http://www.therosewindow.org en-gb therosewindow.org 2012-2-1T00:00:00Z therosewindow.org http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#111573 9829 Fabulous FebruaryAs Valentines Day approaches I am reminded that everyday is actually a love letter from the soul and that every moment brings the invitation to listen for the great symphony of love that hums at the core of everything. For everything that appears in our existence regardless of how it looks is actually here to help us grow. Love is giving something or someone space and freedom to grow. When we open our hearts and hands we find that the service that we are longing to offer the gifts we are longing to give the visions we are longing to embody the places where we are longing to grow. The energy of sound activates the love that we are liberating our truth and freeing our flow. As we allow the soundwaves to pass through us we can feel expanded and connected to all that is whilst returning to the quiet silence that is nothingness.9829 February EventsBig thanks and shoutouts to all of you who came along to January events at The Green Note T... 2012-2-1 18:22:52 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#110848 L9829ve Y9829ur V9829ice in 2012I have just discovered that the word Free has its roots in the words for Friend Lover and Beloved. So to free something is to love it. So if we wish to liberate our voices we need to love them. We must court the voice like a beloved romance it out of its hiding places and love its eccentricities. Technique can support the voice as long as it is an act of love. Like any other part of us the voice benefits from stretching moving dancing working out. However If we exercise compulsively as some sort of selfpunishment or from a place of judgement where we are trying to make the voice fit with an outside model or image this is not love. Love is using technique to support the unfolding of the voice in all its glory. Some of the worlds most beloved singers have the most eccentric voices with the most wonderful textures and personalities to fit. Think of the gravelly texture of Tom Waits voice or the Wuthering Heights of Kate... 2012-1-21 20:49:42 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#109481 10028 Happy New Year 2012 2012 is the year of the Dragon beautiful creature of flame and flight inspiring us to ignite our highest ideals and take to our wings. Unlike patriarchal myths where dragons are sources of terror which are hunted and slain in Eastern traditions the dragon is a highly auspicious bringer of luck prosperity and protection. When we reclaim our inner dragons from the realms of nightmares they reveal themselves to be angels with tails and the guardians of our inner treasures. Befriending the swirling fiery energy of adventure within us enables us to to write paint dance and sing our story in beautiful bold swirling calligraphy on lifes canvas. 10028 January Events It has been a truly heavenly festive celebration this year chanting with Nikki Slade and friends celebrating at the Womens Anarchic Nuisance Cafe and precious family times. Thanks to all who joined us at the Big Rosy Solstice LoveUp featuring the God of Poetry Andrew Mars... 2012-1-1 22:54:12 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#109010 Solstice Blog Wishing you all a Truly Wonderful Solstice Christmas Yule Hannukkah Ashura Bodhi Day and whatever else you feel like celebrating this festive season. A Sonic Gift for You With Love and Gratitude for All that You are and All that You Share in the World.Please click on the link at the side to listen and download. Whilst working in Austria at the beginning of the month I found myself humming the carols Oh Christmas Tree and also Silent Night. Both of which it turns out were composed in German O Tannenbaum in 1824 by German organist and composer Ernst Gebhard Ansch252tz and Stille Nacht in 1818 by Austrian priest Joseph Mohr and headmaster Franz Xaber Gruber. I am sure the Austrian Tannenbaums like being sung to and they certainly inspired me. Despite the crass commercialism potential pitfalls and family fallouts that can occur around the festive season I personally feel that a little bit of winter spice can be nice and having a big... 2011-12-21 00:36:31 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#108860 10028 December News In these last darkest days of 2011 as we move towards the celebration of the lights return at Solstice I feel as though I am looking at the glowing embers of an immense year. There are joyful memories still flickering in the fire and the sparks of challenges and creative projects that have yet to burst into flame. These last few weeks of the year is accompanied by a Mercury Retrograde which is always a confounder of plans and technology and a prompt to reflect and clarify all communications and intentions. It is time to listen for what and who is stepping over the threshold into 2012 with us. The Occupy Movement is one of the Olympian torches being carried forward inspiring us all to take a stand for a new way of being. The first space to Occupy is the heart and sometimes there are old wounds griefs and ghosts that have to be healed and evicted before we can fully feel at home. Releasing laments allows us to inhabit joy more fully and... 2011-12-16 22:54:05 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#107671 December Blog Dancing with Dissonance An exploration of the beauty of dissonance and how dancing to our own tune can makes waves in the world.The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to coexist on this small planet. Therefore the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests whether between individuals or nations is through dialogue. The Dalai Lama Generally one cannot say that harmonious music creates beautiful patterns and heavy metal music terrible ones. That would be too