THE ECO-GODDESS TEMPLE

Sweet, Eco-Sensual Pisces!

2012-02-22T14:36:00.000-08:00

Pisces is the epitome of 'Eco-Sensual'!

What does it mean to be "Eco-Sensual"...... it depends on when you ask me, how you ask me, what part of you asks me...... For now Eco-Sensuality goes beyond the general and purposeful experience of each of our senses or the blending of all......Eco-Sensuality is an existence, a consciousness, an ever present awareness of how each moment pervades your senses and how each moment carries a seed of sensual conception, a form of love making or sexual penetration that blends all of you - mental, emotional, physical - with your immediate space, extended environment, the divine realm....and like the 'butterfly effect the experience is far reaching... like a prayer... extending beyond space and time.

♥ ~ Surya - The Eco-Goddess

Moon Play begins @ The New Moon in Tuesday! Join us!

2012-02-19T07:57:00.000-08:00

"Only the brave & bold dare find themselves in the Moon."
~ The Eco-Goddess

We begin a new journey of traveling to and through the Moon. This journey takes off on Tuesday, February 21st @ 9:00pm during the Pisces New Moon.

To find out more and to join....click here..

GREEN MOON MONTHLY PLAYSHOP

See you on the Moon!

Full Moon-ments!

2012-02-10T13:40:00.000-08:00

I whispered with the MOON as I captured her this morning at 6:45am while she gracefully hung in the western skies. The beauty of the Moon lies in her feminine aura, she is the great infuser, merging all things into one, casting the light through whole-body perception, overshadowing rationality, evoking instinctual knowing without the use of logic. She moves through us...

Surya: Who are you today Grandmother Moon?

Granny Moon: Beautiful question, my dear Moon daughter, and a bit tricky in the minds of those who do not quite know me and others who ignore me.

Surya: Why do you say that Grandmother Moon?

Granny Moon: Well, I am never the same, yet I am the only constant. I continually wax and wane; I rebirth, dwindle and die each month repeating my ancient rhythmic dance over and over. I wear many disguises during each full cycle dance. When you captured my image this morning I was wearing my Virgo scarf and being rather picky. I guided you to turn to the earth so you can absorb her healing properties, grounding you so that you could focus on your intestinal- lower digestive track. I helped you clear yours out yesterday and this morning. I am proud of you for listening to me. After all...I am the keeper of time. Civilizations have used me to tell, as their calendar, for planting and growing and even for holidays. I reside in the rhythm of your Womb and the flow through the other parts of your body.

This afternoon I changed into my charming Libra boots to please myself. I feel beautiful when I adorn myself with Libra's symphony. It's a great day to give yourself a facial or treat your lovely skin my Moon daughter. Rose oil will attune you to Love's higher vibrations. Or experiment with carnation, clove & fennel and see if they help you get into my Moon spirit.

Surya: Sounds like a plan, Grams! :-) I felt waters rising in my body during the Full Moon. My body did not want any food but my mind was weak and gave in to sweets. Many of my earthly female siblings and goddess kins go through the same and confuse FEELING with FEEDING.

Granny Moon: LOL! ~* Moon giggles* ~ I am water in all its forms: the water of your Womb, the water that falls as rain or appears magically as morning dew, the ones the flow through the forest and the vast ocean's ebb and flow. When I am full, I fill you up! So WATCH my growth and it will show you how to eat, FEEL me and you will have no need to over feed.

I am the essence of your emotions, the inward, fluid tides of feelings that fluctuate from moment to moment, and instinctual urges and subliminal drives that motivate you without your personal will in control. I influence your cravings for food and sex, and the style in which you consume and express your sensual needs and sexual urges. I am all that and a snack... my dear grand daughter! ~*Moon giggles*~

Surya: Grandma Moon, how can wombn get to know and understand themselves through you?

Granny Moon: I am the unconscious, the primitive and largely unknowable part of yourself, the "night" half of your psyche. I am your mystery, the unsolvable part of you, that part that life on earth has tried to contain and control. I am your uncontrollable urge, the part of you that's too dark to see with naked eyes; I keep your fears and fantasies in a little box waiting for your readiness to make them your friend. I am the dweller of the threshold, that fear-inspiring entity that blocks your progress, I constellate everything you dread and have repressed. I am the keeper of the illusive realm that is more terrifying and extreme than sky diving or the X factor.

When you are afraid of me, you turn to food for comfort, when you find it difficult to express your emotions you sometimes shut me down, when you fluctuate and fight it you become moody, when you have felt pain in love you withdraw from emotional involvement with others.

When you are aligned with me - you remember your dreams, your intuition is on point, you know the patterns of your blood flow, you are in touch with your feelings and your emotions flow freely; I am the grandma of all grandmas, when you are right within me you are at peace with your mother and you flourish through your girlfriends. When you are one with me you nurture yourself and others and you easily accept my gift to you of the Divine Feminine.

I tell you when to go and when to be still. Listen to me! To be more alive, to understand your dark shadow... you must go inside and meet me on the other side, over the horizon where it is quiet and gentle, noiseless and supple. When you can hear my lyrics... I dance in your heart. Know that I always watching YOU. ♥ ♥ ♥

Surya: Moon Kisses & Eco-Sensual Earth blessings! ♥

Shadow Light!

2012-01-29T15:44:00.000-08:00

I've been working on my Womb Book project for almost 2 years. Since then, I've connected with quite a few wombn who have given me deeper insight and understanding into the infinite mysteries of the divine feminine as expressed through our Wombs and these connections have revealed just how magical this work is.

The Womb waters are stirred. Some flow like a river contouring what ever it meets, flowing around stones; others take the shape of what ever contains them, other currents are trapped, still and polluted. They reflect the many waters of the earth, each expressing and carrying their own vibrations; they keep the emotional spectrum of humans, each feeling carrying their own meaning. It's very deep and dark work! And it can be horrifying when you see your reflection in many mirrors and face the darkness of your the womb world you carry; unaware of the vast universe, unlimited consciousness and the underlying ways in which it drives us.

Womb work requires that we move beyond the superficial and warns us that there will be turbulence along the road ahead; there will be emotional hills and mountains, as well as depths and valleys we must undergo; there will be battle fields and peacemaking huts. This is not for the faint at heart. This is for becoming the brave, the courageous wombn who have seen through the outer limits and sense and know that there is an unlimited under world in which she carries.

Her Womb is the gateway between the past and the future, between what 'WAS' and what 'COULD BE'; her Womb stands between as the center of creation and what 'IS'.

Shadow World by VooDooMania

Mars is currently retrograding and it's lured me to do Shadow Work! It's amazing how beautiful the Shadow really is. It's unbelievably the container of treasures and gifts that we each carry within ourselves. It's where the juices mix and flow.

I've wanted to give up myself. I've questioned whether this journey, this work, the energy I put into it is all worth it. Today, I can say it is more than worth it. It is IT! It is what brings me fulfillment. It is what helps me to see that to heal is to seal, is to become whole again. This means allowing oneself, surrendering to oneself, being accepting of all aspects of one's self - the dark, the ugly, the light, the beautiful in each Womb including mine. None is better than the other. Each their own, each a part of the other, and both that of the greater whole.

I woke up yesterday seeing the world with news eyes. I realized that no one needs fixing. All is as should be. I AM perfectly who I am. The world does not need saving. It's perfect the way it is! I realize that everything is a result of man's thinking, woman's creating. Everything about the way the world... and its elemental parts... including humans and their air of supremacy over other living creatures... is what is it... is a result of what the human mind has conceived and manifested. That may be the only real thing that is broken about this world - the VIEW, the OUTLOOK from the human eyes. Other than that... I am perfect just as I am. All things I experience is a result of the choices I make and the outcome of those experiences will always depend on the choices made.

My dark side; that which society has framed as abnormal, my shadow essence; that which institutions and structures/units of society have rejected is just as important as the ones they have feared and I have learned to deny. The day is just as essential as the night, death is just as beautiful as life, sorrow is just as needed as joy, the inhalation is just as necessary as the exhalation, man is a counter part of wo-man, my shadow is just as vital and necessary as my light. I have and hold them with equal value and with equivalent LOVE!

Virgin Warriors

2012-01-27T08:51:00.000-08:00

When my son's dad overslept and did not pick him up for school this morning, I flowed calmly and peacefully knowing that Mars truly is retrograde because it is totally out of character for he who never oversleeps, never misses work and always shows up for his son. It actually put a smile on my face because I feel that he deserves to rest. After all, this slowing of Mars is opposing his own natal Mars. He has no choice but to give up the fight and surrender to his inner need to retreat.

With Mars retrograding in Virgo it's moving to lock grids with my natal Virgo Mars in the 12th house. All that is Mars and martian are coming to the forefront and for me the spotlight is on the workings of the 12th house where anger, passion, sexual flame and energy lurks and hide within the darkness of my own self. My Mars energies have always sat in my blind spot often creeping up out of nowhere and when I least expect it. My anger used to be expressed like an alarm clock unexpectedly going off with a temporary loss of the memory of putting it on in the first place. Imagine waking up one day and your world has suddenly slowed down and you are standing, facing fragments of yourself that have found a home in the dark because you forgot to bring them upstairs to meet the rest of the family. Lights are on in my closet and I can see more clearly what has become my own demons. I am wondering if I can take or handle all of these fragmented parts of myself? Look at them! WOW! I can barely recognize them; parts of me that I've denied and could never articulate are suddenly alive and walking, talking, all grown up.

Who would have ever guessed that I'd be drawn to the mysterious, mesmerizing, dark and intriguing world of vampires? Maybe that's why my son is fascinated with them. We all have our favorite dark characters or archetypes we embody - whether we are conscious of them or not. Watched a movie on the night of the Aquarius new moon night about a university for vampires where a young woman disguises herself as a student to investigate the death and disappearance of her brother she has not seen in over a decade. She soon meets her self in the mirror reflection of a vampire - the most powerful Desmodus Draculae is who she is. Seeing this woman transform into her immortal greatness brought out fountains of hope that I too am transforming into my immortality. Deep sensations from my valley of pleasure made "Oooo" become a mantra! This she vampire radiated sexy, oozed out confidence as though it was her pleasure toy, walked like a dragon queen and was adorned with beautiful laced attires that enhanced her sultry, enigmatic, controlling and hypnotic demeanor. A taste of death that injects the juices of immortality and relocates you to life between the world of the living and that of the dead. I was totally impressed by the custom designer, the wardrobe producer, and all who decked up this vampire goddess.

It chimed through me like a bell, as I became increasingly roused by her lack of inhibition and her unrestricted sexual expression towards a stunning species of a male vampire whose eyes pierced hers with lust and hunger for the feedings of sexual pleasure. All that I saw in her was awakening in me. What would have normally been an ordinary moment of watching passion on the screen and receiving a wave or quiver through my body became a masterful quiet storm that tore down the walls of my inner world, leaving me totally exposed and vulnerable, floating in a sensual time capsule. The most beautiful part of this scene was the sampling of fruity Liberation, tangy Surrender, juicy Orgasmic pulses and the perfect blend of sweet & sour Ecstasy. Logic disengaged, feelings reign.

Mars slow movement is blowing through all of humanity and life on this planet. I love watching it intently like a theater screen. With these moments come an increase in intuitive awareness. I am thinking people up and they are appearing. Happened three times in a row yesterday. I feel like bionic woman, moving in slow motion & fighting demonic forces strategically.

A Scorpion rising client feels an awakening in her sex life and an increase of drama and conflicts around her that are pulling her in, forcing her to express. I love how she describes her menstrual phase each month as intense, painful moments of release and feeling like a snake shedding its skin. Scorpio is ruled by Mars. Others say they are feeling under the weather but truth is they are under the umbrella of a retrograde Mars which is forcing them to slow their masculine dominating energies down to avoid a full blown tsunami. Mars is symbolic of the male force as it exists in all of us. It's our aggression, our inner warrior, our destroyer, our sexual, primal self. And they are all whistling from within calling our awareness to clean up and clear out old rubbish.

My Mars is center stage in my life until Spring time. This means behind the scenes, I am re-learning liberation of sexual energy, facing battles with 'consciousness' as my companion; I am letting out the genie of my anger lamp that's been bottled up for too long; I am engaging in more self-loving and self-advocating behavior, taking time out, laying down solid new tracks for my spiritual rhythm, finding my long lost inner buddy and renewing our relationship as best friends, and giving way to the sexual prowess in me.

For some reason when I think of Mars in Virgo I think of.... virgin warriors!

Sustainable Personal Relationships!

2012-01-24T09:20:00.000-08:00

As I age gracefully with my body carrying the secret of youthfulness and quietly revealing my own immortality, I reflect on one of my - and life's - most important areas - Relationships & the art of relating! Relationships is where I spend the majority of my time and energy in this lifetime - whether personally, socially, intimately, professionally, creatively, etc. This lifetime I am here to explore the multiple ways of loving with relationships as the container.

Lets look at the same old ancient form of bonding, connecting, growing, loving, living through the frame of sustainability.

In order to survive as a species, James Lovelock, the scientist who introduced the “Gaia hypothesis,” says and believes that sustainable personal relationships are the critical element needed to design, build, and maintain new sustainable social structures. Much of the world currently is in a cycle of social breakdown with increases in domestic violence, child abuse, school shootings, violent regional religious and ethnic conflicts and international wars."

I personally believe that sadly, technology is rapidly advancing faster than the human consciousness and the human spirit.

When I think of sustainable relationships, I conjure images and sensations of relationships that are able to withstand the test of time, move through challenges, break down obstacles, ones that embrace both the light and dark elements of relating and in which each participant is willing to own and be responsible for their internal disruptions - those that assault the relationship; I think in terms of relating-ships that allow both the dark and light to be free without titles or dogmas; I think of virtual vessels that allow each partner the space and safety to be totally naked in mind, body, heart and spirit. I see all as key players in their own evolution, the active exercise of courage to recognize their weaknesses, self-destructive patterns, self-denials, unconscious habits and the willingness to practice vulnerability and communications and articulation of feelings as they purely exist.

I imagine relationships that provide safe space for one to be and to become, relationships based on the principles of naturalism; relationships in which individuals can readily address the role they play and the response-ability to one's own creation, truly embracing the energetic laws of creation from the moment our eyes are open to the moment they are closed. I see new relationship structures of fair partnership, community, sustainability, bartering, fair value exchanges, interdependence and authentic individual liberation. I see and imagine an ever expansion of mind, body, heart & soul. I see relationships as the new currency, as the most valuable commodity and mutable source of existence.

Here's what a few others are saying about Sustainable relationships....

What is a Sustainable Personal Relationship?

Sustainable relationships advance both individual and collective consciousness. In them, people acknowledge they have unhealed developmental traumas from childhood and agree to help each other to heal them. They commit to staying together during the healing process and to resolving conflicts that are rooted in these old traumas. People focus on understanding and changing themselves, rather than changing their partner. They take responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings and behaviors and give help only when it is asked for.

During conflicts, partners become more conscious by recognizing each other as mirrors to discover unseen parts of themselves. They support each other’s emotional and psychological health by negotiating differences and creating healthy boundaries. Partners with children recognize them as teachers and learn from them rather than trying to mold them. They apply these principles to all their relationships and seek to be a model for living together in peace and love. Sustainable personal relationships have the ability to move people from co-dependent, tribal thinking to the interdependent, collaborative consciousness needed to solve global issues, as described by Drs. Janae and Barry Weinhold.

Sustainable relationships are based on principles of interdependence, cooperation, partnership and mutuality. They require people with a commitment to growth and change, a strong sense of Self, well-defined personalities, small egos, compassionate hearts and humanitarian ideals. In sustainable relationships, a central focus is helping each other change co-dependent behaviors, with each person taking responsibility for changing his/her own thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

How to Build Sustainable Relationships

Here are some suggested tools:

• Be willing to ask for what you want directly from those who have it to give one hundred percent of the time. You will know you have learned this skill when you can ask for what you want directly and people will be delighted to give to you.

• Forgive those who may have wounded you in childhood. You are not hurting them by staying angry at them, only yourself. Your choice is to stay angry or to grow up. This applies to both individual & collective ones, racial and cultural ones woundedness.

• Become more aware of your co-dependent behaviors with the aid of self-help books, body work, holistic therapy, meditation, constructive loving criticisms, the development and guidance of intuition. Identify and heal developmental traumas.

• Risk changing your relationships by changing your self so that you can break free of the co-dependency trap.

I believe that the only bridge that will take us to the next level of our evolution is none other than ... the HUMAN bridge. :-)

The Eco-Sensuality of WINE!

2012-01-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

There are few things that we experience with every one of our senses, food and sex being the most obvious, but wine adds more sensuality to both these categories because it can enhance each experience when consumed wisely. With wine, there can be new and different perceptions and added dimensions with each bottle, and with each sip of one wine bottle. Wine is always evolving and aging, from vintage to vintage, vineyards to vineyards, through weather changes and various earth settings - with no limit to the depth or height of sensation that the next glass or sip might provide.

Wine has a visually sensual appeal, starting with the shape of the bottle, its curves and bulges that pleases the eye and invites touch. And course the colors inside the bottle- from translucent ruby red, pale gold, deep burgundy, or sparkling pink - wine not only invites us to admire it for beauty sake, but because the appearance reveals so much about the taste that soon follows.

The sound of a bottle being uncorked teases, triggering an anticipation within our taste buds.

Wine evokes touch beginning with the bottle and on to our lips, to swishing it in our mouths and holding it on our tongue. At every step of the way we are captivated by the smell beginning with the first whiff that comes at the moment of uncorking, followed by the aromas that come alive usually with food based scents such as fruits, vanilla, berries & chocolate, while there are also often musk, funk, dirt, wood and leather- smells of the body and of the earth.

Taste is the sense most clearly linked to wine, and while it’s arguably the reason for drinking it in the first place, the above proves that wine can be an eco-sensual experience long before it hits your lips.

A friend surprised me last week with a bottle of white wine. When I looked at the label and read the name, I laughed out loud, scratching my head, saying.. Oooo! Oooo! Oooo! it's play time... as the sounds and images of monkeying around jumped up and down in my head. The name of the wine was called "Monkey Bay". When I finally opened the bottle and tasted the wine, I immediately loved it and quickly and easily defined and described it as... a GODDESS WINE!! It was soft, seductive, supple, juicy, luscious, and soothing, pleasant, perfect!

Wine art by Leanne Laine – The Women in Wine Artist

The Eco-Sensual Healing Music of the Sun

2012-01-15T07:10:00.000-08:00

‘HOMA’ is a word deriving from the Sanskrit root hu, meaning to offer, to present and to eat. Generally the word homa is used in South India. Homa therapy is the technical term from the Vedic science of bioenergy denoting the process of removing the toxic conditions of the atmosphere through the agency of fire. This means healing and purifying of the atmosphere with fire as the medium. You heal the atmosphere and the healed atmosphere heals you. This is the central idea in HOMA Therapy. The words heal the atmosphere have widespread ramifications that modern science has yet to investigate.

“HOMA” therapy replenishes the nutrients that pollution robs from our environment. The molecular change in the fission and fusion of atoms causes properties of elements to change in atomic structure and weight. The rotation of electronics and neutrons varies in speed,

AGNIHOTRA is the basic form of HOMA Therapy, which corresponds to a circadian rhythm of sunset and sunrise. I’ve been practicing Agnihotra for a little over a year on my own now. Prior to that, for years it was a regular part of our rituals at the Tantra Temple in Baltimore until one day my teacher told me to sit and perform the ritual on my own. It was then time to bring it to my own home and my family. It has contributed greatly to our well being through the purification of the atmosphere in our home and the integration and healing of our body/mind. Each morning at sunrise and in the evenings at sunset I sit down before my altar and perform this ancient Ayurveda tradition. Most times my son will sit with me through the fire burning ritual and meditation, reciting the Agnihotra Homa mantras for each time of the day. The beautiful impact on our lives continue to be pretty astonishing - beginning with our health and well being on all levels – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

SUN RISE

It has been a grounding tool that has anchored me into the rhythms of the sun and allowed me to only begin to tap into its phenomenal healing powers. And it helps enhance my eco-sensual connection with nature and all that is. I have a sunset and sunrise time chart so each morning I make sure that the fire is burning as the sun is rising and likewise for the evening sunset. Minutes of gazing into the fire helps to center and clear my mind and begin my day in a fresh and calm way. I originally learned how to meditate by candlelight. My foundation for meditation is based on the flame so doing Agnihotra comes with great pleasure and for many reasons. Morning and evening daylight possesses great healing power over the various bodily systems. Generally it supports the functioning of the body and promotes health in sick and healthy people. That’s why its wise to take walks before 10am and after 4:30pm to tap into the sun’s healing rays. Combined with Agnihotra, we once again receive the original healing power of natural daylight.

There is a music that accompanies this flood of energy coming from the sun. The Agnihotra Mantras reflect the quintessential sound of this music. In the interplay of the exact timing the copper pyramid, the specific materials used in this fire and the power of the Mantras, a subtle energy channel is created above the pyramid. This energy channel rises through the whole atmosphere into the solar range and Prana or life energy moves freely through this channel.

The healing benefits of Agnihotra are far reaching and you’d be amazed at just how this ritual and the ashes produced by it can extend to so many areas of our personal lives and those around us, the space in our immediate environment as well as the entire eco-system. The ritual nourishes our plants, pets and everything that vibrates in our space. From mouth care, as a massage oil and hair care, to its healing usage for allergies, fears, depression, colds & fevers, skin problems, insomnia, many other physical ailments, as well as the mental and energetic balancing of hyperactive children. One woman reported that after only three weeks of doing Agnihotra, her adolescent son’s grades improved tremendously and so did his overall behavior.

SUN SET

In his book Homa Therapy: Our Last Chance, Vasant V. Paranjpe states, “ Tremendous amounts of energy are gathered around the Agnihotra copper pyramid just at Agnihotra time. A magnetic type field is created, one which neutralizes negative energies and reinforces positive energies. Therefore a positive pattern is created by one who does Agnihotra merely by his/her performance. When Agnihotra is performed, the Agnihotra smoke gathers particles of harmful radiation in the atmosphere and on a very subtle level neutralizes their radioactive effect. Nothing is destroyed, merely changed. When Agnihotra fire is burnt, there is not just energy from the fire but subtle energies are created by the rhythm and Mantras. These energies are generated or thrust into the atmosphere by fire. The pyramid is the power generator, the fire is the turbine. Also consider the quality of materials burnt wherein lies the full effect of this healing HOMA.”

In the ancient science of life, i.e. Ayurveda, it is mentioned that the healing effect of the Agnihotra fire is locked in the Agnihotra ash. On a personal note, I use the smoke of the Agnihotra fire to smudge and clear my womb vibrations and because the ashes are a healing powder I use it as a healing agent for my skin and rub it all over my abs and womb area. Homa Therapy is like a daily eco-sexual rendezvous with the sun, it penetrates me like no other. And it enhances the physical pleasures derived from nature's love making moments and deepens my eco-sensual connection to the earth, sun, moon, and all that breathes and pulsates with the life force.

Cancer Full Moon Rituals!

