Tag Archives: dance

what’s going on ?

who tells the first willow leaves to appear…. does the sun pull itself out of bed…. does the thrush build her nest all on her own….. well done everyone we’re all doing a fabulous job seemingly i will be appearing solo and live on facebook, instagram, youtube, twitter and twitch sunday 26 mar 8pm gmt….Continue reading “what’s going on ?”

heavy emotions do ‘we’ need to ‘heal’ ‘them’

heavy emotions have been my key to something that looks like happiness, i faced them, felt them, named them and loved them, the longings, traumas and fears, uncertainties, frustrations and jealousy, which arise for me more intensely in close relationships….  in this practice of facing, naming and loving them, i was ‘doing’ something to ‘them’,Continue reading “heavy emotions do ‘we’ need to ‘heal’ ‘them’”

A Forest Path of Healing

I don’t  know how the planets are aligned, how the numbers are adding up or what energy the land is emitting today, but it has been a wonderfully productive day, no more than that, the day has brought forth many blessings for me and all who visit me here in my forest   My strawbaleContinue reading “A Forest Path of Healing”

We no longer need Jesus, The King or the Superstar

In the old paradigm Jesus spoke to the masses, the King ruled the masses, and the Superstar Singer wooed the masses. In the new paradigm, Jesus speaks to your inner wisdom, the king is nurtured by your inner wisdom and the superstar singer vibrates from your inner wisdom We have been fed a musical diet ofContinue reading “We no longer need Jesus, The King or the Superstar”

ENTERTAINMENT

ENTERTAINMENT, has many colours in its rainbow. For me it can be summed up thus : ENTERTAINMENT, the fulfillment and enjoyment of an artists desire and the containment of passion within the limits of an entertainment establishment or recording, diluting the boundless artistic expression of the collective consciousness to the framed expression of a manageableContinue reading “ENTERTAINMENT”

Calling all Singers & Musicians, Male & Female

  My voyage through the world of music, sound, song and dance continues. My true sound has been dormant long and is slowly re-emerging. My lifes purpose can be described in part: to share with people everywhere, the song and dance of my mind and body, heart and soul I’m looking for singers and musicians to joinContinue reading “Calling all Singers & Musicians, Male & Female”

The Path of Miracles

St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick. 8pm Thursday 18 September (also Galway today and Cork next sat) INTRODUCTION Path of Miracles by Joby Talbot is a one-hour acapella choral work for seventeen voices, depicting the emotional and physical journey of the pilgrim on the world’s most enduring Christian pilgrimage to the cathedral at Santiago di Compostella inContinue reading “The Path of Miracles”

May

I continue to be amazed at the great winds of energy that blow through me during the great Celtic/pre-Christian festivals of the year. Bealtaine for me, which I have written about in a recent blog was no exception. On the first of May, I renewed my commitment to music, to which the universe responded to by sendingContinue reading “May”

NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR

  FIONNTÁINS NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR    Over the last year a lot of changes have occurred in my life which have inspired me to write new songs and create new sounds. With these my body, mind and spirit open fully to the world. With these I bathe in beauty. With these I travel to the four cornersContinue reading “NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR”

Bealtaine

Why am I drawn so much to these ancient festivals of life. I don’t know. But I do know I love the ritual, the symbolic marking of a change in the seasons. I feel it in my bones, which im getting in touch with much more these days. I feel in my heart. The sunsContinue reading “Bealtaine”

The Body’s Bursting with New Life Again (ode to the spring equinox)

And my body feels it all, Is joyful with it all, Is resisting it all, Is bursting through it all. Please be with my body in this pregnant moment of such potent, Tipping the equatorial balance in favour of bliss. Please be with my emotions in this pregnant moment of such potent, Tipping the equatorial balanceContinue reading “The Body’s Bursting with New Life Again (ode to the spring equinox)”

The Power of My Expression

Every colour I use Every receptacle I choose Every step, Every note Every word that gets my vote Is just the power of Trust in the power of Just in the power of my expression Every impulse Ive had All inspiration that makes me glad Every good thing and bad Every time Ive really feltContinue reading “The Power of My Expression”

The power in the changing of the seasons.

Last December Solstice, the darkest night, I completed my first ebook called Aschouving, pushing the publish button at the beautiful stone circle at Lough Gur, near Limerick, Ireland. At the Spring equinox I wrote a poem called ‘Ode to the Spring Equinox’, what else!! Summer solstice manifested a fantastic song called ‘I can’t fly’ inspiredContinue reading “The power in the changing of the seasons.”

Voices In My Head

I watched a wonderful talk in the TED series given by Eleanor Longden which touched me very deeply. She spoke of her childhood abuse, hearing disturbing voices in her head as a young adult, dealing with psychiatric misdiagnosis and further abuse and thru the help of compassionate loving people finding the power within to healContinue reading “Voices In My Head”

Breath

‘I wont be holding my breath.’ ‘Breathtaking.’ ‘Take a breather.’ ‘Save your breath.’ All these common phrases suggest lives lived in tension, high in the chest, keeping control of the breath. We breathe as little as possible for fear of something too blissful too wonderful, too electrifying, too magnetic, too much like heaven. Breathe easyContinue reading “Breath”

Fantasy

Oh Jesus i’m tired, tired of trying Trying to control certainty in unpredictability Give me fantasy All that i want i have Let me live in fantasy All the pleasure i can dream is mine I will follow the instincts and intuition of my omnipotent heart and only my omnipotent heart And live On thisContinue reading “Fantasy”

Stillness

hi June the 21st this year was a high energy day for me, lots going on in my house, don’t know whether it was the time of year or what, but it was all good. In the midst of all the activity I took this video of my latest poem. You’ll find a transcript ofContinue reading “Stillness”

I AM

I am the sun that dances through the skies, bouncing on the moon, a mavericks high noon I am that moon too, I am, and though I’ve forgotten why, I’ve shoved and pushed and kicked myself higher and higher in the sky, tired I am the day which I now shall stretch and the treesContinue reading “I AM”

THRILLOGY: This, Song, And More

This asleep, the stirring, what is this?…..oh yes…. lets give this another go, cradled and alive to this as we always are rebirthed to this suckling at the nipple of this blissfully, painfully, transcending in ritual the cellular encumbrance of this to bask in the glow of this new light standing tall, facing all, I feel this energy this animated surrender, isContinue reading “THRILLOGY: This, Song, And More”

The God Song inspired by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole

Wherever you are is home. And the earth is paradise. Wherever you set your feet is holy ground………. You don’t live off like a parasite. You live in it and it in you, Or you dont survive, Or you dont survive And that is the only worship, Of god there ever is, The one aboveContinue reading “The God Song inspired by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole”