A Free Elemental Song Series:
Songs for the Elements:
Fire, Water, Earth & Air
Learn the elemental songs we sing in circle and ceremony. Including a short elemental meditation and lyrics to each song to follow along.
Your voice wants to open.
You just need songs to guide you.
Maybe you’ve felt it: that quiet urge in your chest, that moment when your breath wants to turn into melody. Singing is a natural human instinct, and with these few guided songs, it becomes easier to let your voice rise as you connect with the elements.
These 4-elemental songs will help you to:
Bring song into your daily life: the garden, while you’re making medicine, in ritual, group ceremony, the temazcal, or anytime you want to use your voice to connect.
Work with each element intentionally through your voice.
Strengthen presence and attunement. Let rhythm and melody shift your state, soften your mind, and orient you toward a deeper sense of connection.
Welcome to the song circle…
You’re in the right place if you:
Want to sing but were never taught simple, accessible songs.
Feel a longing to open your voice and let it be heard.
Crave practices that bring more presence, ease, and connection into your days.
Are looking for songs you can actually use in your home, garden, rituals, or moments of stillness.
Peek into the element of Fire with Ashley:
Herbalist, Natural Builder, Full-Spectrum Doula (with the voice of an angel)
Ashley McDonell is a clinical herbalist, natural builder, and full-spectrum doula whose work bridges science, spirit, and ecology. As Director of Education at Casa Curativa, she guides a growing network of teachers, practitioners, and students devoted to restoring relationship-based herbalism to its rightful place at the heart of community health.
With over a decade of experience in clinical practice and herbal education, Ashley’s teaching merges physiological precision with ecological literacy, inviting students to understand the body as an ecosystem and the ecosystem as an extension of the body. She weaves rigorous study with story, song, and earth-based ritual—creating spaces where learning becomes an act of remembrance, and medicine becomes relationship.
In her clinical work, Ashley specializes in nervous system and hormonal regulation, digestive health, and women’s reproductive wellness, supporting clients through comprehensive assessment and plant-based protocols that honor the body’s innate capacity for repair and renewal. Her practice is rooted in reciprocity, reverence, and respect for the living world—guided by the belief that each act of healing contributes to the reweaving of our species back into the ecological web of life.
With love,
Ashley
Meet Ashley, Casa Curativa’s Director of Education…
Meet Lindsay, Herbal Educator at Casa Curativa…
Herbalist, Powerhouse vocalist, Singer & Songwriter
Lindsay Chestnut hails from Michigan, land traditionally stewarded by the Anishinaabe peoples, where her journey into herbalism began. Lindsay moved to the Tzununa valley of Lake Atitlán in 2020, finding both community and purpose during a time of global uncertainty. While studying with Sajah Popham, she quickly recognized the need for help at Casa Curativa and stepped in, bringing her sharp organizational skills and a deep passion for herbalism. Lindsay’s entrepreneurial spirit and talent for creating systems have been vital in transforming Casa Curativa into a flourishing herbal brand.
With a passion for astrology, Lindsay integrates planetary wisdom into her herbal teachings, helping students make connections between plants and cosmic cycles. Her love for permaculture and landscape design also informs her work, finding peace in the daily harvests that fuel the apothecary. Lindsay’s teaching style is animated and engaging, blending humor and structure to help students grasp both the science and the artistry of herbalism.
With love,
Lindsay
A loving note about the songs shared:
We do not claim ownership of these songs. Many of these songs have been passed down through teachers, community circles, ceremony, and years of practice. We share them in gratitude and respect for the lineages, traditions, and carriers who have kept them alive.