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Who
Are Hildegirls?
HILDE GIRLS ARE...
Daughters, sisters, wives, lovers, mothers, and friends. They contribute
to the world as homemakers, corporate executives, teachers, lawyers,
students, artists & entrepreneurs.
Hilde Girls come from many spiritual traditions. They are Buddhists,
Muslims and Hindus. They are Jews, Native Americans and Protestants
of all denominations. They are women with no faith or religious affiliation.
Some are Roman Catholics, even nuns like Hildegard. Many of whom had
severed ties with the Church when dogma overshadowed the ritual and
mystery they so loved as children. For them Hildegard’s chants
and the supportive community of women evokes a sense of homecoming.
The Hilde Girls experience brings out the childlike exuberance in each
woman. Even the most sophisticated woman giggles and cries, awestruck
by the sound of her awakened voice and the joy of her open heart.
Each woman brings her views and experiences into a space where all backgrounds
and beliefs are honored.
A Hilde Girl does not need to have any prior singing experience.
Just a desire to learn and an open heart. For more information contact
Susan Lincoln.
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TESTIMONIALS
The Voices of Hilde Girls
"An opening heart is a beautiful thing.
Though very tender and easily hurt. A wise sister standing by to encourage
–And love – is essential."
Lissie
“I was so impressed by Susan’s compassion. Here she was
such an accomplished, professional singer and she was able to listen
to us as we sang the Hildegard phrases and say encouraging things like,
“You’ve got it!” and “Let it flow through you.”
Susan was commenting more about our hearts and our willingness to open
to the music than our singing ability. “At the retreat I took
off the armor that I wear to protect myself and opened up. When I went
back into the ‘real world’ I felt that the old armor didn’t
fit anymore. So I have to make a choice – I can keep it off or
cram myself back into it.”
Carita
“When I heard about Hildegard’s belief that all things in
this world are made up of music, I was skeptical. After a weekend of
singing her music, it felt like my whole body, maybe even my being,
was vibrating. It was as though singing in the group had awakened my
body’s molecular structure to the core. “Susan has a gift
for getting the group to ‘sing into that place’ –
not just singing the note but breathing deeply and tuning into the note’s
vibration like a tuning fork. Even people who thought they couldn’t
sing tuned in beautifully. Singing Hildegard’s music made me feel
like I could tune into my own level of vibration as well as the levels
of living things around me --- wind, trees, bees, flowers.”
Margaret
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“I was so impressed by Susan’s gentleness, joyfulness, and
playfulness. I appreciated her skill at building a safe container and
her power to reach into me and pull out the song in my soul.
“The highlight of the retreat was being in song for a whole weekend.
And that there was a song for every reason - eating, sleeping, weeping,
grieving, joy, greening, circling, leaving. I felt like I had touched
my soul.” • “After the weekend I found that I wanted
to sing everyday and rejoice. I went home and worked in my garden and
took some long awaited ‘me’ time. I wanted to honor myself,
nature, my child and my husband. I realized how dead my life has been
to song and pleasure. Now I listen to music and sing whenever I can.”
Sue
“Every time I sing ‘Ave Generosa’ I weep with awe
and joy. Not only do I acknowledge the blessed nature of Mary; I also
see and bow to the Divine presence that I am. “I had believed
for years that I couldn’t sing even though as a child I loved
glee club and singing in the choir. Singing with Hilde Girls helped
me accept the sound of my own voice on many levels. Now when I hear
my voice in song, in anger, in request, I am beginning to accept my
power as a woman, a writer and a child of God.”
Linda
"I have claimed my voice and light. I was able to speak my truth
to my husband and our relationship has blossomed because of it! AH,
to breathe in air and breathe out confident light! Thank you for guiding
this portion of my journey. You gave me permission to see the confidence
I had inside and to speak my truth!"
Carrie
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"When a session is over I suddenly
realize that I’m rejuvenated! Singing, toning and sharing with
such beautiful beings of Light is a joy!"
Barbara
"Singing Hilde’s music has enriched my life beyond measure.
