Sarah S. Bentley
Community singing is an ancient tradition in every culture - it is more prayer than performance.
It is a deeply important, and often neglected, part of our humanity.
Singing in community harmonizes our hearts and helps us feel present, connected, and at peace.
Listen to Sarah talk about Community Singing in a short interview.

The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year, and is often seen as a celebration of light overcoming darkness. Our singing ritual will invoke joy, abundance, creativity, expression, beauty, magic, and the interconnectedness with all living beings.
We will weave community singing, meditation, and ritual through the framework of the Work That Reconnects (Joanna Macy)— a method that helps us feel deeply connected to each other and the world.
Intentionally inclusive - all voices welcome! Sing easy-to-learn songs.
Saturday June 20, 3-5pm
**New location**
St. James Episcopal Church 78721

Sisters in Harmony Austin is a community of women who come together to explore singing as a resource for living fully. We practice freeing our voices as we learn lyrics, harmonies, layers, and parts. As we deepen our relationships with the songs, so too do our heart connections deepen with one another. Together we become a communal support system where we explore joy, grief, gratitude, sisterhood, authentic expression, and more through vocal expression and song.
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Tuesdays 7-8:30 | Fall 2026
Be Well Yoga House @ Koenig Lane 78751

Sing for Joy and Justice
The local chapter of the Singing Resistance movement is thriving.
The de-centralized group comes together to sing songs of Resistance, Love, Non-violence, and Peace to call in a more just, joyful world.
"I love singing with Sarah! She has a beautiful way of creating a space where everyone feels safe expressing their voices. I look forward to the joy and connection each week."
- Rakefet
"As I began to join the group in song, I felt the vocalizations connect to deep emotion within me that released without my effort. I knew I had arrived in the right place and that I’d signed up for more than I bargained for. Sarah makes learning the songs accessible in a way that feels connective with self and other and holds space for members of the group to feel heard and held by the group and the song."
- Kim O
"I overcame fear of singing with love acceptance and encouragement from Sarah and my new sisters. My experience was both invigorating and relaxing while inspiring closeness and warmth. I tuned in by connecting inside myself and with others in sharing, meditating, journaling and singing. Felt like swimming is a deep, warm spring."
- Patty
I’m feeling so grateful I came. Best church I’ve had in a while!
-Caroline
The community singing circle was so uplifting, relaxing, and full of beauty and connection. Sarah is a very strong song leader. This is truly healing and needed.
-Gretchen
The women's singing circle was among the most magical & powerful experiences of my adult life.
-Robin
Joy Harjo
Heart Body Song is committed to creating a space where all people feel genuinely welcome—and that requires honesty about the harm that people of the global majority have experienced, and in many cases continue to endure.
Community singing is a form of collective healing. But healing can't be fully realized when the people most harmed by unjust systems aren't present or aren't safe. I am a white woman learning—imperfectly and continuously—how to organize and facilitate gatherings that actively work against those systems rather than quietly perpetuating them.
Right now, that looks like: offering a sliding scale so cost is not a barrier, collaborating with healers and artists of the global majority, and staying in ongoing relationship with communities whose experiences differ from my own. I don't have this figured out, and I will make mistakes. What I can offer is a genuine commitment to keep learning, keep listening, and keep showing up.
A portion of proceeds from each seasonal singing ritual is donated quarterly to the
Indigenous Cultures Institute in Central Texas. Beginning with Summer Solstice 2026, that contribution increases to 15% of event proceeds—a small act of reciprocity for the land and the people who continue to steward their ancestral home.
Cost & accessibility: To make Heart Body Song events accessible to people of varying income levels, cost is based on a sliding scale depending your income and generational wealth. Please contact me directly if a payment plan would be helpful or if you are not able to pay any of these amounts, as no one will be turned away due to lack of ability to pay.
People of the Global Majority Sponsorship — 20% off for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of the global majority. Use promo code PGM at checkout on Eventbrite. The racial wealth gap is real, and until systemic reparations are made, it's on those of us with racial privilege to make space in small, concrete ways.
Sarah S. Bentley, founder of Heart Body Song, is a song catcher, song carrier, and community song leader, based in Austin, Texas. She gracefully weaves the art of embodied singing, mindful movement, ritual, and communal prayer into her circles. Sarah started singing as a child and has performed as a singer/songwriter. Sarah incorporates qigong and meditation, as well as practices to build community resilience to provide a rich and healing experience. She has a beautiful way of creating a space where everyone feels safe expressing their voices. Sarah is a certified Sisters in Harmony song leader and offers regular women's and inclusive singing experiences around Austin and online. Sarah is also trained as a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation practitioner and is a devoted ally and activist of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Read more about Sarah's life & legacy!
Stream my original music on SoundCloud. These recordings were captured on my phone on Garageband.