simplistic. There are also water patterns from heavy metal that are fascinating. I am careful with the notion that dissonance is something bad. It has long been known that if music were always harmonious the listener would fall asleep. Dissonance is that moment that drives forward and produces tension that then needs to be dissolved again. Alexander Lauterwasser German resonance researcher and photographerI am writing this in s... 2011-11-28 00:16:28 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#106049 10028 November News11.11.11 My understanding of the No 1 is that is relates to Leadership and all its qualities courage endurance charisma discipline humility compassion amongst others. All these 1s add up to 6 which is the number of Venus Goddess of Love Fertility Creativity and Beauty. More than ever we are being called to heartcentred leadership following the truth of our hearts call and in doing so supporting the growth of our beloveds our community and our planet. Passing through the doorway of Samhain Halloween into the dark times of the year allows us to strip away anything that obscures our truth and to essentialise and crystallise our purpose. Surrendering our head based ME ME ME allows to find our heart based leadership within US US US. Resonating clearly from the heart allows us to sound the strength of our passion and purpose and create ripples of song across the world. 10028 November EVENTS There are a prolific amount of events happening... 2011-11-3 11:00:43 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#104955 October Blog Creating a Community of SongOne question that has been deeply preoccupying me and will no doubt continue to do so until the end of my days here is how can I use that which has been given to me to make a contribution to the world as a singer how can my song serveAsking that question has so far brought me to two passions a passion for the power of song to bring unity across religious cultural social barriers and a passion for the power of song restore a healthy connection with the natural world. I have been honoured to witness and experience these two powers of song bringing about about breakthroughs on a personal and collective level. My own experience of emerging from an intense experience of the evangelical christian church has given me the commitment to promoting interfaith crossspiritual crosscultural understanding. Experiencing the deep schism of separation that fundamentalism creates in the individual and collective psyche drove me... 2011-10-18 23:38:23 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#103508 9829 October ColoursAs the trees burst aflame with colour the quickening nights are brightened by the crispness of autumn starsong. Drawing together to sing and sound enables us to find colour and vibrancy and to release our attachment to that which would make us dull puppets of conformity. The reclamation of the deep voice within is a long process yet each step towards connection opens up a whole new realm within making a new world possible without. As our inner flame is kindled our outer flamboyance is liberated opening up new realms of creative expression.9829 October EVENTSSeptember has been a stirring month with many startling surprises. For me Equinox is a time where the subtlety of the relationship between light and dark can be perceived and many illusory divisions or preconceptions can be challenged. What excites me immensely at the moment is witnessing and experiencing the movement towards more and more group singing experiences from the mainstr... 2011-9-29 00:41:56 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#103502 Words and Wordlessness It has been challenging writing this months blog mainly because I encountered some welcome wordlessness and some deep processing within that silence. No words wanted to come and dance on my page. Now they do. I really appreciate this dance between sound and silence which underpins my whole experience of music. I have recently been having encounters which have affirmed for me afresh the value of words and wordlessness. I found myself sitting in silence with a newly met beloved and enjoying the liberation of letting the need for conventional conversation drop away. Then a beloved wrote me such a beautiful affirmation in an email that I was deeply moved to reflect on the power of words. That day on the wall of the great virtual wordworld that is Facebook this quote emergedWords have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair they can transfer k... 2011-9-28 23:30:00 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#101345 9829 SEPTEMBER SONGSAs the leaves begin to bronze in the mellowing sun the passion of autumn is painted on the trees. There can often be a wisp of nostalgia in the breeze as we tip away from summer at Equinox towards the longer nights. Passions from the past can be reignited like the burning leaves. Taking inspiration rather than inhibition from the past requires courage and the unswerving commitment to stay in the spontaneity of the present. When we allow ourselves this gift the past can become a treasure trove rather than a burial ground and be seen as our own personal harvest of experience to support us on the onward journey. What will you carry forward this Equinox what makes your heart sing in the Autumn days9829 SEPTEMBER EVENTSMy August yielded the harvest of many fruits. My retreat with Yoga on Crete was a wonderful experience full of seaside stretching dancing laughter and ...goats I had a marvellous time at Tribal Earth with friends old and new... 2011-8-28 17:15:32 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#101340 Creativity Madness and AddictionAre artists mad Does madness enhance creativity or is it society that is insane and the artists the only ones telling the truthA friend asked me to blog on the death of Amy Winehouse