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"How can I keep from singing" chants the well-known folk song. We sing as a way of celebrating ourselves, our transitions, our lives from lullabies at the beginning of life to songs of joy, health, love and peace throughout the span of life. Song brings us together, uniting us in harmony. Songs soothe, calm, uplift and energize.

When a person is ill they are out of harmony with their world. Singing can restore a sense of balance - physically, emotionally, spiritually. A chant repeated again and again creates a trance-like space bringing calm to the chaos of pain and fear. The language, the words, are no longer the essential point, rather, the sound, the vibrations of the voices in harmony.

In Hallowell we have found that music and song lift us up, bring peace and calm to a bedside, allow grief to flow among friends and family. We enter the mystery with our voices. It's an act of simple, heartfelt compassion where we always feel the "angels hoverin' round".

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