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Emily Izzo, U of U Health.
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Mixed Medicine
Music is a direct line to our emotions and state of being. Brooklyn musical artist, producer and Harvard Divinity School student Lindsay Sanwald (aka Idgy Dean) brings the gift of sound—curated with infinite love and gratitude, with an introduction from Accelerate founder and community director Kim Mahoney.

We are wired for music

Rhythm quite literally speaks to our minds and connects our hearts. Studies have shown that choral groups who sing in time synchronize their heartbeats while rowers and dancers who move in unison share the benefits of social bonding.

Crisis, too, connects us. As we explore new ways of connecting while remaining distant, Lindsay reminds us that music—the rhythm and release it brings—is powerful medicine.

Kim Mahoney—founder and community director, Accelerate Learning Community, University of Utah Health

Ant Ballad

"Ant Ballad" is an original song that was written, performed, recorded, and produced over a couple of days in quarantine by Lindsay Sanwald (aka the multi-instrumentalist musician called Idgy Dean). The song was composed specifically for the U of U Coyote Chaplaincy "Renew" endeavor, led by Terry Tempest Williams together with her class, Finding Beauty in a Broken World.

Lindsay/Idgy also cut together the music video below for the song, using only the footage on her phone of her friends and community back home in New York City. The video is not only a love letter to NYC and its local artists, but also a testament to the creative spirit and energy that can keep us all inspired, moving, and hopeful for the positive transformation and healing that happens when we bring our talents together. The top of the track features an excerpt from a recent lecture at HDS by Professor Cornel West on ethical connection and solidarity. 

Coyote Spotify Playlists

Musical medicine “mixtapes” to help soothe, inspire and energize the heroic caregivers on the frontlines of the coronavirus. 

A playlist for each week, a song for each day. 

Curated with infinite gratitude, love and light, by Lindsay.

Week one

 

Week two

 

Week three

 

 

About

Lindsay Sanwald (aka Idgy Dean) is a musical artist and creative producer from Brooklyn, New York. She devoted a decade of her life to writing, recording, and touring her mystical/queer/feminist one-woman psychedelic rock shows across the USA and abroad. Lindsay is a trained Tantrika yogini in the ISHTA lineage. She teaches Kriya meditation, Kirtan, coordinates spiritual retreats, and pastors part-time as a sober bartender. At Harvard Divinity School, she is studying ancient Vedic literature, early Christian thought, ministry, philosophy, mysticism, music ritual, and writing.

Contributor

Kim Mahoney

Director, Experience Design, Department of Patient Experience and Accelerate Learning Community, University of Utah Health

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