Plum Village Song Tutorial - Island of the Self

2,538 views · Published 27 October 2017 · 3:29 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: Plum Village · 2017 · Education

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Learn to sing "Island of the Self" and to play it on guitar. The lyrics are by Thich Nhat Hanh and the song is by Joseph Emet.  

This short video is one of a series of casual music tutorials made by the Plum Village community.  Joe Holtaway is a singer songwriter from England who has worked with Wake Up Schools since 2016.  Joe has recorded a number of 'Plum Village Classics' in our recording room (https://wakeupschools.org/songs/).  He prepared these video tutorials with the help of Yvonne Mazurek, also of Wake Up Schools.

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