and on the link with other artists similarly ending their life arc in their youth Jimi Hendrix Kurt Cobain and Amy all died at the age of 27. Their work and lives all touch on epic themes which are impossible to deal with in one blog addiction creativity love loss and as such that was their service to the world to explode like stars on the sky of consciousness and to raise huge questions. They werent here to be sorted normal sane happy people they were here to embody the most talented and tortured aspects of human living and hold up a mirror to those who witnessed them.Tragic though it is for those who grieve their loss I feel it is important not to make it wrong. These artists lived and died as they chose to. What actually is wrong with... 2011-8-28 16:42:24 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#99423 9829 AUSPICIOUS AUGUSTIve just discovered that the word Auspicious comes from the practice of reading omens auspices from the flight patterns of birds as practiced by the Romans and no doubt many other cultures a friend of mine in Turkey watches the birds to forecast the weather. Apparently the twin founders of Rome Romulus and Remus had a fight about where the best spot for taking auspices were which just goes to show that the perception of good luck really does depend on where you are standing. One persons lucky spot might be another persons electric chair. With the right vantage point we can find and celebrate the auspiciousness of everything that happens in our lives what it augments for us. Aug means to increase and prosper and so often I have found that to grow and prosper often involves the taking of a fresh perspective. This month when many are at festivals retreats camps or holidays offers to opportunity to explore different vantage point... 2011-7-29 19:17:34 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#98249 July Blog From Out There to In Here and Back Again. I have just come back from a weeks work in Austria which was a wonderful experience. Rolling mountains trees abundant flowers and openhearted welcoming friends old and new. One of the many reasons it felt so nourishing was because without phones or emails I was able to focus on one thing alone being there. What I notice in myself and in others is how much of us can really be not there and how much power and energy we can give away to all sorts of distractions. All sorts of wonderfully helpful techniques exist to help us come back and refocus our energies hypnotherapy regression soul retrieval yoga martial arts etc. for me the power of sound enables me to gather myself in one spot. I am often called powerfully into being present by the experience of standing in front of a large group of people. In that moment of what now where the emptiness and expanse of possibility opens out ahead of me there is a... 2011-7-13 01:12:32 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#97423 9829 JOYOUS JULYWith the wonderful long light days there are wide horizons and new vistas to embrace. Summer holidays are designed for renewal enabling us to take a fresh perspective on life and everyday given due insight can be a holiday. The word holos in Greek means wholeness and the aim of many holistic therapies is to restore the integrity of our being reattuning us with our own personal song. One of the wonders of the world is that every person is a whole world unto themselves with their own landscapes and languages. When our worlds collide there may be sparks embraces conflicts oppositions attractions adventures expansions all exchanges of energy which contribute to our growth and understanding that our own song hums amidst an infinite symphony of songs.9829 JULY EVENTS Solstice was so wonderfully powerful thank to you to all of you who have joined me at the recent Midsummery events. Big shout out to all of you heartfelt singers who have joined Cath... 2011-6-30 22:42:28 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#96579 June Blog Pink is the New Blue Going Beyond GenderI recently saw an article in the Independent that says there is a big boom in mothers choosing pink for baby boys which reflects the growing freedom from gender stereotypes. So heres a few thoughts on keeping it pretty in the gender garden with no offence intended to anyone of any persuasion.In any attempt to discuss gender there is a propensity to get immediately entangled in a web of contradictions stereotypes assumptions preconceptions etc etc ad infinitum. I am not here to pretend that I am free from any of this but to celebrate that the web is coming apart at the seams and that in this incredibly creative transition period anything can and probably will happen. In the movement to go beyond patriarchy which has characterised people of all sexual identities in roles which serve noone there are many songs to be heard. There are wails of the wounded as they emerge from places of repression and abuse cr... 2011-6-19 15:02:26 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#94139 May Blog Love is the Root of EverythingI was reminded recently that there is a funky bassline playing along underneath even the most twisted and seemingly offkey tunes in life that love is the root of everything. This insight emerged whilst reflecting on the nature of relationship and seeing that beneath all the behaviour patterns that are played out love is always there still singing quietly in the background. Listening for that deeper sound beneath all the hubble bubble toil and trouble requires a concentrated effort but it is there nonetheless.With the Royal Wedding closely followed by the death of Bin Laden once again the bejewelled West looks in the mirror of the Middle East and murders its own reflection. A beautiful celebration of love followed by a morbid fascination with a murder. Seemingly polarised as love and hate yet not really so different. Two influential households each with their own ancestral patterns stories and ghosts there is reall... 