The idea of “The Nectarian Collective” tour came when Vishaka and I
realized that we decided we were to go to the mainland to share my music as
well as both meet eachother’s family and friends and go to places we both had
never been before…and then we realized SeaStar and Parmita were planning on
going to adventure in the mainland as well. Vishaka was about to finish up
recording both of their CD’s and he thought, “If we are all going to be in
California/Oregon at the same time we should try to do some shows together.” So
the seed was planted.
For my CD release, on June 14th, I had Parmita and Seastar share their
music before me June 14th, and it was there that I made the
announcement of our summer tour. That night at the show, Aaron proposed to Lana and she gave birth a few days later!
Up
until the end of May I had been working full time with middle school kids at a
Puna charter school. I realized that if I really wanted to do this tour and be
in the mainland for certain festivals then it wasn’t going to be possible for
me to be back by the beginning of August.
Plus, real talk is: I was just as tired of being in the classroom just
as much as those hormonal pre teens were….(maybe more). In the previous years I had always
forfeited the opportunity to stay and tour with friends, so that I could “keep
my job.” I know I couldn’t do that this time.
As
soon as school was over Vishaka and I began planning the tour. Planning a tour
for a group that just came into existence which had never actually all played
together EVER, isn’t that easy. First of all, we had to come up with a name for
us all. Michael Reidinger (Ghanji), Vishaka’s good friend and band mate of
“Lotus Moon,”
that lived in Ojai, confirmed with us that he would play
percussion with us and provide the musical equipment and the vehicles to get us
where we need to go! Awesome. So there were five of us. 
Hmmmmm…3 women….
“Triple Goddess Tour”…sacred world music ensemble…..Sweet healing music…..a
collection of beautiful music…. “The Nectarian Collective!” Ok, there’s the
name! A band needs a website, so Vishaka worked vigilantly to create one
quickly with the photos that we had.( www.nectarianmusic.com ) I began contacting various places, mostly
yoga studios, based on certain dates of festivals and their locations. Every day for the month of June Vishaka
and I were working to put it together, me booking the gigs and Vishaka making
the fliers and working on the website and mastering SeaStar and Parmita’s
albums.
Hmmmmm…3 women….
“Triple Goddess Tour”…sacred world music ensemble…..Sweet healing music…..a
collection of beautiful music…. “The Nectarian Collective!” Ok, there’s the
name! A band needs a website, so Vishaka worked vigilantly to create one
quickly with the photos that we had.( www.nectarianmusic.com ) I began contacting various places, mostly
yoga studios, based on certain dates of festivals and their locations. Every day for the month of June Vishaka
and I were working to put it together, me booking the gigs and Vishaka making
the fliers and working on the website and mastering SeaStar and Parmita’s
albums.
By the 2nd week of July the
preparation work was beginning to wind down, we just needed to get ready to go!
Our departure date was July 16th. Vishaka, Parmita and I got the
same flight into L.A. I don’t think I had ever been so busy to the last minute
before having to leave. Once we were seated on the plane…..what a relief….the
Journey was about to begin….
We landed in L.A. pretty late and got
picked up by my old friend Simone who I know from Big Island, but she now lives
there. I had made arrangements, immediately after arriving, to swing by a house
in Santa Monica to pick up a bunch of instruments that my friend Lea was
gifting to us: It was like Christmas: A big bag of flutes, bells and rattles! A
beautiful guitar, an Oud and a Saz! We could barely fit it all in the car along
with all our luggage. After that we went back to Simone’s place where we
decompressed and finally went to sleep.
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| My lovely new Guitar! |
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| Vishaka, checking out the saz |
The next day we got picked up by Vishaka’s
friend Lisa,
from Ojai. We put all our stuff in her car (PACKED) and on we went, about an
hour to Ojai. She took us to where we were to stay- at this amazing old house,
owned by Vishaka’s other friend and awesome artist Kelly. We felt blessed to
land in such a sweet sanctuary nestled amongst the groves of oranges, avocados,
pomegranates and nectarines. It
was quite hot and fortunately there was a (saltwater) pool!
