<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82977624917?pwd=VS96cDlxM2RwZ0VlZmRmMTBWcXRDUT09" target="_blank" class="">CLICK HERE TO ENTER ZOOM: JOIN IN, MAGNIFY, AND HELP LAUNCH THIS ALBUM</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><div class=""><img alt="image.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="5ECF7D44-E34F-4E09-9228-5E2B8E98ABB0" src="cid:ii_kz6g8uxj1" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start;" class="">Dear beloved you:<br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start;" class="">Happy 2/2/22: In the northern hemisphere, a day known by some as Imbolc, the midway between winter and spring. Imbolc means "in the belly." As the seasons cycle, and we launch into a water tiger year, I would like to share something that has been roaring in my belly.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In 2019, I recorded an album in Nevada City with the intention to release it in 2020. Then things got pretty weird. Remember? Things are still weird......But these songs carried me through this pandemic, with lyrics of the great uprisings, stories from ancestral webs, and roots made of stars.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am ready to share them with you. So, please, come and warm yourself by a zoom hearth and hear these songs fly into this weird and wonderful world!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#0000ff" class=""><b class="">MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!</b></font></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""> <b class=""><font color="#000000" class="">AS ABOVE : SO BELOW</font> goes LIVE on </b><b class="">2/27/22 @ 7:30 PM PST.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Whether or not you zoom, these tunes will be available on spotify, itunes and apple music. I will also place the album in bandcamp for those who would like to contribute money directly to this project. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am grateful to live and create music on unceded Ohlone land in the sovereign territories of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo peoples. 50% percent of proceeds collected through bandcamp will be donated to <a href="https://www.nativeland.org" class="">The Cultural Conservatory</a>, in support of the cultural revitalization, preservation and healing happening through this native-led non profit.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Check your email the morning of Sunday 2/27/22 for links to zoom, spotify and beyond......</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">as above, so below,</div><div class=""><font color="#0000ff" class="">Lauren Ashley</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Album Art by <a href="http://www.symbiiotica.com" class="">Taylor Bright</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size: small;" class="">Lauren Brown, MFT<br class=""></font><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">she/they </font></span><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><i class="">(</i></span><i class=""><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">why does this matter</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">?)</span></i></b><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" class="">Somatic Psychotherapy<br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;" class="">Music + Vocal Empowerment </span><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;" class="">Mindfulness Educator<br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" class=""><br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" class=""><a href="http://www.laurenashleybrown.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">www.laurenashleybrown.com</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#45818e" class="">"All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change</font>." <font color="#073763" class="">Octavia E. Butler</font></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>