Happy New Year!!!

"For last year's words belong to last years language  and the next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning"  -T.S. Eliot

TS Eliot 1-3 by Maureen O'Neil

I think we've had the revolution bred out of us....

and many more interesting thoughts are loquaciously explained by Russell Brand in this provoking discussion between him, Daniel Pinchbeck, and  Graham Hancock.   Starting by discussing the role of the media in the suppression of consciousness and numbing of the people, to drug addiction, DMT, water crystals,  shamanism, and the pyramids of Egypt they just about touch on it all 

There Be Dragons: Daniel Pinchbeck Talks with Russell Brand

i’m remembering something i’ve forgot.

Be sure to check out the rest of this amazing web magazine, featuring media and posts that cover all topics related to the evolution of  consciousness, paradigm shifts, and  transformation. I’m going to explore it more right now! Reality Sandwich

Are you an independent cell of consumption or a harmonious cell of contribution to the whole?

My Newest Article on Natural News: PC6 & Stress Relief

Inner Pass Acupuncture Point Improves Health by Reducing Stress

Pericardium 6 or Inner Pass (PC6, Neiguan) is one of the most well-known, highly researched and often utilized Acupuncture points. It is indicated to calm the spirit and regulate the heart, making it useful for conditions like heart pain, palpitations, hypertension, insomnia, fear, mania, nausea and menstrual irregularities to name a few. How can one little point benefit so many vastly different conditions? Because it works to treat the underlying cause and common denominator of most illnesses: stress…

READ the Whole Article on NATURALNEWS.com

image from compassionatedragon.com

Elm St Castle Weekend Sessions: djembe love

Making the most of our wonderful home and along with our cura te ipsum path...we decided to start spending time with some of the influential people in our lives and clear the space for expansion, education and understanding on our own terms. Studying the things we want to, with those who are willing to teach us.

Installation numero uno: Djembe making with Kyle Neidig

Our first guest was a long time friend of mine, the one and only mr. Kyle Neidig <3 musician, artisan, cat-whisper, & chef extraordinaire!  For more about Kyle, see his bio below.

I was always in awe of those who could play djembes- with such beauty and power,  and at various times I theorized about getting one but lacked the motivation to actually go through with it. Plus I knew if I had one,  I wanted to make it myself, making the task that much more daunting. I knew eternalinnersmile and morganalafay shared this desire- we had casually mentioned it from time to time but without any real plans...

Then, at  the new england's women's herbal conference, Mz. Amani and the heartbeats were beyond words- so captivating, majestic, and primal. They were the spark that ignited our lingering desires into what was now a fiery need-  a need to satisify our primal right to build, grown and heal through drumming- NOW. It was decided, the time had come...

Learn to See the Wold Anew

“You cannot solve a problem from the 

same consciousness that created it.

 You must learn to see the world anew.”

The Only Dance There Is

A few years ago, I was intrigued by the cover of this book (not knowing who Ram Dass was) and pulled it off the shelf at my grandmother house. She let me keep it but it fell into the abyss that is my '"want-to-read section" of my library.   After slowly reading Be Here Now over the past year, I recently picked this back up and am finding it so relavent to my (our) life (lives).   I understand why  and am grateful for our world of synchronicity and why i chose to wait and read his thoughts on the dance that is the evolution of consciousness now.
excerpts from a  Ram Dass in The Only Dance There Is

The only thing you have to offer another human being, ever, is your own state of being...but everything you do, wheather your cooking food or doing therapy or being a student or wheather your a lover, you are only doing your own being, you are only manifesting how evolved a consciousness you are, thats what your doing with other human beings. Thats the only dance there is! 6
Since i understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the one he is solving. 42
The truth is everywhere. Wherever you are, it's right where you are, when you can see it. And you can see it through whatever vehicle you are working with, you can  f r e e  yourself from certain attachments that keep you from  s e e i n g  it. The scientist doesn't stop being a scientist, nor anybody stop being anything. You find how do things to yourself which allow you to find the truth where you are at that moment. I'd say we never find out anything new; we just remember it.  54

HIGHLY recommend Be Here Now.

Ital is Vital, and Other Lessons from da Jamaican Bush

Ital is Vital, and Other Lessons from da Jamaican Bush

Article I wrote for The Mercurial about my trips to Jamaica :)