2011-5-17 14:30:15 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#92779 9829 May A Challenge is a Miracle Waiting to Happen Whether you are royalist or not May is a great time to celebrate love fertility and marriage as all is in full flower. Marriage celebrates the union of opposites and the oneness that arises within the self in partnerships and in the world. Encountering the magnificent mystery of this May I have been reminded that challenges and miracles are actually two sides of the same coin. Which means that whilst it may be uncomfortable I can welcome challenge as the prelude to something miraculous happening just as a discordant phase in a music naturally gives rise to concord. As the drama of conflict plays out on the political platform time and time again it seems more and more people are finding their voice and expressing their desire for a different way of being with each other and our planet. We may not know what exactly it is but at this beautiful time of flowers bursting we can be sure it is birthing from ... 2011-4-29 23:22:01 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#91727 April Blog Finding Peace in the ShadowsAs another war starts in Libya I have been dedicating this months events to Peace. This has prompted me to take a deeper look at my own struggles and my sense of what peace is. It is oft proclaimed that peace in the world arises when peace is found within but what does that actually meanAs I understand it peace is a natural indwelling state within us which can be accessed at any time. For me it is the ability to be with whatever is happening and approach it from a place of stillness. To remain in this state requires a daily process of showing up in that place so that it becomes anchored and reflected in my life experience. There are so many distractions and so many circumstances which trigger powerful reactions that to be moved from it is very easy to stay with it much more difficult. Peace however embraces even that whole process of moving away and coming back because it can hold war in its arms like a small c... 2011-4-14 14:06:00 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#91023 2384 235823662344238123402367 Ohm ShantiPeacePeace is What we can make Peace Haiku by Tomoe TasakaStudent at Nagasaki Oshima APRIL NEWSAs another war begins I dedicate this newsletter to Peace.Peace is both our natural inherent state and a process which requires daily diligence. The meditative awareness of the preciousness of existence allows us to act peacefully and to cherish one another amidst whatever difficulties arise.I offer this with humility aware of my own struggles knowing that we are all learning together. May we all know peaceOhm ShantiThanks for a wonderful March to singers atThe Yogi Tree For a wonderful moving Equinox KirtanCarina Coen for her mermaid wisdom and songs which she shared in the Garden of Roses amp on Radio Lightworker.Singers at Spiritual Connections for a very powerful World Water DayDragons amp Fairies of Sevenoaks for spring bounce I look forward to seeingand seeing with youBlessings Katie Rose xxDo sign up for the full Newsletter inc... 2011-4-4 21:56:11 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#89220 fontface fontfamily Times fontface fontfamily Cambria p.MsoNormal li.MsoNormal div.MsoNormal margin 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt fontsize 12pt fontfamily Times New Roman alink span.MsoHyperlink color blue textdecoration underline avisited span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed color purple textdecoration underline div.Section1 page Section1 Blessing Water Singing to Heal the Waters of the World We are approaching World Water Day in the wake of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan. As the world is shaken and stirred to the core by these events it feels very timely to be reflecting on our relationship to our inner and outer waters. Nothing is softer or more flexible than water yet nothing can resist it. Lao Tzu Water is an incredibly versatile substance which is inextricably connected with sound. Existence begins in many creation stories with water and sound. Our own life starts in the waters of the womb in which we develop our first sen... 2011-3-14 23:56:46 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#87869 Dedicated to healing the inner and outer waters Shivas Rain is an album of songs to swim in. Dive deep in the waters of oceanic mantras and melodies and surf the songwaves AVAILABLE FROM 15TH MARCH www.therosewindow.orgSPECIAL LAUNCH EVENT You are lovingly invited to join meThe Garden of Roses Healing Water A Songful Ceremony to Heal the Inner and Outer waters featuring Katie Rose amp Carina Coen 7pm Katie Rose celebrating the release of the new album Shivas Rain. Accompanied by water visuals. 8.30pm Carina Coen With her sensual emotional self penned songs about the ocean mermaids the love unknown which reveal to you the windows to your soul www.myspace.commercarina Accompanied by visuals of The Mercarina Oracle Cards 174 available from www.mercarina.com Images 169 copyright amp courtesy of Artist Isabelle Bricknall httpisabellebricknall.com Followed by a Water Ceremony and Celebratory Dancing.Tuesday March 15th 7pm 10.30pm Free Hel... 2011-2-26 20:24:13 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#86698 9829 February Blog Youre The One 9829So its February and Valentines day. As everyone is going to be talking about love this month I thought Id take a closer look at St Valentines day and turn the shadow side of love sunnyside up.As with so many other urban rituals beneath all the glitzy wrapping paper is a fairly gruesome and mysterious tale. There may have been one there may have been many Saint Valentines martyred for their faith and immortalised in the Catholic Hall of Fame. Its possible that marrying Christian couples in secrecy sent him to his doom or he may have been no Cupid at all just a simple man living a quiet life that didnt fit with the politics of the time. He may have been stoned beaten beheaded or all three in Rome and his relics may be in Italy Ireland Prague or sunny Birmingham. Whoever or wherever its quite odd to think that theres a murder nestling amidst all the hearts and flowers. The murderous theme was famously copied by the ... 