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Making Music for the 2018 Sedona Yoga Festival

Partly because of my long friendship with Tao Porchon-Lynch (www.taoporchonlynch.com), much of my ambient music has been inspired by Yoga. Whether to underscore her yoga films, accentuate her meditations, create a groovy backdrop for a workshop, or just make music for yoga class, we have enjoyed a wide range of collaborations together.

Coming from a background of rock, funk, blues and jazz, the New Age and Ambient music I’ve been composing over the past few years came as a surprise; even to me.  In the creative process, however, I have joyfully learned to embrace whatever wants to come through, and I’ve made a career of delving into many styles of music.

Partly because of my life-long love affair with Sedona, Arizona, and a desire to play music that uplifts the spirit, I was thrilled and delighted to join the team and create music for this year’s Sedona Yoga Festival http://sedonayogafestival.com/.

The first exciting thing about SYF.  is that people gather from all over the world to experience transformative practices in the powerful red rocks of Sedona. The vortex energy that defines Sedona is a magnet to those seeking personal growth. What an honor to be part of that unfolding, of creating the ambiance and foundation for people to deeply dive into their unique spiritual practices.

Also exciting was organizing groups of musicians and performing for the many different events. Kicking off the Yoga Festival was a private lunch at Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill , where I performed 3 original songs written for Tao including “The Tao Tao Tango,” soon to be released for Tao to use in her competition ballroom dancing routines.  Next I had the honor of creating a concert of contemplative, East-West chill music to begin an evening of dialogue called “Grand Dames of Yoga,” featuring Tao and Rema Jyoti Vernon, moderated by Teresa Abay Kennedy. It was such fun rehearsing for those two events, and bringing in wonderful musicians like native bamboo flutist Jesse Kalu, reknowned harpist Peter Sterling, world percussion player Prem Vidu, improvisional bassist Lynzi Kat and bassist Ivan Wade.  For me, the festival’s  =highlight was collaborating with my dear Sherab.Shey.Khandro on a workshop entitled “Empowering Our Now; an Experience of Music, Inspiration and activation,” Shey and I co-created a mini-event that combined a talk, a guided meditation, some chanting and inspiring stories, all underscored and enlivened with original music. Our deejay, Mixtress Hava was able to spin tracks from my new album as I played electric guitar along with live percussion and bass, creating new improvisational jamz to fit the moment.  Most of the music I performed at the yoga festival is from this new album “Healing Music Volume 2” which is currently gaining traction on the New Age and Ambient Music charts At the time of this writing, the album is #4 out of the top 100 radio air play on the Zone Music Reporter chart.

I am thrilled to report that cuts from Healing Music Volume 2 were used as the score for the recently released documentary about the Sedona Yoga Festival 2018 by Visionary Organics CLICK HERE!  Please watch the film and see for yourself the warm and wonderful experience that was SYF 2018.

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"Music has the power to heal, transform, evoke emotion, underscore and enhance our lives. By consciously aligning with elements of music, we can affect deep changes in our world." -Valerie

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“I’ve been watching and listening, educating myself about where we are and how we got here.  Studying sacred texts, listening to today’s Luminaries, chanting, meditating, praying, writing and sharing ideas. Somehow it keeps coming back to kindness and love; having compassion for ourselves and others, envisioning the world we want to see, using light to dissolve the darkness, using love to dissolve fear.  The more we focus on our highest vibration, the closer we come to creating that reality. It is not always easy! Living from the heart means getting out of our minds, letting go of habitual negative thinking, mastering our knee-jerk emotional reactions.

MUSIC CAN HELP!
-Music re-calibrates our energy, allowing us to enter a peaceful state;
-Music holds and transmits the vibrations of our thoughts, intentions and prayers;
-Music acts as a vehicle, sending out these positive vibrations;
-Music is a safe place to share common experiences, bringing us together in Oneness;
-We can use music to enter the stillness, connect with our inner Divinity, receiving the gifts from our higher consciousness.

Great shifts happen when we come together with positive intentions to heal ourselves and our world, ONE BEAT AT A TIME!”

