Sessions
It starts with a conversation. You tell me what's going on — a struggle you're in, something you're trying to practice, a life you're reaching for, whatever's actually alive for you. I listen, I ask questions, and we follow it. It usually goes somewhere neither of us expected. And at some point we hit a place worth marking — and a simple chant is born: a few words, a melody, something you can sing. I record it for you. If you want, it can join the gatherings where we sing together, and — once it's recorded in a studio — the chantbook.
The chants are for everyone. A session is for you if:
- You're stuck on something that won't resolve.
- Talking about it hasn't been enough.
- You want to sing, even if you were told you can't.
The session
- Talk
- Shape it into a chant
- Get your recording
- With your permission, it joins the chantbook
What you leave with
- A song that's yours — built from your own life
- A recording you can sing along to, alone, when you need it
- The same song to sing with the people you love
What it costs
Both are three sessions. The difference is where the chant ends up.
I've been writing songs since I was 13, and I've spent the years since split between music and a quieter track: a PhD in the sociology of religion, time in monasteries, and training in how people work through what's hard. I make songs with people, and then we sing them.
"Agapic Chants was a magical experience. It transformed one of my deepest sorrows… into a poem that I was here to express in the world. Singing it together with Nathan helped move the transformation through my entire system."— Rosa Lewis
"We mapped a recent professional conflict back to some much deeper issues and then transformed those into an empowering sense of being reborn. And then, in a surprising twist — Nathan and I wrote a song about it!"— A.J. Bond
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