Play is not just for children and adults can benefit from getting serious about playing. Join us to inquire about how to recognize and expand what play means to you!

se·ri·ous·ly /sirēəslē/

in a solemn or considered manner, with earnest intent, not lightly or superficially.

play /pley/

(playful is being full of play!)

to exercise or employ oneself in diversion, amusement, or recreation, to do something in sport that is not to be taken seriously, to amuse oneself, to take part or engage in a game.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• How play supported wellbeing and can be squashed. (2:15)
• Why we need to get serious about playfulness. (6:15)
• How sensations, feelings and expression make up our experience of life. (7:38)
• Were you taught to not rock the boat? (9:51)
• What haven’t you done for ages that would feel playful/fun? (11:53)
• Developing a habit of taking play seriously. (14:09)
• How we can reinvent our dreams, be open to new ideas and inspiration. (17:20)
• Legos anyone? (21:30)
• Daydreaming yourself into a playful space. (22:40)

Resources

• House of Preeminence online magazine https://issuu.com/hellopreeminence/docs/organized_971d579abd306c

Jenni Parker Brown, editor/publisher https://www.jenni-p.com

Let’s Connect!

• Email: hello@drannakarin.com

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Join us to explore inspiration, collaboration and the business of songwriting! With her open and honest sharing Jenn Cleary leads us thru her songwriting process and what she has learned along the way.

Jenn Cleary is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Boulder, Colorado, with many years’ experience performing on international stages. Highlight shows include Sundance Film Festivals, Colorado Rockies games, opening for Shemekia Copeland, Tellurides Blues Festival Acoustic Competition finalist and multiple European tours. She has a range of song styles and performs bluesy acoustic solo shows as well as rockin’ shows with her full electric band. Jenn has released two albums of original songs, one blues covers album, and she just released her first children’s album, which has won the prestigious recognition from the 2021 NAPPA awards for being best in the music industry.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• Is creativity on demand possible? The challenge of songwriting. (5:04)
• How creativity needs space and time. (6:44)
• The power of collaboration. (7:58)
• What comes first, melody or lyrics? (10:02)
• Trusting the muse in music! (14:48)
• How hard times can lead to joy! (19:28)
• Going within to express what we all share. (21:24)
• The power of feeling deeply and then letting it go. (23:38)
• Creativity as a business. (31:56)

Resources

• Jenn Cleary Music https://jenncleary.com
• Planet Bluegrass Song School, Lyons Colorado https://bluegrass.com/song-school
• Sentient Publications, Connie Shaw https://www.sentientpublications.com
• Ken Langford aka Lucius Terwilliger https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IPxUqOfUJQHOnqhjnVuzl?si=zbbG2aXjT7O8dDqHGZEQ6g&dl_branch=1
• Dorje Dolma https://www.dorjearts.com
• Joseph Campbell https://www.jcf.org

Let’s Connect!

• Email: hello@drannakarin.com

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Being in the moment is touted as the ultimate of the new consciousness but how do we get there! Modern life provides endless distraction from our own perceived state of wholeness. How does cultivating an open focus lead us to a more integrated experience of our personal interface with life?

Join us in looking at perception and attention, intuition and intention as we explore an open focus.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• Finding me and not me! (4:02)
• Is it possible to embody both? (7:20)
• What works best for you, focus or openness? (10:00)
• Perception and attention as another framework. (12:00)
• Sorting through the information soup! (12:46)
• Connection to nature as the balance to info overload. (14:46)
• Can we live in a flow state? (17:14)

Let’s Connect!

• Email: hello@drannakarin.com

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