Thank you
Goddess. This house is one of the
oldest houses in that particular area of Ojai, where the spiritual teacher
Krishnamurti, once stayed (actually in the room where Vishaka and I stayed) and
where Kelly has invited guru Amma Karunamai to come and offer her
blessings. Not only was it a
beautiful house, there was a beautiful peaceful energy as well as a piano! Yay!
We had a beautiful ceremony to set intentions, center our energies and focus
our vision. We also had a fancy dinner one night with all the pretty dishes and glasses and darn good bottle of Malbec.
A couple days later
all five of us met together and us ladies finally got to meet Ghanji.
We worked for few days, all day, to
practice our music together before our first show. We figured out how our
sitting arrangement was to be for performing. Ghanji gave us all some very valuable lessons on sound
equipment, how to use it, set it up and break it down.
Our
first show was so blessed. It was in Malibu, up Las Flores Canyon Road, hosted
by Riz Mirza and Oriah. Riz and Oriah are an amazing couple that are devoted to
eachother and to helping others to heal and transform, so as to truly be
authenticly happy. Riz Mirza is a renowned psychic trance channel who hosts
weekly gatherings at his home in which he channels “Chief Red Eagle” in order
to give insights to people. Oriah is an amazing life coach that has the ability
to steer people to the root of their personal core issues that need healing. I
am so grateful that I got to connect with them. Oriah said this about our
concert: “This was the most amazing Kirtan I have ever seen. Everyone had
chills and I cried several times from the amazing light that was washing us
from these clearly channeled songs.
Beautiful rhythm and uniquely contemporary. Looking forward to
having them come back ….absolutely wonderful.”
Vishaka and I did return later after our tour was over and
attended a Circle of Light. It was very powerful and insightful for us both. We
ended up spending the night there, sleeping outside, under the stars, and saw
UFO’s hovering back and forth in the distance over the ridge. Oriah said they
see them all the time.
Back to the tour- the show in Malibu was indeed magical, with the moon rising behind us on our last water blessing songs, I feel
it was the most special actually, it being very intimate with a very open
minded and open hearted group. SeaStar got to be re-united with a cousin she
hadn’t seen in like 15 years. That was sweet. J
After the show we got to spend the
night in a ridiculously sweet beach house, literally, on the beach. We could
hear the waves crashing outside all night long. Ahhhh….
The next morning we all
had a lovely beach stroll and Malibu health food store raid before heading back
to Ojai. I probably don’t need to mention that we hit up every health food
store in our path! “Parking lot picnics” often followed….
The next show we had was in Ojai at
Sacred Space (arranged by Ghanji), a yoga and dance studio. It was really
lovely, I felt like we were on an altar. We got to meet a lot of sweet
Ojai-ans.
Divinitree Yoga and Art studio in Santa
Barbara was our next show, and none of us knew what it was going to be like. It
was a relatively new space that had its grand opening a few months prior. The
space turned out to be beautiful with a gorgeous mural on the wall. There was a
sri yantra centered right behind us. It was awesome. We saw many familiar faces
there that night, including Vishaka’s sister Susan, his percussionist friend
Budhi and a girl that SeaStar had met in Kalalau Valley.
After this show it was time to get “on
the road.” Ghanji thought out
exactly how we were to pack everything. Vishaka and I were to drive the Toyota
Highlander which was packed with all the instruments. Ghanji, Parmita and
SeaStar were in the Truck with the ShadowCruiser camper attached, carrying all
the sound equipment and luggage. Off we went!
First stop- We visited Vishaka's mother in the home where where she is being taken care of. We played music for the elderly people that were there and shared our love. It was very emotional and a bit sad, many of the people were barely cognizant but the one's that were, appeared to love it! Then we headed to Templeton, where we stayed
the night with Vishaka’s brother Mike and his wife Catherine. They threw
together a "smorgesbord" and were amazing hosts. We had a great visit and took
off in the late morning- Off towards Big Sur!
