Jun 21 2022
Early Summer, Summer Solstice - Seasons of the Soul CD
The Motivation: End my Migraines! The idea for CD Seasons of the Soul came from my own healing experience. I had struggled for years with all sorts of mysterious illnesses. None of my symptoms added up to a specific diagnosis, and so none of the treatments I tried worked completely. When the mystery illness evolved into a migraine that wouldn't stop, I became a gentle warrior for my own health. I worked with a talented acupuncturist on Hawai'i Island, and when I became too sensitive for needles, she taught me how to adjust my energy, and reduce the headaches, by what foods I ate. Connecting Food to SeasonsI ate what she recommended, and then gradually wanted to know why she was recommending these foods to me. She pointed me to a wonderful book called, Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford. It is a tome and dominates the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. As I began eating in order to stop the headaches, I began to notice that the foods that my acupuncturist was suggesting were following the seasons. My body actually wanted to eat what was in season. Eating foods that were out of season or shipped from somewhere else were contributing to my headaches.I continued to eat, following my body and following the seasons. I began to notice other patterns that followed the seasons, too. Different emotions or parts of myself seemed to step forward at certain times of year, and they seemed to be in a regular cycle. I began to regain my health when I allowed my body to follow the seasons. Enter the HarpWhen I got to the point where I was trying Reiki to treat the migraines, my Reiki master suggested that I connect with something in my childhood that was happy. I remembered a dream of playing the harp and gave it a try. I loved it. And when I discovered that it was possible to connect certain keys and styles of harp playing with various emotions, this was about the same time I was making the connection between the seasons, food, and my emotional and physical health. Research and ExperimentationI started improvising around the idea of creating musical seasons according to ancient traditional Chinese thinking. This idea excited me tremendously. And isn't this what composers are doing anyway? Translating their vision of the emotional and energetic world into sound and muSupport the showDonate to Cymber Lily QuinnVenmo: @cymberquinnPayPal: paypal.me/cymberWith more than 35,000 downloads, I’ve been making beautiful, relaxing harp music for everyone to enjoy. I would love it if you would support my music by buying me a cup of coffee or two. You can donate to my podcast by Venmo or PayPal. Your contribution will help me continue to produce these soothing melodies for years to come. ~~~~~~~~Cymber Lily Quinn is an award-winning professional harpist and sound healer, who has been featured on National Public Radio and Hawaii Public Radio. She weaves world music, classical, jazz and nature into soundscapes of inner peace. She produces this podcast, Relaxing Harp Music, which was recently listed in the Top 5 of Best Harp Podcasts by Player.fm, and number 8 in the top 30 relaxing podcasts. All tracks on this podcast are recorded in one take.Cymber Lily has recorded 3 CDs of healing harp music, which won 5 Big Island Music Awards. Cymber is also noted as a Music Achiever by the National League of American Pen Women. Join my private Facebook group for improvising harpists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/impactfulharpistsCymber's teaching studio is Rosalani Harp & Music Academy: www.RosalaniMusic.net....
