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Live healthy, be kind, grow stuff, travel, innovate
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🌟🌟 Look at all these beautiful Heartlanders still glowing from the HeHo Afterglow! 🌟🌟 ❤️✨
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If you didn’t know, this year we introduced something extra special: the HeHo Afterglow!
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A small group of Heartlanders got to stay on-site at @strongholdcampandretreatcenter for an immersive experience filled with learning, connection, and time with some of our incredible facilitators, including @danmulqueen @amynaylorsmiles and @mar.loi.
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After the big energy of the main Heartland Hangout weekend, the Afterglow gave us space to slow down, connect more personally, share music, and simply be together. And just when we needed it, the rain finally stopped, giving us a chance to soak up the beautiful pre-fall magic of the Heartland.
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Our hearts are so full! ❤️ Creating experiences like this for our community is exactly why we do what we do, and we're so excited to keep growing, connecting, and creating more opportunities for Heartlanders to learn and share together.
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✨ HEHO 2027 REGISTRATION OPENS IN JANUARY! ✨
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And here's a little heads-up: Afterglow spots were the FIRST to sell out! 👀
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If you want to be part of the magic next year, stay tuned, keep an eye out for registration, and get ready to join us!
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Who’s hoping to experience the Afterglow in 2027? Drop a ❤️ in the comments!
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#HeartlandHangout #HeHo #HeHoAfterglow #Handpan #HandpanCommunity #handpanmusic #castle #handpansong #handpans #handpanfestival #handpangathering #CastleVibes #handpanplayer #handpanhangout #masterclass #afterglow #heholetsgo

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Blooming | Harnek Singh & Matt Bigelow |

A flower doesn’t close off simply because a storm passes through. It continues spreading its natural aroma to the world—it trusts that the conditions and experiences that come its way were meant for it

The winds remind it of the strength in its roots; from the clouds, it learns patience—to sit still and move through darkness without expectation; and in this seemingly hostile environment, the rains nourish the flower, leading to its eventual growth

To bloom doesn’t mean that everything is suddenly perfect and comfortable

It means that even in the face of adversity, you are willing to remain open and curious. In each moment, you can ask yourself ‘What possibilities are here for me right now?’

To bloom doesn’t mean you never feel the emotion of fear— it simply means in every moment, you are willing to be Present. To confront, not run away from, your darkness

To bloom is to fully trust and open to the Unfolding of the Universe

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Precious E Amara’s by
@elysian_instruments
@handromeda.handpan

Supported by the innovation of @rhythmrest
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#handpan #innerwork #eamara #handpanmusic #healingmusic

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🛸✨ Another magical moment @heartlandhangout ✨🎶

A little moment of flow… playing my friend’s beautiful La Sirena, letting the notes ripple like gentle waves, while these two, @mar.loi and @kalashaktii_ danced as if carried by the ocean itself. So much gratitude for these little nuggets in this thing called life. 🫶🏻✨

Sharing this space with Mar Loi, a player who’s music has been a huge inspiration on my own handpan journey, made it all the more special. Always grateful to be surrounded by music and people who inspire me to keep listening, learning, and growing. 🙏🏼

Big love to @phoenixtj for capturing this moment, and to @mr.bigelow for welcoming us to the “Van life Cafe” and crafting some truly next-level lattes. ☕️🤎

Amazing beautiful humans , music, and coffee made with love. Sometimes the most beautiful moments are the ones that unfold naturally, without a plan. Just showing up and being present 🙏🏻✨

Feeling deeply grateful for this community and the magic we create together. 🛸✨

#HeartlandHangout #Handpan #LaSirena #handpan

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We both celebrated our birthdays this month. Yours was indeed a very special one dear friend @mr.bigelow 🎂

I am grateful for the friendship, the laughter, and all the unexpected places the music takes us.
I am grateful for moments like this: When we’re together, we create magic through sound.
I am grateful for the instrument that brought our paths together🛸

Here’s to another trip around the sun together, love you brother 💙

#handpan #friendship #musicians #musicfriends #improvisation

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Dance and play are so important because they bring us back into the present moment. They get us out of our heads and back into our bodies, back into feeling, connection, laughter and joy. Somewhere along the way we were taught that growing up meant becoming serious, responsible and controlled, and we forgot how important it is to just play. To move without worrying about how we look. To laugh for no reason. To be weird. To dance because something inside of us wants to move. There is healing in that freedom. There is connection in it. And I think there is a part of us that remembers exactly who we are when we finally give ourselves permission to stop taking life so seriously and just be alive.

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One year ago I packed my handpan and headed to Portugal for a week with Kabeçao and a group of strangers. Strangers that I now call friends.

What I found was a community, a deeper way of listening, and something that quietly changed everything about how I approach music.
One week. Still feeling it a year later.

Grateful to @kabecaohandpan and everyone who was part of this.🙏

Pantam Residence 2025

#handpan #pantamresidence #HangDrum

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One of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever had, not just about the Handpan. A journey into connection, stillness, and shared harmony.

Endlessly grateful to have shared space with such inspiring souls. 🛸
Honored to walk alongside you all, wherever our paths may lead.
Hibibis forever 🌀

Heartfelt thanks to @kabecaohandpan for a process woven with laughter, trust, and soul. ♥️

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Built for places like this.

Thanks @mr.bigelow for sharing this with us.

#vanlife #vanbuild #vanconversion #homeonwheels

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White Sands National Park.

One of the best parts of building vans
is seeing where they end up.

Thanks for sharing this incredible view. @mr.bigelow #vanbuild #vanlife #campervan #campervanlife #vanconversion

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2025 was not the year I expected.

So much work done but a lot more left on the table.

Wishes and adventures left in the holster for greener days to pass.

But what this year lacked in creative it gave in love, family, self reflection and a renewed sense of purpose.

Not every year has to be a wild adventure, some have to take a step back and bring us with. To ground us and remind us of what truly matters.

Thank you all for the support and love so far. Ill be back on the horse before you know it 🤙🏻

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This is a chaotically beautiful conglomeration of the minerals selenite and stibnite. I find it to be equal parts fascinating and captivating that the earth can create such delectable works of art, of which take thousands to millions of years to form. Just absolutely wonderful.

Lovality: Guizhou, China

#rocksarecool #stibnite #selenite #minerals

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When two handpans speak to each other, something softens inside us. 😌

This moment isn’t about perfection or performance — it’s about listening, breathing, and letting sound remind us that we’re not alone. That was the mindset that @mr.bigelow and I had when sitting down to share this notes with one another 🎶

If today feels heavy, let this music hold you for a moment.
If today feels light, let it deepen the joy.
Thank you for being here and sharing this space with us.

Handpans by @handromeda.handpan

Follow for more moments of presence, connection, and healing through sound ✨
#handpanmusic #soundhealing #reelsmusic

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