We made it to Big Sur and didn’t have
much luck finding a camp spot. All the campgrounds were full, and it isn’t too
easy finding off the road spots there. We stopped at this gas station and it
turned out to also be a little café/restaurant and the Big Sur Spirit Gardens
all in the same area.
We met the
guy who was sort of managing the gardens and we ended up having a little
practice there and the man, Hilary said we could stay the night there. We
thanked him and told him we would come back if we couldn’t swing a place to
crash at or near Esalen. We went back to Esalen to go soak in their amazing
healing hot mineral water pools that are right alongside the cliff, over
looking the glassy ocean and kelp beds. We even saw a pod of dolphins.
When we got back to the gardens, it was
a bit late. Perhaps Hilary thought we weren’t going to come back, because all
the gates were locked. So we ended up posting up right in the parking lot. It
wasn’t all that bad. In the morning, the sun was shining on the mountains,
quite glorious!
We drove on towards Santa Cruz that
day. We hit up the farmers market and had some lunch then we went to my ohana’s
house in Ben Lomond. The Chadwicks are good friends of my family. Daren and
Jannine are an awesome couple with three awesome and talented children all of
which are now adults. Daren has mad skills, especially when it comes to musical
instruments and sound engineering. Currently he’s building these special
sitar/guitars. (Vishaka wanted one bad!) Jannine is a brilliant woman, a
teacher, a musician and singer/songwriter. For the last several years, she has
been writing amazing children’s musicals with well known tunes completely
re-written for the themes of the plays. The Little People’s theater in Ben
Lomond are extremely blessed to have her in the community. We all got to attend
the last night of the children’s musical “Alice’s Avengers” which was a mix
between Batman and Alice n Wonderland. It was ridiculously well done.
We spent the night at their place that
night, had a little practice the next day before heading to Oakland for our
show at Earth tribe Yoga. It was Lughnasa, August 1st. My friend Amy
that I had met in Boston when I lived there, runs the studio, right in the
heart of the Business district, and it’s a really beautiful space! It was so
cool getting to see her after like 6 years. Vishaka and Ghanji played for the yoga class right before
our concert. It was awesome and everyone loved it. Then we all played together.
It was super sweet to see so many smiling faces and some people dancing too. We
stayed with Amy that night, had a sweet visit and were off in the morning to San
Francisco!
San Francisco is a beautiful city,
being so close to the ocean, with Golden Gate Park, all the hills and
curves. Vishaka, Ghanji and I had
a lovely stroll through the park, in all its summer flower power. Oh the
dahlias!
Flashback to the last time I was in SF, 2 years prior with my friends Nahko, Frenchy, SaraTone, Aliina and Lucca. There was a huge Haight-Ashbury street festival going on, We all met up there played on the street, then on Mutiny Radio in which we got to meet the legendary “Diamond Dave.” That night we ended up incredibly crashing in and on the van next to Ocean Beach. Well, this time The Nectarian Collective got to share music on the radio waves. They all loved it! It was great getting to see Diamond Dave again. What a sweet man, so dedicated to justice and the movement of peace and equality.
Flashback to the last time I was in SF, 2 years prior with my friends Nahko, Frenchy, SaraTone, Aliina and Lucca. There was a huge Haight-Ashbury street festival going on, We all met up there played on the street, then on Mutiny Radio in which we got to meet the legendary “Diamond Dave.” That night we ended up incredibly crashing in and on the van next to Ocean Beach. Well, this time The Nectarian Collective got to share music on the radio waves. They all loved it! It was great getting to see Diamond Dave again. What a sweet man, so dedicated to justice and the movement of peace and equality.
That night we went to see Xavier Rudd
and Nahko n Medicine for the People in Santa Cruz. The show was really good, it was my first time seeing Xavier
Rudd, and I absolutely love what he does. Him, alone, makes so much beautiful
sound, between his voice, guitar, didgiridoo. His sound is very tribal and
heartfelt. It was great getting to see Nahko and the crew too.
We also saw many
other good friends, Hawaii ‘Ohana. Alohi, Montana, Craig, Anu, Evan and more.
