Sarah sits down with Maya Love - musician, bagpiper, and singing retreat facilitator - to explore the healing power of pure notes, the magic inherent in every word, and how sound can call cells back into alignment.

Opening with Maya’s stunning bagpipe performance, they discuss Florence Farr’s Victorian experiments with voice and psaltery, the difference between piano tuning and bagpipe tuning, authentic voice vs. trained singing, and Maya’s extraordinary story of calling in her partner through a sung prayer on the Mendips.

This episode weaves together: bagpipes as healing instruments, the Pied Piper effect, Breton dancing as transcendental practice, Rumpelstiltskin and naming things their rightful name, and Maya’s two versions of the same song (drum vs. guitar) to explore how melody changes meaning.

Also featured: Sarah’s upcoming Rumpelstiltskin show and Bluebeard deep-dive workshop.

Maya’s upcoming gigs

Upcoming Gigs (35:27-37:18 ):

* Saturday: Totnes Civic Hall - Dragons Fly Dance Band

* Arrive 7pm for dance class, get heads up on dances

* December 13th: Glastonbury Assembly Rooms (where first Glastonbury Festival held)

* December 20th: Priddy Village Hall, 1-6pm

* Dragons Fly full band (Eastern European songs, Maya’s songs)

* Fundraiser for Palestine

* Maya on at 4pm

* www.mayalove.co.uk

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