I wanted to share an amazing awareness that opened up as I was listening to the iconic rock song “Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey. I’ve been a singer, performer and voice teacher for many years. When menopause came, it changed my voice, and not for the better, so I felt like my voice betrayed me. I energetically pushed away singing and music and started to become more interested in sound therapy — I put my musical past on the shelf.

something amazing opened up for me! So dialing back to 1972 when I was 13. In true teenage fashion, I told my family that if they wanted to move to rural northwest NJ, they would have to get me a horse - and they did. A beautiful 16 hand quarter horse/thoroughbred I named Sequoia.

But I was terrified of her, and she knew it…