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Join the Sacred Fire Holistic Birth course ONLINE!

6/19/2022

 
Join us for this incredible opportunity-
Hope is facilitating this 7 moon journey ONLINE Live virtual & in person, exploring women's mysteries.  Learning to serve birth, beyond doulas into foundations of holistic midwifery and exploring the creative spirit of birth! 
If you are called to serve and empower women birthing the next generation,
We  begin Sept 2022!! 
check out the full curriculum at: HealthyBirthHawaii.com
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Hope performing at Pyro Music Festival 2022

6/10/2022

 
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Hope brought her full line up of 6 musicians to perform at Pyro Music Festival in Legend Valley, Ohio.  Backed by Elele Tiana on vocals and ukelele, Max Ribner on keys and horn, Step on Bass, Damien on drum kit, and Sam on guitar- it was a full line up!  Even Biko Casini, of Rising Appalachia sat in, to play a djembe drum duet with Hope, on new song, Feelin' da Kine!
Such good times, Hope played two sets on both stages, and everyone was dancing and feeling the vibes! 
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Women's Circle at Pyro

6/10/2022

 
Hope was invited to co-facilitate the potent women's circle at Pyro.  This was a great opportunity to share knowledge, self love, and perspectives on healing as women, and the importance and opportunity of becoming a brith worker. 
​Hope shared her newest song written to empower women.  It was a beautiful gathering, and sure to be many more to come and future festivals! 
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Amber Lily & Hope w/ LEHUA

5/21/2022

 
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!st Language - Ceremony & Music Immersion Experience

5/20/2022

 
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Hope w/ LEHUA playing at Ho'OlauLea Festival on Big Island

5/12/2022

 
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Awesome Hawaiian festival invited Hope and LEHUA to perform at their outdoor stage for an amazing weekend! 

BLESSFEST - Hawaii

5/12/2022

 
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Reggae for the Reef - Hope w/ LEHUA

4/30/2022

 
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Hope &  Prema Love ~ Women's circle & musical offering for Lakshmi

4/15/2022

 
An intimate evening with Prema Love & Lakshmi offering with musical meditation!
A beautiful event of women gathering and combining our energies for an authentic and potent experience with the music of Hope & Prema Love! 
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Wild & Natural Birth - Hawai'i Retreat 2022

3/17/2022

 
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Hope's new art & Painting Commissions

3/10/2022

 
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Moon Maidens Circle

1/31/2022

 
Hope began a small weekly girls circle called Moon Maidens  for ages 5-7 yr olds.  This group is focused on connection with the earth, our voices, drumming, making plant medicine, journaling, learning about cultural goddesses in history, and expressing ourselves creatively! 
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Healthy Birth Hawai'i

1/1/2022

 
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Hope founded Healthy Birth Hawaii - in response to a need within the community of Big Island and the lack of birthworkers on Hawaiian islands. 
The emphasis of HBH is training doulas and birth workers, providing doula services, and offering childbirth education for families.
check out the many offerings at:
HealthyBirthHawaii.com
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Hope's new Patreon Community

5/3/2021

 
Be among the first to join Hope's new Patreon community and be a part of fueling the fire of support for her many upcoming projects and enter a journey that will ignite your soul, empower your voice, & inspire your dreams! 
Hope will be sharing insight & exclusive offerings from her experience as drummer, midwife, visionary artist, writer, musician, community organizer & environmental educator with a community of like-minded folks & you are invited to join us! 
Patreons help make it a reality to be an independent creative.
It is a gift for artists like myself, to receive support, without pressure or deadlines, so we can grow into even greater artistic freedom, exploring the limits of our creative visions- due to generous support of patreons. Many of my current offerings, from children’s music classes, to women's healing circles, to production of music festivals, to childbirth education, are labors of love. I will be using the support earned here, to grow these projects, as well as to develop & actualize my next creative projects. Your support enables me to vibrantly expand, reach more of my creative goals, and further serve our growing community!  So you're invited to check it out, and see if there is a place for you to get involved- for as little as $1 a month! 
Patreon.com/HopeMedford

Interview on Podcast- Wisdom Talks with Indigo

4/5/2021

 
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Tune in to check out this lively and fresh dialogue between Hope and old friend and respected colleague, Indigo!    It is a Hope and Indigo discuss the ups and downs of these times as well as what feels like the wisdom they have earned through their many travels and creative expressions.  It is a unique interview that gives us insight and a sweet sharing filled with  vulnerability and creative responses to our current situation. 