2011-2-10 23:07:56 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#85723 Rose Sounds February News from Katie RoseAs the light of spring begins to emerge on the horizon its time to listen for the love on the breeze for the song of the shoots peeping up above the wintery ground. Hear and Heart are only one letter apart and so often theres a song in our heart which is longing to come out. Every moment becomes a heartfelt miracle when we hear it fully. Life is one great love song composed of an infinite multitude of interweaving melodies. Within every challenge is the whisper of a new miracle a melody waiting to be heard ListenJanuary has been a wonderful month of inner adventures as Im now focussed on completing my new album Shivas Rain which is due to be released in March. Im also super excited to have been invited to host a show on Radio Lightworker Miraculous Music which will go out for the first time on 22nd February. I saw a dream embodied at the Space for Peace at Winchester Cathedral a multitude of people singing peace songs ... 2011-1-29 21:47:53 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#84684 January Blog The Power of ContractionAs Ive noticed how many people seem to be apologising for going a little slower in winter time even though it is a natural instinct I wanted to offer a few insights which have come to me on the benefits of contraction. Having been born a sunloving Leo in the middle of a drought these are gleaned from many a year struggling with the deep dark teachings of wintery times. It still doesnt come easy but the invitation to go inward often yields buried treasure. Contracting spiral in a water spout NOAA Photo LibraryMany spiritual traditions involve a big midwinter meltdown to get through the dark times and celebrate the turning of the year towards spring at the winter solstice. Feasting with friends and family around fires and trees is now combined in western society with a crazed cranking up of the commercial machine. To feel a little skint hungover apathetic relieved antisocial partypooped dazed and contracted in the after... 2011-1-15 20:53:59 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#83497 Rose Sounds January News from Katie Rose Glorious Rose Song of Thank Yous for 2010 To all who have sung and shared with me this year Thank you To those who have hosted and supported my events Thank you To those who have read this newsletter and passed it to others Thank you To those who have listened to the songs of my heart Thank you To those who have collaborated with me in creating events Thank you For all the magical moments of sound which I will hold in my heart forever Thank you To All Beings in the Universal Symphony Thank you It truly has been a year of miraculous surprises. I wish you a heartwarming start to 2011 that the doorway opens to many more beautiful songs and that the music within you awakens and is heard to its fullest resonance. December has been an extraordinary month bringing to a close an extraordinary year looking with much joy and delight towards new adventures to come in 2011. If you would like to dance and chant your... 2010-12-29 23:00:00 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#83157 Wishing you a Radiant Rainbow of Celebration this Midwinter Happy Solstice Christmas Yule Ashura Yalda Hanukkah Bodhi Day Saturnalia Thank you for all you have shared and given this year. Wishing you love blessings and lots of adventures in 2011 Salaam Om Shanti Dona Nobis Pacem Shalom Deep Peace of the Infinite Peace to You Please join us at the following Festive Events Garden of Roses Solstice Sparkles Full Moon Solstice Celebration with Becs Cate Mackenzie amp the Love Fairies Tuesday 21st December 7.3010.30 Free Inspiral Lounge www.inspiralled.net New Years Eve 5 Rhythms Dance Party with Tim Broughton Alive Musicians and Nikki Slade 7.301am Kew Community Centre TW9 2AL httpbit.lyfz3aCM Special New Years enChanted Heart Kirtan Singing our Intentions for 2011 2nd Jan 6.308pm Special Yoga Centre www.specialyogacentre.org.uk I Am... 2010-12-21 11:57:34 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#81523 Rose Sounds December News from Katie Rose As the commercial Christmas machine rolls into action taking out forests of fir trees and filling the shops full to the brim of stressed shoppers we can take a moment to be still and look for the miracles admidst the midwinter mayhem. We can fly in the sapphire skies of clear frosty days create midwinter rituals that resonate and use the cool crisp energies to crystallise clear plans. As the door to lighter days swings open at Solstice we can resource and recentre in nourishing retreat time spinning tales singing songs and dancing like dervishes towards 2011.November has been a heart warming and toe tingling time thanks to chanters at the Tree of Life Special Yoga Centre and Yogi Tree. Thanks also to Energy Brown for for hosting me so warmly on Spiritual Matters Radio Verulam. Listen online to his show every Wednesday 810pm at www.radioverulam.com December promises to be a festive feast of sound with many practitio... 