2012-01-09T10:18:00.000-08:00

Practical Cancer Full Moon Rituals that may call to your Womb:

HONOR THE MOTHER: Cancer rules the zodiac’s fourth house of motherhood, femininity and the womb. (that's where my Sun lies) It’s a good day to pick up the phone or write a letter to your mom or a mother figure regardless of your relationship. You don't have to send it. It's the act that serves as a ritual and is powerful in and of itself. Place a female ancestor photo on your altar and light a candle to channel her divine wisdom. Change your Facebook profile picture to one of you and a special woman in your life or the spirit world. (Mine profile pic today honors a strong female ancestry present in my life.) If you’re a mother, do something to honor yourself. This is the cosmic Mother’s Day. Spend extra time with kids who look up to you, or connect with the people you call family—whether the bond is based on biology or chemistry. Hold someone in your bosom! It's also a breast day so go without one and relinquish the regular confinement of bras.

NOURISH YOURSELF: Cancer is like a cosmic African mother overly concerned about whether you have eaten or are dressed appropriately. Since eating and sucking is part of our nurturing foundation, you may have strong desires to eat a lot during this full moon. Watch that! It’s always wise to eat less during any Full moon. This Cancer Full Moon can be challenging - I warn you. Pay attention to your eating urges for they are most likely emotionally based. Stay in touch with your feelings and do not confuse your need for emotional nourishment with the superficial need to eat. Find a healthy & light comfort food recipe for today. Cancer is all about comfort so watch those milk based foods. Eat foods from the Waters of the earth - the Oceans and seas. Trade recipes today!

ENERGIZE YOUR HOME: Cancer has domain over the domestic department, your nest. It’s a perfect day to get your home in order. Start your New Year’s cleaning and spruce up your pad. Place the Feng Shui Bagua over your floor plan and take a look at each space to see what area needs the most clearing. Pick one area today and make it a sanctuary. Get a water fountain or if you already have one, turn it on and let it flow this entire day. This will bring the negative ions into your nest that will help re-balance the energies in your home.

ENJOY A WATER RITUAL or TWO: Call on the spirit of Yemeya or your preferred water deity or goddess and ask her to share the secret and healing powers of the oceans, seas, rivers and waters of the earth and those within you. And more so, do a ritual to send love and purifying light to heal the waters of our planet that are drying out and filled with pollution, warfare and darkness. It is the perfect time to help heal the womb waters of the earth. Soak in a hot bath today or swim as a ritual to be one with water today. Sprinkle blessed waters in every corner of your house to raise the vibrations or place glasses of water in every corner of your bedroom or home to capture the negative energy. And by all means please drink plenty of water today.

Be patient with yourself and others today. It's a high emotionally charged day and true FEELINGS can get entangled in the MENTAL & INTELLECT world making it difficult to express. Express your FEELINGS today - just don't destroy anything or anyone in the process.

Use the power of WATER today! Focus on the waters of the earth, your body and the waters of your Womb! Remember WATER is related & tied into our EMOTIONS! Water will help keep smooth and flowing.

Have a Green Full Moon! ♥

Mother Yourself!

2012-01-07T10:46:00.000-08:00

As the moon and her soft light glows into fullness the energies and principles of the divine feminine mother are in effect. The goddess force is seeking to nurture you and guiding you to nurture others. She is asking that we all slow down to FEEL and share our FEELINGS with those we love and even sometimes hate.

This is a universal womb time as Cancer is the sign of the womb - the deepest, dark, moist, watery, secretive and most creative space in our physical bodies, the root of where mothering begins. Give your child or friend or mother or lover a hug. Even your pet will appreciate it as I can't stop hugging my big puppy today while I tell him over and over how I love and appreciate him. That's until my son and lover returns home for their own.

Turn your attention inward and shut down the loud noise from all the electronic as well as the chattering human dimension. I shared with a friend earlier this morning - who told me that she's backed down from fb to focus on the home schooling of her children... telling her that facebook (and the other social networking arenas) sucks the life force from your womb and other organs. FB is the biggest f@*king illusion since the invention of television. Shut them all down this weekend and tend to your emotional needs and feed yourself that which your emotional body needs and desires. If you spend more than a total of 2 hours (very lavish there) a day on fb (breaking the hours up) or other social networks you are in danger and probably filled with electronic as well as mental and intellectual anxiety and don't have a clue. You either lack a life and or don't have a relationship with your emotions as well as with nature (Mother earth). And if you don't know what being attached to electronics is doing to you then you are way way out of touch with your FEELINGS!

Another male friend reached out and told me that he has been under the weather. I told him great. The divine feminine has forced you to slow down and be still. Instead of stroking his ego with baby babbles of how sorry I am that he's not been feeling well, I thanked grand ma Moon instead and told him to hug his daughter and spend time with his grand daughter. He loved the idea and is on his way to pick up his grand daughter.

Here's some suggestions for this Cancer Full Moon:

~ Ask yourself What are my emotional needs? Does my physical plans harmonize with them?

~ Review your relationship with your own mother.

~ Give lots of hugs to others this weekend.

~ Lay your head in the lap of someone you love and trust.

~ Take a long hot bath and sprinkle your water with an essential oil. Lavender is highly recommended.

~ Massage your breasts. They will respond nicely right now.

~ Massage your abdomen and womb area and gently talk to your womb and listen to its story.

~ Enjoy the process of fixing a nice healthy meal for yourself and/or your family. But by all means do not overeat during this full moon or any other for that matter. Eat less and drink more water and healthy fluids such as herbal teas & fresh squeezed juices.

~ If you are on your personal moon time, share your blood with the earth.

~ If you are moody/moony and tearful don't try to shut it off. Share your tears with your plants or give them to the earth or a tree outside.

~ Write a love letter to yourself and/or to another.

~ Extend your meditation today. Sit a little longer.

~ Do a gentle womb dance of your own.

~ Again shut down all electronic equipments. (Shall I dare you to do that since its rather impossible for many?)

~ Tonight, sit outside under the moon and listen to its whispers to you.

Crystalizing Our Sexual Waters

2012-01-03T12:43:00.000-08:00

"The waters of our bodies and the earth are to be treated and purified regularly and so should the sexual fluids of both male and female." ~ Surya Angelique Shofar

The quality, smell and shade of the juices that flow from a woman's vagina over the course of a daily and monthly cycle determines her reproductive health and over all well being. And the texture, smell and quantity of seminal fluid from a man speaks volumes on the health and state of his innate sexual vitality.

A healthy vagina has a pleasant odor, a slightly sour taste and is naturally "self-cleansing", says Susun Weed in her new book, Down There. A healthy vagina constantly secretes clear or milky fluids to protect its delicate tissues. These fluids are heavier and more slippery during ovulation and change radically during sexual arousal. According to her, the vagina is naturally more acidic then alkaline.

Although there are ways to help reduce disharmony in a woman's womb ecosystem even the secured practice of celibacy can be penetrated. If a woman feels insecure in her life or uneasy in her home she can produce stress hormones in her body that changes the pH of her vagina killing beneficial acid-loving organisms while allow problematic alkaline-loving ones to grow freely. Secondly those stress hormones thin out the mucus lining which protects the vagina from invasion, compromising her inner most safety and security system.

There are natural ways to cleanse the vagina. And a food that comes up is the cucumber. Once a week, except during menstruation, take a peeled cucumber and insert it into the vagina. Twisting and in-and-out movements cleanses the vagina. The same can be done with the extreme end of the vagina -the mouth. Using a larger peeled cucumber a woman can cleanse her mouth and throat of any bacteria or viruses. And no doubt it is a useful tool in the self-pleasuring moments of many women.

The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia, by Rebecca Wood, confirms that cucumbers are considered nurturing to the bladder, spleen, large intestines and lungs. It is a cold food that treats hot conditions and helps resolve toxins. A cucumber contains more than 90 percent water (more water than any other food except its relative the melon.) Cucumbers are considered an alterative, a food that tends to restore normal health because of its ability to cleanse and purify the blood and gradually alter the excretory process to restore normal body functions. Cucumbers contain a digestive enzyme, erepsin, that breaks down protein, cleanses the intestines and helps expel intestinal parasites, especially tapeworms. No wonder my grandma ate them every day.

The health and well being of a man is easily reflected in the color and texture of his semen. Ladies, in addition to your womb waters, do make sure your partner is giving you healthy semen. According to the ancient Green Dragon tradition an ideal, healthy man ejaculates a large quantity of thick, white semen. Semen that has a grayish color must be avoided because it means he is suffering from some illness. Semen that is clear indicates that the male is an alcoholic or masturbates too frequently, ejaculating only seminal fluid.

A high intake of water is the first step towards clearing the waters of the penis, as well as the vagina. A glass of room temperature water before sex is always a booster for both parties. This empowers the kidneys and their partner the adrenal glands - two leading organs in the quest for sexual vigor. Proper breathing & free air, exercise, fresh live fruits and vegetables and an elimination of junk and artificial food along with the goal of waning off prescription medication will help keep the seminal and vaginal fluids healthy and energetic. Prostate massage can also help with circulation and the release of environmental and other toxins that enter into the body on a regular basis. Keeping the penis head and stem clean promotes good hygiene and health and, of course, wearing earth-friendly underwear helps keep our sexual organs happy and earth mother pleased.

Limiting the frequency of ejaculation along with other ancient chinese and healing tao methods can aid in increasing the volume and quality of semen. Some of ancient tips include:

· Every day place a slice of red ginseng in your mouth until it dissolves.

· Eat crushed walnuts. This helps restore sexual energy, strengthen erections and increase semen quantity.

· Eat cinnamon sticks, licorice root, and fresh pineapple to make semen taste better.

· Limit dairy products and sugar as they make the semen taste bitter or rancid. (no different for women)

Keeping our sexual fluids clear and free reflects good health for earth mother and positively influences the waters of our planet. Everything you put into your body has an ecological effect on the earth. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. However you treat your body is a reflection of how you treat and contribute to the earth's sexual waters and her eco-sensual spirit.

Feeding the Moon Cravings

2012-01-03T07:42:00.000-08:00

Just as plants and the natural living waters respond to the Moon, so do our bodies. Our nutritional requirements and our ability to digest certain foods change with the Moon. Have you noticed that your body does not assimilate all foods the same way every day? Each time the moon visits a new sign it embodies new qualities and its needs and expressions change.

The trend towards eating three balanced meals containing every food group has helped sabotage our intuitive connection with the natural cycles of eating. Since eating has an emotional edge to it, this is something that most women struggle with. I know because I do. I've had a long standing private battle with food. It is my sensual and emotional challenge because it takes me into sensual overdrive - much to my detriment. Eating substitutes or is often an attempt to experience my senses in a variety of pleasurable and tasteful ways through the experience of food. I travel to exotic lands to intermingle with a variety of sexual cultures and the eco-sensual charm of enchanting lands through my choice of food. Other times I really crave those experiences interlaced through the earthly connection with another body - preferably a man. One downside is refusing to stop masticating when the excessive pleasure is causing pain and overflow, while another is the discomfort of it becoming a solo affair. When you have done this for so long, especially during your single days, food becomes the lover you overindulge in. But ultimately, pleasure experienced interchangeably is much more delightful and soulful than in the dark, alone with one's out of sync cravings.

I just captured a video title that says "Orgasm, the cure for hunger in the western woman." Why can't this be on a billboard across the nation and a news flash across the tv screens? A monumental breakthrough for women! Imagine if women were having orgasms more and eating less. Talk about blissful revolution! Or could that also be an evolution? More women would finally have their wombs in place and their voices raised. We'd no longer be wombfully displaced. Did you know there are more shifted wombs (wombs out of place) than you can imagine? This is the root cause for many imbalances in women's overall health and either your doctor don't or won't tell you.

Keeping a log of the types of food that your body calls for and that you enjoy eating during each moon phase is a good start towards establishing a more eco-sensual diet that partners with your moony and earthly needs. But first, get a moon calendar to learn of the demands of each element and phase. With the Moon currently in earthly Taurus, it's traditionally salt days. Yesterday, I was craving more salt than usual and found myself taking in more. During earth moon days (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) salt may be just what your body needs or precisely what you should avoid. Yesterday, I should have avoided salt because I woke up paying the price with irritation. Think about it from an energetic perspective, salt is the most grounding culinary substance and gives food an earthy substantial quality. Too much salt, is too grounding and may make one grasping or greedy.

When I talk about salt I speak of the salts directly from the earth such as himalayan salt -which is all I use now - but yesterday I was out and used mediterranean sea salt which was too harsh for my tummy. Add your salts while cooking. Stop eating the pre-packed chips and artificial commericial snacks even if the label says 'natural'. Don't believe the hype! It's far from being natural. The salt in those artificial substances are harsh chemicals that tear the lining of your digestive system, deplete your calcium level and pollute your womb waters. Don't touch those sodas and sugar saturated drinks nor those instant coffees. Leave the donuts alone and the rest of the dead foods. That's why women pay with horrible, painful menstrual cramps. Your womb is working overtime and hard to break down and release the poison you feed it. But more so, it's sending a message up to you from down there warning you of impending dangerous conditions in formation.

Don't confuse your natural moon cravings with the artificial cravings directed by external factors like food television networks - goddess knows those are in abundance these days, fast food promises, perfect magazine images and even the common dinner date. Learn your moon cycles and eat in harmony with nature's nurturing cycles.

Warrior Tuesday

2012-01-03T06:37:00.000-08:00

It's Tuesday in this part of the hemisphere. The first quarter of the Moon phase is half way through. It'll fully transition into the Gibbous Moon by the time you wake up on Friday morning. The moon is also in the earthly sign of Taurus when more folks are usually grazing the grass like the old cow, but today - Tuesday is the Warrior's Day and is ruled by hot and fiery Mars.

Have you ever noticed that the work week begins on Tuesday? You have lingered over Monday's emotions long enough - recovered from the weekend and tried to ground yourself. It's my day of organizing, clearing, being moony, getting my face on and warming up to step back into the grid come Tiw day. On Tuesday we enter the rat race, fight our own battles, attack piles of work, give orders, make our wills known. We go after the things we want and cast spells to attract the things we need.

"Tuesday" comes from the Anglo-Saxon "Tiwensdaeg", after Tiw, the god of battle. The Romans called this day "dies Martis" after their god of war, Mars (hence the French "Mardi"). I read once that a police station in Florida whose nickname for this day was "Bloody Tuesday" because officers noticed the violence increased. Hot tempers and conflicts can erupt more easily on Tuesdays. But if you've given your inner warrior a meaningful quest, Tiw will bless you with heroism and strength. This morning my son stormed out of the house because I told him to come home directly after school rather than go to the recreation center. I need him - but his body more so - to take a nap to repair his growing body/mind from all the excitement from this New Year's weekend. But of course he is resisting.

As I write this there is a fire truck on my street outside my window. Red all over with flashing lights. Now that is rather martian.

If there is an important task that you've been avoiding, call on the will of Mars to help you accomplish this now - today. Dress the part on Tuesday - wear something that makes you feel empowered and decisive. Pause at the front door before leaving your house. Visualize a sphere of protection, like a suit of armor, surrounding you. As a goddess you can move through the world with grace and poise this day rather than with an armored suit on ready to kill. Weave into your armor some fragrant roses and lavender leaves. Leave your house this Tuesday feeling protected, centered, strong and sweet like the rose you are.

The Eco-Goddess Sex Survey

2011-12-28T12:30:00.000-08:00

Moon Signs & Faces

2011-12-28T08:53:00.000-08:00

Bonjour! Guten Tag! Aloha! Ciao! Moshi Moshi! Alô? ¡Hola! Sijambo! Hey!

As you can see I'm traveling the world today with the MOON as my transporter. Join me!!

So how's your womb today? The Moon is currently in Aquarius but it goes into fertile Pisces at 6:45pm EST today so I ask that you pay attention to the shift as it reveals itself through your womb and emotions, the weather, animals, your plants or garden, the waters and those around you. With the Moon currently in Aquarius many of us have been experiencing an edge of FREEDOM in our WOMBS over the last couple of days, some of us are edging on or feeding that independent, revolutionary spirit, the unconventional vibes of this electrifying and eclectic sign. An air sign Moon has the qualities of hot and moist which is exactly how the weather was last night. Think of a rain forest, teeming with activity, ripe with odors, its green forest leaves busily returning oxygen to the air. When moisture meets heat, there is movement. Think of blood circulating through your veins, air moving in and out your lungs, sound and scents traveling in the wind. Air sign days feel lighter than other days; fresh, alive and in motion. Your eyes may be drawn skyward, to the flight of a bird, leaves rustling in the wind. Your thoughts may be nimble or restless. Our WOMBS do resonate with the MOON and the waters of our bodies go through many different currents and waves of emotions every single month. If you follow the Moon you begin to see yourself through the Moon and be one with your WOMB!

The Moon reflects the light of the Sun, thus it is the Sun's Shadow. It symbolizes your FEELING RESPONSES to life in general and being SUBJECTIVE to the will of others. In CHILDHOOD, while your will was still UNCONSCIOUS, having your SECURITY NEEDS met made you totally DEPENDENT upon others, especially your MOTHER. (I am capitalizing all key words associated with the Moon.) :-)

Consequently, much of your PERSONALITY became conditioned by the HABITS and BIASES of your MOTHER, your FAMILY, CLASS, RACE, etc., for good or ill. Positively this gives you a sense of BELONGING and INNER SUPPORT, whereas negatively it can amount to CLANNISHNESS, a FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN and CLINGING TO THE PAST, which can effectively eclipse your individual sense of being - which is the Sun.

Your Moon-sign position therefore shows how you experience life subjectively, how you REACT to it as a result of maternal and other conditioning. It also shows how you INSTINCTUALLY seek to satisfy your own needs and SYMPATHIZE with those of others.

The Lunar sense comes more naturally to females, so for males they may be attracted to females who embody their Moon-Sign qualities. Thus a man chooses a woman that is like his mother. Sooner or later, through life's experiences and relationships, you come to realize and to express the qualities of your EMOTIONS.

Greening your Womb requires not only that you use natural earth friendly products, practive eco-sex, wearing eco-friendly, clean underwear or none at all; feed it wholesome healthy & green foods and care for it with self touch and to satisfy its insatiable hunger for pleasures and thirst for creation - child or otherwise - but being green in your womb requires that you understand its language, its own unique voice. For although we all carry a womb or come with one - your Womb is an expression of YOU and only YOU!

Do you know the face of your MOON-WOMB? Wise women do!!

What is Vuvla Astrology?

2011-12-25T08:44:00.000-08:00

By: Liaya Aneb Nua

Stripping not required but encouraged! Did you know there is a readily available cosmic connection and map to your vulva’s path of bliss? It is an affirmation of integrity of your Feminine Self. As wombn we often ignore our deeper callings bliss many, many reasons. Earth density being what it is can also serve as a block to our deeper fulfillment. Our vulvas will not be ignored, however.

Throughout our lives either softly or loudly she requires our attention. What I have come to know is that to live life through our bliss core is a birthright. This doesn’t mean there will not be challenges. The third dimension is filled with them. However, being armed with the truth of who you are in love and wisdom can serve as a major inoculation against not manifesting a fulfilling life. We need reminders of who we are truly as the Feminine force. I created the vulva chart to serve as that.

In Vedic or Tantric astrology there is a Goddess for your vulva and womb! Technically it is based on your moon sign, lunar mansion degree, lunar day and Kemetic Ntru and all of the associated energies She reigns over such things as your ruling element, sexual preferences, diet, potential emotional imbalances that may lead to illness as well as healing directions, and path of bliss.

This unique womb signature shares Her secrets with you. You will receive insight into your natal or birth Vulva Goddess as well as where she is in your chart for the birth lunar return. Healing recipes, (herbs, stones, rituals, strengthening sexual practices, mantra/hesi etc.) are also suggested as well as how she communicates with you, her favorite playmates and deepening your contact with her. I also include the way your heart transmits and receives love energy through Venus and Jupiter.

The inspiration for this type of chart came through my involvement with The Temple of Wombn of which Nut Tmu Ankh Butterfly is the chief priestess. Some of my Diva Sisters have received their chart from me and can offer testimony of its value to them (the ones who haven't they're coming Divas!). Upon entering temple initiation I was at a major crossroads in my life. Although having trained and practiced as an astrologer for over 20 years I was in a place where I didn’t want to anymore. I questioned how useful it was.

I was always more interested in using any ‘metaphysical tool’ such as astrology and even yoga as a gateway for shamanic journey healing and alkhemikal sacred sexuality. Most people I’ve done readings for simply do not want that depth of reading or focus. I was ready to give it up. However once I entered initiation in the Temple it gradually became clear to me that the way I practiced astrology came straight from the ancestors.

Even though the Kemetic ancestors did not practice what is known as western astrology they did use cosmic maps known as stars and galaxies as gateways for cosmic astral travel. In the Vedic/Tantric system the force fields known as planets are living entities called ‘grahas which interact with our non-physical selves.

The lunar mansions are Shaktis or energy Goddesses we pass through all the time. Sexual energy is what it is, the fuel that runs any universe. The “Aneb Nua” of my name means “one who seeks mastery of the cosmos.” The alkhemy was there and the resulting offering is vulva astrology—and men, your version is the Lingam or Tekken chart.

In essence vulva astrology is an energy medicine tool which supports your bliss. It honors your deepest yearnings and reveals your personal path. Based on the Tantric lunar goddesses and Kemetic Ntru it reveals and confirms those secrets, passions, and inner knowings we have been taught to ignore. Here is a way to reconnect with this wisdom, joy and fulfillment.

I look forward to playing in this field with those who wish to.

Peace, Liaya

Womb Contemplation

2011-12-25T07:30:00.000-08:00

As womban, we each have and carry a WOMB. Normally, when we talk about the womb and its parts, we talk about what it can do for us, what pleasure we can get from it, how many children it can bring forth, an upcoming routine pap smear or an emergency doctor's visit, menstruation- how long or painful, and the way a man fucked it; a giggle or a whisper, a secret that is shameful. Some hate it or love it, rail against it, or lust for it, accuse it of evil or praise it for its good. Yet most of us understand it far less than we do those other "facts of life." And many have not stood in its presence the way they might with the admiration of a fabulous dress or shoes, a moment of pure awe at nature's magical beauty, or with the same respect for someone idolized, the passion you have for money, or with the same kind of faith you have in a God.

Yet the womb has more power, magic and purpose than we consciously know or have allowed it. A gateway to worlds long forgotten and unknown, it's essence expands the globe and extends beyond the clouds, reaches pass the floors of the ocean; its roots deeper than the oldest tree.

Let us contemplate the meaning of our WOMB. Really really reflect on it, sit in it, taste its essence and drink from it. Let us take some time to just breathe through it and listen to its guidance. When we embark upon a journey to GREEN our wombs, we will then begin to tap into it's ancient wisdom, decipher its codes, hear its song, do its dance, while learning its beautiful, sacred language. May you uncover the womb of your HEART and learn how to live and create from the heart of your WOMB!

