One of the things I love about singing is its meditative quality. It takes a deep inner focus to travel along the moving soundscape of a song. It is a landscape that changes with each passing. While walking along the same steppingstones (words and melody), the things you notice and the places you go will be different every time. Singing is an opportunity to wake up and view your inner details with a powerful microscope. The song becomes a vehicle for traveling the inner space

When I'm being present with another person in conversation, I choose an open and steady physical posture, listen attentively without an agenda or judgment, and make sure the words I say are true and kind. With increasing awareness, I am learning to complete the communication by paying attention to the sound of my spoken voice too — tone, resonance, volume, and melodic inflection — and what that sound conveys. As it turns out, it doesn’t take a lot of effort, just a moment of