2010-11-29 00:26:05 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#79128 Rose Sounds November News From Katie RoseBright Lights of Diwali All Souls Day Bonfire Night Buddhist Friendship Sangha Day Eid and Guru Nanaks Birthday are all celebrated this month. Connecting with the light that we are within the infinite cosmic constellations of stars can help us to keep the fire burning in winter nights. We can warm one another with our soulsongs sharing all the moods and moments of the deepening mystery. We can remember and honour those that have gone before and celebrate and appreciate those of us here in this precious present passing the light through the prism of our being and scattering rainbows of love across the universe.October included deep moon song experiences with New Moon chanters at Triyoga and at our Full Moon Sound Journey at St Pancras Old Church closing with a delightful spooky time singing Samhain Songs with the Celestial Choir.Love and Thanks to all of you who came along and brought your spirits to sing and sound.N... 2010-10-31 01:36:56 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#76700 Rose Sounds October News From Katie RosePassing now into the dark times of the year we may catch a glimpse of the spirits dancing under the moonlight. The grinning masks of Samhain or Halloween are a comic reminder of the freedom of the soul to play out its life course through different roles the freedom to dance between the polarities of trick or treat dark and light angel and devil and to explore all that lies between. To release the radical spontaneity that brings about quantum leaps of understanding and illumination is to set the stage for our spirit to experience free fall to make space for miracles to happen. Samhain is a time for sweeping out the dark corners of our inner basements with a witches broomstick embracing our most secret aspects so as to unlock their hidden power and liberate new possibilities of being.My September closed with a very spooky time at the Ghosts in the Basement Celebration of folkadelia at Cecil Sharp House and Im honoured... 2010-9-29 21:34:27 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#75442 Honoured to be invited to share an article on the new Go Yogic WebsiteCreating success in Your Office httpwww.goyogic.comcreatingsuccessinoffice xx 2010-9-14 13:21:58 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#74210 Rose Sounds September News From Katie Rose As leaves turn from green to gold Autumn can be a nostalgic time as memories sail on the breeze of time whispering songs with old melodies. We can turn our stories over under the eye of the mellow autumn sun as we reflect on those projects relationships and encounters which have ripened to fullness and dream of those yet to come. To remember is to be mindful of the interconnectedness of our experience to reconcile the past in the light of the present and appreciate its gifts and challenges. Members of our community who have influenced us memories of places we have known warm embraces we have felt all these remain in our consciousness and in our body which also becomes remembered and restored to wholeness as we redeem the past. As we sing we can harmonise past experiences acknowledging their place in the symphony that is our life and surrendering them into the joy of the present.It was wonderful to see so man... 2010-8-31 08:44:07 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#71905 Rose Sounds August News From Katie RoseThe harvest of a beautiful summer the smell of baking bread the petals wafting on the breeze gently calls us to question what will I retain and what will I offer up this August The answer is in the call of the heart. The longing to be belonging to be that which we already are prompts us to thresh the corn to sift the wheat from the chaff to wander through fields of gold to dance barefoot in the rain ... and yet the precious jewel is within always there infinite resources of love emanating soft perfume calling us home in the centre of the rose the heart. Nowhere to run to baby no where to hide. Just right here right now in the soft unfolding of every breath. July has been truly joyful I had a wonderful time in Istanbul offering sessions and workshops at Bilgi Paylasim with children and adults and look forward to returning there soon. folderose is featured in the AugustSeptember fROOTs magazine join an international... 2010-8-2 10:01:24 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#69202 Rose Sounds July News From Katie RoseJuly is the fullness of summer flowers blooming sun at high tide long campfire evenings. We have passed through the Solstice Gateway and may be feeling a little stretched in all directions by the recent astrological Grand Cross. The Cross ancient symbol which forms the structure of medicine wheels and returns us to the Great Tree reminds us that we are whole beings formed of earth air fire and water. We are fluid beings who can dance to the north south east and west. We are vibrations resonating through tears laughter songs and words. We are this and yet we are not this. We are all of it and none of it. We are absolutely in it and completely beyond it. We are impacted by everything that happens to everyone whilst being also precisely individuated. So when the waters of the world are polluted our tears taste oily when we sing for the creatures of the sea the vibrations are heard and felt. We are intimately deta... 2010-6-30 01:20:52 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#66673 June News From Katie RoseJune promises Jubilation and ReJoycing as Juno Goddess of Fertility and Celebration invites us to recover our Joy this month. Finding the bliss of our truth can be like hunting for treasure without a metal detector. We may find ourselves in mental labyrinths or meeting dragons at the door to our preciousness or maybe our dream got so buried under so much lifestuff that we cant even remember where or what it was... As the roses bloom however we may catch the scent of inspiration and dare to dig a little deeper to break out from the bud and unfold in the summer sun