The Sexual Healing of Winter

2011-12-24T08:20:00.000-08:00

Divine Sex has its own rhythms and like the seasons of winter it moves in cycles, with peaks and valleys, implosions and explosions, creation and destruction. The seasons symbolize and draw upon the unique sensual qualities and characters of each three month segment. Each season represents a different value, a different portion of our fullness within the mysterious wave of sexual bliss.

Our sexual beat imitates the nature of the winter drums, nature's sexual pulse. Underground and rooted our sexual energy swirls downward and inward planting itself, raising the internal heat that charges our batteries and protecting us from the bites of the cold. With winter's sexual dance we can practice inner alchemy and mend the tattered treads of our sexual soul.

I am sure it will please a lot of people to hear that the purpose of human life is to have great sex! If you saw the movie "Little Miss Sunshine", the grandfather played by Alan Arkin shared the same view and kept telling his grandson to make sure he got a lot of sex before he died. A big regret for many humans as they lay on their dying bed wishing they had had more intimacy and sex while they lived. I believe that nature provides the winter season as an extensive playground with a transparent white blanked wrapped around our nakedness symbolizing the need to purify the frame we've place around our sexuality, while correcting the sexual misconceptions and misunderstandings that is a plague of the human mind.

When winter comes around the land turns barren; the trees and bushes are like skeletons of their former selves layered in shades of greens, yellows and reds that once were. Like the breeze and wind that moves more generously between and through the solid states of nature, love too passes more freely between people and is manifested as family visits, gift giving, acts of charity and the frequency of sexual interactions.

Winter is the strongest yin time of the year. The kidneys, bladders and the Water element all relate to the sex organs and the sexual functions of the body ruling over the genital and reproductive organs, the urethral and anal orifices. It also relates to the urine and sexual secretions. Take extra care of your womb (sexual reproductive area).

I went to college in the mid western state of Minnesota where winter has a big ego. The winter months are the busiest months for sexual activity. Every other Spring, it seems, my oldest sister Rae's mid section would have a big bump. After the long winter months, women begin growing steadily into motherhood. Winter is most likely the most popular season for conception because of the increase in sexual activity during hibernation

We put on inches and pounds in the winter as a means of cushioning and supporting the needed physiological process of expansion that decreased movements and inactivity can inhibit. In fact, people that are disconnected from nature tend to pursue extra outward activities in an attempt to beat the winter blues while resisting the need to be still and quiet. The truth is it is as natural to put on the extra pounds and have the blues during the winter as it is to replenish our energy and conserve our strength during the dark, cold months. Engaging in sex can be the most wholesome activity and ritual. So indulge this winter. Though the aerobic effects of sex are not as apparent as running a marathon, dancing, or weight lifting, the sexual act urges the body and mind to create a happy environment that facilitates healing and wholeness. And the powerful hormones released by women and men during orgasms, extends their connection long after sex.

The New Moon in Capricorn brings an important opportunity to realign your body, mind and spirit with your Soul's sexual path and life's intentions. This may not be the same as the aspirations of one's ego. How can you tell the difference? The soul yearns for healing through divine sacred sexual oneness while the ego is concerned with body images, genital achievements and the battle with all of the diversions encountered through family values, social interactions, political rulings, religious distortion and the rules of society.

Initiating a regular sacred sexual meditation is suitable at this time. It can provide a daily space for introspection of one's own sexual truth; a means to connect with the sexual channels of the body and the individual voices of our sacred bowl - ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder, clitoris, g-spot or the testicles, prostate gland, and the rest of the sexual anatomical family each with their language, quality of energy and a role in our sexual health and total well being. Connecting with the sexual life force on a daily basis creates a door way that takes you where you can see your self naked and in your purest, most natural and majestic state, where a fountain of divine wisdom showers and anchors you into earth's sensuality.

Capricorn is the sign of authority, leadership and time. And nature gives us the regular times, rhythms and reasons for the seasons. Capricorn initiates a new season and offers us a time to question how authority reigns over and imprisons our bodies, minds and spirits. To whom did you give your sexual power? Where did you leave it? The government? The media? The church? Your doctor? Your boss? Your parents? Your spouse? The outer leaders have let us down. They have tarnished the beauty of sex; they have used our sexual greatness against us. They have kept us in the dark as a means to control us and they have put a cap on the wellspring of our sexual infinity.

This Capricorn New Moon is a good time to reflect on our outer leaders and how and why they have let us down. What do we learn from it? How can we be empowered by this 'let down'? This 'let down' that has created an epic proportion of depression within women - in particular. This "let down' that has compromised the integrity of our sexuality and disrupted our connectedness to the cycles of nature. Every time our outer leaders let us down, the shadow Capricorn response is depression. We are angry but we are limited and restricted in our ability to express the madness and say HELL NO! NO MORE!! At times we need Capricorn's compelling antidote of ASPIRATION - the hope and ambition of achieving something. Sexual liberation and the healing of our sexual spirit would be an excellent goal to start with.

Now is the time to...... TAKE IT BACK!

Love,
Surya

The Balsamic Butterfly Moon

2011-12-23T06:21:00.000-08:00

The Balsamic phase of the Moon cycle is the three days before the New Moon when the waning crescent can be seen an hour or so before Sunrise. The Balsamic Moon is called the "Wishing Moon" because this is a good time for sending wishes to the Moon. The Balsamic moon phase coincides with my personal progressed Moon phase which says take appropriate action. At this time the Moon is chasing the sun at a 45 degree angle, slowly gaining up to meet up, kiss, make 'moonsun' love and become one during the New Moon.

A wish made at the Balsamic Moon is more likely to come true because needs are felt more deeply now. The more deeply a need is felt, the more invocative energy goes into the Moon cycle and the more likely this need will be met. Fulfillment comes at Full Moon in response to what is seeded at the New Moon. Seed intentions may be more consciously sown when the Crescent Moon appears.

The balsamic Moon is said to relate to one's commitment to destiny, so whenever the Moon is placed in this position it is at a very crucial point, and attention should be made to the earthly events that occur during such an astrological configuration. The balsamic moon also is said to relate to healing and rest, since it is the last phase before the New Moon.

YOUR BALSAMIC BUTTERFLY MOON TASK
Here's what you can do during this Balsamic Moon which is also the Dark of the Moon with a 3 day period before the New moon.

Pick one drawer, one corner, one cubby or perhaps one little space in your basement or garage and CLEAR IT NOW. I chose my office desk and the book case that sits next to it as well as the table that holds my CDs, DVDs and other junk. This is my last day to finish up the clearing process. When I started on Wednesday, I began to feel the shift happen inside of me, a noticeable lightness and a surge of extra energy.

Just don't make a big deal about doing this. As Michael Jordan says, "Just Do It!" Otherwise you will find every excuse not to. Make sure you target a manageable space - nothing big - like one of those cluttered spaces that nags you. Toss what you don't need. Consider a simpler life. Now do the same with one of your mental closets. Release an attachment that binds you. Then rest.

In clearing a physical or mental space you make a metaphysical statement: You're changing your environment and your mind. You're inviting something better and new to pour in at the next waxing moon. This is one of the most potent times in the entire lunar cycle, when you prepare by dissolving, detoxing, letting go. Eat light. Drink lots of water. Reduce stimulation before bedtime. You may enjoy particularly inspirational dreams. Cultivate peace. Practice the art of refraining. Reflect events around you like a still, serene pond.

BASKING LIKE A BUTTERFLY
Butterflies in winter? Why not? When a butterfly wants to rest it will land on a flower and slowly spread its wings. The butterfly is "basking", which literally means - "to lie in or expose oneself to a pleasant warmth or atmosphere." Butterflies couldn't fly without moments of basking: cells in the design of their wings work like solar batteries. From the warmth of the atmosphere, they collect the energies that power their future flight. At the Balsamic Moon solar energy is low. The Moon reflects just a sliver of sunlight. This is nature's sign that it's time to bask. Stop your flight. Find your flower and spread your wings. Gather energy from the warmth that is around you. A secondary meaning of "basking" is "to take pleasure in your circumstances." When you find something to enjoy in your life right now, you're actually gathering the energy that will power your forward movement at the next Moon cycle.

MOON WATCH
Friday: The moon is currently in Sagittarius and will enter Capricorn and become New at 8:47am on Saturday, December 24th. The Moon is still in a fire sign all day today. The Sun is sure to shine. Relax by feeding your soul dance Do something pleasurable, something self-expressive and creative; read inspiring literature, pray. This is supposedly a good day for a horseback ride. I don't own one but I love them and do know that the Sagittarius Moon is a good time for widening your horizons. If you can't go someplace exotic today, as you drift to sleep tonight, imagine yourself waking up tomorrow in another country... feel the excitement of new possibilities.

Saturday: Relax during this earth Capricorn New Moon by getting into motion (inactivity can lead to melancholy). Don't skip the gym, hike through nature, take a walk. Enjoy the strong steady feeling of being more grounded when you're done. If you decide to do your moving in your own garden, this is a good Moon for weeding (taking things out at the root.) But even better, lay out a new stone path or reposition the fences. It's a good Moon for laying cornerstones.

This Balsamic Moon phase, I am creating my "Green Womb & Earth Sexy" group/community on facebook. Please join us for an expedition through the WOMB!!

Wishing you an Eco-sensual and Green Holiday Season!

Love, Surya

TOOT YOUR HORN: A Ritual for the Capricorn New Moon

2011-12-22T11:56:00.000-08:00

This new moon ritual is too hot not to drop on you. I got it from my moon astrologer friend - Simone Butler. Take it and make it happen. Love, Surya

RITUAL FOR THE CAPRICORN NEW MOON

Tooting Your Horn

The Capricorn New Moon (9:30 p.m. PST on Dec. 24) initiates a new cycle for your work and higher calling. With all the planets in forward motion from Dec. 25 thru Jan. 22, it’s a great time to launch something new, or renew your commitment to the work you love.

It’s time to activate your Fame gua – the area of your home directly opposite your front entry. Add some red or fiery elements to this area, or a symbol of the work for which you’d like to become known. Then, perform this ritual as near to the New Moon as possible.

You will need: Access to a computer, or pen and paper, and a red candle.

Being recognized for your accomplishments, talents or opinions can bring up insecurities. The New Moon period that covers the next month is about putting yourself out there despite any fears. You may want to start on a small scale. At the New Moon, commit to doing one of the following:

* Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about a timely issue that matters to you. Be bolder than usual in the way you express yourself.

* Do a blog or Facebook post, expressing a potentially controversial opinion about something, or tooting your own horn in some way.

* Approach an authority figure about hiring you, or buying, publicizing or representing your work. Express confidence in your abilities.

At the New Moon, light a red candle and affirm your courageous next step, along with the results you’d like to see in terms of acknowledgment and recognition. Then, follow through, do what’s required to manifest your intentions, and see what happens!

Being the Queen of Water!

2011-12-19T05:02:00.001-08:00

Today I chose the Queen of Water - Receptivity in the Osho Zen Tarot deck as my daily meditation card. It happens to be one of the most befitting cards for the energy of this day and the intuitive messages it births. It's a fertile day. And this card says that "receptivity represents the feminine, receptive quality of water and of the emotions. Her arms are extended upward to receive and she is completely immersed in the water. She has no head, no busy and aggressive mind to hinder her pure receptivity. And as she is filled she is continuously emptying herself, overflowing, and receiving more. The lotus pattern or matrix that emerges from her represents the perfect harmony of the universe that becomes apparent when we are in tune with it.

The Queen of Water brings a time of unboundedness and gratitude for whatever life brings, without any expectations or demands. Neither duty or thought of merit or reward are important. Sensitivity, intuition and compassion are the qualities that shine forth now, dissolving all the obstacles that keep us separate from each other and from the whole."

Mondays are especially devoted to the Goddess spirit. It's Moon Day at the Eco Goddess Temple. For over a decade and a half, I have merged with Mondays as the day of reflection and communion with the divine feminine spirit. A day of calmly whistling while I work, of sprucing and uplifting my inner home and my external temple through the carved out domestic meditation practices of the woman - laundry, washing, cleaning, cooking, organizing. Moon day is a day of taking pleasure in the spirit of receptivity, soaking in the mist of silence, indulging sensual awareness, tuning up for a listening that comes from the breath, a oneness with the cells and the audio vibrations of my body magnifying and expanding so that I can hear a spider sneeze or an ant snore.

The quality of the Moon makes its essence apparent on this day, however, more people than not seem to work against the natural order. Monday in the matrix is a day of high activity, of goal setting and high expectations, a day of anxiety over the start of a new work week when the play energies of the weekend still lingers. Monday is the most stressful day of the week. This is so because man has made this a day of doing when it is naturally a day of being, a day of action, when it wants to be a day of reception. This goes against the nature of nature, turning it inside out and upside down.

From an eco-sensual perspective, I've often reflected on how this underlying energetic misalignment is negatively and visibly affecting the human body and mind while shooting a hole in the web of human consciousness. Sunday (Day of the Sun), bears the masculine qualities and is a day for being active and productive rather than the day that God rested. Monday (Day of the Moon) is a feminine day embodying the receptive qualities of the moon not naturally a day for initiating work (slavery) or pursing financial gain (greed). Even the fish and the flies know this.

I love being the Queen of Water today. To me that means carrying the crown of emotional freedom and awareness, activating compassion in my heart for the forms of live that appears on my visual screen of the world outside of me; to me it means breathing deeply with each step I take and move I make. To be the Queen of Water requires that I listen from my womb and honor the messages generated and wisdom that it regenerates. It means to reward myself with the healing touch of my own heart filled hands, to massage my own breasts while watching its two eyes flutter back at me in the mirror; to be receptive is to consciously immerse in the waters of my own womb like a grown fetus that feels at home.

To be Queen of Water today means to indulge in the sacred sexual secrets of the divine feminine and restore my fountain of youthfulness that springs from the valley between my legs; it means to dance with immortality as a Tigress inhaling the Dragon's breath, to cultivate and arouse my sexual flame, to absorb and tame the male sexual energy for divine illumination of my mind.

To be Queen of Water today means to clear and crystalize the creeks and rivers that flow in my inner tropical rain forest; to shape up the hedges and cut the wild strands that grow on the landscape of my physical contour; to feed the exotic wild life that runs free in me; to clear out the pollution from my own carelessness and the garbage that others dumped on me. To be Queen of Waters is to navigate my own inner thunderstorm and witness the perfect destruction from my inner tsunami, it means to rise with the glow of my moon and retire with the setting of the sun.

When I assume the role of emotional Queen, adorned with a green cloak, micro-cosmic orb spinning around me, vortex moving through my central vertical column, I can calmly listen to my internal family of emotions with each their own unique quality and individual expression, yet all binded by being birthed from the same source. Being the Queen of Water, I can weave a beautiful vibrant quilt of oneness with all the various designs, colors, textures and patterns I am so I can wrap it around the goddesses that swim towards me.

When I am Queen of Water, I can pick fresh vegetables, healing herbs, radiant fruits and earthy eats from my biodynamic garden where they are sun kissed and drenched with glittering moon drops which feed bodies and nurture hearts and sooth wombs. Like a sensual nymph of alchemy, I can carve the sweetness of apples into pies, juices, spices, jams, ciders and wine, I can diffuse the wisdom of sage into the waters of my body; and with fire I can smudge the temple to nurture and balance its ecosystem.

When I pull the Queen of Water, "I am all ears". I can hear the pulse in the leaves of my plants, the whisper of the pedals of my flowers; I can hear the tapping of a squirrel on a tree, I can hear the sun roar at me, with its firey heat waves flooding my heart, its hot melting lava trickling down into my left hand.

When I am Queen of Water, I can listen with my womb-heart and be loving and affectionate, be a warm-hearted mother, a tender eco-friend, a protective sister or wise grandmother. I can wear the many divine feminine masks and top each expression.

Or I could get lost in the dark currents and sounds wave frequencies of my womb, get swallowed up by the fantasy and dreams of my vulva, or be flooded by the explosion of the fluids that gush out of the emotional damn in my vagina when I let of the dam that holds up the waters of the painful past.

It is my day for healing, the day I woke up in the Waters of the Queen. It is my day to be a passage, a passivity, a receptivity, a womb for other wombs, a day I am fem-i-nine; a day that I arrive at the gates of the sacred divine courtyard where the Superior Force and Source recycle. Today I am in heaven, in earth's paradise where courtesans, consorts, concubines, white tigresses, empresses, queens, bitches, sacred prostitutes, female taoists, dakinis, princesses, mermaids, witches, sorceresses, and all the expressions and cultures of the divine feminine gather around the magical sacred waters that resonate the receptivity of the sacred mother, eco-sensual queen of water as she softly whispers... "Come lay your head on my bosom."

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LISTEN TO THE SUN

"The Sun is playing a secret melody, hidden inside itself, that produces a widespread throbbing motion of its surface.
The sounds are coursing through the Sun's interior, causing the entire globe, or parts of it, to move in and out, slowly and rhythmically like the regular rise and fall of tides in a bay or of a beating heart." (Kenneth R. Lang)

Wet Moon Musing

2011-12-17T06:40:00.000-08:00

Waters are rising as the Moon grows into its fullness. Micro ponds scattered upon her body sketching a wet portrait of the landscape; Earth’s sexual beans percolating as she offers you a sip of her erotic morning freshness. The stimulating aroma is the gradual awakening foreplay that rouses the cells in the assortment of organisms that her body gracefully nurtures and hosts. Fluids fill her swollen lips as the sky ejaculates with millions of drips from its pure orgasmic juices seeping through her dark, crunchy and salty body.

The eggs of the tiniest creatures come into formation through the sweet sensual fluids and the rising of Earth’s sexual energy springing up from the nurturing waters of her womb and the fire in her heart that kindles her body with eternal warmth.

This is my birth Moon in Taurus. This moon creates a fertile garden where love seeds play and dreams dance naked. I walk outside and stand in the muddy, cushiony forms that kiss me feet, I lie and roll on her fairly firm bed, rolling all over her madness that contour and hold up my feet. With arms stretched apart I slowly part my lips, the thousand drips of the sky’s juice land like moist pedals on my silky facial skin. The cooling rays of the feminine pregnant Moon infused with the spices of the masculine erect sun while the drenched earth kneads the sole of my feet.

Social Moon Time

2011-12-14T06:58:00.000-08:00

We are in the DISSEMINATING MOON phase (Dec. 14 - Dec 17)

Celebrate Your Life!!

In the West we can get so focused on what we don't have, we may forget to honor what we do. There is magic in celebrating what you've already created. Metaphysicians know that acknowledging what's good in your life draws even more good your way. You can do this by making a list. But during the Disseminating Moon phase, its even better to talk about it. This is a social moon. Do you have a good friend with whom you can do a little bragging? Let them know what you nave in mind. Make a date when you can share all the positive things that have happened in the last two weeks. Agree not to mention anything negative. Notice how you feel at the end of your mutual celebration. This is how it feels when you dance in your energy of success.

The MOON is in LEO (until Thursday @ 10:58pm est) - give into spontaneous heart-felt impulses! Visit the florist on your lunch hour. Choose sunflowers, marigold - yellow flowers inspire sunny thoughts. Allow your playful spirit to be infectious today. Experiment with jasmine and juniper oils; they can soothe the heart and relieve stress. Experience a heart awakening of some kind. Massage your heart center around your breasts/chest; deep breathing can help fuel the flame in your heart.

Feed your heart chakra and heal emotional hurts with foods such as:

* Leafy vegetables: spinach, kale, dandelion greens, etc.
* Air vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, squash, etc.
* Liquids: green teas
* Spices: basil, sage, thyme, cilantro, parsley

ABUNDANCE EXERCISE:

A clenched fist that holds on to what it has is also a hand that can not receive. Energetically, we give and receive with the same chakras. To increase the flow of abundance coming your way, be sure to regularly prosper others. During this Moon phase, make a point to give a gift to someone who needs it. This should be easy since its the holiday season and a time of giving and receiving. Don't think of this gift as an X-mas gift. Think of it as a gift of abundance you give to someone else. Notice how amazingly good this feels.

Your Report Card for Mercury Retrograde

2011-12-12T13:27:00.000-08:00

“According to figures from the Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the percentage of late flights into and out of La Guardia Airport during the past three summers rose to 24.6 during Retrograde periods from 22.8 during non-Retrograde periods. What's more, during the past three years, claims of mishandled domestic baggage rose to 5.44 per 1,000 passengers during months when Mercury spent more than half the time in Retrograde from 5.38 per 1,000 in months when the planet was not in Retrograde. That works out to one extra lost bag per 15,000 passengers.” Those are not hugely impressive numbers, but they are objective enough to help us believe that Mercury Retrograde’s effects are quite real.

To think of the Mercury Retrograde period as simply “bad” is a very simpleminded kind of astrology. It is indeed bad for certain things - and quite excellent for others. When a planet is Retrograde it is going back into earlier degrees of the zodiac. It is returning to ground it has already covered, in other words. And it is encouraging us to do exactly the same thing, “on earth, as it is heaven,” so to speak.

So how has the retrograde unfolded for you? Did you finally see what you've overlooked or been blind to? Did you get a chance to catch a past error and to how it was no accident but a much needed event although you missed it?

During Mercury Retrograde we attempt to go against nature's currents because we are totally out of sync with the energies. Accidents are plenty and in various forms. The biggest tip I offer those around me sleep more, get plenty of rest, slow down, do less, your past is trying to catch up with you to help you see it in a whole new light.

A client of mine has been having a very challenging retrograde time. He has locked his keys in his car at least 3 times now, had near miss car wrecks, car skids and other challenges as he is currently separated from his fresh new wife that he's been married to for less than a year. Much is coming up for the both of them as I observe that they each handle this separation in slightly different ways with 'Fear' as the common factor. Is this retrograde a blessing in disguise for them to see what they could not see in the brief time they've been together with so much quarrels and fights? Will they see that they have worked on the material aspect of their relationship - first their physical meeting and the sudden marriage proposal, an elaborate wedding, the purchase of a new home, the arrival of new baby, new jobs, quitting an old one and a new life together - all under a year, leaving the spirit of their relationship and themselves to suffer? Did they sacrifice the emotional and spiritual - non-material - aspect of their relationship for that which can crumble and fall?

We are all about to get our report cards on how well we did with this Mercury Retrograde period from which we are now emerging. Mercury goes direct tomorrow but the ripple effects last a few days after.

Mercury entered Sagittarius on November 2. Sagittarius correlates with your basic beliefs. That means your philosophy of life, but also your fundamental explanation of “what is going on” in your life. You have been invited, since Mercury turned Retrograde on November 24th, to reflect upon errors and bad assumptions in your understanding. No one likes to do this - and Sagittarius is linked to the universal human desire to be “right!” Yet you have been afforded a chance to reflect on your mistaken attitudes and to weed out beliefs that will make a monkey of you if refuse to see them.

On December 13, Mercury goes Direct. You will be plunging ahead, unfettered. Wisely? Stupidly? Thinking you are bullet-proof? Believing you are right about everything? Setting yourself up to say “oops” in a few weeks? Or will you have have used this Retrograde Sagittarian Mercury period to sort out facts and truth from errors and comforting lies? Were you patient, humble, and reflective - or did you light the fuse on a firecracker in your back pocket?

