Dear God, I find myself at this moment, in isolation. My freedom to follow my desires is limited by an external situation. I am confined to my surroundings and have to remain centered within my own sense of self. I ask that you guide me on how to approach this experience with openness and curiosity. Show me how to utilize my time in a way that will benefit my spiritual growth and evolution. I wish to stand tall in facing my own experience of aloneness and not focus on what I can’t do or don’t have. It is easy for...

For the present to take place, our past has to come to completion. Evolution is a journey onwards. New life is a response to the completion process of death. As we hold on to who we used to be, we limit our creative flow and thus prevent from our future potential to manifest. We intend and ask for a fresh start while we hold on to our past and our previous limiting beliefs. To truly be here and now, we have to let go of our there and then. We make resolutions, form new decisions and make new choices but...

Dedicated to my dearest friend and teacher, Ninawa Pai da MataRapé or Hapé is a powerful Amazonian based snuff medicine that has been served and utilized for thousands of years. It represents the force of the forest and acts as an ally spirit to and for our spiritual growth. At first, Hapé acts as a medicine of sickness, bringing out of us all that is hidden, dark and ignored. We are confronted with immense pain and un-comfortability. We set our intention and allow this power to shake us and push us to our utmost limit.The first leg of the journey...

Soft implies hard, deep implies shallow and yes, darkness implies light. Challenge, when observed with proper care is nothing but a form of friction. Friction forms heat. Heat means life. We try to avoid pain, we try to walk away from challenge, and yet, it seems, no matter how much we try, challenge seems to find its way to our center. We try and practice stillness, we retreat, fold back and isolate ourselves from painful situations. And again, if we observe these actions closely, this motion of withdrawal, eventually, makes us numb, frozen. The heart knows what the mind chooses...

It is said that in the beginning of time when chaos ruled the land, as vultures roamed the sky a lightening struck the hidden valley of death and formed the trident of eternal misery. Each tongue forged by forces of despair. The first – shame. Colored in neon green and baring the sign of limitless time. The second – guilt. Bathed in dark ruby red and followed by a drowning sensation of foul play. The last but not least – comparison. Yellow and intense, somewhat transparent, as if not even there. A silent killer baring the mark of sophistication and...