Awakening Through Medicine Songs
Robin Landsong’s Journey
By Aiste S. Gram
Positive Nights is extremely excited to announce our upcoming workshop with the wonderful Robin Landsong!
- Saturday, May 3rd
- 11AM to 5PM
- United Arts Club, Dublin 2
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/positivelifemagazine/1612553
I had such a wonderful experience sitting down for a chat with Robin Landsong, the medicine singer, visionary artist, and medical intuitive. I got to hear her incredible story and experience her magic as she shared her gift of singing with me.
Robin Landsong is a transformational speaker, and medicine singer whose journey began with two near-death experiences during the Rhodesian War in 1977 when she was just eight years old. Called back to life by the medicine song of a Zimbabwean woman, this awakened her own gift of singing medicine and she has since shared it with over 17,000 people.
Also, as a craniosacral therapist, she specializes in trauma resolution and neurobiology of connection. Using all of her skills and intuitive gifts, she merges science and spirituality to help people reconnect with their natural rhythms, intuition, and creativity—guiding them towards deeper healing and embodiment.
The Singing Medicine: A Near-Death Awakening
Robin’s journey into the Singing Medicine began with a profound near-death experience. Shot across her head, she remembers rising up, watching from above as her adopted mother, Mama Eaton, found her lifeless body. At first, Mama Eaton wailed, but then, she shifted to singing—a calling song that summoned the ancestors and the land to bring Robin back.
Just as Robin was merging with the Great Heart, the ancestral song reached her, stopped her, and Robin chose to turn around. She remembered—she was a medicine singer. She hadn’t completed her purpose. So she returned to life, not as herself, but as a part of something greater: the choir of those who sing at birth, at death, and at moments of healing.
When she sings today, she says, “It’s not about me. It’s about Divine Source, the Great Heart, singing to people. What is the medicine this person needs today?”
Healing Through Song and Presence
Robin’s healing work spans over 17,000 sessions across 25 years. Beyond singing, one of her biggest missions is helping people shift from self-beratement to self-compassion. She believes that shame keeps trauma alive in the body, while a kinder inner voice helps release it.
She recently sang for a grandmother in Costa Rica who was dying, working with the family—singing to the mother, the children, and especially one young boy who she recognized as a healer. “I was able to make eye contact with him, let him know, I see you.”
Whether in person or over Zoom, the medicine comes through. “Even yesterday, with a language barrier, the little boy dropped into trance within five minutes of the singing. The song speaks a universal language. It says, “I see you. You are real. You matter.”
From Trauma to Purpose
Robin’s path wasn’t easy. In her early 20s, she began working through deep trauma—dissociation, numbness, the compression of survival.
“At first, my intuition was only a tool to scan for danger. But by my 30s, I started to ask: how can I use it for healing?”
She trained in craniosacral therapy, nervous system health, and trauma resolution, refining her gift—seeing inside the body down to the cellular level.
Now, she helps others trust their intuition with discernment. Not as a survival tool, but as a choice. “Your intuition doesn’t have to be hypervigilance. It can be agency, clarity, and precision.”
In her workshops, she teaches an exercise called “Mind Your Own Business,” which she also uses herself—especially in crowded places like airports. “Only tune in if it’s necessary. Otherwise, let people be.”
The Next Chapter: Teaching and Sharing
With her best-selling book Loving Bravely: A Memoir Miraculous Near Death of a Girl, Abducted, Shot During War, and Sung Back to Life by an African Woman, finally complete after 16 years, Robin is embracing a new chapter—teaching others around the world. When she teaches, her goal is to help students unlock and deepen their own unique gifts. She focuses on empowering others to trust their intuition with confidence and discernment.
Robin’s music album, Roots Drinking Rain, offers a way to receive Singing Medicine anytime. Professionally mastered in beautiful four-part harmony, this album has transformed listeners, with many parents even playing it for their newborns. It’s available on Spotify, iTunes, and her website, alongside her artwork—visions gifted to her during her near-death experience.
She also narrated the audiobook version of Loving Bravely, which includes her Singing Medicine woven throughout. While the physical book features her art, the audiobook offers a unique experience—complete with healing songs and recordings from the ceremony she conducted in Zimbabwe. It’s available on Audible and all major booksellers.
A Personal Touch
During the interview, Robin kindly offered to sing to me so I could experience her medicine firsthand—and what a gift it was. At a time of great turbulence and stress, within just a few minutes, listening to her brought me a sense of strength and grounding. The words ‘remember who you are’ came to my mind loud and clear—just what I needed at that moment. Robin says that when she sings, each experience is unique, and while some may feel sensations or even see colours, others will feel a deep calm. She explains that it can take time to fully connect with the healing power of the singing, and whatever happens is part of the journey.
I’m looking forward to experiencing more of Robin’s magic when our paths cross again soon.
You can find all of her gifts and more about her on her website: robinlandsong.com
