to give thanks..

Thank you to my momma and dad for making me.

Thank you to the sun and moon and stars and pixie dust for making all of us.

Thank you to the energy which sustains me, moves me, pushes me, and abandons me.

Thank you to the cats, turtles, winds, flowers and children for guiding my heart.

Thank you for all of my millions of blessings and please bless and give strength to others who are having so much sorrow around the world- in Mumbai, in England, in Africa, and here in Tulum.

Thank you all for what you have taught me and for all the love you have given me.

*art by Ainslie Roberts

en camino al desierto..

Everyone has left

Even better.

Just Sol and I.

This time is just for me.

I must stay alone.

To breathe, to look at hurt,

to continue learning to listen.

I still talk too much-

even when there is no one!

Dancing, reading, laughing or crying-

I must make my silence

spark embers of peaceful light-

which at the moment it does not.

**foto art by cool french man

adorable revolutionaries..

learning to syncronize... a cute pic from the cozumel newspaper of how the kids all dressed yesterday- their revolution day!... and a pic to celebrate magritte's birthday.. nice :)

and while I have the full moon podium...

I take this opportunity to call upon mother Gaia, Yemaja, Oshun, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Shakti, Shiva, San Jorge, Eleggua, Obatala, Oya, orishas and guides of the human race!! I implore to you, I send out all of my strongest desires and heart to beg of you to help plant many more seeds in the hearts and spirits of my fellow humans on this path to evolution of consciousness! Please! Give them more soil! More light! More water! Please! Por favor!

STOP the inhumane violence against innocent babies and spirits

STOP the inhumane violence against innocent women and spirits

STOP the inhumane violence and rampages of all men and individuals with their spirits of rancor and fear! BIND THEM and make all eyes turn to the skies and to their inner spirits and peace.

Thank you for my life of a trillion blessings. Thank you for all of my heart that has brimmed my whole life with only love... May you continue to guide me on my road to let it overflow to all around me and help them in their flowering. I end my prayer with a mantra to Shri Ganesha to invoke innocence and wisdom for all humans:

Om twameva shakshat shri ganesha shakshat
Shri adi shakti mataji shri nirmala devi namoh namah



*art by Alex Grey

Haikus and Thoughts during Full Moon...

Haikus:

Ganesha hold my heart.
Shine it where you see most fit.
But please don't drop it.

"Desapego" I'm learning.
But you're in my DNA.
Oh! Are we really one?



* art by Remedios Varos, Alex Grey and Unknown..

canção pra hoje...

Que seria una sonrisa para hoy? Zanahoria?? Relampago?? Si.. suena bien.. hazme un licuado de zanahoria y relampago por favor mamãe Oxum!! :) Y aqui esta la cancion que cantaremos mientras lo hacemos:

Filhos de Gandhi
Gilberto Gil

Omolu, Ogum, Oxum, Oxumaré

Todo o pessoal

Manda descer pra ver

Filhos de Gandhi

Iansã, Iemanjá, chama Xangô

Oxossi também

Manda descer pra ver

Filhos de Gandhi

Mercador, Cavaleiro de Bagdá

Oh, Filhos de Obá

Manda descer pra ver

Filhos de Gandhi

Senhor do Bonfim, faz um favor pra mim

Chama o pessoal

Manda descer pra ver

Filhos de Gandhi

Oh, meu Deus do céu, na terra é carnaval

Chama o pessoal

Manda descer pra ver
Filhos de Gandhi

asi es...

bonitos fotos alrededor del internet del amor que si existe en todos nuestros corazones...

onto the stone bed...

So many things between the beginning of October and now, the beginning of November. I am back on to unleash some Arctic winds of thoughts that are howling around my mind before I sleep. So my halloween/day of the dead surprise visit to my family in Texas was a HUGE success- and i got to finally play with Mestre Cafu's group in an open roda!! For those of you who don't understand the significance; I watched this group for a YEAR - a year just watching!- yet frozen with fear and shyness to participate.

So I reflect tonight on having conquered a couple of fears- finally! Wow. It is nice. I mean I have other fears but to actually have had a big one and then not have it after having it many years- it's like Tahiti, it's like tres leches cake, it's like my kitty purring so perfectly! So I can speak Spanish, play Capoeira (albeit Angola style), and Salsa with no fear!! So incredible... but now to ground myself before my wax wings melt...

After having seen my beloved family, after hugging people so important to me, after playing with no fear, and now returning to my cold-water-shower, broken car, tiny town of Tulum, I lay on the floor and try to cry- I think about how precious all of those things are to me- and the tears just won't come out- and I just realize that my master of zen- Guadalupe/Oshun/Yemaja- have thrown my out of from the oh-so-warm covers of my momma's guest bed and back onto the stone bed of my path- and that I know in my heart somehow that everything I am learning is imperative and irreplaceable. And so while I continue uncomfortably, I can breathe and feel my lungs are healthier; I can walk and smell the ocean mixed with tacos and street dust of wandering animals and rickety vehicles, and feel my eyes vivid with life, and my nose inhale completely, and my leg muscles curve just a little stronger. So my tears will stay inside as eye lubricants this time, and I will sleep and have a nice, long Wednesday in Tulum, accepting that although I do not understand how it is not always best to live with the company of your beloveds, that I can trust in the universe and spirit.