today's reflection

opening to yoga class today

"what do you need to arrive to your (spiritual) practice?" courtney

journal party

get your closest friends together.
make yummy tea or juice.
bring journals and art supplies.
open your heart.
be ready to share it all.
let go of any judgements.
let someone take your journal.
read someone's journals that is willing to share it.
make sure you are in active listening mode.
honor this journal.
remember you are in sacred space.
write or draw about this experience.
closing activity: make sure everyone feels connected and has an opportunity to share.
when you get to that point where your belly tenses up and your heart is uneasy, yes it is normal, this is part of the work of deeply sharing :)
keep sharing and take that leap of faith!

stone telling

Go outside. 
Let yourself be drawn to a natural object, a stone, a plant, a tree. 
Let this life-form become your teacher. 
Watch and be with it. 
Let it tell you of three strengths that are yours:  
       One is a strength you were born with.  
       The second is a strength you have won through  hardship.  
       The third is a strength you will discover as you take part in the Great Turning.



Johana Macy


What are your strengths?
This reflection will be going in my journal soon.

True Dharma

Being immersed in samsara, sometimes it's hard to break-off from illusion and see, really really see. Sometimes we are attached to see things the way we want them to be, sometimes seeing things as they really are can be painful, because of our attachment to the perceptions we have. This quote right here, really spoke to my heart!!!! all i can say is WOW, rock on!!!


"Dharma is not about credentials. It’s not about how many practices you’ve done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It’s not about being in a community where you feel safe or enjoying the cachet of being a 'Buddhist.' It’s not even about accumulating teachings, empowerments, or 'spiritual accomplishments.' It’s about how naked you’re willing to be with your own life, and how much you’re willing to let go of your masks and your armor and live as a completely exposed, undefended, and open human person. "

- Reginald Ray, "Blazing with Wakefulness

tiempo al viento

el sol no miente
la luz envuelve
mi corazon se viste de rojo
y revive

el sol no miente
cuando amanece
cambia el color de todo
se mueve con el aire
se viste de rosa el mundo

le pido tiempo al viento

world as lover, world as self

“Of course, even when you see the world as a trap and posit a fundamental separation between liberation of self and transformation of society, you can still feel a compassionate impulse to help its suffering beings. In that case you tend to view the personal and the political in a sequential fashion. "I'll get enlightened first, and then I'll engage in social action." Those who are not engaged in spiritual pursuits put it differently: "I'll get my head straight first, I'll get psychoanalyzed, I'll overcome my inhibitions or neuroses or my hang-ups (whatever description you give to samsara) and then I'll wade into the fray." Presupposing that world and self are essentially separate, they imagine they can heal one before healing the other. This stance conveys the impression that human consciousness inhabits some haven, or locker-room, independent of the collective situation -- and then trots onto the playing field when it is geared up and ready.

It is my experience that the world itself has a role to play in our liberation. Its very pressures, pains, and risks can wake us up -- release us from the bonds of ego and guide us home to our vast, true nature. For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened.” 


Joahna Macy

i would like to invite you to

highlight of this weekend

i saw many dolphins this morning on the beach in naples. the first pod of dolphins was really close to the shore, i got super excited and started swimming towards them. they were fishing and playing, i was about 6 feet away. does that count as swimming with dolphins? i think it should!!! so i guess i swam with dolphins this morning :)

nature always brings out curiosity, play and adventure in me. being on the beach this entire weekend was amazing!!! reconnected with mangrove energy, got energized by the sun, went on some pretty awesome nadaditas, paddle boarding, reading, relaxing, birding... i started thinking how i used to write about nature in my blog and i want to include that more.

feeling so much love!!! i am changing very much and changing with some of the people around me. it's pretty cool to be in tune with friends and share that journey of transformation. also sadhana is very very important, i need to remember this always. so good to be feeling like this after 2012 was kicking my butt, now 2012 is starting to rock! 

wishing everyone had a super awesome weekend and an incredible week coming!!

may ALL benefit now, the second after that and until forever