REFLECTION: ‘Music has a capacity to bring something new, unknown or forgotten into being. This is a mysterious and wonderful thing. Sometimes a piece of music comes our way that seems to know something about us that we perhaps suspected but didn’t know, or felt but couldn’t name…’
PRACTICE: ‘The practice of Into the Music is about entering the wonder, the wisdom and the wildness of music. At one level it’s simply about engaging with the music that we love (or may learn to love). ‘Bathe yourself in the healing power of music‘ writes my co-director of the StillPoint project, Matt Rees. But beyond this it’s about entering the deeper life-music into which this heard-or-played music is taking us. ‘Allow it‘ continues Matt ‘to name and give voice to your inner world…‘
©Ian Adams 2013 ‘Running Over Rocks: spiritual practices to transform tough times’ (Canterbury Press)
Look out for short daily posts around this week’s theme on Facebook and Twitter. We’ll be doing the practices wherever we are, and we’ll look forward to hearing how you get on – do let us know!