MOTHER MEDICINE
My wish is for this album to be a container
a refuge
a ceremony
a compass guiding one back to the heart, the body, the earth,
and oneself
May it be a salve for the heart aches
a surfboard for life’s swells
a reminder that love is always here
May it provide a safe, nurturing space to be held in;
one that allows and provokes:
feeling and healing
kindness and ease
reverence and wonder
inspiration and awe
and all the authentic aspects
of this wild life
For those who care to muse in earthly and celestial wonderments,
those in quest of camaraderie in their pain
and celebration of their precious breaths
Join me in this dream
Allow me to sing to you
And I invite you
to sing with me
Mother Medicine - Track List
Desert Song
The first whispers of this song floated in as I drove through the desert on my way to my new home in New Mexico. My car packed to the ceiling with all of my belongings, and my heart brimming with excitement, I felt a sense of coming home as I rolled past the soft, pink hills freckled with spiny cacti…
I Return To Me
When relationships end, I believe we are given a profound opportunity for healing. Our hearts yearn and ache and stretch, and in our most painful moments, we can be guided home to ourselves to tend our own heart. This song is about that process, and how befriending our pain in life can be…
Honey In The Heart
This song is about many things, but I started writing it when I was studying an Ayurvedic concept called Ojas; a sweet, thick nectar that lives within our being and is responsible for our body’s luster, joy and immunity. I likened it to honey and my reverence for both…
Seeds
Years ago I stumbled upon an old Mexican saying, “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” This phrase sprouted up for me when the protests broke out around the North Dakota pipeline going in, and I saw all of us who were fighting for our clean waters…
Mama
My homage to Mother India. This song was born in my first few months of living in India and I was deeply intimated by the intensity of the culture and land. As I grew to understand Her as a motherland, I slowly nestled into Her loving embrace and allowed Her to take me…
Breaking Open
What if we aren’t broken into pieces by our pain, but broken open instead? Can our pain bring us deeper into the cracks of ourselves, offering a more profound understanding of who we are? I feel that it can. One could call this a break-up song; I would smile and refer…
Fire
Every summer in Colorado, when the grasses dry to their brittle, yellow stems and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains thirst for winter to come soon and break the drought, the little wooden A-frame home that I grew up in and my dad still lives in is threatened by wildfire…
We Are Love
I once fell into deep inquiry with the Universe about where we, as humans, come from. This song came very quickly as the answer. I consider this song somewhat of a creation story.
Together We Are Found
A song I wrote for a dear friend who brought me deeper into my gratitude for life.
Cúrame
The chorus of this piece started as a medicine song that came to me and I sang it to myself regularly over a few months. Cúrame means ‘heal me’ in Spanish. Eventually, it evolved into a fully fleshed-out song, but I still find myself humming the chorus to myself when I feel like I need…
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawai’ian prayer for forgiveness. Roughly translated, it means “to make things right” or “to return to balance.” This spiritual practice involves learning to accept full responsibility for our actions and for the part we play in our relation to all things. This is a profound…
Wrap My Love Around You
After a particularly potent women’s circle, I found myself singing this song to myself as I sat under the moon. I wept and sang to all the parts of myself that craved to feel my very own love.
cover art by Stepha Lawson (@thelanguageofbirth)
released June 20, 2021
Original songs, vocals and guitar by Sara Emmitt
Cello, Banjo, Violin, Second Guitar, Bass: Avery Johnson
Bass: Brian Ellison
Drums: Mike “Squid” Gullekson
Piano: Daniel Herman
Mandolin: Drew Emmitt
Harmonica: Dave Emmitt
Mixed by Daniel Herman (Mineral Sound)
Mastered by Jake Mackie
Recorded by Avery Johnson at Stone Cottage Studios in Boulder, Colorado.