‘Equinox’ a painting by Iris Grace

The Equinox Fire Circle

‘Equinox’, painted in the week after we attended the Spring Equinox Fire Circle at the Roundhouse Haven in Stoke Albany. We hadn’t been there before or attended an event like this so I was very interested to see what it was like.

Andrea was our host. We have worked alongside her for our ‘Emotions in Motion’ workshops at The Little Explorers Activity Club and Iris was keen to hear her voice again and her drum. It was a great evening around the fire singing songs to celebrate life and the longer days. While we all sang I noticed Iris’s nervous cough that had developed last month disappeared. Her concentration and mind was focused on her breathing, the beat and voice.

Many would think it seems an odd activity for a person who struggles with speech but music somehow makes those pathways free. There wasn’t a set structure apart from the warm up where we connected to the energy points in our body, referred to as Chakras. Mostly it was about freeing your voice and feeling the sounds and moving with it.

The experience has opened up new ideas in my mind about how to use our voices and acoustic healing, how we can integrate it within our days to calm Iris’s nervous system. To me it feels like it can be something to help re-balance, to release tension and to energise.