Spirit has many mouthpieces in which it can communicate with us in the ordinary realm and song is one of them. Spirit is one of those words that can mean many things and song is something that can take many forms. So, I wish to be very clear by what I mean “Spirit” and “Song “to be, from my humble perspective as a song writer.

 Spirit is the great throbbing potentiality we can call life. It is the space in between, the dimension that holds us, creates us. We are part of it and all things spring from its rich emptiness. It loves, it creates, it lives. It is mystery, awe, wonder, love and wisdom. All creation springs from this seat of potentiality. It Is.

Song is a story created by melody, harmonic sound, and rhythm. It expresses life, love, loss, and wisdom in all its beautiful and difficult complexity. Sometimes it takes us into the heart of something and is cathartic. Sometimes song imparts understanding and raises us up. Sometimes it is funny, ridiculous, sad, heartwarming, or tender. Song has a shamanic capacity to deliver deeply and to create seeing through a new lens. It is a reflection in impermanent yet complex form of our lives, our losses, and our humanity.

 As a song writer I am drawn to using song as a vehicle for raising us up, for understanding something beyond the ordinary, to help us connect better with spirit so that we may live better and  live well.

I wish to share two songs with you: one which stands in completion. It took flight last year out into the world. The second is a song which is still only lyrics – with a melody in my head.

 Song One: Shape of Water

 This song is about the qualities we need to develop in this world to not just survive but thrive and live wisely and well. If we listen deep within ourselves to spirit, we know what we must do to grow. We need to develop resilience of mind, the ability to flex and flow, to love, listen, watch, be still, innovate and hold our power with all grace and meaning and strength in the world. If we can do this we will create a better world and live well despite the pitfalls of life that we all come across.

You can listen to it here on Spotify. (But please listen on good speakers not just a phone as some of the sounds are subtle!)

Second Song

 The next song is about love. Love is spirit in the form of emotion.  It is not attachment / greedy love: but love that is caring, deep, tender and creates care and tenderness. Love wraps around and through our lives and is perhaps the  very stuff that we are made from. So here is a a song about Love.

Abi was raised in a family of international musicians in the wilds of the Yorkshire dales, UK. She later met her husband running a Tibetan buddhist centre. They married and have raised two boys in north east Scotland where Abi is a holistic music teacher. She started songwriting in her forties and her work combines her love of nature, her spiritual journeying and a love of humanity. She blends genres and takes a shamanistic approach to songwriting. Although little known, her work has received excellent reviews. Her work can be found online through her band name ; Karuna.

 She is currently looking for instrumentalists to collaborate with, particularly a guitarist- so she is open to anyone who wishes to connect up  with this in mind.

 Links to her work and social media:

Spotify, YouTube, 

 Abi’s blog: An Accidental Songwriter, Moors, Music and Meditation.

 Instagram : abi.songwriter

 Twitter: @TowleAbi