I was thrilled when my good friend and musical colleague from my Music for People days asked me to be on her wonderful Sounds of Healing Podcast.  We decided to create a 'soulversation' for both of our podcasts as we dove into The Sounds of Mindful L

Jonathan Best is a multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist who is devoted to helping the world transform through music. A true music gardener, Jonathan and I met while we were both going through a life changing program known as Music For People guided by ou

Bill Schulz (Chiz) has been my oldest and dearest soul brother and friend for the last 42 Earth years.  He was the first one that awakened in me both the practice of meditation at the age of 16, and the first person I explored musitations and soulver

In episode 6 I have the wonderful opportunity to have a deep soulversation with musician and author McCall Erickson.  I first read a quote 4 years ago by McCall that touched me deeply, “Soul work is not a high road. It's a deep fall into an unforgivi

In this episode I have the unique opportunity to have a deep dive conversation with the author of Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being, Philip Sheperd.  This profound book really touched me and gave expression to ma

Today is my paternal grandfather's spiritual birthday - the day he took is last breath 47 years ago. It is also the birthday of one of my dearest soul mentors who transitioned 13 years ago, Hugh Carter, whose soul name was Pilgrim - a deeply humble, wise

In this episode Michael takes listeners into his micro-musitation practice: Three breaths to de-stress. It is a resonant breathing practice that calms the nervous system, reducing fear, anxiety and increasing blood flow.  This also has been found to

"Each moment is note in the song of today," is a line in a poem I wrote many years ago while going through a dark night of the soul.  It was my attempt to stay with my experience of grief and despair, to feel my feelings all the way through until the

On this first episode of Musitations™ - Michael shares his Bill of Creative Rights. Modeled after his teacher, friend and improvisational musical mentor David Darling's Bill of Musical Rights, Michael shares about the creative crisis on the planet today.