The Golden Lyre
May life be a gift, an adventure, a grand experiment in love. Ignite the senses. Open a heart full of love, let it pour like a fountain to bless the world. Live freely, passionately, beautifully.
 
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I remember when I asked to come

When I jumped with joy

            down the chute

            through the tunnel

            into the light

As the Great Mother received me

and I agreed to forget

the smile I had

when I planned all of this

with my cherished friends

knowing I would see you again

And every now and then

I remember…

Before I forget…

The joy I felt

before I took that great leap

            down the chute

            through the tunnel

            into the light

And consider

that all that joy

was just for this:

yesterday’s walk on the beach

a call from a friend

the softness of cat fur

the ecstacy of grief

that moment when we meet

and catch a glimmer through love-clear eyes

and I remember you

and you remember me

Oh God, the beauty!

It was for this…

all of this…

I took that great leap

            down the chute

            through the tunnel

            into the light

 


Welcome!


The goal of my practice is to provide space and opportunity for people to experience deeper aspects of their own beautiful, creative, soulful natures, and to be present and in love with life. 


My healing practice and classes serve to guide and provide opportunities for expanded experience of the world in a variety of ways: through expanded conscious awareness, through enhanced connection to the senses, through the strengthening of intuition, through the opening and flow of the body's energy centers, through free expression of creative gifts, through deepening the connection to the soul, through freeing the heart to love first oneself, then extending that love to the world. 


My practice has transformed considerably over the last year, and I am very excited to be offering some new services and classes to help nourish our bodies and souls during this beautiful time of collective transition. 


First, on January 15th and March 4th I will offer the "Shamanic Sound Sessions, Dreaming in the New World Soul".  These sessions use shamanic/channeled sound to invoke the dream of life that comes from our hearts and souls where wellsprings of love, joy, and passion are freed to first nourish and revitalize ourselves, and then overflow into the world.  This overflow is the dream of our souls nourishing the soul of the world. The soul of the world is ready for re-birth, we can assist this process, and help ourselves have resilience through it, by liberating the energy of our own ecstatic, beautiful, soulful natures. For more information including a full description see my Classes and Workshops page.  

Then I will be leading a
retreat in Hawaii in January of 2013 that will take this work even further through a five-day immersion in consciousness-expanding sound and shamanic connection assisted by the powerful energies of the Big Island of HawaiiHawaii Retreat 2013
 
For
personal growth and nourishment, I offer personalized sound sessions available as mp3 files, see Recorded Sound Sessions, and see clients privately in Seattle or via phone or Skype:Private Sessions

Then,
Golden Lyre Medicine Circle 2012 will start in January! This will be a continuous circle for the year.  Each season we explore our inherent gifts, beauty, power, and wisdom led by the guides and archetypes of the four seasons/directions.  The Medicine Circle 2011 has been a beautiful experience and a gift to facilitate, and I am very much looking forward to next year's group! Join us on a journey of self-discovery, creativity, beauty, love, and SpiritClasses and Workshops


For a calendar summary of up-coming events and classes follow this link:Event Calendar


Feel free to fill out the form below, or e-mail me,info@thegoldenlyre.com, with any questions, to register, or to be on my mailing list. 

With beauty and gratitude,


Melissa

"A renewal, indeed a complete transfiguration of your life, can come through attention to your senses.  Your senses are the guides to take you deep into the inner world of your heart...By being attuned to the wisdom of your senses, you will never become an exile in your own life, an outsider lost in an external spiritual place that your will and intellect have constructed."

-John O'Donohue, from Anam Cara