Songs: Healing & Renewal
Songs of Healing and Renewal: Curated and taught by Beth Garrigus, who has tended to broken hearts and broken wings of thousands of people, including through lodges to honor our sacred grief, rage, fear and confusion, for over 50 years.
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AHAVAH (Jewish Renewal)
Love and compassion; Loving kindness and peace
A-ha-vah v’Rach-ha-amim Chesed v’ Shalom
Love and compassion; Loving kindness and peace
A-ha-vah v’Rach-ha-amim Chesed v’ Shalom
Accompaning text (adapted from a writing by Rabbi Rami Shapiro)
We are loved by an unending love.
We are embraced by arms that find us, even when we are hidden from ourselves.
We are touched by fingers that soothe us, even when we are too proud for soothing.
We are counseled by voices that guide us, even when we are too embittered to hear.We are loved by an unending love.
We are supported by hands that uplift us, even in the midst of a fall.
We are urged on by eyes that meet us, even when we are too weak for meeting.We are loved by an unending love.
Embraced, touched, soothed, counseled–
ours are the arms, the fingers, the voices;
ours are the hands, the eyes, the smiles of that love.We are loved by an unending love.
We are loved by an unending love.
We are embraced by arms that find us, even when we are hidden from ourselves.
We are touched by fingers that soothe us, even when we are too proud for soothing.
We are counseled by voices that guide us, even when we are too embittered to hear.We are loved by an unending love.
We are supported by hands that uplift us, even in the midst of a fall.
We are urged on by eyes that meet us, even when we are too weak for meeting.We are loved by an unending love.
Embraced, touched, soothed, counseled–
ours are the arms, the fingers, the voices;
ours are the hands, the eyes, the smiles of that love.We are loved by an unending love.
AHWAY (African Funeral Song by Thomas Renault)
Ahway Ahway (4X)
He ya he ya he ho (2X)
ALL I ASK OF YOU (Dances of universal peace)
All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you (2X)
Ishq Allah Ma’bud Lillah’ (2X)
All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you (2X)
Ishq Allah Ma’bud Lillah’ (2X)
BORN OF WATER (chant)
Born of water, cleansing, powerful, healing, changing I am.
CALLING THE ANCESTORS (West African)
Pouro somine. Pouro momine. Pouro somine–o. Pouro momine—o— (wah after 2X)
COME AGAIN (Written by Rumi)
Come, come, whoever you are.
Come, come, whoever you are.
This caravan is not of despair. (2X)
Even though you have broken your vows, perhaps, ten thousand times. Still come, again, come again, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. Come! (2X)
COURAGE SISTERS (unknown)
Courage sister (daughter, mother, grandmother, brother, father, son, grandfather…),
you do not walk alone.
We will walk with you and sing your spirit home.
Courage sister (daughter, mother, grandmother, brother, father, son, grandfather…),
you do not walk alone.
We will walk with you and sing your spirit home.
HOW COULD ANYONE EVER TELL YOU? (Libby Roderick)
How could anyone ever tell you, you were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you, you were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice your loving is a miracle, how deeply you’re
connected to my soul?
AS YOU ARE STANDING HERE (Linda Heron Wind)
As you’re standing here before me, you are radiant and beautiful.
As you’re standing here before me, you’re completely whole.
As you’re standing here before me, your loving is a miracle, how deeply
you’re connected to the whole.
I AM SENDING YOU LIGHT (Terry Garthwaite)
I am sending you light…to heal you…to hold you.
I am sending you light…to hold you in love.
LET THE MOTHER HOLD YOU (Melanie DeMore)
Let the Mother hold you, hold you in Her arms (grace).
Let the Mother hold you, keep you safe from harm (dangers, with you face).
Let Her take your hand, guide you on your way.
Let the Mother hold you in Her love always.
OM MANI PADME HUM (Ancient chant for Manipura chakra)
PURIFY AND HEAL US (Chant)
Purify and heal us, heal us and free us.
Oh, purify and heal us, heal us and free us.
QUAN YIN UN BODSI (Sita Jamieson)
She carries me, she carries me, she carries me to the other side.
