melody. They have been able to translate that melody into our musical notation. We know that certain sounds create the form of a spiral or other forms when allowed to vibrate over sand. Consciously heard sound vibrates in our ear canal and is translated into meaning by our brain. We interpret the vibration as words or sounds or music. However, many sound waves never reach our consciousness, but they affect our bodies and our emotions as they vibrate within us. The flowers in this summer photo are each vibrating with their unique sound and that song connects to the unique melody of the everything around them. Together, they form a song.

All music interacts with us and changes us. Why? Because music is a sound vibration that moves and dances with any other vibration within it’s reach. When I listen to the cicada song at night in the summer, I move into a space of peace. When I hear the early morning bird song, I experience vitality and joy. This is true even if I started my morning in a bad mood. Our own individual “song” interacts with the vibration of music around us and changes us.

Science and medicine now have ample proof that the vibration of music carries the power to bring healing, inspiration, transformation, strength, and support. It opens worlds and walks the individual through the unknown into potential. Here is a quote from USA Today regarding Music Therapy: “Music holds a unique role in human life. Its rhythms help organize movement …almost no one can resist a good beat. Music brings up memories. And music, it seems, can help retrain the speech centers of the brain.”

Music also heals in other ways. Several years ago a friend called me to say that my music brought her young friends’(who was in a coma) pulse rate and blood pressure into the normal range. Another e-mailed to say that The Beloved music was the only thing that brought her dying mother into a place of calm where she could sleep. There are many more examples in my life of people sharing the ability of my music to heal.

Music has the unique power to support you in your own individual journey and the transformation that allows your healing and your unique purpose in life to be realized. Blessings, Beverly

Happy New year!

In the Catholic Church and for the Tzutzeil Maya, Christmas is not finished. Both cultures began Christmas around the dates of December 23 - 25 and will celebrate the new wisdom through January 6th. In the Catholic Church, this is the date of Epiphany...the arrival of the wise men who followed the light of the star, and the celebration of the light moving out into the world. For the T'zuheil Maya, this is the release of the light of wisdom into the world fully. The Jewish people have celebrated Hanakkuk, the feast of light. And there are many, many more cultures which have similar celebrations

For me the universal nature of archetypes are amazing, and they speak truth. We are now moving through the time when wisdom gathers and grows and then is sent out throughout Mother Earth. We are in the time of the return of light.

Wisdom is a powerful force that asks the individual to look at habits and old patterns, and ask if they are still appropriate for this new time. Even in secular society we have a collective consciousness of making "New Years Resolutions". However, it is also recognized in secular society that most new year's resolutions do not last. We need the support and awareness of the voice of Wisdom in order for change to really happen in our lives....no matter the outer pathway.

For myself, this force of wisdom around me means that I will be looking at these old habits and old patterns, just like everyone else. It means that reactivity is only the indication that something is ready to change. How exciting is this! The support is there for me and everyone else to get larger and live in this new light with happiness and joy, gentleness and kindness.

Happy New year to all!

December 21

I love the time of the solstice and the return of light. Yesterday I turned 65 and it's a very special gift to me that I was born on that day. This will be a magical year! Walt nailed my feeling about this coming year with a marvelous birthday card from Avatar "May your birthday be just the beginning of a year of discovery and adventure" and a gift. Isn't that a wonderful wish " a year of discovery and adventure". And...I got my car back finally which had been at the body shop since being hit (with me in it) 21 days ago.

My birthday was very private and personal with a few personal e-mails from friends through my gmail account, and a couple of beautiful cards from close friends...and Happy Birthday sung by the choir. It's a strange quirk of mine....I love birthday cards!

There is this virus going around and it seems that I have caught it and am now in bronchitis just in time for Christmas!
Bronchitis is usually a life-changing event for me, and I expect no less from this particular version. Bring it on! What did that card say "May your birthday be just the beginning of a year of discovery and adventure".

December was a month where everything just exploded at Mayan Dream Productions. It was truly a WOW month.

Blessings to all of you and light and peace. Happy Solstice.

Coffee cup in hand!

What a beautiful morning! It's probably around 22 degrees on this bright and soft November day, and my coffee is at hand as always.

In the first part of November, I wrote a new piece of music which is titled Woven in Fierce Kindness. It is on the home page of my website as my free Holiday gift to everyone.....no strings attached. All anyone has to do is hit the link and it will take them to the music which they can download if they want to keep it.

Meanwhile, DailyOM is going to feature Radiance on November 22nd and then keep it as a featured CD through the end of November. They are a wonderful organization with so much to offer all of us. I am grateful that Radiance is a part of their mission this month.

Marketing went out to the world.....all CDs on holiday special through the end of December. Organizations wait until the semi-annual sales of my CDs to order for workshops, etc, but these CDs also make marvelous gifts and at $5 each, what a deal!

Soul/Deepbody Music is now a major focus for me again. Creating individual Soul Music albums for people is one of my greatest joys. I get to connect with you on a very deep level and friendships have been formed in ways that could not have happened with the Soul Music. And.....creating music and recording music is so much fun!

What does Soul/Deepbody music do for us? We have all read many books, or articles, or heard about the power of music to change the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual bodies of people. The power of music to change lives and to heal is a real structure in our world. Our own individual Soul/Deepbody music is a powerful, transformative, life-changing event for us. It may not be comfortable because Soul/Deepbody music demands change in our life, but it will be a transformative experience.

Meanwhile, the day is calling to me and it's time to leave this post and move out into the world!

11-11-11

Here in Fort Wayne, as I look out my office window, it is an absolutely gorgeous November day. The sun has that special quality that you can only get in late Autumn, early Winter. The light is sparkling on the still-green grass which is wet from the melting frost. It was only 28 degrees last night. The air will be fresh and crisp.

No wonder that I am inspired to write music that includes so much of nature. This Mother Earth is so beautiful, and spectacular. Sometimes it's also pretty exciting and can turn one's life upside down. That is true of most of the music that I write. It does not leave me or the listener in a place of "status quo".

This week has been a reorganization week in preparation for the holidays. My website home page is being decorated and there will soon be a new writing on it. Beginning November 15, there are new prices on the order page.....the lowest prices of the year. A mailing is going out to wish everyone a joyous holiday season, and to communicate with the many people who are not available on e-mail.

The Woven in Fierce Kindness music has been released as a 5 minute track, and it is now available to anyone who let's me know they would like their very own copy. It will come as an Mp3 file on YouSendIt....just download it, put it in i-tunes and you can listen on your computer, i-pod, or burn a CD for listening in the car, etc.

I am also in the process of re-creating the structure of Soul/Deepbody music.

All of this means that I have to get up really early in the morning for several extra hours of work. The blessing....the early morning hours are the best!

Love to all.

A very special week

The week of November 1.....a time in the planet where the veil between worlds is very thin. We acknowledge this in the United States with Halloween, Sanheim, All Saints and All Souls Days, Day of the Dead. I will be celebrating by creating music in the recording studio this afternoon.

It has been over a year since I have recorded new music. This year of rest has allowed an entirely new level of music to be created.
I am especially excited that Soul Music is coming back into active being after this year of rest, and will be accessible to people in new ways.

For this week of deep connection to the spiritual forces that support me.....I am focused on loving kindness, compassion, joy, strength, openness to the newness. Blessings to all of you!