Strange Beautiful Musik
Encounters in Presence, Music, and Healing
If only we could see and trust that all our ways of getting there our courses over time — our good deeds, our evil deeds, our regrets, our compulsive choosings and the fallout from those choosings, our things done and paths never actualized — are
actually held in an exquisite fullness that simply poises in itself, then pours itself out in a single glance of the heart.
If we could only glimpse that, even for an instant, then perhaps we would be able to sense the immensity of the Love
that seeks to meet us at the crossroads of the Now —
when we yield ourselves into it.
- Cynthia Bourgeault -
Modes of Engagement
Spiritual Companionship and Therapy have many overlaps, and many places where they diverge. On paper.In actual human lives, I have found the distinction less easy to maintain. I'm not very convinced they ought to be, tbh.Someone may come seeking spiritual companionship and discover that some attention to old wounds, losses, patterns, or relationships is part of what is needed. Someone else may come looking for therapy and find themselves speaking about meaning, longing, mystery, prayer, beauty, or the movements of the soul.As you well know, in practice, human beings rarely arrive neatly divided into categories. What interests me is not so much deciding which conversation we are having, but listening carefully enough to discover what is being asked of us.For some people, that may look more like therapy. For others, it may look more like spiritual companionship. Often, it is some living combination of the two.If you feel certain you are looking for one and not the other, we can speak about that. You are also welcome to write to me before arranging a conversation.What matters most is not the category. It is whether the conversation serves the life that is trying to unfold.
Guided Unfolding*
Young Girl (4 Year Process)
Work taking place within the family home over approximately four years.
No formal diagnosis or external therapeutic support.
Sessions unfolded across daily life conditions.
*The same material, accompanied by pauses, reflections, and explicit points of orientation, offering therapeutic, psycho-spiritual, and ecological context. This is a deeper immersion, where subtler patterns are explored through slow motion replays, reflective prompts, guided pauses, cross referencing, and deeper pattern recognition.
Companioning*
Live sessions, 2-3 videos from the library
*A small-group, dialogical engagement held over a series of sessions. Participants work with selected material over a defined period, with access to recordings for the duration of the cohort
Viewing Library
Toddler
Early developmental delays in speech and movement, within a garden-based setting. A three year span of work, where over time, symbolic elements begin to enter the interaction, including recurring objects and imagery that support relational contact and expression.
Older Lady
Loss of movement following a likely stroke, without formal diagnosis or medication. A four year period of work in a home setting. Through music, touch, and image-making, the work gradually supported return to daily functioning, alongside the emergence of memories that had been previously inaccessible.
Access
This material is shared in a contained way.Access is offered in different ways depending on context, whether for personal viewing, therapeutic/educational use, to more guided, dialogical, and sustained forms of engagement.If you’re interested in accessing further material, you're welcome to get in touch: [email protected]