'Kalayaan' meaning 'Freedom' in tagalog, is a sonic ode to ancestral healing as a Hapa. This song captures a very emotional process of seeking, remembering, feeling and exposing what lives deep inside my own DNA as one who has such a mixed background.

As I witness oppression, colonization, erasure and genocide in the world, I can't help but feel the remembrance of how I / we have been through it all before.

Deep in my blood, my cellular memory, I witness and recall how the true indigenous Filipino culture, tradition and practices were lost. I witness the colonized mind within my filipino family members, the lost connection to what it means to be filipino and yet, from the other side - I feel my ancestors guiding me to remember and bring these ways back through my own embodiment.

Simultaneously, I search for ways to forgive the side of me that is white, the equal part of me that shares the history of being the oppressor, being the colonizer, being the cause for so much pain, grief, rage and loss. I feel this is something many who are of mixed race might feel - especially once on the path of deeper healing, soul remembrance and seeking truth.

This song is a marker for a chapter of deep reflection, research, questioning, processing, alchemy and healing for me. It's a journey of reaching out to Spirit, my guides, my ancestors and being in deep listening with the land, my inner guidance and how my ancestors wish to guide me along the way.

It's served me as a chapter of expanding my healing abilities, clairvoyance and empowerment to restore tradition, honor and practices that feel aligned. A catalyst into deeper levels of forgiveness, compassion and unconditional love.

I pray that this song serves those who are 'Hapa' like me, those who are devoted or just beginning their ancestral healing journey, who wish to restore what has been lost and who wish to learn more about who they are, where they came from and the truth of what we had to overcome to be here today. So that we can all know 'Kalayaan' that comes from within.

Salamat Po, Thank you, Mahalkita, I Love You ~

Share The Light

PS. For those who are ready for deeper healing through ceremony, community and education, I invite you to join me in New York this April for our 3rd annual "Remembrance Retreat". This is where you can join me for an entire weekend devoted to self, creative expression and alchemy work.

Here is the information to join and how to apply:
sharethelight.kartra.com/page/Remember

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Esu // Sharon // Share The Light

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