retreats &  WORKSHOPS

Embodied Musings

MaMuse has been weaving song into the heart of community for nearly two decades. Each performance and interactive workshop is a joyful act of devotion nurturing resilience and a sense of belonging. Known for their radiant harmonies and heart-opening performances, MaMuse brings their gifts beyond the stage and into circles, workshops, and retreats gathering communities across the country to remember the joy of singing together.

These workshops are not performances. They are participatory, immersive experiences rooted in the belief that singing is a birthright, a practice that grounds us, heals us, and reconnects us with ourselves and one another.

Whether you're an experienced vocalist or someone rediscovering your voice for the first time, MaMuse invites you to join a circle of belonging, joy, and deep listening.

The Offering:

Community Singing Workshop

  • 2–3 hour session (or customizable length)

  • Songs that are easy to learn, deeply moving, and rich with harmony

  • No musical experience needed — all voices welcome

  • Focus on group connection, joy, and emotional restoration

  • Ideal for retreats, conscious festivals, spiritual centers, and cultural spaces

Weekend or Multi-Day Retreat

  • Extended immersive experience with MaMuse as facilitators and musicians

  • Vocal empowerment, song-catching, harmony work, and deep listening practices

  • Group singing, storytelling, creative exploration, and rest

  • Participants often experience personal transformation and lasting community connection

Videos

  • Workshop: Songcircle w/MaMuse and Evening musical performance

  • Workshop: LA SongFest w/guest performers/teachers including MaMuse, Arnae Baston, Coco Love Alcorn, Sarina Partridge, Maggie Wheeler and guest performance by “Tiny Habits.”

  • Workshop: Music as Medicine Day long w/ MaMuse and Lydia Violet 

  • Workshop: Song Village ~ The event provides an uplifting, fun, and informal setting for people of all ages who love to sing. It recognizes the strength of human voices blending together for the common good. The event is consciously facilitated to help everyone feel connected and included, creating an embodied community where participants can find stillness, listen, and harmonize with the whole group.

  • Workshop: SongWriter Village A deep dive into songwriting, performance, improvisation and more featuring: MaMuse, The Feelings Parade, and The Singer and The Songwriter as faculty.

  • Workshop: Row Row Row Your Boat with MaMuse: A family friendly canoe adventure         Song circles and song crafting workshops with MaMuse, hikes in canyons, nature art projects for the whole family

  • Workshop: Singing On the Edge
    Faculty List: Lisa G. Littlebird (spearheaded the event)

    • Laurence Cole

    • MaMuse

    • Melanie DeMore

    • Aimee Ringle

    • Barbara McAfee

    • Maggie Wheeler

    • Kate Munger

  • Workshop: Singing At the Edge: A Property-Wide Community Singing Festival

    Community singing is an art of stepping to the edge together–to the edge of our own opening and to the edge of the conversations most needed in our collective communities. A world-class lineup of community song leaders from around in the country is banding together for this celebratory and unprecedented property-wide singing event. We will use the power of singing together in the oral tradition to craft a recipe for our hungry world: upliftment, empowerment, connection and joy. This will be a highly collaborative weekend amongst the faculty, offering a mix of breakout sessions as well as daily gatherings of the whole group. This event is accessible and welcoming to all voices with every level of experience. Come ready to offer your voice in a potent exchange designed to sow deep seeds of inspiration, community and action on the path of justice.

  • Workshop:Music as Medicine Retreat with Lydia Violet and MaMuse

    Three days and three nights retreat combining community-building, music, and healing practices inspired by "The Work That Reconnects," reflecting the approach of Music as Medicine.

  • Workshop:Music As Medicine In Our Time with Lydia Violet and MaMuse
    In collaboration with Penny Livingston and the Permaculture Convergence

  • Workshop: Move when the spirit says move, sing when the spirit says sing

    A Retreat to awaken yourself to the Rhythms, the Dance and the Muse with Jacia Kornwise certified 5 Rhythms Instructor and Inspirational folk duo MaMuse ~ Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker.

Retreat History

A gathering of people seated in a circle inside a room with large windows and string lights overhead. There is a speaker in the center of the circle, and musical microphones and equipment around.
Two women standing on a grassy hill under a clear blue sky, one holding a double bass and the other playing a guitar.
A woman sitting cross-legged on a carpet in front of a group of seated people in a room decorated with guitars hanging on the wall.
Two women standing on a beach with musical instruments, one holding a mandolin and suitcase, and the other holding a double bass, with a coastal town and hills in the background.
A large group of people gathered in a room with a cozy, artsy atmosphere. The group is smiling and waving at the camera, with musical instruments like guitars hanging on the wall behind them. The room has string lights, large windows, and a red curta
A woman sitting on the floor with a microphone, leading a discussion or meditation in a room filled with seated adults, with guitars hanging on the wall behind them.
A large group of people gathered indoors, smiling, and raising their hands in celebration or greeting.
Two women laughing and playing guitars while sitting inside a vintage bathtub, with a brick wall, wooden shelves, and hanging plants in the background.
Group of nine diverse women standing together outdoors, laughing and smiling, with some gesturing playfully, in front of a beige wall with green foliage above.
Two women in vintage dresses are in a lush forest stream, one standing barefoot in the water holding a makeshift tin can phone to her ear, the other sitting on a green chair with legs in the water, also holding a tin can phone to her ear, both appear
People seated in a circle at an indoor gathering, listening to speakers, with string lights hanging overhead and artwork on the walls.
A group of people gather outdoors at night near a swimming pool with floating candles. The scene is illuminated by warm lighting, with trees and a building in the background.

  • "Liquid Honey, MaMuse engage their audience, allowing the spirits of one and all to take flight and soar.

    Cloud Moss, Kate Wolf Music Festival

  • ​"Otherworldly voices. A unique and completely original approach to harmonies. Lyrics that lift my soul."

    Peter Berkow, "Music Gone Public" - A Public Television Concert Series 

  • "My favorite new music of the last few years. Pure magic."

    Paul Emery, Paul Emery Presents

  • "Weaving extraordinary voices with surprising syncopation, MaMuse’s soulful folk commitment is evident with every note."

    Dan DeWayne, California WorldFest