From January 8 through 27, Mercury is passing through Capricorn, a sign that is linked to commitments and “getting real.” This is the “grown-up world,” and it will up the ante. Will you actually buy that sports car that will only make you miserable - and your chiropractor happy? Or will you harvest the sweet fruits of patience and reflection.

To use Mercury Retrograde periods to sort ourselves out is the aim. Exactly what we are sorting out we can deduce from knowing the sign in which Mercury is moving. (If you are an astrologer, it helps to know the House through which Mercury is passing, and the aspects it is making too). In this case, the sign was Sagittarius, so the errors were tied into our beliefs.

Next Retrograde period. Mercury will make its Station in Aries on March 12, 2012, but then Retrograde back into Pisces on March 23rd, turning Direct there on April 4th. You may, for example, be given a chance to reflect on the right (or wrong) balance between aggression (Aries) and surrender (Pisces). And by fighting that war in your head, you may avoid fighting it in the world.

Mercury’s retrograde periods give us a chance to weed out our thoughts, to go back over our assumptions, to filter out mistakes and rationalizations. If we use it that way, it can be a precious, productive period.

** Excerpts from Your Mercury Retrograde Report Card by Steven Forrest

MOON WATCH: Earthly Pleasures-R-Us!

2011-12-06T07:14:00.001-08:00

Our radiant Moon has just entered the beautiful, sensual sign of Taurus on this damp and sun-shy morning. Taurus combines the warmth of the Sun with the cozy warmth of Lady Venus and the Force behind this sensual sign is Comfort - with a capital "C". Earthly Pleasures-R-Us! I know intimately because I am a recipient of a Taurus Moon combined with Jupiter so with me I am and need plenty of that. I love fuzzy quilts, soft blankets, lots of pillows, warm soft clothing on my skin, a zen garden in my home, walking barefooted or naked at other times, long, hot bubble baths, naturally scented candles, earth's healing stones, aromatherapy -bergamont, lemongrass, lavender, ylang ylang, sweet orange are a few of my favorite.

I am playing music in the background which lingers from my intense dance work-out this morning. I am still moving my body and enjoying the power of the invisible musical waves that flows through every cell in me. Snapping my finger and really feeling good, I am immersed in the essence of this Moon as it touches me natally. We Taurus influenced folks love to be in Venusian situations, we absolutely enjoy art galleries, restaurants, beautiful home and spaces and more. And its always a delight being around Venusian people I love - doing Venusian things. If you have any Venus ruled friends then get together with them during this Taurus Moon.

With the Moon in Taurus until Thursday at 6:34pm it's a great time to listen to music, pick fragrant flowers from outdoors or buy some, work in the garden, spruce u your home space or office or engage in other experiences that give you pleasure. Yes, its also a delicious time to make love to yourself or another. It's a touchy, feely time so indulge your senses in a healthy way.

Since Taurus rules the throat - our avenue of expression and channel of creativity - it's also the best time to do something that can soothe and balance that part of the body. A nice soothing cup of herbal tea with a lemony, honey natural flavor, sweet rose or even an apple cinnamon spice infusion are a few nice options. A massage to the neck and shoulders using a few drops of lavender essential oil can be quite beneficial. Taurus also governs the thyroid gland so singing will open up your creative channel. Enjoy the sound of your own voice. And if you are having a sore throat or stiffness in your neck or developing a cold then this may mean you've been swallowing words that need expressing. The wise counsel says avoid surgery of tonsil or teeth during this time.

Make sure to particularly protect your throat and ears during the Taurus Moon. A great day for scarves if its chilly outside. Taurus is all about sensuality & the senses while the moon is about feeling & our emotions. Connect the two and engage in experiences that evoke pleasure or allow you to give pleasure to another. Your kinesthetic senses may be especially heightened during this time and can serve as an additional tool to tune into how you feel about certain situations and people.

So how are you feeling during this Taurus Moon? Notice the connection between the Moon and the events that take place in and around you? I'd love to hear how you are experiencing this sensual Taurus Moon which lasts until Thursday, the 8th of Dec at 6:34pm est and them off to Gemini it goes. So enjoy it and remember to give lots of hugs and kisses to those you love today. Those hugs will have a magical touch that will be especially warm and healing!

Lost Between the Moons

2011-12-02T10:17:00.001-08:00

The title of this blog is one way to describe a Moon "Void-of-Course". And I am writing this one precisely at the onset of a very long void-of-course. The Moon just left Pisces a little after 1pm est and is now in between or in the gap before it reaches its next destination - the Aries zone - a little after 8pm est tomorrow night. That's a 31 hour void-of-course.

The transient void-of-course Moon is not the time to start new things, force issues or carry out important negotiations. Neither should we go on a shopping spree, unless we like having "useless" unused or unusable items just taking up space. I have a couple of pieces that I purchased and never wore. It's either hanging in my closet, standing without my feet in them or tucked away in my jewelry box. Sounds familiar? This is a time to kick back, relax, meditate, and to tend to unfinished tasks; an excellent time to polish off creative projects and those requiring imagination.

Before looking further at the natal void-of-course Moon, let's focus on the Moon's role first. It is the heavenly body, which reflects the rays of the Sun. The Sun is vitality, ego and the most prominent planet in the natal chart - the Moon shows its reflection. Reflection is an interesting phenomenon, pick up a photograph of yourself or stand in front of the mirror. Does one of your eyebrow sit higher or is there a birthmark on one side of your face? If you're naked, does one of your breast appear bigger than the other? Do you look like the picture you hold up? You may say no while another may say yes. Fascinating isn't it? You see the opposite of that image reflection in the mirror. Now think about the reflection of ourselves that others bring for us to see of ourselves that which we see in them and deny seeing or accepting in ourselves.

When it comes to our Moon expressions - there is no right or wrong reaction, responses or emotions. There are simply difference. So an Aries Moon woman will not respond emotionally the same as a Gemini Moon woman. The Aries Moon woman reacts instantaneously and does something about it while the Gemini Moon woman wants to talk about it first. Someone with a "void-of-course" natal moon will react totally different. In fact you are likely to get no reaction from them, at the very least it is not an apparent, visual response. They have a different perspective than we "on-course-moon" people. As for "void-of-course" people, there is incredible depth to their perceptions and immense control over their reactions. It is, as if they know something that us on-course-Moon people cannot fathom.

Knowing the Moon sign and emotional language of yourself and your lover or significant other can help you determine emotional compatibility and help you better understand how you and your partner or friend responds emotionally to life. Most relationships fail, fall apart or are emotionally draining and destructive because each person may be speaking a different emotional language. This means poor emotional communications and a very low emotional IQ (intelligence quotient).

During "void-of-course" moon times, people are non-committal, almost indecisive, less focused on the practical issues of life and temporarily without a focused direction. If you want a loan, a new job, or to avoid a tax audit, proceed with Moon thusly placed and you'll have nothing to worry about or nothing will come of it.

Moon void-of-course times are best enjoyed with flexibility and a sense of going with the flow. Finish up the old and if you can, just sleep it off and enjoy the moments of being lost between the moons.

Back Down "Green" Memory Lane

2011-11-20T07:24:00.001-08:00
With a smile on my face and in my heart this Sunday morning, I recall the very first "greenhouse" in my life. I grew up on the West Coast of Africa where Green Living was in effect well before I was even born. Organic foods, water and energy conservation, pesticide free foods growing in my back yard, hormone and drug free chicken and meats, natural clothing, coconut trees standing tall outside my window and coconuts lacing the grounds, fruits waiting to be picked. These were a few of my favorite green things.

I came on this planet through a "Green Birth". I arrived by way of a natural birthing process with the help of a midwife and I was transplanted near the Atlantic Ocean. I was the only child out of 4 daughters who's womb journey and live path would be natural, earthy and green. While growing up, I was teased here and there by my family. They would say that I'd one day become a Nun or that I should start my own church. I believe the Nun description came from a lack of title or words to describe me; the idea originating from our Catholic foundation that we grew up in. But I was and am far from being a Nun, although I was surrounded by them at school and church, there is no way that I would sacrifice the pure pleasure of intimacy and sex for anything or any one. My spiritual interests and practices have always been that of an eco kind, sensual, heart focused and experiential rather than religious. And being of a dominantly earth element (Capricorn/Taurus), my pathway through life has always gravitated towards the natural, the real, the earthy.

My first encounter with a greenhouse was when I was an adolescent. My mother's best friend was probably the only woman who owned and cultivated a "greenhouse" in my entire country. I was named after her. Angelique is our name. She was my beloved godmother. And I always looked forward to visiting her with my favorite part being the tour of the greenhouse and the German Shepards she owned. Aunt Angelique was married to a dentist - Uncle Jake. They had 5 children - two of the boys became doctors. Michael became a physician and Francis became a dentist like his father. The girls were Donna and Ann. And there was Samuel Jerome (SJ) and Jamie who were nephews that lived there. (Jamie used to be a boyfriend of mine. He once got bitten by one of the Shepards and instinctively bit the dog back.) My Aunty Angelique was as beautiful and graceful as the flowers she grew in her greenhouse. She was gentle and very feminine in nature with a soothing and soft voice just like the complexion of her milky skin.

I was fascinated by this glass house - open and visible on all sides - where very lush and green plants and flowers grew constantly. I would sometimes arrive and Aunt Angelique would be in her greenhouse with her gloves on. I'd find her squatting or kneeling on the ground with her hands digging in the soil, fertilizing, planting or with a water jug in her hand feeding and hydrating her babies - plants. To tell the truth, I had no of idea of the environmental or ecological value of this glasshouse called a greenhouse. Although, I also had those squirming moments of seeing creepy crawly creatures and an occasional snake, I grew up loving its spirit, its beauty and a growing desire to one day have my own. I still want to own one and can see it as an annex to my retirement property.

Until then, I love having plants in my home space. Houseplants improve indoor air quality. They add oxygen to the room’s air by the process of photosynthesis. They also add humidity to the air by the process of transpiration. Both of these factors make the air healthier for us to breathe. Indoor house plants remove toxins from the air given off by the materials used to build, decorate and furnish our houses and offices. These toxins include benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene. They also help to rid the rooms of other pollutants generated by furnaces, stoves and smoking.
House plants make a beautiful addition to any indoor space. They add color and texture to the room. Attractive indoor house
create impact and give life to any home. So when I go to other people's homes and I see it laced with plastic plants and flowers it always tells of story of the depths of the individual's artificiality.

There are various types of greenhouses. A home greenhouse can be attached to a house or garage, or it can be a freestanding structure. The chosen site and personal preference can dictate the choices to be considered. An attached greenhouse can be a half greenhouse, a full-size structure, or an extended window structure. There are advantages and disadvantages to each type. My Aunty Angelique owned a freestanding structure. It stood on its own, detached and was located on her home property separate from her house. Find out more about planning and building a Greenhouse.

I have learned that much of the sun's energy reaches earth as visible light. Of the visible light that enters the atmosphere, about 30% is reflected back out into space by clouds, snow and ice-covered land, sea surfaces, and atmospheric dust. The rest is absorbed by the liquids, solids, and gases that constitute our planet. The energy absorbed is eventually remitted, but not as visible light (only very hot objects such as the sun can emit visible light). Instead, it's emitted as longer-wavelength light called infrared radiation. This is also called "heat" radiation, because although we cannot see in infrared, we can feel its presence as heat. This is what you feel when you put your hand near the surface of a hot skillet. Certain gases in our atmosphere (known as "trace" gases because they make up only a tiny fraction of the atmosphere) can absorb this outgoing infrared radiation, in effect trapping the heat energy. This trapped heat energy makes the earth warmer than it would be without these trace gases. This means that a lot of the light we see during the day is a reflection of the sun's light on the earth. Fascinating eh?

Community Supported Agriculture

2011-11-09T12:42:00.000-08:00
"Let Food be your Medicine and Medicine be your Food"
Hippocrates in 400 BC

Please consider joining the Winter CSA season and telling your friends about it too.

Appreciate and enjoy an array of items offered weekly for your whole menu, all biodynamic or organic nutrient-dense foods, cooking and eating according to the seasons, and perhaps most important this year is supporting good farm and the spirit of community!

It is a blessing to serve the table with the certainty that your family is nourished with food free of chemicals, hormones and genetically manufactured products and to be supporting farms that heal the earth and protect our food supply.

301-654-4899, box 5 or spiritualfood@schooloflife.org

Go to www.spiritualfoodcsa.org for more information.

SPIRITUAL FOOD CSA
Winter/Spring Registration Open Now
November 30 2011 – May 23, 2012

Crisp fall apples, fresh winter greens, hearty warming veges for cold Winter days
Support excellent farmers --- and --- food security

Season Schedule: November 2011 – May 2012; 6 months, 24 weeks
o pick up weekly on Wednesdays
o Location: Bethesda, Arlington, Takoma Park, or Washington Waldorf School
o skip 2 weeks at the end of the year (holiday)

Shares include:
o Greens and other vegetables, roots, herbs, fresh fruit, dried fruit, whole grains including sourdough (no yeast) bread, legumes, eggs, cheese, yogurt, homemade pasta, and specialty items to try
o 100% Biodynamic and Organic ; Local/Regional
o There is one share size designed for couple or small family. Single people who love good food and home cooking can use one share. People who are single, travel a lot, or are just getting started with eating whole foods often prefer to split a share with a partner.
o A volunteer opportunity, not mandatory but necessary to run the CSA

Registration forms available
o on the website
o attached to the e-mail announcement
o at pick up sites

Share Price: $900
o Payment: Lump sum or 3 installments of $300 ea dated Nov 1, Jan 1 and Mar 1
o Early Bird installment schedule is Nov, then Jan 1 and March 1 for $300

Half Shares: Partner with a friend, neighbor, relative, co-worker or we can help you find someone to split your membership. You could pick up alternate weeks or divide the share in half every week.

To find out more about . . .
* Why Biodynamic * Why We Love CSA * Volunteering * FAQs * How to use the Food
* Social Transformation * Who is the School of Life . . and to meet the farmers visit us at www.spiritualfoodcsa.org
Spiritual Food CSA >> 301-654-4899 box #5

On The Spiritual Food CSA

Things have changed since we began operation in 1998:

v There is a high level of awareness of the food/health connection – more people want real food: unprocessed and not tampered with
v People are concerned about food security
v More people want to eat locally and seasonally, and support small farms
v Climate change is affecting farmers and the food supply
v The government is cracking down on farms and on organized people who are trying to maintain there right to healthy food and making it harder and harder for small farms to stay in operation.

There is also lots of fear for the future, and we believe the best response to fear is LOVE:

v Love of life, Mother Earth, oneself, other people near and far, love of all creation
v Love in the broadest sense of the word: trust, faith, accepting, self-sacrifice, all-inclusive; ultimately unconditional
v Love in action

Community Supported Agriculture is one way to put love into action. We encourage your continued commitment, especially as the weather patterns put stress on the farms. This is something we need to remind ourselves of constantly, especially in these times when food security is a concern - how we as a community, with the financial resources we have, can keep alive the ideal of preserving those farms that will safe-keep the land, knowledge and capacity to produce truly healthy food.

What is unique about this CSA? It is founded on these basic principles:
Good Food <> Healthy Soil/Healthy Planet <> Equitable Economics <> Supporting a net of Small Farmers <> Service <> Community

Therefore, we are asking you to consider participating and also to help spread the word about our CSA in your community. Can you post a flyer at work, school, stores, or forward this link to your local list?

SEASON STARTS IN 3 WEEKS – NOW IS THE TIME

although we will take later registrations if there is still space

Moon Planting

Moon Day in Aries

2011-11-07T07:49:00.000-08:00

Sweet & Loving Moon Day to U! Today the MOON is in ARIES! And is in the 2nd quarter phase.

The Moon sets the emotional tune and the sign it transits shows the color, tune and clothing the Moon wears and what emotional waves lie deep under. With Moon in Aries, we can be impulsive, emotionally assertive and driven. This Aries Moon supports you if you've got to be dynamic, for a job interview or on a date. You can go ahead and start that short term project (not long term since Aries is good at starting and challenged at finishing) or try to sell your idea to others. Quick short activities are favored, rather than doing any tedious footwork. You can encourage a friend, work on self-promotion materials, or throw a party. The Aries Fire is there. But wait.... its Moon-day so be discerning when it comes to using your fired up Aries sparks.

In the Second Quarter moon (i.e. waxing half moon) the moonlight is strong and increasing. It is a time during which the effects of the moon and the timing of your planting encourage growth. I have a few Mum flowers that I want to plant in the ground. Today and tomorrow are good days for planting such so I hope to take advantage of the Moon's energy.

I also went far back memory lane this morning when I prepared a breakfast meal that I used to eat when I was a little girl growing up in a tropical country. My mother would make two separate pots of Cream of Wheat for me and Oat Meal for my little sister on some mornings. I loved Cream of Wheat and my sister loved Oat Meal. It was great that Mom's could prepare then both. So I picked up a pack of Bob's Red Mill Creamy Wheat Hot Cereal also known as Wheat Farina on Friday and made it for the first time this morning. Talk about an emotional teleport back into childhood. With a bright smile on my face and in my heart, the cereal warmed me up inside.

After letting the dog outdoors to do his thing, I stretched my arms out and raised my head to the great sky and trees that that peeked through the skylight in my kitchen. With heart and mind I reached out to Great Spirit, the Divine Mother and God Father asking what shall I do this day. I immediately spotted a bird sitting on one of the highest limbs. At first I was not sure it was a bird because it was in perfect stillness. I locked my eyes on it to see if there would be any movement. Then I looked elsewhere and quickly returned my gaze to the bird. It was a sizable and pretty bird, sitting. Just sitting. I kept staring and it still did not move. Then I finally realized that my question, my prayer was being answered. BE STILL!! The bird symbolized being still. And that was the perfect message for this Moon day. I am being told to ... BE STILL. :-)

MONDAYS are our MOON Days. A day when nature says connecting with the Moon creates space for Magic; a day of stillness, reflection and going within. Unfortunately we live in a society and world in which Mondays are the most stressful days and thus has taken away the power of what this day intended to be. Did you know that Mondays are the most common day people commit suicide? And did you know that Males complete suicide at a rate 3.6 times that of females. Now you see why?

Feeling Moony? Then be moony! It is an emotional state of being that is filled with messages from inner space and the temple of our hearts. Be still and listen to the distinct voice of your heart.

If you'd like to Talk Astrology and other Magical pathways of living, loving, relating and sexuality then please feel comfortable in reaching out to me @ ecosensualliving at gmail.com.

Tribal Wives

2011-10-31T11:49:00.000-07:00

Six British women swap their everyday lives for life as tribal wives in some of the most remote communities on earth. Like many women today juggling career, home and family, they feel that something is missing. By spending time in societies where female roles are very different, they hope to find answers that could change their lives.

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Kuna/Panama. The Kuna Indians are a deeply spiritual people who live on a stunning scattering of coral islands off the coast of Panama. A monogamous tribe with tight-knit families, they are a deeply spiritual people who believe that their homes and families are protected by ever-present spirits.

Waorani/Ecuador. 46-year-old Karen Morris-Lanz stays with the Waorani, one of the world’s most isolated tribes, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle. Once known as the savages, they have a fearsome reputation. But behind this formidable facade is a way of life unchanged for centuries.

Afar/Ethiopia. The Afar are one of Ethiopia’s most fiercely independent tribes, nomadic cattle and camel herders with a tough reputation, carrying guns to protect their herds from rival clans and wild animals.

Himba/Namibia. The Himba are a semi-nomadic tribe of pastoralists who live on the harsh sun-baked plains of northern Namibia. The women are striking, covering their hair and bodies in red ochre.

Maasai/Tanzaniai. The Maasai are one of the world’s most famous and largest tribes in Africa. They are polygamous, with men allowed to have up to ten wives, and women expected to marry and bear children from the age of 14.

Mentawai/Indonesia. The Mentawai live deep in the jungle on a remote island off the coast of Indonesia – a monogamous tribe where women are tattooed and sharpen their teeth. Their lives are dominated by the spirit world and male sikerei, or witch doctors, watch over the village.

Yoruk/Turkey. Twenty-three-year-old Charlie Brades from Hampshire joins the Yoruk, a tribe of nomads who live in the remote mountains of southern Turkey. Charlie is fiercely independent but her life has been far from carefree.

Babongo/Gabon. Linda Plover from Liverpool is going to live as a Tribal Wife with the Babongo in southern Gabon. Linda is haunted by memories of a poverty-stricken childhood and feels an overwhelming sense of bitterness towards her mother.

Raramuri/Mexico. 40-year-old Michelle Frost from London is travelling to northern Mexico to stay with the Rarámuri, an ancient tribe who live perched on the edge of the spectacular Copper Canyon.

Kitava/Papua New Guinea. Becky Camilleri, a PA from London’s East End, travels to the idyllic island of Kitava, off the east coast of Papua New Guinea. Becky is successful, talented and beautiful but unlucky in love.

Karen/Thailand. Jackie Davis from Bristol spends some time with the Karen, Thailand’s largest hill tribe. Jackie is divorced, with two young children, and grappling with life as a single parent.

Hamar/Ethiopia. Anna De Vere from London is going to stay with the Hamar in southern Ethiopia. Anna has a comfortable life in London, living with her partner and running her own business, but deep down she has a feeling that something is lacking.

Mourning the Death of Grandma Shadow

2011-10-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

Sun enters Scorpio today! And I am awakening to the dark powerful fumes that are already swirling around me, oozing from the depths of my emotional well. Words dancing on a page, my inner self diving deeper into the dark waters of the world down under. My dreams are revealing the lost motion picture that rerun in the dark empty theater filled with pink smoke that was too foggy for me to see the truth in its rawness. My dreams are showing me what I am unable to see, hear, taste or smell when my eyes are open and I am walking upon the earth. More so the events that are occurring in my waking life are like astonishing and challenging riddles who's answers are now shining like a stellium of planets that were hidden behind the moon.

Here's my emotional prose that reflects the Scorpion Sun as it shines through me!

I am not afraid of dying any more, if ever I were.
For I have longed to die in many ways and have died countless times,
embracing its many faces and the places it shows up.

I allow myself to die,
that part of me that is old, weary, wrinkled up, tired, lifeless
from being the way it’s been,
the grandmother of self-rejection, self-sabotage,
and denial, fear and anger.

I now allow her to die and rest in peace.
She wants to die, actually.
And to me that is the most beautiful aspect of this grand event.
She is now ready to die,
She no longer wants to even fight with me,
She no longer wants to resist and be against me,
She no longer wants to be crouched up in the corner
and drenched in the shitty waters of my basement
while living in the lower levels of my existence.

She no longer has the power,
She admits that her time is up,
She has done her part,
She has played her role as Grandmother of the dark past.
I honor and respect you for that Grandma Shadow.
You are meaningful! You were a necessary part of me.

I didn’t know the depths of that until 46 years later.
I accept your resignation. I accept your stepping down.
I am at peace with your slow death.
I don’t want it to be painful for you.
I don’t want it to be any more of the agony it has already been.
I let go of you, I allow you to let go of me.

