I am fortunate enough to have been formally initiated into more than one mantra by different spiritual masters. There is an idea that you should only take one mantra but I found myself very drawn to all of the experiences I had and in my soul, I knew there were good choices for me.  Early in my yoga journey I had a burning desire to find a guru.

We are living in a new world that is going to continue to change. It must. What we, the most evolved beings ever to walk the face of this planet, have created is not sustainable. How has this happened? Why have we not known we were living out of harmony with the earth itself? You can certainly make a case for one of the reasons being a lack of awareness.

The great Jupiter Saturn conjunction of 2020 that both completed a 20 year cycle and started a new one propelled me into a reflection of the last 20 years. I began to teach yoga and meditation full time and also embark on a purposeful, structured and conscious spiritual journey of a lifetime that continues to this very day 20 years ago.

As I sat down today to write, I was guided to take a pause and consider in a way that I had not, what the word habit means. Some of you may know from previous shows that I am a sort of word fanatic. And habit is a word that is often used in a very dualistic way as in good habits and bad habits.

Well, here we are in a new year with a new strain of covid. Not what any of us were hoping for. What this says to me is that we still haven't figured out how to deal with this situation. You can call it a problem if you like dealing with problems or you can just see it as a situation human beings have created and now must learn to properly handle. We can look at our lives this way also.

I want to talk about plant medicine. Using plants as medicine is as old as our civilization. The earth is a wise, conscious force of growth and evolution. She has a uniquely designed all encompassing system of survival for those who inhabit her surface. When we learn to live in harmony, in honor and respect with the earth our planet will change. The chocolate shaman, Keith Wilson, says that cacao is the food for the shift.

I am no stranger to death. Based on the number of death experiences I’ve had in my life, I know this is an area I chose to learn about this lifetime. I’m also a double Scorpio which is the astrological sign most associated with death which further confirms my choice to be a student of death.