After the show we ended up staying way up on a mountain in Aptos, with some
friends. We barely found the place, it was out there way up a road I hadn’t
been up since I was a child.
The next day we cruised Santa Cruz.
Ghanji ended up hanging out with his kirtan teacher friend Girish, Vishaka and
I went to the beach in Seacliff, and we all just did our own thing for the day
and met back up at Divinitree Yoga in Santa Cruz. This was an interesting show. Its a lot to promote for a show and to get people to come, in the midst of planning and traveling but we just trusted and put the word out as best as we could to those we knew in the area and those we met on the street. Not many people showed up in Santa Cruz, yet it
was perfect. I saw an old friend of my brother’s I hadn’t seen since I was a
teenager and few other people that we knew as well as people that we got to meet and connect with afterwards.
We stayed that night at a magical hill top house of our artist friend Sage, way
up a road in Soquel. The view in the morning was gorgeous, looking down a
valley of redwood trees all the way to the ocean. We had cup after cup of tea, vedic astrology readings and
yummy breakfast before heading out to our next destination: Sebastopol.
Devi Yoga Center, when I first found it
online had this triple goddess image and I knew that we would play there. It
was a very sweet space and a great turnout. Again, more familiar faces! Kumara, Dream, Alisa, Isis….Parmita and
SeaStar stayed with their girlfriends that night and the rest of us stayed with
Dream, a woman Vishaka met not long before on the Big Island while she was
attending Katalin’s Goddess retreat. He had done a chart reading for her. It was good to connect with her, what a
strong mother and passionate seeker. I feel she will return to Hawaii soon. I
really connected with her daughter and enjoyed picking those sweet golden
apples from their yard.
After the Sebastopol there were some
intense energies and hormones flying around our group and we all needed a
little time and space to cool off, or rather heat up more til it all
evaporated! We went to Harbin hot springs. Its been said that being in a band
can be challenging, and what we were doing was pretty bold- jumping right into
touring after never even really playing together and getting to know each other
all at the same time! We all had
our own expectations of how it would be, maybe some of us didn’t really have
any expectations at all. Staying present, clear, communicative and kind just
wasn’t always easy-for all of us, hence the “challenges” of being in a band.
Harbin was a great way to melt it all
away. Getting in and out of that searing hot pool and icy cold pool was
electrifying. I have never in my life been in water that hot. I thought that it
would burn me. What it did was burn out any tension or impurities and make me
feel brand new. I had been hearing about Harbin for years from my friends, it
was great to finally be there and experience it- the comfortable nudity and
happy relaxed faces. You can’t really be grumpy when you go to a place that, at
least not for long. We were there for new moon and there was a lovely new moon
ritual with our good friend Po A Tree, and Parmita and I got to sing a little
bit with her. We LOVE Po A Tree's beautiful, healing music. Here's a beautiful video of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVdGlx0YMBs
So, we were making our way to Beloved
Festival and found out our friend Murray Kyle was going to be playing at Shasta
Yoga Center which on the way! It was the same place that we would be playing at
a week later. We got to Shasta and immediately saw peeps we knew in the parking
lot of the studio, which was right next to the health food store. The show was beautiful, very healing
music. Vishaka and Murray got to sit in a little bit with him at the end.
We
made friends with a woman who opened for him, Leora Love, who we got to know
better later in Ashland. That night we found a place to camp off the side of
the road on the way up the mountain. The next morning we swam in "Castle Lake," beautiful clear and cold water.
The next day we made our way more up
north and we ended up splitting up, Vishaka and I impulsively went to my aunts
in Grants Pass and the rest of the crew went on to Eugene to stay with a
friend. It was great to surprise
my auntie and get to have dinner with her and a nice bed to sleep in. Her garden was going off and we got to
pick tomatoes, peppers, basil and flowers to bring with us. On to Beloved festival!
We all reconnected in Eugene and went
from there. It was a beautiful drive through hills and forests of tall
evergreens. V and I made a wonderful stop on the way in a magical garden where
I was entranced with all the flowers and bees and hummingbirds! I could have
stayed there forever.
