Meditation Cafe: Summer Long Dance

A quick note to say there’s no Meditation Cafe on Monday 22nd July as I will be participating in a Summer Long Dance. I’ll be offline until 26th July (which happens to be my birthday!)

I am raising a minimum of £400 for Fundacion Pachamama Sacred Headwaters Alliance as part of this years Movement Medicine  Long dance ceremony. 

Please check out the outstanding work this organisation has already done so you can see that you donations will be put to good use! I love that they support, not just for the habitat in which one of my favourite beasts (Black Jaguar) resides and for the human rights of indigenous peoples whom carry the Wisdom to help us live in harmony with Nature, but they fight for the rights of Nature Herself. 

I’m dancing prayers for the preservation and care of the rainforest and also for the preservation of woodlands and waterways (on which I’ve lived for the last 4.5years) in this land. I’m dancing a prayer for Humanity that we will again collectively awaken a deep reverence and care for Nature. I am dancing for the Silence within us, the Heart Wisdom guiding us, and for clarity on and how I can contribute to and support this vision.

Here’s a video of last years long dance.

Please also read this letter from Fundación Pachamama’s President Belén Paez, whom is here dancing with us with Manari Ushigua, Leader and Shaman of the Sapara Peoples of Ecuadorian Amazon.

Upon celebrating the 25th anniversary of Fundación Pachamama, emotions, moments, places, and stories come to my mind; most of them fantastic, which take place in the Amazon for the most part, as well as others that take place in the country, in the region, and in the world.

During this period, we have been part of commanding and significant achievements for the rights of Amazonian communities and nature; together with indigenous organizations, academics, unions, lawyers, and politicians. We have developed projects that respond to challenges that extractive activities pose, creating economic opportunities for the indigenous families that protect ancestral territories and the living forest.

I am happy for the 25 years to come because I can picture forests preserved and restored, healthy river systems, jaguars and boas roaming forests and rivers, and together with them, powerful and protective spirits present. I dream of happy communities full of celebrations with yuca chicha, mokawas full of plantains, and maito. I see vanilla, morete, guayusa, and cacao products on the racks of the world generating income for families. I see children playing in the clean rivers. I can feel the early mornings of guayusa and interpretations of intact, immovable, and invincible dreams.

 Thank you for supporting Fundacion Pachamama and supporting me in my dance.

Please make your donations here let me know in the comments how much you have donated so I know when I’ve reached my target 🙏🏼

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/SchoolofMovementMedicine?utm_term=99ZgyjNaz