MUSIC AND WELLNESS

Our new Inspired Life Speaker Series, Music and Wellness, is focused on how music can support all areas of wellness. We will hear personal stories on how music can help process traumatic events, be inspired by physical activity, and provide renewal and healing.

All Saints cares about your overall wellbeing and the vitality of our local community. We believe our spiritual wellness is interconnected with every other aspect of our wellness. We want to partner with you as we build wellbeing together and share the positive impact of that in our community.

WHERE?
Inspired Life talks are held at All Saints Lutheran Church in Minnetonka, MN. Directions can be found below.

WHEN?
Inspired Life talks are held Tuesday evenings. Talks are usually about an hour in length, with an opportunity for questions at the end. The Music Heals Symposium will begin slightly earlier and last about two hours.

HOW MUCH?
Inspired Life talks are free and open to the public. We invite everyone interested to join us.

Come and hear the music and personal stories of Twin Cities musicians. We’ll talk about grief, postpartum depression, addiction, anxiety, cancer, relationships, love, and how music heals. We’ll listen to musicians and sing together—reminding everyone we’re not alone in life’s stumbles.

This collaborative event with Wayzata Community Church was born out of our partnership in Mental Health Connect, which helps destigmatize mental illness to make sure all people can find the free, customized, and confidential help they need. Free-will donations will be welcomed for Mental Health Connect. 

Andante (on-DON-tay) is a musical term that means “at a moderate walking speed." Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Bach are just a few of the classical composers who walked at the speed of andante to capture their muse and compose some of the most enduring music ever written. What they discovered intuitively was that walking is not separate from creativity – it’s largely responsible for creativity. This came as welcome news to Alison Young who lives a dual life as a professional musician and long distance backpacker. She shares her enthusiasm for the intersection of classical music and walking as well as ways to tap into your own creativity for a more balanced life.

A former professional flutist and American Public Media radio host, Alison Young is the “solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, neurological-movement-disorder manager, cancer-thriver and long-distance backpacker” Blissful Hiker. She’s hiked over 12,000 miles on six continents and in one year, walked New Zealand’s “long pathway” Te Araroa and the Pacific Crest Trail. She shares stories about her life as a musician and thru-hiker through image, found sound, poetic and metaphor-rich word, bringing alive lessons that inspire, energize and ultimately heal the body, mind and spirit.

Erinn Frees, MA, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist at Children’s Minnesota who brings years of experience and insights into the power of music to bring healing and hope to all ages. Leave with insights into the power of music and how you can draw upon it in your own life to find renewal and healing. 

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Inspired Life talks are held at All Saints Lutheran Church in Minnetonka, MN. We are located on the corner of Excelsior Blvd and Woodland Rd.

ADDRESS
All Saints Lutheran Church
15915 Excelsior Blvd
Minnetonka, MN 55345

The Inspired Life Speaker Series provides an open environment to reflect upon topics relevant to our community and to find inspiration for lives of purpose and meaning. The series is rooted in a sacred vision to seek abundant life for all, to care for the wellbeing of each individual, and to work for the vitality of our local community and world. We're grateful for our speakers and the support of volunteers in coordinating these conversations.