Finally we arrived at the location. On
the way into the festival grounds you drive a mile or two down the long
driveway and all along the way are hand painted signs with magical
messages.
Once we got in we found
our spot to camp. V and I claimed a spot in Artist Camp, we set up our tent,
put up my hand made prayer flags and Sarasvati tapestry and made our way to the
opening circle.
It was Starhawk and our sister SaraTone! Starhawk led a
beautiful spiral dance and song: That ended up merging into Medicine for the
People kicking off the festival’s music.
It was so moving to witness my friends Nahko, Chase and Hope playing for
so many people and also looking around and seeing SO many beloved friends of
mine. I had tears in my eyes for
sure. Towards the end of their set
Max, who’s been a member of Medicine for the people from the beginning when I
used to sing with them, took to the stage and got everyone’s attention to ask
his beloved to marry him. It was the sweetest!
There was just so much amazing music,
so much beautiful art, so many beautiful people and It was clear that much care
and thought went into every aspect of the festival.
There were nature altars
(built by our brother Nature, himself) all around the entire grounds, there was
something magical and beautiful around every turn, in every hidden grove. Even
the port-a-potties had hand written affirmation signs and bundles of evergreens
and flowers hanging inside. Some
of my personal highlights were getting to sing and play with SaraTone and
Somrananda and so many other friends: Tubby Love, Murray Kyle, Don Corey.
The
musical acts I was most ecstatic with were Mike Love and Paula Fuga, Oliver
Mtukudzi (from Zimbabwe-I was SO stoked), Chris Berry and Youssoupha Sidibe,
and Xavier Rudd. Everyone Orchestra was Epic: its a festival favorite in which many musicians participate and there's the main conductor who just gets the music going and its all improvisation and the audience participates. Check out the orbs in this photo!
The last group to play at the festival was Fanna Fi Allah, our
friend Devananda sings with them, beautiful traditional Qawwali devotional
Pakistani music. (http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/)
Its a beautiful and rare sounds to behold by the soul.
Before their set
there was about 30 minutes of “SolSara” which involved gazing silently into
the eyes of people near you. Some people you might have known and others
perhaps not at all. You simply gazed at eachother, in the eyes. Then the people
that had been leading this workshop during the festival would ask guiding
questions that would really get you to make meaning of your experience and
share your thoughts and experience, while holding your gaze, from a heart space
of acceptance. It was beautiful. Check out website to learn more: http://www.solsara.net/
Its a beautiful and rare sounds to behold by the soul.
Getting meet and talk to Starhawk
during her workshop was really good. What a woman! She is currently working on
making her book “The Fifth Sacred Thing” into a movie. She is an activist,
constantly working to raise awareness of real solutions as to how we could live
in peaceful and sustainable ways in the world. Her books have really made an
impact on my life and assisted me on my path of empowerment. See how you can get involved with her righteous and radical project:
The
closing of the festival was the biggest circle I have ever held hands with. It
was beautiful, two thousand people Om-ing and singing together. I hope to get to share my music there
someday.
After Beloved, we all went back to that beautiful garden and had
a little fairie time, got some honey to take along with us.
We went to the Ashland Wellsprings. It turned out to be “Ladies Night,” which was lovely. The
guys had to wait til the morning to get their soak.
The
next day we went to Mt. Shasta. Our show was the following day but I was
supposed to meet up with someone at the studio for an orientation. We had a
lovely visit with some sweet people who lived there in a magical cottage with
more gems and crystals than I’ve probably ever been around. The guy was an
incredible jewelry maker and his lovely partner/muse a painter, musician and
singer: “Bee Born.” Our friend Treestar was also there with her sweet friend.
That night we slept in a campground amidst giant trees.
The following day we went to practice
up on the mountain. It was chilly up there and a bit hazy due to the fires that
were blazing in southern Oregon.
We made up a little mountain song that we ended up sharing that
night. It was a sweet gathering,
friends from Big Island were there, Treestar played a little flute with us.