Death is beautiful and you are even more beautiful!
I will take your teachings,
I will awaken to the lessons you have already instilled in me.
I will integrate them into all of me
I will forever love and honor you
for all that you stood for and all that you reflected.
I surrender and allow you to transcend,
to transform and if need be
to rise up like a phoenix from the old ashes.

The Power of 7

2011-10-17T11:20:00.000-07:00

How many of you are into Numerology or have an interest? Do you know your Personal Number? Do you know what Numerological Year you're currently in? And are you vibrating with it? I know what year I am in and it's been quite an interesting one. So used to being a social butterfly and travel bug, this year I have been glued in place. Now that we are nearing the end of the year I am beginning to feel the shift from Yin to Yang.

I am in my 7 year - which says.... "Book a room in your favorite monastery and reflect, review and renew. This is a relatively quiet and introspective year, an important pause before the more hectic "eight" year ahead (the peak of this cycle). Enjoy its slower pace. Eat well. Rest well. Recognize what you've outgrown and say the proper eulogies. Keep polishing your skills. And become very clear about your definition of success. Visualize yourself achieving it. Let your imagination (and careful work) lay the tracks for next year's manifestation."

Damn it! I couldn't have described it any better. Many are wondering ... where is she. Some will never see me again. And although I have The Eco Goddess Temple page on facebook, ironically it turns out that I have no access to anyone I know. I may see their page through a google search or when I click on a name but can not comment nor leave a message. From where I sit.. there is absolutely no search capacity on our facebook page. (I don't think that's normal but I don't care.) It would be exhausting trying to ask facebook to please reconvert my personal page back to a profile page like most humans that have one. I've sent 3 or 4 request but never heard back so that page is no different in its current function. I don't not find tweeting practical and for the life in me, I have no energy to splurge on other social networks. I'm just not there! An anti-social eco chick! Funny how the universe and the chain of events conspire on behalf of our higher good. I am where I need to be and no where else. And I am now beginning to plunge even deeper into the darkness now that it is that Season of "letting go" and the dawn of winter cold is almost at my door. If you need to find me you'll need to join me in the other world where there's no up or down, no in or out, no top or bottom, no noise or drama.... an infinite space in an infinite time. See you there! :-)

Or you'll find me blogging every now and then right here. The writer in me just can't get enough. I better keep writing my book. If you haven't completed the Sex Life Survey yet, please do so now. I am working on giving away a round trip ticket someplace - since I am not traveling as yet, I'd like to see someone else go!! <3 <3 <3

The "Support and Rush Out" Point

2011-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

"Support and Rush Out" is a strong acupuncture point of "letting Go". This is a small part of the branch of Classical Five Element Acupuncture within the magical world of Chinese Medicine. I used to enjoy learning about the various meridian points in the body during my acupuncture sessions with acupuncturists that I worked with over the years. My favorite was a native Chinese woman, Dr. Lu, who's father was an acupuncturist where she grew up immerse in such an environment. My visits with Dr. Lu were both healing and educational. I asked questions as though I was in a classroom. And I didn't know the name of many points in my body but I knew when she needed to stick one of those really fine needles in there. I always looked forward to tuning up my body. Plus she would follow the needle treatments with an invigorating acupressure massage that got my energies circulating nicely. I particularly love the enchanting, poetic names chosen to describe each meridian point, such as "Window of Heaven", "Union Valley", "Inner Pass", to name a few. These names are titles and symbols that stimulate images and draw you to a doorway that greets you with stories that unfold and speak of the condition of the world within. These gateway points took me into the deep mysteries that lie within the frame of my own mind/body, making healing a truly adventurous and spirited journey.

The "Support and Rush Out" point is found at the colon 18 point and corresponds with the Autumn season and the element of metal. This acupuncture point works for a patient who has been unable to "let go" for a long time; for one who feels it's almost normal to collect more and more garbage. To let go is a frightening prospect-what will be left? But when the trees let go of the past year's leaves, nature has something new in store. The end of one cycle gives rise to the next. As we let go of what we thought was ourself-physical waste, old habits, beliefs, assumptions, and identifications-we are supported by a new vision of who we are without all that old "stuff." Sometimes we can't let go little by little. We may be too stuck. We may need to let it rush out, supported by a new and clearer vision of our true selves, the inner treasure. At the right time, then, this acupuncture point, "Support and Rush Out," and no other, may be the one to turn the course of disease.

"Welcome Fragrance" is another point for the colon. What images does this evoke? Such a befitting name. This colon meridian ends just to the side of the nose. Having let go of the old and stale, our first breath of pure new inspiration will be a welcome fragrance. When our Lungs and Colon function as nature ordained they should in our body/mind/spirit, then simply living our lives through the highs and lows, through sunshine and dark clouds-every moment, every new experience-can in its own way be a treasure, a Welcome Fragrance.

Large Intestine - Metal Element Correspondences

Color - White
Flavor - Pungent
Sense - Nose
Emotion - Sadness
Tissue - Skin
Climate - Dryness
Sounds - Crying
Odor - Rotting
Season - Autumn
Direction - West

Suggestions for living in harmony with the autumn season:

* Go through your closet, desk, garage, medicine cabinet - any cluttered storage area-and discard what you no longer need. Then donate, sell, or otherwise circulate what might be of value to others.

* Do a mental inventory: Examine attitudes (prejudices, envies, hatreds, jealousies, resentments) stored within your psyche. When possible, contact those with whom you harbor old "stuff." Attempt to resolve the hurtful old issues, and then let them go.

* For issues you cannot resolve directly with others, or for old issues with yourself, write them on paper, being as specific as possible. Then burn the paper, symbolically releasing the content.

* Take time each day to breathe slowly and deeply. As you inhale the clean autumn air, feel yourself energized and purified. Feel the old negativity, impurity, and pain leave your body and psyche. Then contemplate briefly who you are without these identifications.

It's no wonder Autumn is broom time!
The witches have a lot to teach us about the power of her broom and this season!

excerpts from http://www.5elements.com/docs/elements/metal.html

How does your Venus call you?

2011-10-12T16:46:00.000-07:00
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"Oshun, oh Oshun, I feel the brush of your sensual whisper against my chocolate skin, I feel you nudging me ever so gently to express you, to feed you. You want me to wear long wide flowing skirts, if any clothes at all). You like charm belts hanging between my waist and my hips; exotic jewelry from Africa, India, the Middle East and those made by my native American kin, dangling down my arms, hanging on the long sensual lines of my neck; you sometimes say sexy cast and cauldron corsets will warm your arms. You like me to wear feathery & sensually appealing earrings bordering my face; body candy that lace my hands and fingers and art that decorates my third eye. For the gateway of pleasure and creation, between my legs, you say let the light of the moon shine on your womb, while sexy trimmings of mother earth fall over my nipples and mount of Venus.

Oshun my female lover, you urge me to have peacocks sketched in henna above my ankles and Moroccan inspired designs along my hands and my arms awakening the purrs of the White Tigress in me. Within me is your flame of desire for cultural delights and the musical lyrics & melodies of exotic lands resounding through me as we bubble with flirtatious laughter while you talk and I listen & you listen as I talk. The whisk of ancient goddess temples filled with the fragrance of amber and Bulgarian rose that fills my nose, takes me back in time eras I once knew. Oshun you call me, I know you do because I desire to sense, feel, hear and taste you in everything I do. You are the sensual flame in me, the lightning bug within that LIGHTS UP the dark corners of the WORLD!!"~ Surya Devi

Who is Oshun, really? Herein I'll call her Venus because that is the title of this planet in the world of Astrology. But her essence goes by various names, like Aphrodite and Oshun. She's beyond sheer femininity, she's the queen of many of life's good things. She's the happy girl that finds the perfection in the eyes of her lovers as she stares into its mirrors; she's a sensuous drip of honey, a lusty carefree giggle. She's strings of pearls and a deliciously lazy afternoon just laying in the grass or creating the art of your heart. If you want to raise your inner Venus (Oshun) then walk your fingers across a silk satin sheet, sniff the fragrance of calla lilies or run a bubble bath with lavender blossoms floating on top, candlelight and stones lacing the tub with Sufism music playing in the background. Venus (Oshun) is wicked too, orgasmic and fun; she's graceful and artistic. She's the blend of sensuality and fertility of earth in her Taurus radiance. She's sweet harmony and a dancer on her toes in her aesthetic, airy Libra nature. You can hear her singing through wind chimes, or the morning songs of birds.

Venus (Oshun) is erotic by nature; she's both wild abandon and good taste. She's the goddess of Love that makes the wheels of sensual desires spin and the earth so pleasurable. So why is it that so many of you, like me, don't have such a good relationship with her? We each have our own different stories indicating deprivation or denial of her needs and expressions as she lives as an archetype or goddess within each of us. The Venus (Oshun) of today is hopelessly frustrated due to her opposing nature in us. In the west, Marilyn Monroe was an icon of Venus. Then there's Oprah, Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Onassis, just to name a few! Each of these women are (were) beautiful and rich, yet they are (were) all poignantly unsatisfied. What they possess in money, status and beauty, they seem to lack in true love and personal happiness. Sounds familiar?

I have a flirtatious Venus in Sagittarius, I want to play around with my flirting partner, to be "friends first". I have a naturally friendly style that has often been mistaken for serious interest and in the end I attract unwanted Mars. My Venus yearns for adventure and the freedom from restrictions, she desires to travel and roam the earth like a gypsy, living a bohemian lifestyle. She's usually very lucky in love when she travels and is mesmerized by foreign men. She wants to go horseback riding (better yet, own one). Venus in me gets a kick out of laughing and making others laugh even with my dry sense of humor. Her nature in me is that which is spiritually inquisitive, actively questioning and seeking answers from nature and the higher realm. Finding (always) the chance to be teacher, but student alike.

One good thing on my side is my intuitive knowledge of Astrology. Isn't that what many run to astrologers for? Hoping for some happy, pleasing Venus news. In a chart she gives clues about your relationships and finances. The downside here is that people tend to go searching for ways in which a certain part of their chart, or inner self can serve them through knowledge or some prediction of the future. The irony to this is that one can find your Venus in your chart and also discover that it may not match who or how you are living or have been most of your life. This does not mean that your Venus is wrong, it means your Venus has not been expressed truthfully and authentically.

Astrologer, Dana Gerhardt asks, "What if the Venus placement actually suggests where we're meant to SERVE her interests, rather than the other way around? In ancient times when someone's life was going bad, the oracle's job was to identify which god or goddess had been offended and which offering would set things right. Most astrology books tell me that Venus in Sagittarius means I love freedom, sports, travel, foreign land and people, philosophy and big ideas, oh, and I love in a big way. But it would certainly be more interesting if they said not "what I am like" but rather "WHAT I NEED TO DO" to appease the goddess of Venus (Oshun) in me. Until then its all potential and desire for Venusian pleasure and for many theirs may very well remain a sleeping beauty on a thorny bed. Can astrology bring the magic kiss of a King that will awaken the Venus in many more women as well as the collective Venus (Oshun) spirit for all women? You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make it drink. It's up to YOU!

As with all of life, there again are dualities and as much as Venus is all about beauty, pleasure, money and the sensual delights of living and the abundance of the earth, she also has a dark side. Let us begin by acknowledging the stain that 2,000 years of Christianity have spilled on Venus' erotic free-for-all. Most of us discover our erotic feelings during our youth, alone and in secret. Not able to share than with any one forever suffocates our sexuality with a certain uneasiness and shame. We are constantly taught about the methods and values of work and earning money but little is ever said about the skills and importance of pleasure. Add in the the legacy of celibacy and courtly love combined with our contemporary notions of romance, we've lost touch with the true desire and expressions of the Venus archetype as it personally and uniquely dwells within each of us. With Venus stained and pushed in to our dirty cloths basket and no temples to honor her, such neglect has left her a pretty mad and dissatisfied maiden or shall I say bitch.

Psychologist James Hillman in "Pink Madness" describes a pissed off Venus as such. He thinks that she is angry. And I concur with that. She is very hard to find these days with women taking the masculine role and needing to control and prove their worth while neglecting their own sensual pleasures and needs. Venus (Oshun) is hard to find because women dress in contrast to their nature and are busy or too tired to soak in their own bath tubs or cook a nurturing meal in their own home. Some women rarely see nor spend time with their children because they are busy winning the bread and investing their energies in building corporate America or someone else's dream. This goddess of sexuality expects us to recognize that sex is a sacred and soulful force. She is calling us to ignite and unite with her divine spark to become instruments of pleasure. But how can a mother of 3 or a cosmopolitan female executive's home smell and reflect as her very own sensual domain when her playground is in the board room?

Venus is asking us to annihilate boredom and fatigue with heavenly delights and joy - to taste, smell, heat and touch the richness of the earth and the beauty of the world. She wants us to know that ecstatic communion with the divine life force during sacred sex will make us feel healed and whole. Then our lives and all that we encounter will be blessed with the Venusian laughter, sparkle and grace. Sadly when we minimize her gifts, seclude it, sneak it or shun it and feel guilty about it, we have grossly scorned and dishonored her place and power in the bigger framework of our lives. Then she is a goddess out for revenge and Venus does this through a "pink madness", says Hillman.

"I shall invade every nook of the contemporary world that has refused me so long with a pink madness. I shall pornographize your cars and food, your ads and vacations, your books and films, your schools and your families. I'll get into your T-shirts and underwear, even into your diapers, into teenie boppers, their slogans and songs, and into the old ladies and gents in retirement colonies on walkers in San Diego and Miami Beach. I'll show you by showing, until your minds are fuzzed pink with romantic desires, with longings to get away - tryst, nests, sweets. That is, the civilization will be crazed to get into my preserve, my secret garden. I will excite your entire culture so that even those attempting to cure their neuroses, as well as their sober psychoanalysts will have nothing better to talk about than desire, jouissance, seductions, incest, molestations, and the gaze into the mirror."

Venus is an obligation to living! No matter where she is placed in your chart, you need to answer her questions. Do you make that particular part of your life beautiful? Do you offer her time for sensuous experiences and simple pleasures? Do you allow yourself to let go, open up and surrender? Do you laugh? Do you appreciate? Do you play? Do you bring joy to others through your own? Play it cool for too long, then your passion fades and disappears and you wonder what happened to your life? Venus says, "Rev up the FIRE!" You may get into trouble; maybe you'll even start a war as she was known for starting the Trojan War in Greek Mythology. She's also known as Orisha Oshun in the African world. Life would not be the same, nor would it be quite as safe. But then, without your Venus or Oshun, would it really be much of a life?

The Eco Goddess Temple

Note from Surya:
I have been pursing and studying the field and energies of Astrology for well over 20 years. I continue to deepen my studies of Astrology, enhance my intuitive skills and learn how to make peace with the planets (the deities) as they exist in me. I am learning what it means to give them offerings as we do in the African traditions and how to create rituals around them. The Eco Goddess Temple is the space in which I am cultivating love and bringing each of the planets alive. I create talismans and symbols for each of them. My son is one of my Venus creations. He has a triple Venus ruled-planet of Taurus and although I have a Capricorn sun, Venus is my ruling planet. If you are interested in finding out your Venus placement and lighting up your VENUSIAN fire, email me: ecosensualliving@gmail.com. Better yet, join the Eco Goddess New Moon Circle (Wed, Oct. 26th @ 9pm) - we'll be glowing our moon and lighting up our Venus there!

Wise Woman Susun Weed visits the Eco Goddess Temple!

2011-10-11T11:24:00.000-07:00
Wise Woman Susun Weed is a guest at the Eco Goddess Temple! The Green Witch talks about herbal infusion, menopause & the emergence of the butterfly woman; the divine feminine goddess spirit; her new book, "Down There" and more! This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.

Stay tune for Part 2!

Full Moon Breakthroughs!

2011-10-09T09:21:00.000-07:00

The Moon comes into her Fullness in Aries on Tuesday, October 11th. What a perfect day since the number 11 is about partnership, two and not one; and it holds the vibration of balance and justice. The sun is also currently in Libra the sign of partnership, when one stands by, with and in harmony with another.

Uranus, the planet of change is also in Aries, the signs that says, "I am" so the combination of the Sun, the Full Moon and Uranus provides a recipe for a "Breakthrough". Essentially its time to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs. If you are feeling that 'enough is enough", allow yourself to take the risk of shattering the old patterns and limitations that have kept your energy from flowing. You will be amazed at the vitality and empowerment this "Breakthrough" can bring to your life. Uranus brings the energy of radical change and the universe has given us all the tools to shake us up, to get us moving and flowing with it.

As I did my sunrise yoga this morning, I found myself adhering to the need to shake myself up during each posture. As I breathed, stretched and moved, my body and mind needed more so I began to shake my body with each posture. Then the spirit of the drum began to call me. I picked up the drum after my yoga session and began drumming and moving to its beat with my dog dancing and barking right along with me. Only I had to teach him not to bark to the beat and he got it. :-0 It was a nice shake up that stimulated and nurtured all my organs!

This is a good time to break free of any old habits that arekeeping us stuck in beliefs of lack and limitation. Whether you'redealing with a health, or money, or love stagnation or all three, thisis a time to release and let go of anything -real or imagined - that's holdingyou back.

Here's a suggestion of what we could collectively do onTuesday, at 10:00 pm Let's say this abundance & money prayer/affirmation together. This was recently shared with me and the results are already happening. But before I share the prayer/affirmation with you I'd like to share the update I gave my goddess friend who shared the prayer with me.

Good morning Ayesha,

Just wanted to let you know that the prayer of abundance is already working. The following day I received a money order in the mail. The day after, I got a call from my attorney who shared that the company I am suing wants to settle with a certain dollar amount. I refused the offer because I believe I can and will get more. This came as a surprise since they refused to settle initially which is why I have requested a jury trial.

The day after that I booked a client who prepaid for her session the very day. This week I also wrote a chapter of my book I am working on and a lady graphics designer that I reached out to weeks ago to ask to design my book cover happened to finally get my email that very day and responded positively.

I am saying it often through the day and I actually like the feelings it evokes. On Thursday, I (40 something) played basketball with my son and two others youngies we met on the court. Something I haven't done in years. (I played basketball for my Jr high and Sr high school teams.) All on day 3 of our master cleanse with so much energy I was amazed.

I am opening up to receive more and deep emotional healing is happening. I've had powerful healing dreams and have been sleeping more like a bear the last 3 days. We are talking 4 hour naps and I am not up all night either.

I shared the prayer with my personal assistant, which I have been blessed with, and she said the prayer the evening I gave it to her and got a job the next day.

Most of all I am beginning to feel my heart expand even wider as I continue to integrate my womb- heart!!

Thank you my beloved sistah!! I love you!!

So here's our Full Moon in Aries giftto you: ( modified it to include the energy of the goddess....

PRAYER FOR UNEXPECTED MONEY &* ABUNDANCE

                                     I dwell in themidst of infinite abundance.
The abundance of God/Goddess is my infinite source.
TheRiver of Life never stops flowing. It flows through me into lavishexpressions.
Good comes to me throughunexpected avenues.
God/Goddess works in myriad ways tobless me.

I now open my mind to receive my good.
Nothing is too good to betrue.
Nothing is too wonderful tohappen.
With God/Goddess as my source,nothing amazes me.
I give freely and fearlesslyinto life and life gives back to me in fabulous increases
of abundance. Blessings comein expected and unexpected ways.
God/Goddess works in wondrous ways tobless me and protect me...
and I am thankful, and so it is!

(Say this prayer with feeling and conviction and belief)

I shall not go into the possible gruesome side effects of thisFull Moon in Aries because by now I think you all are grown enough to know of thepotential of going against the flow. However, this is a time, as we're in the "SHIFT" to fullyconnect to the loving energies and to totally understand ourconnection with the Divine Goddess Spirit & the God Masculine Father, which moves through our collectivebreaths. We all have free will and choice in every matter and it'stime to choose LIFE, choose LOVE, choose PROSPERITY. It's time for allof us to shift into a higher consciousness and to activate the powerwithin.

With the spirit of the Earth & the Blessings of the Moon... I love you all!!!

The Eco Goddess

The Damned Truth about Being WHOLISTIC!

2011-10-05T14:44:00.000-07:00

"Idreamed I had a child, and even in the dream I saw it was my life, andit was an idiot, and I ran away. But it always crept on to my lapagain, clutched at my clothes. Until I thought, if I could kiss it,whatever in it is my own, perhaps I could sleep. And I bent to itsbroken face, and it was horrible...but I kissed it. I think one mustfinally take one's life in one's arms.   - Arthur Miller, After the Fall
WHOLISTIC/HOLISTIC - is a common word with a distorted definition that has yet to be corrected and fully understood. Those who claim wholistic/holistic health ideals are just as in the dark about what it really means. We proclaim integration of mind, body & spirit, yet there is a significant element of truly being wholistic/holisitic that is often missing from the consciousness of those who attempt to practice this lifestyle, those who's professional titles include the word as well as the broader scope of society that illusively benefits from its usage. We can not be whole until we embrace every and I mean every single part of our being.
According to James Bugental, author of The Search for Authenticity, any facet of ourselves which we reown, no matter how unpleasant it may initially appear to be, contributes to our empowerment and well-being. Holding onto a virtuous or competent self-image does not feed our self-esteem if that self-esteem inaccurately reflects our relationship to ourselves. As we regain disowned facets of ourselves, we gain self, and are less invested in our self-image. As a result we feel more complete, more open to pleasure and love; we gain power that we have previously invested in others; we become larger.

It's time to think without the box!

We need to be committed to our own wholeness, more so than to our own goodness. We get so stuck on wanting to be good, doing good, living good that we end up being lopsided, walking around with one side of our energy body being weighed down. Picture a scale that has unequal quantities on each side. What does it look like?

The Judeo-Christian ethic has influenced us to repress qualities in ourselves which do not reflect our religious and social ideals. Yet by attempting to be overly good, we relegate facets of ourselves to the dark closet of our unconscious, where without the light consciousness, they become twisted and distorted. Those of us who are most are identified with our virtuous personas may even unknowingly, act out the evil that we so actively defend ourselves against acknowledging.

According to Erich Neumann, the Christian ethic based upon a one-dimensional virtuous God inevitably leads to the projection of evil; it needs to be replaced with a new ethic, which involves a multidimensional God who encompasses both good and evil and also requires each individual to take into himself all the ugly, distorted, and evil qualities he previously rejected. In my opinion the religious world was created out of the need to control mankind, to gain power as a form of mental slavery and entrapment that sought and succeeded in limiting the infinite capacity and power of humans while distracting and diverting our attention from the god/goddess force we already are and we already embody within us causing the greatest destruction to earth and humankind.

That's why when friends say to me, mostly in parting, "Take care, be good, don't do what I wouldn't do," etc. I often respond by saying, "I don't want to be good all the time, I don't just want to be naughty, I need to be naughty!!"

According to Strephon Kaplan Williams:

Love is not the absence of fear.
Love is not the absence of hatred.
Love is the embracing of each aspect of life to transform it by integrating it within the whole.

