ABOUT USThe story that led to Blackberry Moon
From a young age, I was mystified & moved by music
I could be watching a terrible movie, but if it had a fantastic film score I would be in tears. Music resonated deep in my bones, and I always knew I wanted to work in the music industry. After high school, I went to a little liberal arts college to study music, uprooting my life from Oregon to Upstate New York.
After four years of being classically trained as a singer, I realized I had only been allowed to perform one song that I wanted to sing.
I had lost my voice, and that original spark was barely more than a fading ember. And so, I stopped singing.
The power of reclaiming my voice.
A couple years later I was visiting a friend and walked into her mother’s house, where the entire dining room table was covered with crystal bowls. I instantly felt their pull. What are these? She briefly explained they were quartz crystal singing bowls and handed me a mallet. I didn’t even notice as she ushered everyone out of the room. I just had to play them. I didn’t know what I was doing so she explained how you go around the edge and…
With the first sounds reverberating through me, a wave of emotion hit and the tears began to flow.
My period of silence was over and sound came sweeping back in. I had no idea how suppressed that energy was. I was so stuck in that space of silence that I had no idea how lost and out of balance I had been.
Afterwards, I went home and immediately started looking into singing bowls. I mentioned it to my family and all of a sudden people were gifting me all sorts of beautiful instruments.
Just a week after getting my sound therapy certification, a woman offered me her set of singing bowls.
Meeting her, listening to her story and driving miles to pick up her bowls felt like it came out of nowhere. It was becoming hard to ignore the signs, despite my practical brain's doubt and skepticism. The universe was telling me you’re doing this. You have the certification. You have the bowls. You’re setting up a practice to help others. Now is the time to share your gift and your love for music.
Coming from an academic background, it was an unsettling leap.
I kept asking myself, what am I doing with these? I can’t hoard them. It was a challenging but beautiful journey of coming back to myself in order to spread light to others. And it’s a path I’m still learning, unfurling and discovering. With all the powerful science backing up sound therapy, I knew this was a way I could use my gifts to truly make a difference. I could bring it all together into a tangible practice.
I LET GO OF THE OLD PATTERNS,
THE RESTRICTIVE TEACHINGS,
THE PERFECTIONISM.
I LISTENED TO ME AGAIN.
I TOOK BACK MY VOICE.
AND NOW I’M A KEEPER OF FREQUENCY,
CHANNELING IT ALL TOGETHER TO EMPOWER OTHERS.
Ready to relearn your own sacred, vibrational power?
the love & inspiration behind the name
An invitation to play, dream and celebrate the light & the dark
As a young girl, I couldn't get enough of blackberries with their lush green leaves. The myriad of deep plush purples, blacks, and magentas. The soft white and yellow of the delicate flower blossoms.
My mother and I would pick the tart yet sweet treats and chase the Moon. We’d peek and bob between tall cedars until the Moon showed her full face. Hello Moon, we'd call, breathless with laughter from chasing her glow.
And so Blackberry Moon harkens back to –
the love from my parents that led me to be the artist I am today,
the important balance of courage and strength with delight and play.
The shadow and the light.
The stages and pull of the Moon.
And all those bitter and sweet memories.