Music-Thanatology at Sacred Sound

Sacred Sound

“I felt the love from the world coming through the music and the love from me going out into the world”

- Nursing Home Resident

My name is Abigail Robinson and I have for decades explored and discovered many forms and applications for sacred sound which are described in these pages.

I offer Music-Thanatology vigils and other forms of palliative care music for the dying and their families; lectures and workshops in sound healing and in working with death and dying; and individual voice and harp lessons which emphasize the expression of emotional and spiritual embodiment.

I encourage you to explore the way sound moves and softens the heart towards the self and others. Please contact me if you would like further information on any aspect of this site.

My Personal Task and Vision

I once had a vision of being at the bottom of a vast chasm, with a chink of light coming in from above. I was shifting huge stones the size of myself and then placing them very carefully into position. This task was an eternal one. What mattered was the precision of where the stones were placed and I knew it could take lifetimes to get the stones into their correct positions, but this was a prerequisite for the building of a temple. The stones represented self-acceptance and were the cornerstones for building a temple to love. It was a great and ongoing struggle to simply place these four stones, but in this place I also knew this was the only urgent priority and I had literally all the time in the world to complete this task.

This vision informs all that I do and the way I teach. So many of us in the west lack these fundamental building blocks to well being. Sometimes all that is needed is presence, and space, and an attentive witness to enable us to embrace ourselves and remember the love that we are.