Our
altar that night was especially charged from all the crystals that Gogee
contributed.
We ended up camping out at a cool spot
off the road again, along with Robert Kent and a few others. We had a sweet
bright morning, made tea and breakfast before a refreshing swim in Castle Lake,
where we saw more friends!
Vishaka and I decided we would find our
own place to stay that night and decided to check out Dunsmuir. My friend Kate
lives and works there as a chef at The Dogwood Diner Good food!) and we were
fortunately able to stay a night in the little vacation rental next to her
place after having a nice dinner. In the morning we went to the Dunsmuir botanical gardens, which mostly is a collection of native plants, such as dogwood. The beautiful upper Sacramento River was running along the gardens. When in Shasta area, it is a must to visit the headwaters in Shasta City Park. We went there as much as possible to get our drinking water. The water pours out from the side of the mountain, pure and blessed.
We had to head back to Ashland
WellSprings, we wanted to get there a day before the festival started to get
our campsite nice and set up. This festival was way more relaxed feeling and
less people than Beloved, which was a relief.
There was also so much amazing music and art at Peace
Village Festival. Our group got to play a wonderful set at a great time! It was
awesome. I wish we got some pictures! In fact I barely took any photos at this
festival! So here’s a link of this awesome guy Jeff Eichen’s amazing photos
that he took!
Our campsite was very sweet, with dear friends. It felt like home.
We had an epic altar and healing space set up and we enjoyed it very much,
playing music and connecting and eating yummy food. Some highlights of Peace
Village Festival: Murray Kyle’s set then Jamming out with friends in the hot
tub then Jamming out in the dome nearly til dawn…ahhyeah…
We had an epic altar and healing space set up and we enjoyed it very much,
playing music and connecting and eating yummy food. Some highlights of Peace
Village Festival: Murray Kyle’s set then Jamming out with friends in the hot
tub then Jamming out in the dome nearly til dawn…ahhyeah…
The day after the festival was over I
was able to see my auntie Tina again as well as her husband and my Grandma. It
was so special to get to see my grandma, I hadn’t seen her in a couple years. I
love her very much. I really feel
she was a huge influence on me being a singer and musician, as she was the
first person to sing so much to me and teach me piano. I was happy that she was
able to finally meet Vishaka too. It was a great visit with them all.
Our last show was in Ashland at Studio
Z. We had a few special guests
that night that shared songs: Peter Barley (who plays guitar with SeaStar),
Leora Love, Hanna (who also sang with Murray) and SaraTone. It was a great finale to our little
tour. Ashland is a beautiful town,
with a good feeling community.
Seastar’s friend Peter has been living in Ashland, and that is where we
stayed that night.
The next day we circled up and shared
our gratitude before parting ways with SeaStar. She ended up staying in
Ashland, as her and Peter were going to traveling to do their own tour. I felt so much gladness for her journey
to come and blessed her journey with Love. Our Nectarian Tour was thus complete
and accomplished.
Ghanji, Parmita, Vishaka and I headed
back on the road…back to…Harbin Hot Springs. One notable phenomenon that occurred on the road towards
Harbin was that we flew through a gigantic swarm of Dragonflies. There must
have been a million! It was incredible. It is said that “the spiritual meaning of the Dragonfly totem
symbolizes going past self-created illusions that limit growth and change.
Dragonflies are the embodiment of color magic, and transformation.” http://www.universeofsymbolism.com/symbolic-dragonfly-meaning.html
We had one more wonderful soak in the healing
waters of Harbin under the full moon.
This time I had no problem melting in the hot pool. The next day, we
said farewell to dear Parmita, who was going to stay there and meet up with her
friend and go on her next adventures! I was excited for her.
Ghanji, Vishaka and I hit the road, to Cupertino! We
stayed two nights with my grandparents and got to have a great dinner with them
and my aunt, uncles and cousins.
We did a little concert for them under the old oak tree. It was classic
and so heartwarming to be with my family and have them all get to meet Vishaka
and Ghanji.
I had a
feeling that Vishaka and I would get one more visit with them again. Indeed we did.
