In this episode, Sara and Chetna talk about: What liberation smells like, sounds like, feels like for Sara All of our energetic pathways as music, and the unblocking of those pathways bringing music and liberation to the world Chetna’s journey with the Bansuri and the permission to make music Sara’s relationship with the banjo as a way to soothe her soul as she’s in relationship to the instrument The krar as it relates to the banjo and how it’s different Sara’s ancestral connection the krar through her dad’s Eritrean background, and her pursuit of opening to and belonging with the krar Sara looking to her heritage and her grandmother for what she needs to mother herself in a different way, which lead her to using her hands and being her senses as she cooked and played music Her discovery of finding her cultural DNA, through repetition and doing with her hands, and eventually going to Jamaica and being connected with a banjo and krar-maker Her trust of “more will be revealed” and saying yes even though it doesn’t make sense Similarities between West Africa and Jamaica as a site for Black liberation The discomforts of being there with the environment, and also the cultural and communal resilience and spirit Lessons in accepting perfection, the “mark of the maker” and letting our instruments (including our bodies) have their beautiful scars (and how the instrument imitates our bodies) The process of getting intimate with the wood, gourd, goat skin and other earth materials for the instrument Being in collaboration and consent with the materials and tools we’re using Sara’s experience in Conscious Creators and the support she receiving in this process over the last few months Being in deep listening and collaboration, and locating ourselves in the process too Find more: Sara on IG: @saragbanjo (Sara offers 1:1 Oracle Card Readings, SoulCollage®️ Facilitation, Enneagram Consultation and support for your creative project with vocals, lyrics, melody, voice acting & narration, ambient song and gourd banjo live through her embodied empathic voice.) Chetna on IG @mosaiceye and the podcast @creationforliberation Other offerings: Upcoming Events: Embodying Bhakti: The Yoga of Love - a series for women and non-binary activists, Reclaiming our Creative Inheritance: a 2-hour workshop on June 4th Work 1:1 with Chetna for high-achieving changemakers to go beyond your logic and conjure your embodied creative magic

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