I watched the movie, Henry's Crime last night. I've been picking some movies that really dip into and challenge the unconscious world and the established order of thinking. Henry was played by Keanu Reeves. It was a comedic love story about a man who since grade school was labeled as "The Most Nicest Person". He was the epitome of nice. And I mean to his detriment! He served time for a crime he did not commit, remained nice and never rattled on his friends. It was rather strange seeing Keanu play a role as such given his stardom in the serial film, The Matrix. But by the end, I could see why he accepted the role. The Matrix was also a deep movie. It penetrated my psyche. In the end, even in his nice role and demeanor, he created the perfect crime (activating his dark side) for the time he served and gained the love of a very hard cold, insensitive bitch who was a striving actress in the film. You've got to see this film with new thought. You can't approach it with the old.

In her book, Your Secret Self: Illuminating the Mysteries of the Twelfth House, Tracy Marks, shares that the paradox of our commitment to wholeness and our willingness to embrace our shadow self, is that as a result, the light of consciousness and compassion transforms these dark pieces of ourselves and enable us to become more capable of love. By owning our shadow, by refusing to project our evil into the world at large (we do that when we deny our own), we not only develop greater empathy for suffering humanity, but we also contribute to socio-political change. Wars are based upon projection; environmental pollution is based upon the repression and denial of our connection to the world around us and of the long term consequences of our actions.

Damn it!!! "We can't throw out the baby with the bath water!!"

Wake the f*ck up world! Awaken from your slumber! The world is both ugly and beautiful and so are you. Learn how to live with it! It's a new day, a new way! With the current planetary forces in motion the universal vibes are making sure that we all see our own darkness. No one is exempted!! And I mean no one! So strive for wholeness not goodness! Embrace all of you not part of you ....then you shall become and know what it means to be authentically WHOLE or WHOLISTIC/HOLISTIC!

We cannot stand the sight of our dark side, so we repress it, push it under, thinking we have thereby disposed of it. But we have not. We have simply pushed it into a place where it both has us in its grip and automatically projects itself on the person or the nation we do not like; so the tension and strife and anguish we will not stand in ourselves is carelessly and irresponsibly cast out to increase the tension and strife and anguish of our world.
- Charles B. Hanna

TEARS: The Natural Path of Cleansing!

2011-10-02T18:39:00.000-07:00

Tears cleanse our hearts and heals the waters of our wombs.
- Angelique Shofar


Four of us have embarked upon a journey of cleansingtogether. And yesterday marked the first day of our 3 day ease into a10 day Master Cleanse. We are carving out a 3 day ease in and a 3 dayease out after the 10 day cleanse. My 1st day began with the element ofwater and the power it holds in cleansing our minds, hearts and bodiesthrough the natural process and necessity of shedding tears.

Easing in and easing out of a fast or cleanse are ofequal important since I strongly believe that preparing for a cleanseentails readying ourselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually andnot just food wise. I see the ease in period as a way to begin to be still,look deep within, commune and connect with oneself while communicatingwith our inner child to gently hold its hands and walk into the cleansetogether. This part of our being - our inner child - will challenge us the most. It is that part of us that craves, that finds excuses, that pulls youinto habits and detrimental patterns, that part of us that kicks andscreams and resists change. In addition, creating and clarifying ourintentions and goals are paramount and sometimes this can require moretime than not.

The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.
~Henry Maudsley

The first day was a day filled with tearful moments, moments of emotional outbursts and breakdowns. The lastof which took place moments before closing my eyes to go to sleep. I sat in bed writing and bringing light to my own dark shadows. Witheach pen stroke, the dark corners lit up asI began to see more of me that I could not see in the past. I began to understand the many ways in which I havedishonored and mistreated my self and deprived my own self of lovebased on the choices I had made. From not sleeping when I am sleepy, eating when I am not hungry - but rather stuffing my emotions down so I won't feel them; turning down opportunities because I could not see beyond what looked like nothing; being to busy to stop and cry; not listening to the voice of my heart because it got drowned in the dark waters of my inner being.

I was swimming in the darkness of mybeing last night and it was painful, it hurt so much as the dark memories I'd rather not remember or those in which my inner self had cleverly locked up were nowpouring out, spilling on to the pages of my notepad. As the tears streamed down my face, I began to become aware ofthe increasing relief from the power of tears that cracked me open and allowed energy to flow once again. I could feel my head, myneck, my shoulders, my chest begin to melt as the weight I carried shift and lift gradually making me feel lighter in heart, mind and body. It brought moments of magical relief as mytears began to set the inner cleanse in motion. These tears that came brought about a revelation that was an initiation into this journey of cleansing....beginning with my heart.

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right - instantly.
~Sam Slick (Thomas Chandler Haliburton)

Today - Sunday - is day 2 and I am gaining deeper clarity andguidance on what I NEED from this cleanse; my vision is still shapingand becoming clearer and I trust that by Tuesday morning, I'll be asready as I need to be.

On this day, I attended a spiritual service that blazedthe light brighter in my heart. As I write this post, the song is stillplaying in my mind... "Ashe, Ashe! My life is a good life! Ashe, Ashe! My life is a good life!The leader read a few words written by one of the members.Interestingly, he gave an analogy of the fictional character we allknow as "Pinocchio" who with each lie his nose grew longer and longer.

We all know the story. He said that humans can be likePinocchio. The results of lying to ourselves appear through thesymptoms of being tired all the time, having no energy to do anything,confusion, uncertainty, etc. I recognized myself in that. I too hadlied to myself, denied my wholeness, hid my divineness, covered my trueself in all kinds of rubbish! It was not long ago that I was one ofthose people crying every day... I am so tired, I am so weary, I haveno energy....until I began to realize that if I am healthy and nothingis physically wrong with me that it must be coming from a deeper place.

SoI began to focus on my center of creation - my yoni, my vagina, mywomb. If I was going to recreate a new life, a new me, then I had tobegin at the sacred spot in which I came through and in which I createdmy child. I began to discover that I was loosing all my energy, all mypower from this divine space between my legs. I wasn't loosing energyfrom having sex. On the contrary, I was loosing power from not using and building the muscles that I carry in that sacred space. They say when you don't use it.... you loose it. No different than the heart muscles.

by Eva Waldauf

"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again." - Alex Tan

I began to consistently cultivate a daily practice ofdescending into my sacred womb space, strengthening, honoring andloving my creative center. I began to understand more and more thatuntil I access my womb heart in a deeper way than I would only beliving superficially, from the surface and a place of untruth. I soonre-discovered and re-membered that the ultimate truth could be accessedthrough the gateways where my yoni lies and deep in between my legs, "down there"where most all the world beginning with our parents and outward intothe limbs of society have mustered up a range of untruths, experiments,fictitious myths, horrible stories and a darkness that we still livein. We have been erroneously programmed by medical and religiousinstitutions alike and have developed detrimental habits of lies as aresult that deters us, scares us, hides and conceals us from the secretdoor way to life and wisdom. This is the sweet spot of the universewhere divine powers or great magnificence leads us back to our true godand goddess nature.

Today, my energies are increasingmore and more and I am amazed and in awe over the power of my wombheart. At mid-life my ignition has been jump started; I am feelingyouthful, alive and connected with my womb more than ever before. Thebeauty of green womb living is growing like the tree of life inside ofme.

This cleanse is a step up the path of love. For love is theultimate medicine; love is that which surfaces when the toxin, the dirthas been cleansed and cleared away by the waters of our tears. Thebeauty is in the journey and not the mad rush to arrive someplace or tohave an orgasm. As long as I am still breathing, still alive, there isdefinitely more to learn, more to feel, more to experience and more toshare in the spirit of love.

Every one that embarksupon a journey of cleansing would benefit from integrating crying withtheir cleanse - be you man or woman. Tears are a necessary part ofbeing fully alive; they are the domain of the divine feminine. In orderfor a woman to come into her womb power and her true goddess spirit shemust allow her self to cry regularly, while men will never truly knowand relate with wombyn or understand the power of the divine feminineuntil they honor their own tears and the need to shed them.
~ The Eco Goddess (Angelique Shofar)

The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.
~Isak Dinesen

Balancing Acts

2011-09-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Autumnal Equinox
by Caryl Bryer Fallert

At around 5:05am this morning, the Sun entered the balancing air sign of Libra. I woke up around 1:45am, 3 hours early wondering why I had awakened at such an ungodly hour. It was the intensity of the moon and sun, the earth and sky pulling towards each other. I was feeling it. And I was fighting it. Restless, toiling and rolling then remembering to breathe, I soon drifted back into the other world.

True balance and harmony integrates both the light and the dark. Staring into the blazing fire during my agnihotra meditation, I sat hearing the words, a whisper from the spirit of the autumn equinox asking that both the light and the dark aspects of my being be accepted equally. No exception, only total acceptance. Being comfortable with the everything I am; learning to value even those parts of me I learned to deny. It's so easy to go into a blah blah state about balance and the light, and when it comes to the darkness we freeze up, tense up and avoid it at all costs. I'm guilty as s_it! (Yep, take a seat!)

With a parade of planets either already in Libra or making their way there I don't think any of us can avoid our dark side, the parts of us that stay hidden in our blind spots or curled up in a dark corner inside. The ones that are starving from not being allowed in the living room, but shoved in the corner of the closet for what seem like an eternity. The dance in Libra is hitting my 1st house. I wonder where it's happening for you? As for me I being challenged because I am already in the midst of my 7 numerology year; I haven't been much of a social butterfly, nor have I had the usual public appearances or hung out at any of the spots I used to. I have been behind the scenes studying, learning, growing painfully and working diligently on finishing my book, completing other projects, reorganizing and refreshing my business and taking care of my family. Now all this song and dance where its' been quiet.

With the Sun, Venus and Saturn already sipping cocktails in my first house waiting for Mercury to join them on the 25th of this month while the moon will stop by for a brief visit in on the party on Tuesday, the 27th. I had better prepare myself to host all these guests that are all professors out to school me (and you). Imagine having a cluster of teachers in a classroom teaching you all at the same time. What an accelerated learning camp!

The first house rules overall vitality, your height, your weight, the shape of your jaw, the expectations you have of beginnings, how you interact with others, your overall approach to life. The 1st house holds first impressions -- the ones you make on the world, and the ones the world makes on you, according to Astrologer Dana Gerhardt. Now I have this growing feeling that somehow I am being asked to come out from behind the pole a little bit to mingle with others. To do my own balancing act. Then it's no coincident that I am getting my newsletter out after so many years.

The Balancing Act

RELATIONSHIPS and LOVE and even how we earn money are key right now. We are all getting a visit from the Goddess of Love somewhere in our lives now that Venus is in her home sign Libra. She's calling us to align with our hearts and not our egos.

I love how life brings us the people and relationships that we need to learn the lessons we need to learn to be more of who we are, to be greater. My girlfriend Jeneba called me yesterday to ask me about a woman who called accusing her of being with "her man" - the "man" who happens to be married to a friend of Jeneba's. What a joke & entanglement. During our conversation I asked her how her new Cancer boyfriend was coming along. "He's so emotional! Other than that he's giving and showing me a lot that I never had before." I laughed out loud and said, "It's time for emotional balance." When a Cancer man enters your womb and your life you had better know it's very much about emotions- about bringing your dark hidden ones into the light. He will make sure of that because he hides not his own (light & dark) and knows how to bring yours out of you. I also told her it's also about you reflecting on your role as a mother. Cancer is the most mothering, family sign. As I began to tell her ... "speaking of motherhood I've been wanting to chat with you about that but have been waiting to see you and the right time. My phone suddenly, and I mean out of nowhere snapped, powered off all by itself. KA BAM!! An energetic BARRACADE! I knew that I needed to leave that alone for now.

Libra is the universal symbol of close one-on-one relationships. How well are you allowing your heart to open with those individuals you relate to? How honestly are you allowing your true self to shine in those relationships? What issues of equality (Libra) and conversations needs to take place and be addressed here? Have you allowed things to go unspoken or discussed until now? Is it time to let go of people in your life because the time has come to move on to where they cannot follow?

Now is the time to reflect on that which has taken place since the Spring Equinox and ask yourself: Am I truly heading toward my heart's desire or am I still caught up in my head and allowing others to dictate who I am and what I do with my life? Even while in close relationship with others we cannot give up our goals and dreams just because we are caught up in a pattern of trying to please others.

Think about all you have undergone since the March Vernal Equinox and ask yourself this: Am I truly heading toward my heart's desire or am I still allowing others to dictate where I am and what I do for my life? We can still be in close relationships with others; however, we cannot give up our goals and dreams just because we have known one another for decades. The past is no longer an excuse that works anymore. It is an Ego trick to keep us from moving forward as our Soul wants us to.

Take a good heartfelt look at the obstacles and excuses your Ego is putting in front of you for not wanting to break free of the habits or history of the past. Uranus (which is retrograde at 2 degrees of Aries in my house of relationships - have mercy on me!) will ensure it happens whether or not we decide to first do so. Did I tell you that while the party is going on with Libra, Uranus is opposing the party? The North Node is now at 17 degrees of Sagittarius 51 minutes, still wanting us to take stock on top of our little mole hill, looking back to where we have been, where we are right now, and what beckons us on.

Do you have the courage and Faith and Trust to follow your heart's desire?

Feel your way forward, honor your emotions, especially EGO's fears and anger about change and moving forward, take assertive action, and be prepared for the sudden changes that come from letting go of the old and outmoded past. It's time to choose once and for all WHERE you want to be come Saturday. And remember this...... if you don't make your intentions clear, someone or something else will do it for you (and most likely not in the way you originally intended).

Let your old leaves fall....... HAPPY FALL EQUINOX!!!

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Fall Breakast Party

2011-09-23T10:35:00.000-07:00

When the sun and time begins to descend a minute earlier each day and the temperature starts declining, I start to prepare breakfasts that warm my family and I from the inside. A fruit or veggie juice don't quite do it alone for the belly. I need foods of more substance and body first thing in the morning. I'm talking good old fashion Oatmeal....

The Eco Goddess Cinna-butter-mon Oatmeal

Oatmeal
almond or hemp milk
cinnamon powder
earth balance butter
honey

Directions: prepare your oatmeal (I like mine soft), place in bowl, sprinkle cinnamon powder on it, add a tablespoon of earth balance butter, pour desired amount of milk and add a teaspoon of honey. Stir up and enjoy!! You can add any fruit you like.

And when I feel like eating like a queen, I go for the pancake feast and I'm talking double decking with dripping grade A organic maple syrup and fruits of my choice.

The Eco Goddess Sensual Pancakes

organic multigrain pancakes
sliced organic bananas or apples
crushed organic walnuts or sliced almonds
earth balance butter
organic caramel syrup or organic chocolate syrup
soy whipped cream

Directions: I usually make multigrain pancakes and spread a bit of butter on top immediately out taking them out the pan. Slice up bananas or apples in a bowl. Put 3 tablespoons of earth balance in the heated sauce pan until melted, then pour in sliced fruits. Saute slowly for about 2 -3 minutes until fruit is soft golden brown. Add fruits on top of stacked pancakes, pour heated butter on pancakes as well. (I usually only eat one slice of pancake because of its sensual richness. But for those who can stack up more inside of you then make as many as you desire.) Pour the organic syrup of your choice. Then top with soy whipped cream. A toe curling delight!

Goddess Kale Juice

2011-09-18T17:02:00.000-07:00

Juice of the day @ the Eco Goddess Temple

Ingredients

Kale
Carrots
Apples
Pears
Garlic
Lemon

Blend three bunches of organic kale, a small bag of organic carrots, 2 apples, 2 pears, 4 garlic bulbs and a two squeezed lemons in a juicer. And there you have it.

You can use the pulp as a topping for your salad
with olive oil and a pinch of sea salt or sautee it lightly in coconut oil with a pinch of himalayan or sea salt

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Eco Spiritual Praying

2011-09-18T14:49:00.000-07:00

The word "Prayer" is one of those words that came to me in such a limited and restricted fashion that as a young girl I was determined to stretch the walls that so many have placed around it, especially those who literally get a high from using it to flaunt their so-called relationship with "God".

So if I keep getting on my knees and praying to God will I enter the kingdom of heaven? I would often ask myself? It always seem like a one way street with no one else on the other side. Yet, as I grew I learned that the spirit of God is everywhere and I don't need to be on my knees to reach him or it. I also learned that the supreme being was not confined to wearing pants, certainly had no one skin color and was not beyond the clouds in the sky.

Time would reveal that my relationship with the divine could be as creative as I was capable of being. And this did not exclude my sex life for it soon unfolded as the playing field for creativity, creation and where God existed in the middle.

My day then became filled with magical moments of conversations with God. We met in restrooms where I lay my burdens down; in the middle of a test in school when I needed confirmation of an
answer; at crossroads of my travels when I received guidance in a strange land from familiar spirits; in those disappointing times when things didn't go my way or someone did not deliver; and even in my dreams where the great one appeared as a flower growing through the crack of a concrete surface.

God became truly infinite, bottomless, topless, endless. I learned that most times we talk too damn
much and need to listen more to the voices of the divine - for its voice shape shifts and can take on the look of anything that pulsates or the sound of thunder, the tweeting of a bird or the laughter of a child. And as my eco spiritual life began to shape and mold me into Earth's daughter I began to value and thank and bless all those who played a role in getting food on the table - from the earth that grew it to those who planted them, watered and nurtured them. I always thank those who picked them, transported them, packaged and delivered them, to the market that sold them. I acknowledge and thank all the players leaving no one out of my prayers.

Today I still enjoy and celebrate the dialogues between Great Spirit and I. And the creative
expressions between us is never ending. Taking prayers into my love making moments I bless the phallus that enters my sacred green womb garden and my lover bows down on his knees to pray before entering into the heaven that rests between my earthy legs.

So be it and it is so!

FEET Don't Fail Me Now!

2011-09-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

by Lydia Bisanti

Ha Ha!! (music playing.....)

It's the Full Moon in Pisces today! Can you hear the celestial music that fills the air? Can you feel the pull of gravity luring your feet to dance? Or are you weaving in and out of dream and wake as I have been doing for the last 3 days?

Although my mind was still in a dream fog this morning after seeing my son off to school, I coaxed it to step outside and join my feet in doing its "earthing". Me and my canine companion started off with a brisk walk until we reached the park and then we did a few laps on the field. I was socks free today because I wanted to be as close to the earth as I could naturally be since being barefooted was not an option.

Pisces is the sign that rules the feet. The last sign of the yearly astro journey as well as the last part of our bodies. The Sun is in Virgo but the Moon's fullness is in the spiritual land of happy dreamers - Pisces. Dream (Pisces) work (Virgo) is ideal at this time. Perhaps you've been having a flux of vivid and revealing dreams knocking on the door of your consciousness looking for resolution to a complex issue or a part of you seeking closure or acceptance. They are messages from the underworld. Did you get them? I mean the message? Or did you just dismiss them as images floating around in dream land?

Dreamwork entails the ability to first remember and record your dreams, then spend time listening to and interpreting them for the secret clues and messages hidden in symbols and other times quite clear and in the your face. A lady in my formal dreamworks group kept dreaming about a scorpion but refused to acknowledge the stinging aspects of her own nature. She got sick with a sore throat and congestion (refusal to speak truth) for well over a week.

Edgar Cayce, known as the "sleeping prophet", was the father of holistic medicine and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. Cayce was a Pisces himself and a lot of his power, insights and healing wisdom came through his dreams. I have been drawn to Cayce's work for decades and like him, I have Saturn in Pisces. Cayce was able to access healing wisdom and insight from his dreams to interpret the illness or disease that his clients were facing.

Dreams have been one of my greatest healing tools. When I was pregnant with my son, my grandmother appeared in my dream barefooted and pregnant, walking around a hospital. She was as old as she was when she transitioned. The next day, my visit to the doctor confirmed that I was indeed pregnant. When I was a little girl, my sister and I found ourselves giving accounts of our dreams one morning only to discover that they were identical dreams which pointed to the unexpected death of a beloved cousin the next day. I don't ignore, nor play around with my dreams. I take them quite seriously for they tell me so much.

Celebrate this Pisces Full Moon! If you can, at sunset, find a spot in nature and step on it barefooted. Spend time earthing - something that my ancestors practiced and lived since the beginning of time. Don't be thrown off by the fancy word(s) that some people and institutions are now packaging and selling. It is free and in your inherent nature. Just go outside. Walk the earth..... barefooted.

Does your feet feel as though they are each being pulled in two directions? It may be the double opposing forces of both the sun and moon and the moon being in Pisces (two fish swimming in opposite directions). The challenge now is to bring conflicting needs into balance. What do you want or desire as opposed to what you have been told you should want or pursuing the unfulfilled wishes of your mother or father.

This is not a full moon to listen to music without dancing. Don't hold back. Surrender (a Pisces theme)! Sing out loud, sway your hips, shake your booty, move your head, snap your fingers. Dance like no one is looking.

The full moon is a time to step out of the mundane and commune with your higher self. How's that dialogue (inside) anyway? Is it the same old same old? Perhaps you've come up with a new way, with new words to speak to your creator, your higher power or even your inner self. It is usually an energetically busy time - from emergency calls and hospital rooms filing up, to police sirens in pursuit or solving crimes or domestic violence. It's always crazy during the full moon - when we get looney or mooney.

If you had three additional hours this day what would you do? Assume that all your obligations have been met and this time you are totally free to do as you please. Make a list of all the things you have always wanted to do. Pick at least one of them and vow to do it today or tomorrow or this week. How would you spend those three credit hours?

You can go on an "Artist Date" as Julia Cameron suggests in her book, The Artist's Way. The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. What would you like to explore during this full moon?

Take the energy efficiency quiz to begin to assess your current level of energy savings and raise it higher. After that write down one thing you can begin to do to save energy starting today.

I have one simple energy savings tip for you: Practice taking your shoes off before you walk into your home; leave them at the front door, walk barefooted in your home. Of course, you will need to have every single guest take off their shoes before coming into your home. How does this save energy? You ask. Well, you get to walk in your own home naturally. This will require that you keep your floors clean, at least, which helps keep you and your family grounded and encourages you to maintain a clean space (washing & cleaning your floors less), thus saving water & energy and keeping a healthy home environment.

And in case you didn't know, every time someone walks into your home with their shoes on they bring in the trails of stuff (dirt, excess & foreign energy from chemicals, toxins, wastes, petroleum, etc) into your home - thus congesting your space, contaminating the energy in your home and contributing to an unhealthy environment.

The professional cleaning industry estimates that we track 85% of the dirt in our homes in from the outside on our shoes or paws of pets. In a recent warning about lead exposure, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) specifically recommends that shoes remain outside the house. According to a report called The Door Mat Study, lead-contaminated soil from the outside causes almost all the lead dust inside homes. Yes, that $500 shoes can cause you more harm - so leave it outside. And no more dog or cat sleeping in your bed or that of the kids. (I was guilty of that.) LOL!!

Leaving your shoes outside is an old eco-spiritual and eco-wellness practice that has been celebrated for years. And it is not going anywhere.... so try it and make it a daily ritual.