allowing our beauty to be seen.May has seen many changes for me. I wish to extend heartfelt love and gratitude to all those of you who connected with me at Alchemy The Centre. Special thanks to Nicole Hambro Amir Jaan the Kundalini Yogis and all who came to my class. It was truly an honour to share the Voice of the Soul with so many beautiful singers. A new space to... 2010-6-1 11:49:51 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#65361 ROSE SOUNDS May News May Day Beltane Blessings As the trees burst in blossom and soft puffy leaves this is a time to honour and celebrate our creativity and fertility. Whatever our resources or situations we can find a heart centred creative response to all that is occurring we can allow the flow of our tears say the simple words that so often get left unsaid make time to sit and bake something make something sing something or just sit and smell the scent of spring on the breeze.. Beltane means brilliant fire and bestows the bright blessings of abundant spring allowing us to gratefully and gracefully dance towards summer manifesting the love in our hearts.Wishing you the brightest and best of all things this Beltane Heartfelt Love KatiexxxFor details of May Events and Happenings please sign up for the Rose Window newsletter 2010-5-15 23:34:17 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#61741 Its the foolish time of year again time to get silly with spring and run impetuously into the open arms of life to fall over laughing at the utter ludicrousness of it all. To initiate any change requires admitting we are always at the beginning starting once again with the fresh breath of a new day. Emerging like chicks from shells we can feel like we crack up as we crack open. To resist the chaos and madness is just to invite further insanity so lets embrace it all and dance leftfooted with glorious abandon along the spring songlines.Whatever cosmic jokes life is playing on you may you tread lightly this April. Love KatiexxxFor a full listing of Sound Events Happening Across London please sign or sing up for the Rose Window Newsletterxx 2010-3-30 10:13:47 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#60718 HAPPY EQUINOX At last at last at last Spring is cracking through with glimmers of sunsmiles starry flower faces a fresh new perfume on the breeze and longer lighter days... As a special Spring Equinox treat theres a FREE SINGING TREE CD for everyone who books an individual Session Check out the Individual Sessions Page Hope you are enjoying the Freshly Spring Cleaned Rose Window Website for details ... Dont forget to check out the New Spring Equinox Poem below And do leave a comment or a poem of your own Id love to hear from you VOICE OF THE SOUL TIME CHANGE my weekly class will be at 11.30am on Tuesdays at Alchemy from now onwards www.alchemythecentre.com Tuesday 28th March will be a very special FULL MOON VOICE OF THE SOUL Class. Do join me for an exuberant celebration of the Moon in Libra. To celebrate this years Equinox here are two special events enCHANTment for children amp The Garden of Roses Spring Equinox Celebration. see the Events Page for Details Ho... 2010-3-17 11:03:49 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#60691 2010-3-16 22:47:52 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#59384 ROSE SOUNDS March News amp Events with Katie Rose Listen for The Song of Spring rising in the sap of plants in the courting calls of birds in the sunrays that linger longer on the horizon... All that has been held within us germinating over winter can now begin to burst forth into the world the tender shoots of the new finding their way through the ground to be greeted by the fresh spring light. Amidst the gentle emergings some may flounder for it may be that our earth is still raw with the withering winds of winter yet even in the harshest of conditions life emerges like tiny flowers growing between the cracks in the pavement.Listening out for your spring song on the breeze and hoping to share it with you soon... Happy Equinox xxkt NEW BLOG The Power of Chant httpspirituallondon.wordpress.com20100222thepowerofchantFor Full Listings of March Events please sign up for The Rose Window Newsletter xx 2010-2-27 20:14:44 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#57292 All You Need is Love thats the song for February. Amidst the blatant commercialism and cliches of Valentines Day lies a seed of truth Love is the foundation tone of reality. As we pass through the gateway of Imbolc moving gratefully towards lighter days we can enter more deeply into the true romance the reunion of the soul within and without. Whether you are sufi whirling dancing the tantric path yogically yoking your soul to the divine saying Hail Marys singing AH to open the heart travelling the Tree of Life or simply getting on with Being You the invitation into more love is present in every breath. Reclaiming our innersense enables us to remember that we are love and to express ourselves generously creatively flamboyantly divinely in the Grand Symphony of Oneness..May this Valentines remind you that you are your own Beloved that you are Deeply Loved and that your Love is much needed and appreciated in this world XXXFor full February Listings please sign up for T... 2010-1-30 00:18:29 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#56797 Lets join together this Full Moon to send our Love amp Support to HaitiI am honoured to be contributing to a Special Fundraising Event for Haiti at Tulip Yoga in Clapham this Full Moon Saturday Full Details Below.... Full Moon in Leo Sun in AquariusIt is not a question of whether you have what it takes but of whether you take the gifts you have they are plenteous and share them with all the world. Neale Donald Walsch The most important thing for anyone I think is to be engaged whether youre an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level. Billy BraggDetachment is not indifference. Detachment is love without expecting anything in return and without self importance Deepak Chopra It is truly the perfect time to celebrate our own unique gifts and fine tune the way in which we can contribute to the collective. It is through doing what we are most drawn to by singing the song that is us that we sing more perfectly in tune with all of creatio... 