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Soul Care Meditation: Ancestral Lessons from Humming, A Spring Blessing - Mental Health Awareness Month Edition
- Andrea Angie (GA)
- May 24
- 4 min read
There is a holy wisdom in the act of humming. For generations, humming has been a gentle balm—a way to self-soothe, to center + connect with the sacred within and around us. In this season of Mental Health Awareness Month, we pause to honor humming as a practice of embodied soul care, a subtle yet somatic tool for emotional regulation + spiritual grounding.
With open hands + contemplative hearts, we practice Sankofa—reaching back to gather the healing rhythms of our foremothers and forefathers, who hummed through work, rest, sorrow, and celebration. Humming, like breath, is a bridge between body + spirit, a vibration that reminds us we are alive, accompanied, and held.
A Holy Haiku - Blessings
Humming in my bones
Past, present echo through me
God in every breath.
Amen + Asé
This haiku invites us to reclaim the sacredness of humming—not as background noise, but as a grounding, embodied prayer. Humming grounds us in the present, regulates the nervous system, and can even lower anxiety by activating the vagus nerve, which helps restore calm and rhythmic hospitality.
This is the heart of Sankofa: returning to the gift of humming—remembering + reclaiming the practices that ground us in gratitude, connection, and hope.
Mini-Lesson: Humming
From the earliest lullabies to the hums that rise in moments of deep focus or fatigue, humming is an ancient practice of self-tending. In many cultures, it is a spiritual technology—a way to create resonance within, to call forth peace, and to invite the presence of the Divine.
Science now affirms what our ancestors knew: humming can slow the heart rate, deepen the breath, and bring a sense of tranquil embodiment.
When we hum, we participate in a lineage of sound + silence, remembering that creativity is sometimes as simple as a gentle vibration in the chest—a sacred echo passed down through generations.
Reflection for Your Journey
SOULjourner,
When do you find yourself humming—intentionally or unconsciously? What emotions or memories surface in those moments?
Are there songs, hymns, or melodies from your family or culture that you can hum to connect with your ancestors or your sense of belonging?
Let these prompts invite you to explore humming as a sacred, ancestral practice—one that brings calm, connection, and generative creativity.
A Blessing
May the hum of your soul resonate with ancestral memory.
May each gentle vibration bring you back to your breath.
And may you find calm and comfort In the sacred sound within.
For May's Mental Health Awareness Month, affirm: "Through empathy, I/we return to our belovedness + reclaim in the spirit of Sankofa, to go back and get it, by the enablement of the Holy Spirit”
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With soul,
Pastor Angie
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Until next time,
Gift from your soul.
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