Don't forget to celebrate the spiritual, emotional and physical value of your FEET! Give yourself a Reflexology session (come to me - Reflexology is a part of my training & practice) Or give yourself a pedicure. And I promise your FEET won't fail you.

Happy Pisces Full Moon!

Cum again!

MOJO SPICE 911 Smoothie

2011-09-11T11:02:00.000-07:00

MOJO SPICE 911 Smoothie ©
created by
The Eco Goddess

INGREDIENTS
Pears
Grapes
Bananas
Oranges
Lemon
Cinnamon
Garlic

Slice the fruits removing all seeds. Peel open banana. The oranges are sliced and plugged to use the pulp segment. Add fresh organic lemon juice and organic orange juice. Slice a lemon in half and squeeze the pulp and juice into the smoothie. Slice up 3 garlic bulbs and add. Top off with a 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix all together in blender.

This smoothie was inspired by the urgency to boost my MOJO (and all those who concur). This sexual magic potion was created on September 11th 2011in the kitchen of the Eco-Goddess Temple.

I’ve used a blend of organic fruits, herbs and spice for the healing properties and medicinal benefits they each carry. The taste is sexy, spicy and smooth! Enjoy!

Take a look at the ingredients:

Pears are a yin tonic that clear heat and mucus and energize the stomach, spleen and lungs. The pear is used in the treatment of diabetes, hot cough, gallbladder obstruction, and constipation. Freshly squeezed pear juice is a kitchen remedy for a hangover. Pears are a good source of fiber, particularly pectin, as well as potassium and boron. The pectin in pears reduce serum cholesterol and cleanses the body of environmental and radioactive toxins.

Grapes are good to treat thirst, constipation, gastritis, menopausal heat symptoms, difficult urination, edema, and dry cough. All of which are associated with low libido, compromising our sexual organs and reproductive health. Grapes can help activate healthy love juices in both the saliva and the sexual organs.

Bananas are rich in potassium and B vitamins, necessary for sex-hormone production. The banana flower with its amazing phallic shape adds to the popularity of the banana as an aphrodisiac food.

Oranges are a cooling food and a sour and sweet yin tonic that help circulate chi, clear heat, and quench thirst. They act upon the lung, spleen, stomach, and liver organ systems and help aid digestion, reduce intestinal gas, pain and bloating. Oranges have medicinal properties for those with liver weakness; they help cleanse the blood and liver. Of course, they are a great source of vitamin C as well as potassium and calcium.

Garlic, as I wrote in the Food and Sex Link of the Sistah Vegan Anthology, may be weird on the breath but it is good on the sex drive. It is better if both parties love and enjoy the benefits of garlic. Garlic contains high levels of allicin - a compound that can improve blood flow to the sexual organs.
Garlic's distinct flavor and aroma whet the appetite and excite the passions. It's this feature that makes it prohibited by the Jain religion and some Buddhist practitioners, and traditionally its use is limited in Indian cuisine for that same reason. Garlic is warming in thermal nature, invigorates chi, is a stimulant, and tonifies the spleen, stomach, kidney, and lung meridians. It stimulates metabolism and improves digestion.

Cinnamon has a strong, sexy aromatic zing and is one of humanity's oldest spice. It is a yang tonic that supports the spleen, lung, kidney, heart and uterus function. Cinnamon can increase digestive fluid secretion and ameliorate intestinal gas. It raises vitality and stimulates all the vital functions of the body, counteracting congestion and aiding the peripheral circulation of the blood. Good for menstrual cramps; its aroma relieves tension and helps steady the nerves. Definite requirements for sexual relaxation and enjoyment.

This smoothie is dedicated to all the sexy spirits that are on the path of merging their sexual MOJO with their spiritual MOJO for a magical combustion! To those who know that true wellness begins from our sexual center and that when that is balanced and well and happy..... the energies flow easily and effortlessly into all other areas of our lives.

Let the magic begin and may the MOJO SPICE 911 Smoothie © awaken your sexual juices and sensually spicy spirit. May you ride the endless orgasmic waves of sex & spirit!

Cum again!

The Mystery of Moon, Meditation & Blood

2011-09-08T19:56:00.000-07:00

We just completed the 21 Day Meditation challenge with the Deepak Chopra center and it really was a nice rhythmic experience that certainly set some energies in motion, particularly in that unconscious space. Seeds where planted, weeds were uprooted, soil turned over, hell even an earthquake took place.

I happened to be in the midst of meditation when the earthquake ruffled parts of the east coast's belly. I remained calm and centered while the furniture, windows, floors and the earth moved beneath me. I held such a loving space of surrender during those moments. The moments of being still, sitting in silence, breathing and letting go slipped me into the eye of the energetic storm.

I have nothing tangible to put on the table as a result of those 21 days but I know with certainty that I f-e-e-l something has shifted in side of me. It must have been a soul earthquake because I am still ruffled inside.

Women Meditating
By Brenda Claws
From the Birth Painting Series

One of the mysteries that did occur is worth noting and celebrating. I didn't do the meditation alone. Thousands of others joined in from across the world (at their leisure) some coinciding with others. Talk about the power of the internet. It can be useful for strategic, positive change and unions such as this.

I did, however, join forces with goddess Larissa and we communicated each of the entire 21 days sharing our progress and experiences, pondering life and its dance and mystic, simply connecting and bonding.

I did her chart and discovered that we both have 12th house planets which brought about some commonalities and interesting insights and understanding. I even referred to her as a twin soul after so may intersections of our personal experiences and interactions were revealed. We both have Mercury in Sagittarius which makes our style of communicating, thinking and dexterity bare striking similarities.

Faceless
by Larafairie

Basically the 12th house is symbolic of the hidden world, the unconscious realm, institutions, retreat, meditation, prisons, hospitals, anywhere that is outside the domain of the public life or out in the open, the community or society. It is where you become faceless; it is the blind spot of our lives.

In this last house (or room) are those things we don't readily and easily see. Like a car driving in the lane next to you and you can only see it if you look in your side view mirror. The mirror is there to help you see what may be coming out of nowhere , who's behind you or in your blind spot. It's also the house of hidden enemies - the one inside of you and reflected outside of you. I like astrology because it gives us a mirror that can help us see what's back there, behind you and inside you. It offers choices and future possibilities -if you dare.

Having planets here makes you naturally gravitate towards a sense of seclusion (well enjoyed - by the way) giving you an edge of comfort around being alone (and I didn't say lonely). Even though, as in my case, I have also always been a social butterfly who values and needs my dosage of "me alone" like an aphrodisiac drug.

Saturn has been transiting my 12th house for (hold on... let me check... yeah, its been that long) almost 2 and a half years! (Lol!) And if you know anything about old man Saturn you know that "hommie don't play". He comes to get your ass straight where you've crooked for too long. The last 2 years have been - pretty much - about restrictions, limitations, stiffness, twisted moments, boundaries, time, and the lessons of discipline, authority and perseverance with a heavy hand. All for the greater good of my soul evolution.

You know that planet that has a ring around it? Well that's how I've been feeling for the last 2 and a half years.... re-stricted, as though I am in some sort of prison with an irregular amount of limitations around what I used to know as freedom. At times, it's like looking outside the window of my castle. Through it I see so much beauty in nature's expressions; so many people to meet and places to go. Yet, I can not step outside. There is this invisible lock on the door. And when I do venture outside, I dare not stray too far away. It was like having a ring around my spirit and other times one around my tongue. But its all in accordance! :-0

Thanks to the players of this dance, the planets, the earth, the animals, the trees, the flowers, everything that vibrates. They make it beautiful. They make it real. So I try my best to flow with the dance and apply the virtue of patience. It's all about time - that powerful illusion. Yet it's one of the perks. And Saturn give us plenty of it.

Saturn will lift my curfew by next year. The ring's already loosening up. I am feeling it. (whoopie doo!) And....(with a southern drawl) don't I have my own Saturn story! Well, I happen to be a Saturn's blood daughter - a Capricorn. :-)

Drum Covered in Menstrual Blood
Women Who Make Art with Menstrual Blood

Back to my original story, the mystery - more like ancient mysteries - that unraveled after the 21 day meditation with Larissa as my companion is that we both got our periods at the same time and we both shared that it came early. My last period was during the dark of the moon. We just had a new moon the 28th of August. The dark moon phase precedes a new moon. It's been far less than 21 days. In fact its been 11 days since I had my last period. I had a period during the meditation. So there's the old saying that when women come together in heart and spirit, there moon times synchronize. On the other hand, we sure must have needed to a special release, a purging of some excess energy and garbage. Don't you just love nature? It never fails us. We are not in control. Are we?

Yoni Light 2
Art by Norman E. Masters

On the other hand....that's the power of our sexual & creative center; such occurrences speak highly of an incredible divine feminine force that simply exists. It speaks to the power of energy and how we blend with each other by an invisible energy field that we need to be more mindful of. 'Cause it's got a lot more to tell us.

We are in fact, one with each other. (Can I get a witness!! Clap your hands! Stomp!)

This totally raises greater awareness of energy. For me - at least. And it also makes me deeply respectful of, as I must bow down to the divine (dark) feminine force that BE!

Thank you for reading! Cum again!

Goddess Sounds

2011-09-04T11:37:00.000-07:00

ASTRUD GILBERTO
featured artist during the 2011 Labor Day Weekend
@
The Eco-Goddess Temple
with Surya

"The Girl from Ipanema"

Astrud Gilberto, known as "The Girl from Ipanema" and often referred to as "The Queen of Bossa Nova", is an artist with roots planted firmly in Brazilian music. Her music has become an interesting combination of the sensual rhythms of Braziil and American Pop and Jazz.

Born in the Northeast of Brazil, in the state of Bahia, one of three sisters of a German father and a Brazilian mother, Astrud grew up in Rio de Janeiro. She immigrated to the United States in the early 1960s, where she resides since then. Read more...

I was born into a family that played music, collected music, loved music and celebrated life with music just about every single day. For me it gradually became a powerful healing tool and part of my life, soothing and balancing my range of emotions as a divine feminine being.

Birthed into the era of the mid 60's, I was raptured at an early age by the seductive tones of Bossa Nova. And at that time Brazilian artists like Astrud Gilberto had filled the globe with their soul soothing sounds. I was also surrounded by music of legendary greats like Dizzie Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole (his daughter Natalie Cole - I loved the album & title track, "Inseparable" and the whole pink album cover stuff.), Santana, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and so many more including those from the African world like Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba & Fela.

Tunes from the diaspora like R&B, Blues, Latin Jazz, Calypso, Roots Reggae, Afro Pop were all a part of my musical foundation while I grew up with even classical music as a part of my daily life after school. It played on the radio each week day while I ate my after school snack and had my siesta.

Besides, I took piano lessons for 7 years and played in piano concerts. I was not only a music baby but I was a dancer as well.

Ironically, decades later I would marry a fierce Afri-Brazilian artist/musican from Salvador, Bahia and the beat of Samba and other sounds of Brazil would soon join forces with my already vast and ecclectic selection of tunes in my life's musical library.

Music is at the core of my life. My favorites, my collection, my musical treasure is broad in range, scope, culture and genre. I am so happy to share a piece of my music joy and world with each of you. Enjoy and do explore more on your own.

Women are the Leaders of the Pack!

2011-08-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

"I want to acknowledge all WOMEN, and the special power that all women hold - even though they may not realize it yet. I worry about the fact that my kids are growing up in a very unstable world; a world that is going to require some incredible pack leaders if it is going to be made right again. I believe that WOMEN hold the key to helping put our world back into balance. But they can't do that until men truly acknowledge and honor the unique wisdom and the leadership WOMEN have to offer - and until WOMEN can embrace the pack leaders within themselves. More than most men, many WOMEN seem to instinctively know that leadership doesn't mean negative energy. It doesn't mean pitting one person against another, one country against another, one religion against another. I also believe that WOMEN are more likely than men to act for the good of the pack. And like dogs, we humans need to remember that without the pack we are nothing. I have seem more compassion from WOMEN in my life than I have seen from men. WOMEN have taught me true calm-assertive leadership, and because of them I have become a better, more balanced leader in all areas of my life, not just with dogs.

Dogs are all about the pack. They are guided by an instinctual way of being that we humans can have access to if we simply say, "I am here to live every moment to the fullest; to fulfill my own life and to help fulfill everybody else around me." I owe a huge debt of gratitude to dogs for the values they have taught me - such as honesty, integrity, consistency, and loyalty. These are the qualities that make a true pack leader." ~~~~ Cesar Millan

As a woman, I was immediately drawn to the divine feminine spirit within Cesar Millan after first seeing him on his show, Dog Whisperer. In fact, I fell in love with his spirit and ranted about making him my husband. LOL!! Yes, I have the power to make him mine even if it is only on a spiritual, energetic level - for I am WO-MAN! My spirit knew that he embodied certain feminine intuitive values that mirrored mine and that of the universal goddess spirit while I recognized that we were of the same tribe. This is a man who is sharing with the world the value and beliefs that I carry within when it comes to dogs, animals, nature and our connectedness to them.

I wholeheartedly believe in and observe the symbolisms and the synchronicities that lace our lives on a moment to moment and day to day basis. With a keen, discerning eye for observing nature I hear her speak to me in her many ways. From discovering a dead bird in my backyard whispering of the transformation around my sense of freedom or the end to an old sense of liberation; a flock of black birds covering my front lawn simultaneously telling of the death of the massive amount of people sacrificing their lives as the planes crashed into the twin towers on September 11th, 2001 in New York city; to my grandmother appearing in my dream barefooted and pregnant walking about in a hospital letting me know in advance that I was pregnant with my son. I have many many more of those and they continue to be a part of my life - the whispers, the messages, the songs of nature that tell me stories or bring me messages from the great beyond. They are like riddles or rhymes, poems or short stories and other times songs or dances. Having had dogs as pet from the early foundation of my life, such an intimate relationship with canines continue to challenge my way of thinking and being, while fine tuning my intuitive skills, transforming and shaping my life and serving as a mirror of my inner world and psyche from day to day. And most of all the biggest lesson I continue to learn from my dogs is that of unconditional love.

The formation of the Eco-Goddess Temple (world) and its underlying eco-spiritual and eco-sensual
principles - with earth as our mother, our lover, our partner - extends into the magical connectedness between gaia (all living creatures) and the human spirit, and aims to cultivate and nurture that powerful ongoing relationship that we as humans need to become aware of and actively participate in. We utter words like, "we are one", "everything is everything" from our deep wellspring of wisdom yet we have quite a ways to go to knowing, understanding and implementing its truth especially when we come face to face with the darkness of what we see in the mirror. As humans we are constantly in search of a divine source, a god (spelled backwards..dog), a higher power, heaven - you name it - while we are completely oblivious to the fact that we are already standing on it, connected to it (gravity tells no lie), attached to it, come from it, return to it and are nothing without it - all we have to do is look beneath our feet, feel and breathe its aliveness!

To many these magical principles may seem far fetched, out of their league, jibberish, a foreign language they frustratingly detest because they cannot understand, while others may ignore, reject it or the filters/windows of the world are simply too clogged or too foggy to see and their energy field too congested to feel the realness that is already in motion. Yet, in time it shall be revealed, in time it shall make sense, be sensed and awaken the senses. But not until we clear the field and return to the womb of the female spirit.

This is the era of the divine feminine, the female, the essence of the goddess. And her powers, her love, her spirit calls us. It's not out there, it's inside of you - be you woman or man. Koyaanisqatsi - a Hopi Indian term that means "life out of balance." and a 1982 visually arresting documentary by Godfrey Reggios shows, without words but through professional photographic images, the impact of humans and their technology on this planet. The message: the rise of technology has tipped the scale of balance on this planet, reflecting likewise in each of us. This movie urges us to reconnect with the instinctual side of ourselves that is animal, that is our primordial divine feminine powers. Westerners have already mastered the intellectual side. But there is also the emotional, the spiritual and the instinctual aspects of our being that needs tending to.

Without being in touch with our instinctual side we are dangerously unbalanced. Our dogs (cats, pets, animals, nature) know this. But do we listen to them or are we too busy trying to control them or treat them as though they are humans. Dogs are not meant to be treated as humans and humans are not meant to be treated as dogs. Something people in the west are very confused about because in most cases they are a substitute for the love of a human that seems so distant and hopeless. We can fool each other but we can not fool our canine companions or our pets. Balance comes from having all four parts of ourselves - emotional, intellectual, spiritual and instinctual - in alignment. Just like our canine buddies come into existence with four legs to keep them planted on the earth. The good news is that there is hope! Our dogs, animals, nature in general can be our guides to reawakening our instinctual natures. But the biggest piece of this scattered puzzle is that.... it is only through balancing our relationship with nature that we can become fully realized creatures of Mother Nature. And it is time that men remember that they came through wo-man. 'Wo' being short for womb. Until men humble themselves to the divine feminine as shaped through their mothers, their wives, their lovers, their sisters, etc; until men understand what it means to serve women and to heal their women they will remain in the darkness of consciousness. The divine, ultimate mission/achievement of any man on earth is to serve and to heal wo-man for it is wo-man who has healed him as child and it is wo-man who has brought him forth into manifestation.

We are gathering together on a sacred G-spot of gaia with WOMEN, the GODDESS beings, the DIVINE FEMININE as leaders of the pack! Are you coming? We await you! I'm Surya! And I am the designated leader of this pack serving YOU! Welcome to the ECO-GODDESS Temple!

Koyaanisqatsi - "Life Out of Balance"

{Eco-Goddess Temple - Putting Life in Balance}

BEING FREE OF TV

2011-08-16T10:30:00.000-07:00

This is TURN OFF television week in our home temple. And along with that is a 21- Day meditation that my 13 year old and I are doing together. Joining us in the meditation challenge (from her own space) is a sistah with whom I shall speak with each day to discuss our meditation discoveries and personal challenges. It’s a meditation of a few minutes, if I abstract the voice of the facilitator, but the value and joy is found in having time together for a few golden minutes each morning. The goal is to create a soul profile and the three questions are: Who am I? What do I want to do? What is my dharma (life’s purpose)? We are on day 2 of being free of TV as well as the 21 Day mediation challenge and so far so good.

Silence has always been easier for me than most folks that I know because I am a natural retreater due to my 12^th house Mars. Though sometimes to my detriment I find myself attempting to retreat from all of life – particularly the harshness, the conflicts as well as the realities of life’s pain-filled & painstaking moments. Yesterday, I let out a sigh to my son during those golden silent moments when the temple was so still you could hear a pin drop and the beating of a heart. And even our dog appreciating the silence didn't hesitate to join in. I find silence to be very delicious and empowering. As a sensitive being, it helps to ground me, quiet my inner chatter, simmer down the internal volcanoes and the disturbances from the exterior noises. But the essence of Tantra (which my spirit validates) embraces the polarities of life – the light and the dark, the up and the down, the in and the out, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. This is what we earthlings have not quite understood nor are we fed this side of “oneness” at an early age in our journey. So we resist. We fight it. We struggle with it. We separate and divide ourselves.

I am a movie buff and like most kids my son loves to watch cartoons and sitcoms. On the scale of being television addicts, we are at the bottom of the barrel though I’d like to throw the damn thing out the window and actually did try to fling it across the room and kick it in the butt one time when I got sick and tired of telling him to turn it off. It fell on its face and sat there for days. I was shocked to see the thing come back on when I picked it up to sweep and clean up. Damn what are they made of? I was secretly wishing it had died. LOL!! I do not allow news watching and do monitor what he watches. Yet, I have struggled with him during the summer months, now that the camp activities are over - when it is so easy for him to rise up in the morning and prop himself before the television now that all the camp activities are over. I couldn’t do that as a child because I was not raised with TV. I was raised in Africa where we had black and white, limited television broadcast hours with cartoons only on Saturdays. As a parent raising a child in these times and in the wild wild west, I often reflect on my childhood and instinctively desire to apply some of my memories and upbringing. I see how technology can be so detrimental to the health and well being of our children and our selves. I am fully aware of the damage it does the mind and body alike.

Guns have some usefulness!

When one sits before a television or computer screen for hours it literally drains the life force out of you. The eyes (besides the sexual organs) are a major channel in which energy is leaked and lost. When that happens we loose vitality in all our organs - kidneys, liver, spleen, etc. The electromagnetic energy from the television or computer screen draws the life energy out of us through our eyes. That’s why it is considered magnetic and we all know how magnets works. We see life through our eyes and we loose life through our eyes.

Telling our children that they must not watch so much television or play video games or don’t do this or don’t do that is not sufficient. We need to make sure we understand the process and what happens first in order to be able to explain this to them intellectually. I remind my child of the consequences and repercussions and how he is shortening his life when he spends long hours in front of a video game.

Beat the TV

Now that our one little measly television is off in our home, he is naturally driven to find other creative things to engage he and his imagination. He’s reawakened his natural drawing talent and his interest in magic; he’s riding his bike and horsing around with and torturing his doggie. He was silent for a while yesterday and when I checked in on him, he had fallen asleep on the bed with two pillows propped up like a tent, head in the middle with chin planted in the mattress as though he was reading or looking at something. Checked in and he was off to dreamland. I usually find myself trying to convince him to take a nap. Not yesterday! I personally like to wind down with a good movie in the evening. I replaced that with us all taking an hour long walk yesterday after agnihotra. I created a new recipe of my own – a Mango Apple Salad. Did I say that I've been singing out loud a lot too? And I was glued to a book as well as paper and pen, with even more time for self-reflection and engaging my inner ear. Talk about the things you hear when the TV is off and you are surrounded by silence. With the current mercury retrograde in progress, I am really seeing myself - dark, ugly, denied self, fears and all –while gaining greater clarity of “Who I am”.

On Friday we volunteer together at a Yoga ashram in Bethesda where we’ll be gardening and bagging up dry foods for the CSA and where we both began our yoga journey together with Mommy & Baby yoga 13 years ago. Now we are having more mommy and child time with the tube shut down.

So who wants to join us in changing your life for a week with a click?

A Dream House that Grows!!

2011-08-11T13:20:00.000-07:00

One of my private dreams I am working on manifesting is a tree house. This stems from the longstanding desire to live in nature, be in nature, breathe with nature and to uncover the depths of my own unsung nature. The desire to one day build a tree house is greater then a childhood fantasy or the playtime of climbing coconut trees in my yard or building castles in the sands of the beach that laced the ocean behind my home on the Atlantic coast of West Africa.

This dream is about the desire to live in nature, to wake up to the melodies of birds and the songs and messages emitted from hierarchy of the smallest insect to the greatest of the animal kingdom; to tune into and listen to nature's voice; to feel the power of the sun through my window; to be consistently plugged into the source; to breathe fresh crisp healing air that I can only find in the depths of nature and to feel the essence of being in gaia's green womb. This dream is about going with mother nature rather than against her. It stems from the preservation of my childlike spirit and heart, as well as the desire, the yearning, the call to let go of earthbound encumbrances and be free.

Here are some inspiring images of treehouses around the world. We are at the doorway of an era in which we will be forced to truly honor and respect the earth while we look for alternative ways to live and be in harmony with the forces of nature. Green building.....Tree houses will be one of them.