Our
last stop before heading back down to Ojai was Mt. Madonna Retreat center,
which is nestled in the mountainous redwood forests
So many kind people there and what a beautiful place. I got to
wander their gardens before dark, it was super magical. I found their little
tulsi patch. I found a blooming lotus pond! I found a huge flowering bush that had so many hummingbirds
thriving off it.
There were beautiful, happy deer all around on the
grounds. V and I slept that night
on the floor of one of the school’s rooms there where the kirtan classes had
been happening. It was quite comfortable on the thick layer of blankets!
above Watsonville.
Ghanji’s
friend and teacher Girish had been holding a “Kirtan Camp” retreat there all
that week and we were getting to go to the last evening’s kirtan of his. It was
super sweet!
We had a
lovely breakfast the next morning and got to check out the festivities that
were going on- It was a celebration for Hanuman! I never knew that much about
Hanuman, but after reading into it I understand why Hanuman plays such a big role
in Hindu culture. One interesting thing I learned is that it was Hanuman that
was the first to teach Pranayama to mankind. You can read more Hanuman here : http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/hanuman/
Back
to Ojai we went, right back to Ghanji’s house where we started the whole
journey. We are so grateful to
Ghanji for his generosity of sharing all his time, energy, instruments, sound
equipment and vehicles with us to make our tour possible! What a brother! 
Days later he would be going to the Bhakti Festival to play tabla.
Days later he would be going to the Bhakti Festival to play tabla.
At
this point of our trip, it was just the beginning of another adventure for
Vishaka and I and it all just unfolded in a sweet flow, in which we visited and
stayed with great friends, new and old, and experienced the energy unknown (to
us) places and bodies of water.
First
we a had a wonderful few days with Lisa and her daughter Amara in OJAI. Highlights:
Great day at Carpenteria Beach, giving ourselves delicious facials with honey
and spirulina, and yummy dinners. Then we picked up a rental car that we would
have for the remainder of the trip. Away we went……
MALIBU….Paramahansa Yogananda’s Peaceful Lakeshrine…
Paul Strange, Vishaka’s childhood best friend and family dinner…stayin at awesome Jan’s nice apartment…wearing all pink and then taking her pink golf cart out and having it die in the middle of the street…fun dinner and visit with Budhi and Susan (V’s sister) at Jan’s…BIG SUR…elephant seals…Post Ranch Inn tour…local beers at sunset on the cliff…
AVALON HOT SPRINGS…
ahhh yes. immerse me in the water right away! blessed sun showers!!!
On the plane home, we asked the Goddess for Guidance and
Strength for this Transition. It is all unfolding now…and we patiently hold our
vision and dreams clear for the wind to move us in the right direction…to a new
nest… a new journey….that is the reward…
It makes me think of the new song
that I will be recording soon: “Blessings on your Journey,
on the
Path that you go, all the Seeds that you sow…
Blessings
on your Journey!
It’s a
mystical show,
such a
pleasure to know that we’re
all in
this together, so let’s all remember,
the Good
Work to do: for the Elders and the children too~
We’re on
a mission, Standing strong in our vision…
making
our Dreams come true, Bless you Show what you can Do …Bless you…Bless you…”
Mahalo Ke
Akua…Mahalo Nui Loa…
Thank you
‘Ohana and friends…you are all Beloved and integral parts of the magnificent
Whole, It is a joy to see and know everyone of you…Every One of you. I Love
you. Even when we are "Oceans Apart…I feel you in my heart."
(listen here: http://parmita.bandcamp.com/track/moon-and-sun)
Even when there is so much in our lives to draw us away from being Pure
Presence and in bliss with our essence, just remember the love that you are and
the love you come from. Hold firmly in your heart this Rememberence. No matter
what, We are all Connected…
We are powerful…Please Remember.
This Life
is Sacred and Precious…Honor your Life…honor the waters…
We Give Praise and Be
Kind….So that we may Be Praised.
Blessed
Be. Om. Thank you.
There's no place like hOMe.