Loosen Loosen by Aly Halpert published on 2018-09-17T02:37:43Z Song/prayer/meditation to heal personal and societal grief. For ordinary grief, extraordinary grief, the unbearable kind and the unseen kind and the enduring kind, in service of exhales and letting go of what is ours and not ours, of compassion, lightness, & becoming who we are after and through it all. Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by Looby such a useful and beautiful message thank you 2022-01-19T14:28:34Z Comment by Andrine de la Rocha This feels so relevant as we head into the Shmitta year. Thank you for this. 2021-08-29T18:37:17Z Comment by Lee McScogin Aly, a dear friend sent me your song last week on the morning my father died. I've been listening to it each morning as I wake and I welcome the waves of grief that pass through me as I listen to your words. I am grateful more than I can ever say. 2021-05-26T14:57:03Z Comment by parallel_chords So beautiful! Thank you x 2021-04-02T23:26:40Z Comment by Julie Slim Hi Aly, I wanted to tell you how much I have enjoyed your song and your beautiful song. I sing with a group called the Threshold Choir, a volunteer international organization that provides songs for comfort for people in life transitions. Most of the songs in our repertoire are original songs written by members or the founder, Kate Munger. I thought this song would be perfect to sing at bedside or at a community sing. Have you considered joining a chapter in your area and submitting this song for their repertoire? their website is thresholdchoir.org. Check them out. Also, I was wondering how you feel about my teaching this song aurally to two of my threshold choir sisters, with whom I have continued singing at hospice during COVID, outside of patients' rooms. Thank you so much for your gift! 2021-02-12T21:28:34Z Comment by Kate Bodart Thank you so much. I’ve had this on repeat. Grieving the death of two friends. 2020-12-31T13:15:42Z Comment by Laurie Pollack what I needed to hear right now 2020-12-27T16:52:02Z Comment by cac6685 Gorgeous!! 2020-11-19T13:58:00Z Comment by Whidbeysinger Hi Aly - Our congregation would love to sing this! May we purchase or somehow ask your permission? Thanks 2020-10-01T15:28:34Z Comment by edges&beyond The textures of this & meanings these days!! Deep gratitude for helping to return breathe to our bodies - Shana Tova ✨ 2020-09-27T09:40:33Z Comment by RDLKT Hello Aly. I assist with the music at the congregation where Eric Severson used to be a member. He is returning to speak this Sunday, now as an ordained minister. Would it be possible to get permission to play this song during our online service this Sunday? 2020-08-12T01:59:36Z Comment by Megan Ruth Visser Is it ok to share this with my congregation? 2020-07-27T22:01:51Z Comment by Colleen P A new fan. What Amanda Kramp said! Beautiful song and catchy to sing along. 2020-07-12T16:52:26Z Comment by Amanda Kramp We listened to this for our online Unitarian Universalist service today and it's so beautiful! Thank you for your words and voice. 2020-07-12T15:25:29Z Comment by Amy G. S. A. Brooks Is this song available for purchase? 2020-07-01T16:57:04Z Comment by TrinaD We learned this immediately and sang it, much to our delight. Gorgeous hypnotic harmonies in the rounding. 2020-06-17T02:00:49Z Comment by Jenna Longmire Music This is incredible! You are a healer and so inspiring to me! 2020-05-08T19:20:52Z Comment by wtchywmn9 I heard this chant on a joint Sunday service recently, and it has become a permanent earworm. I find myself waking up in the middle of the night with it running through my head. It is working powerful magic for me these days. I tend to hoard books and craft stuff. I'm seeing a change in the way I look at my things. "Let go, let go, let go" has become my new mantra. There are currently 6 boxes of books awaiting the reopening of the local library...they take donations for their book sale. Aly, thank you so much for your beautiful music! I feel so much lighter. 2020-05-04T15:09:12Z Comment by BeccaManyStones Love this, and need it!! 2020-04-29T13:36:17Z Comment by Alma I find this song chesed loving kindness ~ thank you for your healing voice & music 2020-04-15T18:56:21Z Comment by alinahh cedar tigre ever sweet medicine song. perfect for now. i'll share it in the spacious solidarity songcircle i will lead tomorrow in our ecovillage. thank you 2020-03-27T02:39:54Z Comment by Keith Arnold Thank you so much for sharing this song. I taught it to the choir at Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, CO, last night in our first Zoom rehearsal. It fits the times. 2020-03-26T15:11:43Z Comment by Alexandra Blakely Did you catch this song Aly? 2019-12-17T19:13:11Z Comment by Kim Fraczek I cant stop listening to this. 2019-11-18T00:05:28Z Comment by heather parsons Our women choir is learning this with sime added harmonies#thank you 2019-09-10T18:15:09Z Comment by Patricia Norton This is incredibly powerful. I learned it from Lisa Littlebird, and plan to share it with my hospital workplace chorus. Thank you. 2019-07-26T14:42:29Z Comment by Tet Gallardo Thank you. 2019-07-14T13:00:44Z Comment by Rose Fox This is stunningly gorgeous. I've been singing along as a round. Going to keep it on repeat for a while. 2019-05-22T05:33:47Z Comment by Yoga Mike I just learned this song last week. Great ! 2019-04-29T20:38:07Z Comment by Arielle Cohen This song has been very healing in Pittsburgh for me this week through so many spaces. 2019-02-25T18:56:51Z
