{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Choosing Love in a Fear-Saturated World: How to Stay Connected to Your Heart When Everything is Screaming Danger","description":"Welcome to Season 6 of the Artists Rising Podcast! Before we begin today, I want to take a moment to share why this podcast is evolving \u2014 and really, why it\u2019s returning to something that\u2019s been in my heart for a long time. This past fall, we traveled to Lesvos, Greece, and volunteered at a refugee camp there. And while we were there, I led somatic singing workshops for Afghan women. Sitting in those rooms \u2014 with women who had lost homes, countries, family members, certainty \u2014 something in me shifted. Because what I witnessed, again and again, was this: expression is not a luxury. It\u2019s a lifeline. These women didn\u2019t come in calling themselves artists. They came in as human beings carrying unimaginable weight. And through breath, sound, and song, I watched nervous systems soften. I watched shoulders drop. I watched people come back into their bodies \u2014 and back into connection. That experience was a turning point for me. It clarified something I\u2019ve known for a long time: Artists Rising was never just about art. It\u2019s always been about wholeness. It\u2019s always been about helping people live from love instead of fear \u2014 whether that expression takes the form of a song, a painting, a business, a classroom, or simply the way you show up in your life. Since then, this winter, as we\u2019ve been on concert tour, I\u2019ve also been offering workshops along the way \u2014 at universities, with students and faculty, and with organizations working directly with refugees. And everywhere I go, I\u2019m hearing the same need echoed back to me. Especially right now \u2014 with everything happening in the world \u2014 we all need tools. Tools to regulate our nervous systems. Tools to come back into our bodies. Tools to choose love when fear is loud. So moving forward, Artists Rising will continue to serve artists with a capital A \u2014 those of you creating careers, projects, and lives through your art. And it will also serve anyone who is willing to see their life as a creative act. We\u2019ll share practices, stories, and conversations that support both \u2014 because at the end of the day, the work is the same. This is about remembering that you are an artist. That your life is your canvas. And that learning to live in love is the most important creative practice there is.   TODAY'S EPISODE is about Choosing Love in a Fear-Saturated World: How to stay tender and connected to your heart when everything is screaming danger.  If you'd like to listen to the bonus episode today about surrender you can find it here: The Artists Rising Patreon - www.patreon.com\/JennyRebecca  If you want more tools for regulating the nervous system, check out The Somatic Singing Starter Kit at www.ArtistsRisingCo.com.   ","author_name":"Artists Rising","author_url":"http:\/\/aristsrising.libsyn.com\/website","html":"