Be Rooted

‘Home is where the heart is.’
‘Define that place’.
‘It’s where my children are, always. And yet you travel a lot, ‘leave them behind’ to experience many things.’

‘How does that work?’
Well, when I travel, it’s either for work or to educate myself on the way of the immeasurable heart, the way of the Shaman. And both are to the benefit of our foundation, our home. They know this- or at least, I tell myself they know this. I am their mother first, I love them so.

We had dinner on Monday - a must before I go so far away. Rosa and Morris have their own life, their Dad, friends etc. That’s what we talk about. Our eyes and attention are on that. What they are experiencing, what they want and need, first. This is the biggest, all encompassing, focus of our lives.

Then yes, there is travel, yes. Peru this time 🇵🇪. As I fly out, I leave ‘normal life’ behind and move into the magical mountains and world of the Paqo, the Shaman, as the initiate I am ready to learn, to experience this calling and commitment. To bring it back when I return. To have this work flow into what I do here. For Rosa and Morris. Then everyone else. ♥️

And maybe have a laugh or two on the way, as Ray would say.

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Part of the Shamans Way is to connect and work with nature- and I committed to an early rise each day to catch the sun in the wee hours, to hear the whispers of the wind and the first calls of the birds.

This way is by no means an easy way, it’s a path less trodden and unknown to many. It’s like wearing new shades and seeing the world from a different angle altogether. It requires focus, dedication and following the immeasurable way of the heart in every step. It asks you to let go of many of the more earthly desires, the ones I so love🙃, and make your life about serving the planet.

Big words, I know, but don’t be fooled. This way asks you to look and listen closely. To bring your individual experiences, skills and talents in line with a bigger picture, a grander purpose. To work within your own sphere of influence, however big or small. To work your magic towards something larger than yourself. So I would say small words, small steps, yet purposeful steps.

I am starting to prepare for my trip to Peru where I will work with local, indigenous paqo’s, shamans, as a rounding off of my 6-year training in this field. At the same time its also a crescendo as well as a new beginning. I am excited and feel the jitters too.

Over the past years, this road has asked me, in the midst of a busy life, my full-on traveling work-life, zooming life👩🏻‍💻, to become completely still in every moment and listen to the drum of my heart. To take a deep breath, pause at each crossroad, look at each person before me, and ask myself ‘how will this benefit others, a greater good?’ To deeply listen to the whispers and take leadership to only then move, act, illuminate a situation with light, lightness and lightheartedness to people around me.

It’s quite the journey. It’s quite the way.

Answering to the call of your her(e)oin’s journey. Back in Arizona for a next leg.

It looks easy - and I am definitely enjoying it- but it actually requires some courage and trust. That this is what you should be doing, with whom you should be doing it. Saying a big YES to the way your life seems to be going. To embracing that which you feel you have come here to do, change, influence on the planet to the benefit of all. In my case, to stay on the move, to bring love to all corners of the world, to lighten people’s hearts, to live-out each micro moment of connection in the best way possible. It happens when you are truly present for someone else, for the vibe in the moment. To find the hidden treasures that the moment encapsulates.

What I find to be true is that in each of these moments, asking the right question, listening deeply, bringing the energy of allowing to the conversation for someone to be completely at ease and themselves, safe enough to do that, can change the course of a life, including my own. Inform a better decision, make someone feel heard and seen. Propel someone to be better, choose better, heal. It’s small and big at the same time.

I have nothing but memories of light on this land here; with my family back in 2019, with friends this year, jeepin’ around, working in tipi. I turn my face away from all that doesn’t serve me nor a bigger picture, and towards making some form of difference.

Flipped reality; what’s in the (mirror) image? Things are not as they seem; and we often don’t see things ás they are, but we see things as wé are. It’s all about perspective.

We are multilayered beings; we can objectively label what see with the mind. Which is different from how it makes us feel, with the heart. And different again where we each feel it, in our bodies. Then there is the inner knowing; the direct experience before the narrative kicks in and it informs us what it is we are experiencing without the label.

So after moving through these layers, we can make an educated guess as to whats truly going on, so different for all of us as we come from different backgrounds, family structures, childhood messages, country cultures and archetype worlds.

How we see the world is a matter of perspective. I love seeing the world in the water, it feels like seeing into another world. Everything is real yet not. Upside down, blurred yet real. You can see the contours of what we call life and at the same time drown in the movement of the water flowing with the wind. In a way it feels like the sea; depicting the eb and flow of our onward way.

Take a fresh perspective; what do you see and feel when you see these images? Where do you feel it in your body and how is this informing you?
On who you are, who you are no longer, what you dream of, where you want to go next?