Attune: Rituals of Song

A non-performative, collective singing ritual space to support coming home to your body, to the land, your human kin & beyond.

May we sing in service to collective liberation as we navigate the overwhelm of what it means to be accountable, available, and aligned with our truest selves in times when deep change is stirring.

May we sing in service to showing up in liminality, emergence and co-creation.

What to Expect

  • Welcome all voices

  • Engage in a trauma-informed approach to sharing in ritual space & group process

  • Centre collective nervous-system regulation, human wholeness, authentic connection and easeful release

  • Co-create safety and build trust through honest and heartfelt communication 

  • Trust you to listen and respond to your unique needs in our space, as well as be available to support you in meeting said needs as desired

  • Share teachings from their mentors, role-models, ancestors and lineages of song

  • Call in a unique repertoire of songs that feels relevant for our group’s process thematically/symbolically

  • Serve as an mental, physical, emotional and spiritual anchor to the space and offer the medicine of song and embodiment invitations in response to a wide spectrum of emotions/vulnerabilities that may arise in our space together.

In this space Kip will…

Ritual Flow

  • Arrival (6:45pm) -  Community Hellos, Tea & Shared Treats

  • 7pm - Landing: Collective Grounding, Embodiment Invitations, Acknowledgements & Orientation

  • Brief Personal Introductions & Ritual Opening with Group Intentions

  • Singing & Feeding the Songs with our Stories, Gratitude & Invocations

  • 8:45pm - Ritual Closing and Parting Words

Details & Logistics:

  • We typically sing in cycles of about 6-8 weeks total which includes Open and Closed Sessions.

    Open Sessions:

    There will usually be 1 or 2 of these at the beginning of each cycle, to give newcomers an opportunity to self-assess whether or not a longer-term commitment makes sense for them at this time.

    Note: These circles prioritize orientation & welcome, which involves more talking than the closed-circles to follow. Returning participants are not required to attend these Open Circles if they’d like to commit to the series that follows, but will always be welcomed with open arms!

    Closed Sessions:

    Our following sessions require a deeper commitment so that we may co-create an ongoing ceremonial container that can hold our circle across time.

    Weekly Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm

  • This next cycle is a little one before we take a break for the rest of the summer. So, we won’t have any open circles before starting with our opening ritual. Please only register if you’re prepared to join us for the entire cycle. Thanks!

    • June 24th

    • July 1st

    • July 8th

    • July 15th

  • Alternates Bi-Weekly between 2 homes in Lekwungen Territory - Victoria, BC

    Home #1 - Located near McKenzie Avenue at Carey Road

    Home #2 - Located near Quadra Street. at Hillside Avenue

    Exact locations shared upon registration.

  • Open Circles: $15

    Closed Circles: Sliding Scale $25-$50 per session. Payment for the entire cycle is collected during registration (usually 6-8 sessions total).

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    I will always invite non-monetary trades instead of cash! Let’s Chat! 

    Limited Low & No Cost Spots are available for anyone - just send me an email to let me know this is needed - no questions asked. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. 

    10% of every payment will be directly donated to Pepaken Hautw, a local Indigenous organization that provides participatory education opportunities about traditional and healthy food systems. They contribute to the restoration and revitalization of native ecosystems in the W̱SÁNEĆ homelands and promote food security and Indigenous food sovereignty in the W̱SÁNEĆ community and beyond.

Before registering below, please ensure to click and read all of the above sections to ensure this space is in alignment with your needs/desires at this time.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Most of the songs we will sing are shortish, repetitive and can be layered/played with easily enough - we love a ‘repeat after me’ style! Many share themes of ancestral reclamation and/or tend to relationships to Self, Community, Land and our more-than-human kin. Stories, quotes, anecdotes, poems and musings often sprinkle their way in by means of sharing a collective field of moving sound. 

  • There will be times to open up the sharing of songs from participants. The only ask here is that you are able to name the place, person and/or lineage through which you inherited this song and any other relevant information about its' known journeying to arrive in your heart (to the best of your ability). Please be mindful & provide due context/translations if a song you want to share is sung in another language/from an ancestral lineage through which you are not a descendant. If you are unable to locate the context, meaning, and/or have a personal connection to a lineage, you are encouraged to use your skillful discernment to decide whether or not it is appropriate to share. 

    ***Sometimes songs come to us in moments with a booming clarity and yearning to be shared. In the case that this happens, and we are lacking the appropriate context/credit to share, our "homework" for next time will be to do some digging and do our best to locate the song's origins; to give credit and gratitude where it is due. With grace, we can also acknowledge oral tradition as amorphous and not always traceable. Thank you for understanding and helping to uphold this intention :)

  • Step 1: Let's upgrade our collective understanding of the Sliding Scale model.  Check out this infographic (an expansion on the Green Bottle model you may have encountered from Worts & Cunning Apothecary) for an in-depth/more nuanced model from Ride Free Fearless Money. If you're interested in more, click here for a deep-dive read on Sliding Scale/Tiered pricing models.

    Step 2: Once you see where you land on the scale, allow that to inform where you’d fit between $25-$50 per session.

  • Asking for monetary support for this gathering is something I hold with complexity. Finding authentic reciprocity is also one of the ways I stay resilient and sustainable in sharing and growing my offerings in community.  My intentions in asking for financial contributions for Attune have their deepest roots in honouring the organizational and facilitation needs of this space. With reciprocity, I am able to hold pieces that can support collective commitment in attendance, administrative leadership, emotional and energetic anchoring, trauma-informed ritual facilitation, community mentorship, and an ongoing deepening with the craft of song collecting, catching, and sharing. I hope the intentionality of these pieces comes through in your experience of these gatherings and allows you to invest your own time, resources and energy into Attune with easeful alignment. 

  • While I would love to host more circles to meet more needs in our community, I am currently focusing on Attune for the time being.

    Check out the Community Singing Hub for more offerings & the locally-managed singing events calendar! (Coming soon)

  • "Attune feels like a homecoming. It's an intentional space that cultivates acceptance and belonging as you are with no pretense. Process is valued over product, play over skill, pleasure over performance. Kip holds a space where all is welcome - grief, elation, wonder, yearning, and mischief. There is also a dedicated spirit of community care, asking us to reach out to each other through vulnerability and interdependence to co-create a weekly haven of peace and ease."

    Participant - Feb 2025

  • Kip has a true gift for creating beautiful song spaces! I was filled with wonder and delight, a deep kinship for the folks who gathered together and increasingly felt a confidence grow in my own voice. Thank you, Kip!

    Attune Participant - February 2025

  • "Kip is a deeply gifted song circle facilitator. They have an incredible knack for listening in, then spontaneously pulling the perfect song to sing into the moment. Kip’s attunement and playfulness encourages even the shiest of singers to embrace collective singing with gusto. Expect to laugh, cry and feel a deep sense of connection to yourself, others and the wild natural world."

    Kristen Carlson - Songwell Ritual Participant 2025