2010-1-23 19:04:09 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#55779 A New Year and a New Decade dawns... a time to reflect to look backwards and forwards like Janus to lovingly release that which we leave behind as we step through the gateway into 2010... This time of Initiation when we make resolutions and commit to changes in our lives urges us to become leaders in our lives mastering ourselves inwardly so that our outward leadership becomes clear and bright.True healing lasting change occurs when we have transformed the many levels of our being by tuning in and listening for the resonance of our heartsong. This may require a tuning out and letting go of old conditioning thought patterns and behaviours to make space for our true soul sound to resound.At this time when the magic of nature is happening underground we can dig deep in the roots of our being to find our true needs desires and intentions and align with the authentic source of our being.Wishing you a bright beautiful and insightful start to 2010 xxxx 2010-1-9 14:31:43 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#54656 XXX SOLSTICE BLESSINGS XXXIn the deep winter night we celebrate the light In the flames of the fire we find our hearts desire In the branches of the tree we set ourselves freeIn the roots of the earth we find our true worth The light returns and we begin our voyage towards Spring... The Astrology of this Solstice is immense Jupiter planet of expansion and success Neptune spiritual and magical awareness and Chiron the wounded healer are all aligned in Aquarius sign of innovative service to humanity. This Solstice therefore presents a gateway into new realms of being an invitation to heal and dance into greater understanding of the cosmic whole. Following our dreams is no longer just a whacky motto but is now an imperative to live our truth this is a powerful time to redream our reality.. to learn from the deep and difficult teachings of our personal and collective wounds and to draw out the Vein of Gold Julia Cameron within and without... For more Astr... 2009-12-17 03:43:12 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#54429 December BlogAdvent the Adventure towards the Deepest Darkest Point of Winter we voyage carrying flaming torches towards Solstice. Like the Roman Feast of Reversal Saturnalia when slaves became masters for the day Solstice is an invitation to seek out and celebrate the light within the dark and the dark within the light. It is to the evergreens that we look for inspiration midwinter to the Holly with its bright red berry nestled like a winter rose amongst the thorns reminding us that beauty and the beast sit side by side at lifes banquet to the giftbearing Christmas Tree the kiss bestowing miseltoe or the Buddhas Bodhi Tree whose leaves whisper the wisdom of enlightenment. Wishing you deep midwinter peace amongst the branches of the Tree of Life..xx 2009-12-12 14:28:25 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#12241 The wonderful things about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers scolded God were egotistical or testy or impatient in their turns made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven. Phyllis McGinley 19051978 I find this quote remarkably reassuring. Have just read Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda and found it absolutely mind blowing and very inspiring.Not only are the Yogis in it capable of extraordinary happenings dematerialising and reappearing at will reading the future providing insight into the deeper mysteries of the cosmos to name but a few but they are also wonderfully human. To celebrate our humanness is to allow ourselves compassion and to share in the huge crazy learning experience which is life on the earth plane. In our weakness and vulnerability so I am repeatedly reminded we find our strength. It is the courage to be in the midst of the chaos which makes sense of it all. Wishing you a ... 2007-6-28 22:15:13 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#11029 We were all singers onceWe were all singers oncewhen the land was wreathed in lightand the angels spun their magicworld upon world and universe upon universe.We were all singers oncewhen pure tones were the gifts that we gave to each otherand we needed to say no moreand we quantumed time and space within our tones.We were all singersonce upon a time when as beings of light we danced thru the planesand laughed in symphonies.Once we sang together and created many thingsthat stood the test of timeand then stood outside it.Once upon a time we healed as we sangand that was all the healing that was needed.We were singers once and together we held the universe.We were singers onceand now we shall sing againand the sound will roll back the dark.As a candles light is so splendidly different from the nightso shall the purity of our sound tilt back the chaos andour souls shall sing together again.Chris James 2007-5-19 16:55:21 http://www.therosewindow.org/page13.htm#8335 Behind the bloodstained curtains of Lovethere are fields of flowerswhere the lovers wander.While the mind sees only boundariesLove knows the secret way there.While the mind smells profit and quickly sets up shopLove sees untold treasures far beyond.Lovers trust in the wealth of their heartswhile the allknowing mind sees only thorns ahead.To wander in the fields of flowerspull the thorns from your heart.Rumi 2007-2-14 15:09:18