Jim Ballard-Self-Care Cheerleader

Though the urge to come was there for years, Jim Ballard didn’t arrive in NM until 2011. Thanks to a dear friend, Villanueva became home. He soon wrote friends that he felt like he was waking up for the first time in 73 years. Thus began a spiritual journey, challenging & wonderful, the likes of which he would never have imagined, his remaining list of life-lessons checked off one by one. As he stumbled up hill, whatever he needed was always there: High Self suggested uses of sound, movement & visualization, meditation practices & the necessary people & situations. His last, & hardest-to-get lesson was that of self-care. He’s become its cheerleader, realizing how difficult it can be for any of us, offering workshops & a soon-to-be monthly gathering focused on this. Jim’s childhood involvement with music has evolved into the spiritually-oriented improvised music & healing sound work he does today.