Finding the life force of my voice has brought me closer to God, opening
me more to God than I could ever believe imaginable. Hildegard’s
music helps me feel how connected everything is. Hildegard’s music
is about remembrance… Remembering who I am, my essence. The singing,
the awareness of breath, has been a really big healing process for me.
When I was a young adult I suffered from tremendous anxiety. Just being
aware of my breath and body is a deeper healing than I’ve ever
experienced.
Debra
"I have experienced a deep feeling of acceptance by women in the
group, as well as myself… An invaluable experience in that from
now on, whatever or wherever my life path, I can carry the assurance
that I am OK. And for those who come into my life who don’t feel
so OK, I can help them to feel that they really and truly are…
A self-healing that means healing others.
Jenny
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"I have rarely felt so loved, held
and cared for as I have in our group. Sometimes when I have to miss,
I still feel like I am being held. I was at a funeral the other day.
The man speaking talked about the love he felt when all the family was
gathered at the gravesite of the woman who died and he said he thought
that must be what heaven feels like. I thought about Hilde Girls, about
the love that overflows in our group, and I knew that we could have
that on earth. • Another thing I’ve been trying to do for
years without knowing how, is to live in the moment. My life has been
divided between the world of academia that demands constant critical
thinking, goal orientation and competition, and the world of mothering
that demands patience, appreciation of simple things and living in the
moment. I have not adjusted well to the different demands of these two
worlds. I have mourned for the hours I have missed with my children
even when I am with them because I haven’t been able to get my
mind to stop racing. I have wanted to be more present so that I can
enjoy these fleeting moments with my children. In concrete ways you
have shown me how to be in the moment. For the first time in many, many
years I see a glimmer of what contentment might look like.
• I want so much to share this experience of love and acceptance
with all the women I know. I think to myself, if I could just bring
a little bit of Hilde to all my interactions with women, maybe we could
all become more loving and maybe it would be safer for us to be ourselves.
Kelly
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"The majority of the people in my
life that I hang out with are Hilde Girls and it’s because we
share this common goal. It has become this amazing healing circle of
women who are all on this path to be of service and learn how to claim
our own power. • (Hilde Girls) has become a place where it is
not only about us. It’s about how we sing these songs for people
who are in our lives. It’s not just about our own healing; it’s
about how we can take it out into our everyday lives. • I’ve
always used my body but I never used my voice. Even though I have always
been a very outgoing, social person, I would never let people know what
was really going on inside. I’m really learning how to use my
voice. What I’ve learned in Hilde Girls is how I can use (my voice)
coming from my heart, from a place of love."
Linda
"Susan describes the body as an instrument and shows us how to
play it. (The songs) are hard in the objective sense but when she’s
teaching them it’s just so easy. We get so comfortable that when
we get to that part of the song we melt into that phrase. • The
songs rise out of the earth and flow through my body as the wind blows
through holes in a stone or through holes in a tree. It’s as though
when I’m singing (Hildegard’s) music I don’t produce
notes; the notes just flow through my body. • I don’t sing
every single day. Things get hectic and I don’t get to sing. But
it’s just a better day when I start out singing.
Susan has a way of bringing us to a very deep place easily. She encourages
us to see each other on the essence level. If you’re seeing someone
on the essence level it doesn’t matter if you just me them that
night. • (Through Hilde Girls) you have this network of people;
you have a common ground with them. There is something deep and understood
with the other women. It’s like you’re sisters, sisters
of the heart."
Kay
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VOICES
OF HILDEGIRLS
"An opening heart is
a beautiful thing
Though very tender &
easily hurt. A wise sister standing by to encourage –
And love – is essential."
Lissie
"Susan
teaches us that the body is an instrument and shows us how to play it.
(The songs) are hard in the objective sense but when she’s teaching
them it’s just so easy. We get so comfortable that when we get
to that part of the song we melt into that phrase."
Kay
"When a
session is over I suddenly realize that I’m rejuvenated! Singing,
toning and sharing with such beautiful beings of Light is a joy!"
Barbara
“I was
so impressed by Susan’s gentleness, joyfulness, & playfulness.
I appreciated her skill at building a safe container and her power to
reach into me and pull out the song in my soul."
Sue
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