Are You a Neurotic Artist? Yay, me too! + Yoga of Sound (Duluth) ~ early January Newsletter
Happy New Year!
What now?? It's already January 9th?
May you be:
feeling sweet
at ease
able to locate the eye in your storms
and rest there
and see it
and feel it
and hold it
and know that this too shall pass
one foot in front of the other
bridge after bridge over troubled water
look around
you're still alive
look at your hands
breathe into the lowest lobes of your lungs
you
are
here
(and
you
are here
reading
this
ramble ~
thank you!)
HI HI HI and welcome to the (Gregorian calendar) new year. How is it going for you??? I can honestly say mine has been some creative chaos which has been a mixed bag, AND I'm here for it, and let's be real, it's kind-of the usual. Thankfully not in over my head in some narcissistic relationship, thankfully not injured, thankfully with a roof over my head, and with dear friends abound, and simple miso soup, and Duluth cider, and lots to look forward to. I would say that 2023 (or maybe 2020-2023??) was a freaking shitshow, kind up right up there with 2016. All in the bed with some sweet travel and back to shows after hiatus, as well as some layers of confusion, drama-rama, terror, beauty, inspiration, creative breakthrough, ego struggle, physical injury, heartbreak, warrior-strength prying out of hellholes, deadened by the weight of the world and war, of changing friend-lines, of aging, of financial fear. All in a day, right?
Maybe I'm manic, maybe I'm neurotic ... and maybe, just maybe, you resonate with all of that? If so, YAY! Thus brings me to pitch the re-launch of a popular series at my old yoga studio, re-branded:
Self-Care and Spirit Care for Neurotic Artists ~
4 Week Virtual Series on Zoom
Wednesdays 7-8:30pm CST
~ January 17, 24, 31, Feb 7
Investment: $49-99 Sliding scale ~ anywhere here is welcome
Congratulations - you have self-selected as an Artist! And kudos - you've also self-selected as neurotic, so you must have a sense of humor! Please join Mary Bue - musician, yoga teacher, retreat guide, and cow-portrait-painter for this 4-week series delving into the existential dilemmas of being an artist. All artists welcome: musicians, painters, writers, cooks, gardeners, quilters, sculptors, ceramicists, actors, dancers, adult coloring book superstars! And if you don’t identify as an artist but are curious, heck, stop on by.
In each class, there will be a short lecture, some moving/stretching practice, breath work, a short meditation, writing exercises, and so much more as led by Mary’s (oft neurotic) whims.
The hope is to help tap into our creative wells using movement, breathing & philosophy and also have some tools and techniques to take home, to the studio, and to the stage. Everything is connected.
We will delve into these possibilities during our lectures + discussion:
-Creative blockages
-Tools to deal with stage fright / public speaking
-Anxiety/depression that sometimes accompanies creative types + techniques that could be helpful (Mary is not a therapist so these are only suggestions)
-Yogic lifestyle tips including morals/ethics, eating healthy on tour or in manic creative mode, mindfulness
-The meaning of PRACTICE
-The overwhelm that can come along with doing the business of art + music + creative endeavors
-How criticism and failure are our friends
-Working with the ego
-Using dreams to spark inspiration
- And so much more!
Recommended (but not necessary) reading:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
The Yamas + Niyamas by Deborah Adele
The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte
Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön
The title for this class is partially inspired by a book by Steven Baker: How To Live with a Neurotic Cat
To register:
You will be registered once you send a payment of $49-99 to Mary with your email address in notes (or register on my website form & send payment below). Once received, Mary will send you the zoom link and any relevant information over email for our sessions together. If you miss a session, don’t fret! They will be recorded and emailed to you for practicing at your own time.
Payment methods:
Preferred: Zelle or Apple Pay to marybue@gmail.com
Venmo @marybuemusic (please add 3% for Goods and services)
Paypal.me/marybuemusic (please add 3% for Goods and services)
Cannot wait to delve in with you on the wonders, ups, and downs within the creative process!
Last call for Yoga of Sound: In Person Mantra & Nada Yoga Teacher Training in Duluth! Jan 13 & 14th
Location: Svälja Yoga 108 W 1st St, Duluth MN
hello@svalja.yoga
(218) 595-0762
January 13 & 14, 2024
Saturday ~ Sunday
8:30am - 6pm
+10 hour e-course to do at your own pace
Via Svalja Yoga:
This is for YOU! If you have experienced healing through sound or music, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to delve deeper with the incredible Mary Bue . If you feel enlivened and awakened through signing, changing, live music, and sound this is for YOU! This deeper study module is OPEN TO ALL! You do not have to be a yoga teacher, an experienced yoga practitioner, or seeking advanced YTT. You just have to feel called! YOU ARE WELCOME!!