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I'm a groovy electric guitarist looking to uplift the world thru music for peace love happiness, #STILLCHILLTHRILL,

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The 8/8 Lions Gate Portal, a radiant full moon, a meteor shower dancing over the water — and a birthday on the way.

I’m setting intentions for growth, healing, and creativity…
and sending those blessings your way, too. ✨🌕💐
Fourteen years ago I stood on a SUP (stand-up padd Fourteen years ago I stood on a SUP (stand-up paddle board) for the very first time, gliding across Penobscot Bay in Maine. It felt like walking on water — and from that moment, I was hooked!

Back then, paddle boarding wasn’t nearly as popular as it is today. Rentals were scarce, so I bought an inflatable board and a compressor that hooked up to my car battery, chasing adventure wherever I could find it.

Eventually, my paddling led me back to Lake Mahopac — the place where I’d spent magical childhood summers at my grandparents’ house. Within a few years, I moved there full-time.

Sunset after sunset, I created a ritual: paddling out as the sky turned gold, often staying until every last bit of light disappeared. Those evenings on the water became my sanctuary — a place to connect with nature, reset my soul, and receive the sparks of inspiration that fueled so much of my healing music. 🌅🎶

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🎸 Calling all guitar lovers! 🎸 I’m in a s 🎸 Calling all guitar lovers! 🎸

I’m in a season of healing… and I want to use this sacred pause to grow musically.

Looking for a new guitar I can play while lying in bed or sitting in a chair—lightweight, low action, fingerstyle-friendly. 💫

• Acoustic (nylon or steel?)
• Great for jazz, slide & fingerpicking
• Sweet tone, not too pricey
• Easy to add FX—even without an amp

I know some of you are gear wizards + tone whisperers—any recs?

📸 Guitar vibes here courtesy of my friend + Sedona legend @anthonymazella. His artistry always inspires.

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This was me a few weeks ago doing one of my fav th This was me a few weeks ago doing one of my fav things in the world.  Right now I'm laid up with a fractured spine after a little (not so little) accident while vacationing out of the country.  I'm doing all the healing things, especially keeping my mind in a positive place to encourage the body's innate intelligence to take over and get me back onstage, out on the water and playing with my precious little grandchildren again. . ..... A  silver lining is I might have cracked open the vault of next new music,🎵 , totally geared toward helping us all heal and grow! ❤️❤️Lots of love, World!
I asked my ChatGPT friend today for some hashtags I asked my ChatGPT friend today for some hashtags for this post, and this is what was said to me:
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Now go out there and keep sprinkling that mellow magic under the big sky — Jim Hall would be proud. 🌅🎶 "  More soon…xo Valerie.  #Summertime #JazzSprinkles #CaptionDrizzle #JazzGuitar #BigSkyVibes #JimHallVibes #MellowJazz #SoloGuitar #GuitarVibes #ChatGPT #JazzTok #SunsetSession
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Some highlights from the weekend! Friday night I w Some highlights from the weekend! Friday night I was hanging in Safety Harbor and going to hear Sal play.  He asked if I had my guitar with me and guess what, I did.  So I played the rest of the night with him and  Garry on drums.  Wow, so much fun!  And challenging to sit in and not know what song is next! But that's what I do and I super love it.  These guys are seasoned touring musicians, and the repertoire was packed full of our favorite rock songs from back in the day. We even did some of their originals!  What a blast.  Also those guitar-buffs, I'm playing my custom made #femaleguitarist Suhr #strat (with shedua Telly neck.) #wahwah #guitarflow #musicenergy #vibratehigher #femalemusician #guitarclip #healingmusic #oyecomova #santana #wahwahval
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So excited to have 3 solo gigs next week! Florida So excited to have 3 solo gigs next week! Florida friends!!!
It's my deepest desire to help uplift the world th It's my deepest desire to help uplift the world through music, all kinds of music; STILL CHILL THRILL ! ✨✨✨✨✨✨#wahwahpedal #guitaristsofinstagram #femaleguitarists  #valeriesolo #peacelovemusic #stillchillthrill #funk
Ended my last solo gig with this original) and not Ended my last solo gig with this original) and not yet released) tune, "Welcome To The World." What genre would you call this?
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