Last week I played at a new nursing home to residents in high care and dementia, which is usually one on one as I connect to residents on a personal level and allow whatever to come through. This time I was asked to play to a group and a lovely lady who had played piano was facinated and asked about the ancient way of the harp which is different to western music. To my suprise another woman in an abrupt way asked me to just get on with it and play - so I said a pray, as always and began to play. It wasnt long before this woman told me that I wasnt playing music and insisted I play real music ; clearly she could not relate to what I was doing and complained. Mmm, I did not react yet it did stir me up until I came back to my centre.
I was then asked to sit wiith Maureen in her room, a lovely 110 year old blind woman and now I knew I was doing my real work. I sat opposite this darling woman who expressed such joy as i played to her soul. She held her hands up to her ears so she could soak in every bit of sound resonating. I even asked her if it was too much (as I dont just play angelic sounds) but she insisted I go on and let it stream out of me. She then shared that she have travelled extenstively through Europe in her life following opera and that i was gifting her with music from another realm on her last days...
What a blessing for me to do this work, even in the face of adversities. When spirit calls we have no choice. May you always choose to listen to the voice that remembers who you are...
I was then asked to sit wiith Maureen in her room, a lovely 110 year old blind woman and now I knew I was doing my real work. I sat opposite this darling woman who expressed such joy as i played to her soul. She held her hands up to her ears so she could soak in every bit of sound resonating. I even asked her if it was too much (as I dont just play angelic sounds) but she insisted I go on and let it stream out of me. She then shared that she have travelled extenstively through Europe in her life following opera and that i was gifting her with music from another realm on her last days...
What a blessing for me to do this work, even in the face of adversities. When spirit calls we have no choice. May you always choose to listen to the voice that remembers who you are...