This rare live recording comes from a yoga retreat inspired by the teachings of Hildegard of Bingen, 12th Century German mystic, visionary, healer, musician, writer and activist for social justice. The magnificent singer, Carmel Edwards, graced us with this heart-melting live rendition during an evening of candlelit meditation. Recorded live at the 2022 Harmony & Balance Retreat in Kirtlebridge, Scotland.

100% of proceeds go directly to support The Compass Centre (Shetland) who are helping to make the shift to a consensual society which honours every body.

Read on for lyrics in Latin & English.

O frondens virga

O frondens virga
in tua nobilitate stans
sicut aurora procedit:
nunc gaude et letare
et nos debiles dignare
a mala consuetudine
liberare
atque manum tuam porrige
ad erigendum nos.

Gloria Patri et Filio
et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio
et nunc et semper
et in secula seculorum.

Amen

O blooming branch

O blooming branch,
standing upright in your nobility,
as breaks the dawn on high:

Rejoice now and be glad,
and deign to free us, frail and weakened,
from the heavy habits of our age;
stretch forth your hand
to lift us up aright.