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© 2026 Bernadette Yao
I composed and produced Solace to create space to process complicated feelings of sadness, anger, and grief. When listening to this piece, find a quiet space where you feel safe to close your eyes, take a deep breath, drawing your breath all the way down towards your elbows, holding the breath, then slow exhale through pursed lips. Allow the music to move you, noticing what comes up in your heart. Shift your energetic focus from fear to love. Come into your center and feel your heart expand.
To deepen your sound/music healing practice while listening to Solace:
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Somatic Movement: Gently rocking or swaying while seated can help the body "digest" the sadness or anger that the music stirs up.
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Journaling: After the music ends, writing for five minutes without pausing can help capture those "expanded heart" insights.
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Vocal Toning: Adding a soft hum to your exhale can further stimulate the vagus nerve, deepening the shift from fear to love.
Available now on Bandcamp, Apple iTunes, YouTubeMusic, Pandora and other streaming services. Please check it out. Thank you!
Credits:
Composed, performed, produced, engineered by Bernadette Yao, ASCAP
Cover Art by Bernadette Yao
LISTEN FILM SCORE
Intro Mother Earth -
vocal, hopeful
Spring Seedlings - textures, ethereal
Winter
Dissonance, soundscapes
Bowls
Springtime Blooms -
colorful expressions
B
Triumphant
Ending Credits
Stormy past - vocals, strings, bowls, piano
Summer Plantings -
anticipation, hopeful, playful
an
Heading 1
Spring planting - optimistic
Reflections - singing bowls
Asian Chill
Egypt Dance
LISTEN SONGS
How Do I Listen, words by Hafiz, music by Bernadette Yao (translation by Daniel Ladinsky)
Until, Based on a poem by Hafiz (translation by Daniel Ladinsky), lyrics by Hafiz & Bernadette Yao. Music by Yaniv Salzberg & Bernadette Yao
,Rain, words & music by Bernadette Yao
I Feel, words & music by Bernadette Yao
I Feel Remix demo, by Bernadette Yao
,Beautiful Dancer, words & music by Bernadette Yao
THE FLOWERKEEPER (Documentary Short)
Nora Jane Long, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Original music by Bernadette Yao
The Flowerkeeper” directed by @norajanelong, premiered at the 15th Annual American Documentary and Animation Film Festival @amdocfilmfest in Palm Springs, CA, an Academy Award qualifying festival on March 2026. I am so grateful and proud to be asked to contribute to this project as a film score composer.

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Music & Lyrics: Bernadette Yao
Lead Vocals: Bernadette Yao
Background Vocals: Christine McEachern, Lisa Kirby-Doscher,
Leon Mobley, Keith Batlin, Samir Moussa
Percussion: Leon Mobley
Keyboards: Chris Joyner
Koto: Yukiko Matsuyama
Strings: Rebecca Schlappich Charles
Bass Guitar: Scotty Mearig
Drums: Samuel “Sam Ites” Gonsalves
Vocal Arrangements: Bernadette Yao
Cover Art: Danielle Mailer
Producer/Engineer: Leon Mobley
Engineer: Keith Jones
Mixed and Mastered at CGS Productions by Keith Jones










