Things you think will never happen to you
I’m 33 years old, and I do feel blessed to say that there are so many things I’ve experienced in this life that I never …
I’m 33 years old, and I do feel blessed to say that there are so many things I’ve experienced in this life that I never …
Enjoy this short, simple yoga flow in the Filipino language. Yoga sequence and practice by Joana Medina, words & voice by Celesdina Reyes. A first attempt at decolonizing my own practice.
Living in community on a farm in Hawai’i completely sheltered me from COVID fear. Now I feel slightly like an alien from another planet, an alien to be feared. Friends, we are in uncharted times which call for even greater remembering – remembering that behind our viewpoints we are all human and we are actually, all in this together.
If the cure for everything is salt water, sweat, and tears, then Mayans truly have something to teach us about healing.
Whenever I travel, I have always asked to live as people normally live. I have asked for initiations into the land so I could enter with humility, respect, and with my eyes wide open. The jungle sure did give me what I asked for.
A burning vagina as if my pee is corrosive acid. Suddenly having to go to the bathroom with such urgency that if I don’t go, I might pee my pants – then finding out there was nothing to pee much at all, and the little that there was to urinate is liquid fire as it goes down the most sensitive part of my body. Ah, Urinary Tract Infection. My old friend.
This is my personal experiences of healing myself with fasting and inner work.
While I’m without an income stream, I find myself beginning to lose the sense of generosity I gained when I lived in community. Why is that? This is my take, based purely on my experience, as a Filipina who grew up in Manila: Unhealthy capitalism doesn’t want us to share. And individualism wants us to believe that without our own individual resources, we will die. Is that the truth? Perhaps in community it doesn’t have to be.
Community is possible. Village life is possible. Earnest connection with each other? It’s possible. Being invited to take care of blessed land – possible. Sacredness everyday, even in our exchanges is possible. All of this beautifully together, it’s possible. And doesn’t it sound great?
I am so devoted to these beliefs that I’ve risked stability in the desire to make community my next life’s work.
Why risk the monetary security I had built for myself in the paradise of Hawai’i? Because I want to create something better, to be part of what I feel is the best way for all of us moving forward.
Here’s my vision for community. May it inspire you to dream.
“One of the world’s largest telescopes is being proposed for the top of Hawai’i’s most sacred mountain, Mauna Kea.” The beginning line from this beautiful …
To begin with, the Hanuman Chalisa is a 40-verse hymn that describes the life, adventures, and wonders of the monkey god, Hanuman. I first encountered …