Grisha's Circle Songs for Kinship Tending: You Belong!

Pacific Northwest Songleader, Grief Tender and Community Weaver: Pocket Songs for Joy and Healing

Tending kinship is a sacred duty, healing the wounds of belonging that have led to so much suffering for our human and non-human kin. Kinship tending is something we can all do to make a world in which all beings can thrive.

The songs I catch are medicine for community, with the theme of “Dream big enough for all of us.” Most are Pocket Songs – little short bites to carry with you wherever you go.

Many of these simple songs were caught (written) specifically for community grief rituals. I also enjoy leading songs online in the Stellar Village folk school, a place to grow the community skills of belonging, including singing together.

Each of these simple songs carries a little bit of magic to uplift your spirit or untangle something that’s gotten stuck. They’re trauma-informed and written with care. My muse and beloved husband Tom is pictured here with me, because these songs flow through, in part, because I am so known and held. And he also provides an endless soundboard and a magical guitar gift to craft this music.

Some of my songs are below. The recordings are basic and they don’t have all the harmonies, but it’s a start.

You are welcome to sing these in song circles, just give credit to me (Grisha Stewart) and cowriters, if there are some – see the songbook.

You are also welcome to make up harmonies when sharing! Rights reserved for recordings that are sold.

You can download my Circle Songbook or view it below the songs. It has the words for many (but not all) of the songs) and some songs not provided in recorded format. I also have an album on Spotify and such with some of my singer-songwriter songs. It’s called My Life is a Metaphor for My life.

To book a song circle or request that I add another recording or fix something, please use my Contact Form and select Songleading/Grieftending or you can use the form on StellarVillage.com.