New Moon Sister Circle -online

7/20/2020

 
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Hope has been facilitating Womens circles for 20 years, and Jill Walton, a trusted elder ceremonialist, has been creating Sacred Circles for women for over 40 years. Together they are ready to begin to share what they have learned to help other women experience a healthy space for sharing and building sisterhood. ~We both really appreciate & thank the many indigenous teachers we have worked with, however this circle is not based on any one tradition; we are just calling on the traditions of our hearts.~ We will gather at this New Moon to share in circle, calling in the 4 directions, setting intentions of healing, and listening from our hearts.
Under this dark moon, let us explore womens authentic spirituality~ to be both strong and vulnerable, to call in our love, power and wisdom, and connect to the earth while building trust by using honest communication. As we come together we raise each other up, as we share from our hearts we find our confidence in our voice, as we listen to each others' stories, we loose the need to compete, and we root for each other to rise with us.
This New Moon circle is free to join & all wombyn are welcome.  In this time of pain and confusion, we are opening this circle online to share, heal, & hear each others heart songs; as well as teach simple practices for you to facilitate sister circles in your community.

For those of you who would like to learn and share more deeply, Jill and Hope will be facilitating 3 more circles at the next FULL Moon (Aug 3) Cleansing & Centering, NEW Moon (Aug 18) Finding your Voice & Setting your Intention, and FULL Moon (Sept 1) Creating Ceremony. It is just $45-$65 sliding scale total to go deeper into the next 3 sessions with us. It is very affordable because we want to share this with you & build our community. (Scholarship avail. if needed, let us know)
Limit 20 women.
To join: * Personal Message* Hope directly by Aug 1st if you would like to join for this longer session
and Paypal to: Hopemedford@gmail.com

Gathering in circles is ancient wisdom & technology of our ancestors, the grandmothers- this is what we’ve always done. It can be a feeling of coming home when you're in a safe circle with women, held in trust with intentions for healing.
We have deep memories of this~ It is in the marrow of our bones.
We are experiencing the beginning of a long process of dismantling an unhealthy and patriarchal structure of power in our world. We need to be strong and unified as women to support each other along this journey.
Women are creators, and we need to be creating, to be whole.  We want to support women and assist their path into balance, so together, we are working to build sisterhood within humanity.  We believe in you. ​

Black Lives Matter

6/22/2020

 
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SHEbeats in Minneapolis
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Hope drumming with Diops in Sengal
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Hope djembe lesson in West Africa
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with Lauren Hill
After the killing of George Floyd ripped across our nation, there is a renewed need to show up and recognize how much #BlackLivesMatter to all of us in our global family.   I have deep gratitude for the Africa, which I have visited several times, both studying African drum and working delivering babies.  Thank you Mama Africa, your culture and continent, for the powerful musical lineage which brought the djembe and its rhythms through centuries, carrying with it, ancestral traditions and potent songs of healing and empowerment.
I want to offer my respect to all the people of color who inherited racial injustice in our country after their foremothers were  brought here against their will to be slaves.  We are opening our eyes further to the levels of injustice they have been struggling in for too long.  And I want to honor the voices of musicians and artists of color who have courageously continued to speak up and share their voices in spite of societal pressure against them.  We see you, we are sorry for what you have endured.  Together, in this generation, let's raise awareness and end racism. 

Performing at G-FEST 2020 online

6/13/2020

 
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Hope will be performing at 5PST at the GoddessFest online~ June 13th. It is a Womens only 2 day vigil of honoring sisterhood and sharing from the heart- music, workshops, and presentations.  This is a powerful lineup of amazing women will be an exciting to be a part of- join in at any time to listen to any of the 72 presentations, join directly through: Facebook.com/groups/gfestgoddesscollective

Performance at Walking in Beauty

6/6/2020

 
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Hope is honored to be performing and sharing her music as part ofr the Walking in Beauty Festival- online benefit for the Dine tribe in the SW who have suffered greater losses than most from Covid-19.  They have lost many elders and ceremonial keepers of their tribe.  The resources gathered from this event will be brought directly to them in person by Porangui, one of the headlining musicians of this event and trusted friend of Hope's. 
The presenters include Lyla June of the Dine tribe, Alexa of Climbing PoeTree, and DJ Dakini & Porangui and many more!  Join us!. 

CedarWing's first single release coming out!!

5/21/2020

 
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Ready or not, here it comes!!!  When Hope evacuated the 2018 lava flow in Hawaii, she relocated to Asheville, NC at the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. It was there she put together a new musical project, CedarWing.  And together, this trio of vocals, strings and percussion, recorded an epic album!  Their first single will be coming out soon so look for it!  CedarWingMusic.com  
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