About this Event
We're super excited to bring Heartsong to Midtown and share in song with you all! Join us on Friday, November 13 for a more intimate gathering at Zana Well, a beautiful healing arts & wellness center weaving wellbeing into everyday life.
If you haven't met us, Heartsong is a community singing circle where we come together to open our voices, weave some magic into the room, and have a whole lot of fun. We sample from a variety of musical traditions including medicine songs, Kirtan (i.e., devotional singing in the Hindu tradition), and community singing (i.e., multi-part circle-songs taught in the oral tradition), with guitar accompanying uplifting mantras, melodies and harmony. Some favourite artists include Sam Garrett, Jahnavi Harrison, Beautiful Chorus, Alexa Sunshine Rose, and Deva Premal & Miten – and we write circle-songs of our own!
We also leave plenty of room for improvisation – our core intention at Heartsong is to create safe and deeply loving containers for free and authentic expression to be shared.
All levels are welcome, from beginners and shower singers to sound healers and seasoned musicians. Whether you arrive shy or ready to play, you may find yourself singing with a fuller voice, releasing something in the process, and settling into a deeper sense of ease and connection with others.
The room will have cushions and mats available. Bring a water bottle and any instruments you'd like to play along with! And feel free to bring a blanket or anything else you’d like to make yourself cozy.
TIERED TICKET RATES
We offer tiered pricing to help make Heartsong events accessible to a wider range of people, with the hope that those of us who are able to contribute a little more can help create space for those of us who would benefit from some support.
Sustaining Rate: $35
By choosing this rate, you enable us to offer this event sustainably and cover the basic costs. Thank you for supporting us to make this offering available.
Supported Rate: $25
If you have limited financial capacity, you may wish to choose this rate. Contributions we receive at this level help cover costs and are supported by contributions at the Community Care Rate.
Community Care Rate: $45
By choosing this rate, you directly support us to offer below-cost rates to participants with limited income. Thank you for supporting others in our community to join in!
We also have a PWYC (pay what you can) option available and are happy to make accommodations to ensure all who would like to attend this gathering are able to. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to one of the organizers directly (via the Contact button below or otherwise) and we'll get you set up! We'll also have a PWYC jar at the event if you'd like to bring cash.
E-TRANSFER: If you'd like to avoid the Eventbrite fees (and/or for PWYC payments), you can send an e-Transfer to [email protected]. Please include the date of this song circle in the description along with any discount codes applied.
HEARTSONG
Heartsong is led by Amanda Attwood, Will Kleinwood and Justin Grant.
Amanda Attwood is a community song leader, forest school teacher, and expressive arts therapist-in-training. She weaves together a tapestry of song, movement, storytelling, visual art, poetry and nature connection practices to help guide people back into deeper presence and connection with themselves, each other, and the land. Amanda grew up feeling like her authentic expression wasn’t always welcome. It was through Kirtan and community singing that her voice opened up and she got to experience a whole new level of freedom. She loves bringing people together to experience the expansive and healing power of song.
Instagram: @amanda.inthewoods
Will Kleinwood is a singer songwriter, multi instrumentalist and producer from Toronto. Using his classical guitar and voice, he guides listeners back into stillness. His muse is nature itself, a birds song, falling leaves, a gentle river, a sunset over a lake. In the modern world driven by technology, we are reminded that we are not separate from nature, we are caretakers of the earth, and we are earth.
Instagram: @willkleinwood
Website: https://willkleinwood.com/
Justin Grant is a spoken word poet, musician, body-oriented energy healer and space holder. Through his work and loving presence he supports people to move through blockages and bring their bodies, hearts and minds into a more divine alignment. Justin leads community singing events and workshops in Toronto with the intention of bringing more love and light into our hearts and into the spaces where we gather.
Instagram: @justingrantpoetry
Event venue & nearby stays
Zana Well - Community Studio, 250 Merton Street, Toronto, Canada
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