RA MA DA SA SA SAY SO HUNG (Sikh tradition)
REST AND HEAL (Julie Corey)
Rest and heal. Rest and heal. Take the time to rest and heal.
Life can wait. Life can wait. Return to your soul.
RETURN AGAIN (from the Jewish tradition)
Return again. Return again. Return to the home of your soul. (repeat)
Return to who you are. Return to what you are.
Return to where you are, born and re-born again….
ROUND and ROUND (recorded by Libana)
Round and round the Earth is turning.
Round and round the Earth is turning.
Turning ever round till morning
and from morning into night
SACRED MOTHER (Beth Garrigus)
Sacred Mother, we hear You calling. Sacred Mother, we hear Your prayer.
Sacred Mother, we feel Your anguish. Sacred Mother, we are here.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We have come to ground Your Presence, protect life and make a stand.
We have come to bear Your witness, be Your heart, Your voice, Your hand.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We have come to change the story, restore balance, dispell fear.
We are singing through the darkness to our relations, we are here.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We are praying with the waters, gather close Your sacred seed..
We are standing in the clear-cut, our love becoming a Sheltering Tree.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
Sacred Mother, we hear You calling. Sacred Mother, we hear Your prayer.
Sacred Mother, we feel Your anguish. Sacred Mother, we are here.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We have come to ground Your Presence, protect life and make a stand.
We have come to bear Your witness, be Your heart, Your voice, Your hand.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We have come to change the story, restore balance, dispell fear.
We are singing through the darkness to our relations, we are here.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
We are praying with the waters, gather close Your sacred seed..
We are standing in the clear-cut, our love becoming a Sheltering Tree.
la il la ha il allah hu/ la il la ha il allah (2X)
SACRED TEARS (Sue St. Pierre)
Mayana qui, mayana ho (2X). Yolly yolly yolly ho. Yolly yolly yolly ho.
We shall give away these sacred tears. Tears of laughter, tears of pain.
We shall cry together without shame. We will give away these sacred tears.
SHEKHINA (Sung at Lama Foundation during Shabbat)
Bar’chu, dear one,
Shekhina, holy name.
When I call on the light of my soul,
I come home.
Bar’chu, dear one,
Shekhina, holy name.
When I call on the light of my soul,
I come home.
THE OCEAN REFUSES NO RIVER (Lila Flood)
The ocean refuses no river, no river. (2X)
Ishq Allah Ma’bud Lillah’ Il allah (2X)
THE EARTH, THE AIR, THE FIRE, THE WATER…RETURN
The earth, the air, the fire, the water return. Return. Return. Return. (2X)
ai ay ai ay ai ay ai ay ai o ai o ai o ai o (2X)
THERE IS NO END TO LOVE (Shawna Carol)
There is no end to love. There are no doors that won’t open.
TREES GROW TALL IN THE HEART OF THE FOREST (from Women Singing circle at Lama Foundation)
Trees grow tall in the heart of the forest, high in the sky and their roots grow strong in the deep dark earth.
UNBROKEN FLOWS THE RHYTHM (Dances of Universal Peace)
Unbroken flows the rhythm for we to dance upon. (2x)
Ishq Allah Ma’bud Lillah’, Ishq Allah Ma’bud Lillah’ (2X)
Allah hu Allah, Allah hu; Allah hu Allah, Allah hu (2X)
Love flows on (4x)
WARRIOR GODDESS (Lisa Thiel)
Warrior Goddess, warrior goddess, come to me. (2X)
I need your wisdom for this day.
I need your courage for this day. (repeat all)
WATER OF LIFE, CLEANSE MY SOUL (Leilah Be)
Water of life, cleanse my soul. Fire of truth, burn away my pain.
Wind of the spirit, let my being soar. Mother Earth, hold me again.
WICHI TA (Native American: Song of balance)
Wichi ta do yah do yah do yah / Wichi ta do yah do yah hey (2X)
Washa ta ney yah hey ya hey ya / Washa ta ney yah hey ya hey (2X)
WILLOW SONG (Native American)
Sha noon ho yah / sha noon ho yah
Hey hey yah hey yah yah ho ney (2X) Ho ney ho ney