“Crones Council: Mnimaka”

Dearest Shaina:

I am ordering another copy of Songs For The Inner Child, so that I may keep one with me as I travel. I have found that using Songs For The Inner Child as background music has a calming, soothing effect on any group. Though they are mostly unaware of it, it quiets people as they come into the proximity of the sounds, I believe it takes them into a very deep place of peace within themselves and makes them receptive to their inner voice.

I first used your recording as background music for my Croning ceremony at SpiritPoint Ranch in Escondido, California this January. It was playing as women arrived and the usual chatter was much subdued as everyone greeted one another.

When it came time for the crown to be placed on my head, I had cued a favorite song with the crone groups (including the annual Crones Counsel) I have been involved with. “How Could Anyone” started. I was immediately touched as I looked around at a whole circle of beautiful shining crone faces and the words seemed to come from within me.

More, your music seemed to evoke a deeper response from all present than any I have seen at a croning before. Every woman seemed to be in touch with a place deep within herself as she spoke, and I believe your recording was at least in part responsible for it.

Thank you for your important part in my Croning.

Blessings,
Mnimaka

Crones Counsel – For ten years Crones Counsel has been a gathering of older women, who come together each October for the purpose of reclaiming the Crone archetype by modeling processes that promote equality, encourage diversity, support personal empowerment, and honor the value to society of older women’s wisdom and accomplishments. How Could Anyone has become somewhat of an anthem for us. It is always sung at least once