Finca Bellavista Treehouse
Costa Rica

Lantern House
by Roderick Romero
Santa Monica, California

Free Spirit Spheres
British Columbia
envisioned for meditation, photography, canopy research or wildlife watching

Beach rock Treehouse
Okinawa, Japan
by master Japanese treehouse builder Taka

Temple of the Blue Moon
By Pete Nelson - writer, photographer & treehouse builder.

Inside the Temple of the Blue Moon

Driftwood Egg Treehouse by Taka
the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido

Secret Garden Treehouse
Seattle, Washington

These are just a few photographic excerpts of the beautiful and powerful treehouses.
Visit this link for more..... TREEHOUSE

Be in the Fullness of the Aquarius Moon

2011-08-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

From guest astrologer Ayesha Grice

Beloveds, it's Full Moon time again. The Full Moon will be in Aquarius on Saturday August 13, at 2:57pm edt. Aquarius is the fixed air sign that says "I know". It's also the sign that rules the 11th House of Friends, Large Groups/Organizations, Sacred or Humanitarian Service. This is a good time to look in your friendship circles to see whose traveling with you. Are these your friends or just people you know? Once in a while it's a good idea to clean out your address book to eliminate the names of people you're no longer in contact with, or the ones that you've totally outgrown (laughing). It's also a good time to contact the people in your life called "friends" to let them know you appreciate them. A friend is a person who supports your wishes and dreams (11th House) and who shares same goals and values. A friend is the person you can tell your deepest secret to and you just know they're not going to tell it. A good friend is the person that you can agree to disagree with and there won't be any drama on your part or on his or her part.

Aquarius is the sign that's detached, but not distant. Aquarius is the sign of Agape love...spiritual love, not attached love. I love my Aquarius friends because they are never clingy. Maybe that's because they always have a busy schedule and most times have no time for drama. Aquarius is ruled by both Saturn and Uranus, the signs of restriction and freedom, respectively. You have to first understand the rules before you attempt to change them. You have to realize that you're in a box before you make a decision to get out of the box. As Harriet Tubman once said "I would have freed more slaves if they knew they were slaves" (paraphrasing here). If you tune into the Aquarius energy you won't be able to contain the need to be free...to break from the status quo and free yourself from old an outworn ideas. Astrology is ruled by Aquarius because the planets represent the spiritual laws and the natal chart shows the natural unfoldment of consciousness. I think most of us know, we are not here to suffer, nor are we here to become comfortable with the status quo. We are not here to become mediocre followers of false doctrines. We are here to serve humanity, to do sacred service, to help one another, and to become the best of who we are. Evolution is the upwardly unfolding spiral and it never stops, from lifetime to lifetime. So it is time to ask yourself where are you stuck in your consciousness and to meditate on the solution to get unstuck. You could also ask yourself if you are doing sacred service or if you're just stuck in the selfish acquisition of material things. If you're complaining about the way things are, then ask yourself what are you personally doing to bring about a solution. If you're not a part of the solution, then you're a part of the problem. Look at what's happening in London today...need I say more? Can you imagine what would happen if we just got up and said "no more" to the police after they killed or abused one of our loved ones?
I'm just saying...

This full moon is coming on Saturday the 13th and on Monday the 15th is the first day of the 21 day meditation challenge sponsored by the Deepak Chopra group. I did the last one and I'm looking forward to this one because it keeps me focused and centered on the inner wisdom and temporarily allows me to shut out the distractions from the external garbage, like the news, mindless gossip, worry, fear, doubt...garbage!

Here's the link, if your interested: www.chopra.com/meditationchallenge

I always seem to forget to mention that full moons are also good times to be among groups of people who share similar goals and values, or to just be with a partner or to "dance by the light of the Moon". Enjoy this time.

Love You, Ayesha

p.s. From The Eco-Goddess.....I'll be taking the 21 Meditation Challenge. Why don't you join me. Let me know.

The Green Path of Mosquitos

2011-08-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

I have been dealing with a mosquito army in a nonchalant way until two days ago when I came inside with so many itchy welts on my legs and arms that I had to drench myself with alcohol and then take a shower. When I get mosquito bites, I usually get upset then I'll end up going right back outside because my love for nature makes me easily forget her creations like the tiniest little black flying insect that can just about take the life of a big human.

Having a number of citronella candles burning and then plastering myself with citronella essential oils usually does the job but its so strong that even Midnite- the dog - will run away from me. I noticed that he is a main attraction for those damn pests. They hoover all around his big, furry, warm body looking for blood to suck. Lucky for him, nature protects him naturally because it is difficult to find his skin through his fur.

The back deck is my favorite outdoor spot, no matter how hot or late it is. I find myself telling Midnite to not wake up the mosquitos but I realize that the best way to get them is to reach their home before they reach mine. The dampness under the deck provides a cozy place for them to multiply and build their mosquito kingdom. I'm waiting on my handyman to come and clean under the deck and to also clear behind the shed where growth is throwing a party. It's been two weeks now and I may have to fire him.

I came across 4 very simple solutions to this mosquito madness that  are eco-friendly.

1) Stop mosquito growth before it happens. The best mosquito killer is preventing them from arriving in the first place. Try to minimize or eliminate any areas of open water in your garden or under your house that might be places for mosquitoes to lay and grow their eggs (they’ll either lay them on the water surface or on the ground next to it.) Check out bird baths, old tires, rain barrels, streams and ponds, ditches, unused swimming pools, outdoor tubs, flower pots and vases, and roof gutters.

2) Everything citronella. Citronella candles are famously capable of keeping away mosquitoes. Burning one on a nearby table or bench as you enjoy yourself does a pretty good job of keeping the pesky critters away. Citronella is actually a six foot high grass that grows in more tropical locations, and which might be feasible to plant if you have the space and proper climate.

3) Plant mosquito repellent herbs and plants. Did you know catnip is one of the most powerful mosquito repellent plants available? Studies have shown it can be many times more effective than DEET. Another good herb to use is rosemary. Non-herb plants you can use include ageratum and marigolds (mosquitoes hate ageratum in particular.) Plant these herbs and plants in your yard and crush some of their leaves while you are nearby to enjoy protection, since the mosquitoes can’t smell them otherwise.

4) Use Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelenis bacteria. Known as Bti for short, this bacteria will infect and kill mosquito, gnat, and black fly larvae. Bti is very picky and won’t harm anything else including other insects, fish, birds, worms, or mammals. They’re easy to apply and use. You can buy them as a dunk to submerge in standing water, or buy the bacteria in bits that you can scatter across your garden. They start working within 24 hours, serving as one very effective mosquito killer.

The Way of the Divine Feminine

2011-08-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

The Way of the Divine Feminine has been damaged perceptually as well as virtually. The pathway has been obstructed as well as the practices and applications that are natural to the components of being feminine or exuding femininity.

Bundled up in my sacrifice for stepping off the wheel of social media is the need to reconnect with my own divine feminine self - which is plenty in this lifetime. The war within me has been between both my feminine and masculine selves trying to take center stage, one up against the other. And it shows the disruption through the subtle and not so subtle shifts, tingles, pains, discomforts, and noises from my body. The voice within calls gently while the masculine vibes interrupt with the intellectual games of showmanship.

In a conversation with my friend Denise she shares, "Girl, I have been feeling rather sexual and horny of late." I need to get sexually active once again. I miss being that way. I think I am going to call up a platonic friend and cross the boundaries and step on to the other side." So she did. And just as her intuition had prevented her from getting into a sexual, fluidic entanglement with her platonic friend over the years, the evening played out in a way that made her think twice about honoring her intuition. Denise describes the evening as having a double edge sword. One side was protective while the other side was affirming. She said, "Girl, he could not even get it up. He laid in bed next to me trying to get his penis hard. It was so disappointing, so discouraging. I am aided on my sexual quest by the preparation of a man's visible erection. When a man is soft during passionate moments, it raises a red flag." Of course it says something is not clicking. His mind and his heart are racing in opposite directions and if he has to try too hard then its called forcing the funk. She went on to share that her friend has a vegan diet, is a daily bike rider and claims he practices a rasta lifestyle." Oh dear, I say to myself. Here we go again. Deception at it finest. I could see that the male and female world within the both of them was topsy turvy.

This is a case of the conflict between the male and female world. Clearly!!! For both my friend Denise and her male friend, the gender vibrations are not dancing in harmony and are not in sync. In fact, they are clearly at war with each other and not very comfortable with each other. A microcosmic picture of the macrocosmic universe. Denise, was not sure about her friend. Her body, her sensual nature, her feminine self aroused and excited, longed for communion with the divine masculine. She desired nurturance of a sensual, sexual kind but she did not listen deeper to understand what that entailed. And so many are strangers to the language of the divine feminine.

The call comes from deep within us all. The body begins to give off signals that it needs attention, that it needs touch, healing touch, it needs to be felt, it needs to be heard, it needs to embrace and entangle with another, it needs moments of exploration, it needs to be fed. Yet, the way that humans have been trained and programmed to respond has been the greatest problem and instigator in the war between the sexes. Reject your body; search for peace elsewhere; sex is the devil, etc., etc. When we feel our sexual energies moving, the first inclination is to act upon it. Get relief, go wild, get sexually busy. We have not practiced being still, listening to its message, its language; learning how to work its magic. We have not been given positive, loving images of sex. We've been given pornography, hard core, heartless sexual flicks and films. Where's the sexual magic? Where are illustrations of divine love making? We were not taught to dance with it, we were not taught to listen to it and make it our best friend, make it our guide; we were not taught that it is the masculine energy calling from beyond, desiring to dance and merge with its female counterpart, its companion in love... that is right there luring it from deep within. The connection needs to be made within first. Then we can see it manifest outside ourselves.

The art of tantra or sacred sexuality is a beautiful path for healing, empowerment and spiritual enlightenment once you get through the rubbish and mass confusion that the west has put over it. I mean every Tom, Dick and Suzie has taken it up as a career path, a business theme. My head spins. What happened to the sacredness, the spiritual component, the private joy it comes with? I know that people are still in the dark over what the feminine divine and the masculine sacredness really means and how it reveals its many faces. People still separate sex from spirit. And it will take a long time for it to be fully integrated into the human and collective consciousness especially since we are cloaked and even strangled by the masculine ways.

Having pulled the social media plug, I have been put back into this luscious abyss. Each day is filled with prayerful, enlightening moments that are arising from the depths of my own divine feminine wellspring. I am writing each day, I am listening more, nuggets of wisdom and high voltage flashes of light moments fill my consciousness while my sexual energies are breaking through the prison walls that have held it back. And just when you insert the key in one lock, you find that there is another lock to open up. I know I am very complex, so image human sexuality if it sat next to you and asked you if you really knew it. LOL!!

I now have more time, energy and the space to really get to know myself better with less time on the computer and the internet. I have changed a great deal over the decades and now I need to catch up more with myself and all that exists within my private world. The Ways of the Divine Feminine that we have long forgotten....this is the chapter that I am working and living in my book.

During my research and studies I was led to the tantric mongoose - Shantam Nityama (once again) and he nicely captured a frame of the divine feminine way. As a bodyworker, I share very similar insights around findings with those who have come to see me over the years. Blocked sexual energy has been the diagnosis across the board. Underlying all their issues, their concerns, their imbalances, their pain and longings..... was and is for most........ suppressed, repressed sexual energies - a dwindling of the life force.

It is my pleasure sharing it with you....

From the Tantric Mongoose....

"The way of the woman is the allowing of light. Her way is transparency, receptivity, tenderness, yieldingness, availability, and she neither uses her sex nor neglects it. The way of the woman is the utilizing of pure intuition as a way of knowing. It is a knowing without knowing how you know and trusting that. Whereas the way of the man is that if he can’t show on paper how he got from point A to point B, then maybe point B doesn’t exist.

The woman’s way of perception is totally different from the way a man perceives. Her way of perceiving is greatly dispersed. It includes all of the senses simultaneously without focusing on any one of them in particular. So when a woman walks into a room she picks up on the smell of the room, the color of the room, the feel of the room, the taste of the room, the visual impact of the room. She takes in all of this in one fell swoop. She doesn’t have to go through each one of them. She just comes in, and practically imbibes the room on all these different levels simultaneously. And if you ask her about her experience of the room, she would reply, “Oh it was exquisite, it was this, and it had that feel to it, and you could just smell this, and everything just fit together so well.”

And in turn, she is also able to register disharmony and discord, which equips her to be a reliable barometer to let the community know when things are not as harmonious as they could be.
But in order for her way to be of value, the men in the community need to be able to hear the woman’s perception without taking it and twisting it to make it palatable to the male mind. Because in the process of doing that, he distorts what the woman has communicated to such a degree that it renders it impotent. It diminishes the power of her communication. For men to stand differently with women in this new place they need to cultivate the ability to listen to a woman’s communication while respecting her framework of perceiving, so he understands what she’s saying, rather than attempting to run it through his mind to determine whether or not it makes sense to his style of conceptualizing."

The Heart's Poetry

2011-08-01T19:51:00.000-07:00

"The intelligence of the head is not intelligence at all; it is knowledgeability. The intelligence of the heart is the intelligence, the only intelligence there is. The head is simply an accumulator.

The intelligence of the heart creates poetry in your life, gives a dance to your step, makes your life a joy, a celebration, a festivity, a laughter. It gives you a sense of humor. It makes you capable of love, of sharing. ~ Osho

Grand Lady Moon is still in her new moon phase so I am knocking on the door of your heart before the moon changes her shape, size and attire and step into her 1st quarter dress.  The new moon is always a fertile time to plant new seeds and to create intentions and lay down short term goals you'd like to accomplish or manifest by the time it reaches its fullness. I don't mean anything lavish or too heavy for her to bring to you but I mean simple, yet powerful things such as changing a habit, letting go of an old pattern, making a profound stride in your path of healing, initiating a diet or changing the emotional patterns or weeding out the garden of your heart.

Speaking of the HEART. This is the focus of the Leo Moon that I'd like to help bring into your conscious awareness. So....how's your HEART doing? What's cooking in it? What do you need to do or stop doing in order for it to come into its own space of peace and balance, of creativity, happiness, love? What does the voice of your heart's HEART sing or cry to you or what is it saying through others that you are unable to decipher on your own? What feelings do you have stored in the compartments of your heart that needs clearing and sharing? Have you explored the shadows of your HEART? What are your HEART's desires or its ancient yearnings? What is its purpose? Have you been feeling them during this new moon in Leo?

During this new moon phase I am finding myself in the midst of prayerful moments that resurrect out of no where; moments in which I am whisked away by visions of my deep deep forgotten desires as I find myself speaking them into being, seeing them happen, shaping them and willing them into existence. Dreams that I put aside are tapping on my window, longings that I hid deep inside are tickling my nose and pulling me towards them. It's a reawakening of my heart's dreams and its long ago yearnings. My heart's voice is becoming more audible and distinct saying to me....can you hear me now? As I am able to say to it ...  I can hear you NOW!

My biggest sacrifice at the ushering of the Leo new moon was to pull out of the web of facebook, to let go of the most addictive social media pool. My goal is to focus on my private life and my leadership role in my home which preceeds that of my public life. Somehow I was getting them crossed. I am also focusing on my heart, my family and my need to complete the creative projects set in motion by my heart. It is my modern day offering to the techno gods. (hehehe) Just like ancient spiritual tribes and groups performed regular rituals and made sacrifices, so it is that I chose to make a much needed one at this time and era, in accordance with my heart's guidance.

Oh the spirit of Leo is calling as it is this time of year when the sun and the summer season is at its peak; its the time when our playful, childlike nature springs forth and takes the ball and runs with it; it is when our sexual nature rises and splashes and is most aroused as our sexual/creative energies course through our veins and vibrates through our energy body and its extension around us. It is the time when we desire to express ourselves most and to take center stage. Leo embodies the qualities of creativity, individuality, and pride, as well as fifth house themes of children, pleasure, and entertainment. The Leo New Moon period is the perfect time to pay attention to yourself, and revel in your personal gifts while cultivating those to which you’d like to give more attention.

So what is demanding your attention at this time? Or where does your attention keep drifting to? Mine keeps taking me down pathways that are uncovering my hidden gifts and moving down others where I discover more of me. It is reminding me that my gift of doing heart and spiritual readings is ripe and ready again and that I can now open up to sharing and helping others again. So if you are called within your heart to ask me, then please do so. It is also taking me down into the basement where I am clearing away old files, memories and rubbish of the past so as to make room for the the new.

I am also experiencing greater clarity and affirmative action within my heart. I used to be confused around certain heart related issues - who or what do I allow in, who or what do I let go of, where do I plug my heart's energies and where do I retrieve or recall it from? One of the trickeries of the heart can be the detrimental process of giving it away to everyone and allowing or permitting erroneous and external people, places and things to pull and tug at it. Decades ago, I learned a very beautiful and powerful heart protection ritual and at the time, I was momentarily baffled over the very concept of protecting the heart. But I soon realized that it is one of the most vital organs that warrants protection. Yes, we can over do the heart, just like people over do and have heart attacks, heart failures and heart diseases so can we over do in the emotional heart world which precedes and lays the ground work for the physical imbalances. We are capable of over extending the heart and I came to know that pretty quickly.  This Leo new moon has brought that up again and it has resurrected the people who have hurt me the most as they now come calling and attempting to once again suck my heart's sweet juices like a vampire in search for blood. My lesson is to offer a different response than the past. One that puts my heart first - honoring and respecting it as the queen of my being.

Since the Leo new moon and sun are both hitting my 11th house the currents of this house has been swirling around me. This is the house that stores the energies of groups and group activities; the house that  indicates what kind of groups you will be attracted to, and planets here reflect the kinds of people in those groups. I have Uranus and Pluto in there - whoo hooo!! Friends are also a part of the Eleventh House. Here is where you can learn about the kinds of people who appeal to your deepest being- the people with whom you most want to spend time. Talk about shamans & witches, astrologers, gypsies, bohemians, rastas, people of eclectic natures, foreigners, outcasts, I tend to draw them to me and many other breeds of rebels and unconventionals. I get easily bored and quickly fed up by those who are conformists and ass kissers, tight lips, stiff necks and tight asses; those restricted in mind and heart, negative and toxic people, those who are extreme materialists and are totally blind to and destructive of nature, those who lead and live superficial lives void of spirit, those who complain and bitch senselessly and endlessly. They may work quite well for some but  for me, I get turned off.

This new moon is putting its emotional, instinctive soft beam on the people that have been standing in my social garden. It's giving me the discerning power to weed some of them out of my life while others try so hard to hold on to me. I got a call from a man that I had to cut off from because his thought transmissions were interfering with the progression and quality of mine. On one occasion my girlfriend (he also knows) was chilling on her front porch and I mentioned it as we passed her place, his response... "She could get shot sitting there." She's not even in a bad neighborhood as far as I can see.

On another occasion, at about 11:00pm I said to him that I was going out to take a walk with my dog and all that came out of his mouth was..."Be careful, you don't want to get jumped or hurt." I deleted his number from my phone 2 weeks ago. Last night he calls me saying he's returning my call from last night. DUH??!?! How did my phone recall his number and call him. It reveals no such thing on my call log. Besides, I see what he's up to. Let me go!!!!

Another man that I ran into after so long who began calling me everyday after I shared information with him on a summer program for his daughter took me by storm and made me begin to really pay attention when he expressed his fear of his daughter walking down the street and getting raped by someone. All I asked him was what would she do after the camp each day. His daughter is 15 years old and is old enough to take public transportation and to be at home alone. How in the world will she get raped or harmed in broad day light while traveling home from camp. I was totally sick and disgusted by those thoughts. We all need to consider the dark side of living, yet, we must take care not to feed it. He has no idea that he is bringing this to his child. My son is 13 years old and he travels back and forth to his dad and to school and camp by himself. I always place a blanket of white light around him and communicate with his angels and guides to keep him safe and always protected. I keep my thoughts high and positive, knowing that I play a big role in creating his life and well being as well as mine. Is this the kind of nasty, negative and toxic thoughts (fears & feelings) this man and others harbor? These are the makings of our world. Call me naive and overly optimistic but I do rely on faith and trust in the process of creation knowing that it begins with me. It was a reality check, a wake up call for me. I can choose to not have such minds around me.

This new moon brings us to the doorway of our heart, the heart of others, the heart of nature and the heart of humanity and of life. It offers us an opportunity to re-define love, to check and sort out the laundry basket of our hearts and the bulk of emotions that we all carry deep inside of ourselves. It is the time to blend the feminine energies of our emotions with the masculine alchemy energies of our heart's fire. It is the time to be expressive, to let our emotions be free, to discern and to be loyal to our own hearts.

A HEART MEDITATION

Sit or lie comfortably in a quiet place, making sure that there are no restrictions by your clothing or any other distractions around you. Take about 3 minutes to settle into your breath, to find its rhythm, to ride its waves. Visualize your energy connecting with that of the earth. See roots growing from the balls of your feet into the ground. See your root chakra extending and plugging into the earth, reaching and fusing with its core. You are grounding yourself into the earth plane and plugging into its power as your would to an appliance or your computer.

Take a deep breath while imaging that you are breathing in a stream of bright, crystal white light into your heart center. As you breathe in, see it expand, glow and grow in your heart - with each inhalation see it grow from the size of a seed to that of a ball of radiant light- like the sun. Breathe out all the excess and foreign energies in your heart center you do not need. Gently follow with another natural inhalation. Continue to imagine that you are breathing the divine protective light into your heart center. Sit and watch it get bigger and brighter with each breath you take in.

Become aware of any sensations you may be experiencing during this process. Allow it, listen to it, don't hold on to it. Let go of any tension or tightness in any other part of your body. Let your upper, middle and lower body expand and be free. Keep your facial muscles soft and loose. Whenever & where ever you notice tension arising, simply breathe into it and let it go. (Practice makes perfect.)

Stay with the image of the white light expanding in your heart center as it grows and glows. Allow it to continue to expand while covering your entire body. See it grow from a seed of light you carry in your heart to you becoming a seed in the heart of its light. You are now sitting in the heart of the sacred, divine protective light.

Continue to gently breathe in and out. Capture this image and allow it to be engraved in your mind and body. You now have an earth connection and sit protected by the crystal white protective light that is around you. Go into the world and on with your day, resting comfortably and peacefully in this bubble of divine protective light. Knowing that nothing can penetrate it, no harmful energies or lower vibrations can filter through it. See, feel and experience your heart as bigger than and surrounding your own body. Allow your heart to be one with the heart of the universe.

Do it each day to reinforce its energy field and to keep you and your heart safe and in a spirit of love at all times.

If you would like to discuss matters of the heart with me or get a reading for clarity and a heart boost, feel free to email me at: ecosensualliving at gmail.com or call: 301-637-6739. Let your heart speak openly... be free and leave your comments and feedback and questions below.

"Emotions are our feminine energy, our honesty, the absence of which caused the great imbalance we find ourselves in now. This ‘man’s world’ desperately needs the balance that comes from the feminine, and the instability we are feeling IS this balance taking shape – along with every possible effort to prevent it by those who have the most to lose as humanity moves towards openness, free will, balance and peace." ~ Christine DeLorey