INVESTMENT: $499
**CONTACT US FOR A SCHOLARSHIP OR PAYMENT PLAN
30 Yoga Alliance CEUs Available
REGISTER HERE
Mantras are vehicles for transformation and deeper connection to that which is divine within us. Loosely translated:
manas: mind
tra: instrument, technique, or protection
When working with mantras, we are utilizing an ancient tool to focus and refine the mind, calm and soothe its random fluctuations, linking to our breath, and tuning into our infinite wellspring of creativity, peace, and hope.
In this training, we will explore these ancient symbolic sounds, words, and phrases.
Using the art of listening, we will delve into multiple forms of mantra: Vedic, Tantric, Bhakti, and the Yoga of Sound – Nada Yoga – which surrounds and informs all three.
With respect and gratitude to whence this practice came, we will discuss how to incorporate mantra into public and private classes, with reverence to their origins and attention to cultural sensitivity.
We will touch upon:
The power of sound and music
Creating a holistic personal practice incorporating sound and mantra
Learn mantras for the heart, peace, and the planet
Bija (seed) syllables
Pronunciation of Sanskrit to the best of our ability
Chanting of important Yoga Sutras
Patanjali invocation and forgiveness chants
Energetic effects of sounds
Incorporating sound/mantra into teaching
Brief history of origins of mantra
Discussion of deities & their respective mantras
Physical and neurological effects of mantras
Tips for guiding call and response chanting & Kirtan
SHOWS
A few shows coming up this winter and specifically want to pump up this one below!
Other shows include:
1/29 Morningside After Dark ~ Variety Show ~ Morningside Church, Edina, MN
2/08 Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Singalong ~ Turf Club St. Paul
2/10 Aster Cafe w/ Sonja Rebecca Martin ~ stripped down string set with Shannon Frid-Rubin (violin) & Sean Roderick (upright bass) joining me on a few
More info at marybue.com/shows
Mary Bue with Special Guests The Scarlet Goodbye
Sunday, January 28th
8pm // 7pm Doors
Bryant Lake Bowl ~ Minneapolis
$15/20
Tickets here
Had the pleasure to share a few songs at a house concert with The Scarlet Goodbye this past weekend. Thought we would keep the good vibes flowing and bring them to the theatre/bowling alley/restaurant in the city! I'll be joined by magical humans Jeremy Ylvisaker, Steve Price, and Richard Medek for this sweet-ass night.
About The Scarlet Goodbye:
The Scarlet Goodbye, labeled “the most unlikely mash-up in Minnesota Music History”, is the creative combination of Daniel Murphy and Jeff Arundel.
Murphy, pivotal in the launch of both Soul Asylum and the super-group Golden Smog, had stepped away from the game in 2012, after 30 years of recording and touring. A chance meeting with mellow Singer-Songwriter Jeff Arundel led the duo, whose careers spanned the same time frame but had essentially no other resemblance, to start writing and recording.
With the first collaboration, “Paris”, they realized that they were onto something, as Murphy shoved Arundel into a swagger, and Arundel tip-toed Murphy onto revealing some vulnerabilities. Meeting in an attic studio during the Pandemic, Murphy and Arundel fashioned a collection of songs that producer John Fields, who was brought in to mix the record, calls “both timeless and unique, part Rolling Stones and part Townes Van Zandt”.
Retreats ~
Saving up frequent flier miles? There is still time to join me and master yoga teacher Tara Cindy Sherman in my heart-zone which is BALI INDONESIA next month! Flights will be hanging out in this range for a few more weeks (unfortunately flight prices have been sucking for months) so use those miles and escape winter for paradise!! Like, you can have a massage by the sea in this ocean-view hut pictured above at Puri Dajuma Beach Eco Resort and Spa 😻
All retreats listed here!
Bali Indonesia ~ Feb 23-Mar 1st 2024 ~ registration open
Malta ~ June 2-8th 2024 ~ registration open ~need 6 to fly!
New Mexico ~ late July 2024 - registration coming soon
Orcas Island, WA ~ Oct 2024 - registration open!
Norway ~moved to 2025!! registration coming soon
India ~ February 2025 - Varanasi, Taj Mahal, Khajuraho, Rishikesh & more ~ registration open!
More info 🦋
That's a lot as usual. SO grateful you are here. Hope to see you here, on the zoom, at a show, around the world sometime soon. Big love and blessings for 2024!
XO ❤️❤️
Mary
