In this circle, we will explore our singing voices as instruments to communicate with plant intelligences. Our ancestors did not blindly go around eating plants to see whether they were edible or poisonous. Rather, they utilized meditation, trance states, and other ways to access embodied knowing, including song. This class will provide information on shared characteristics of nature-based music from around the world, with primary examples from the confluence of cultures that make up Western European and Appalachian folk musics. Our circle will be a safer place to explore ancestral grief, blockages to expression, and to be in inquiry around how practicing presence with plants can help guide us towards healing and repair. We will meet and taste edible plants, go on a sonic journey and learn entry points to use our own voices for communing with the varied intelligences of Earth. We’ll meet at Big Ivy by the fire circle and cedar trees. Donations gratefully accepted with no one turned away for lack of funds.