2017

Stef 19Aug17

I stopped doing blog posts a long time ago ...

in great part because most of what is important to me is already in the newsletters

that we put out from the ecovillage project I live in, and the permaculture academy I work in ...

But ... feeling creative today ... especially after dancing, after sunset, on our beautiful, surprizingly soft stone patio,

still warm from the day's sun, watching the stars through the passion-fruit trellis ... with some of the lovely people who live

and who are visiting here :)) Heaven ...

August

Stef 19Aug17

Am still struggling with how to keep this design portfolio up to date!

It's an irony we feel poignantly in doing all our newsletters,

that the busier we are,

the less time we have to keep our newsletters up to date.

Same with my life in general.

Totally loving my life, sooooooo much wonderful stuff going on

(+ also some painful but juicy growing stuff ..) in a nutshell.

Unfortunately no newsletters from time about either the ecovillage project

... or the Academy - and in fact I've been sitting on the next newsletter,

which is actually finished but my usual perfectionism isn't letting go of it,

groan ... :((

So the most updated things are on our 8thLife FB group at the moment ...

where, thanks to the techie stuff in my phone, as I discovered recently, it is quite quick & easy to upload micro-videos, as also others who are living and studying here have found.

Here is a selection of the latest ones I posted, starting with today's ...

Gafitas & The Pear

here in FB

Leche Lechita ...

here in FB group

Dance to Heal the Earth

“Whenever you dance, wherever you dance,

Dance to Heal the Earth!

Dancing is power.

Dancing is prayer.

Some say that all is dance.

Maybe.

Now there’s a big dance coming, a dance to heal the earth.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably part of it.

Soon this dance will be done in a big way, in the old way, on sacred ground.”

(~Cherokee Elder, Dee Smith)

Baby Walnut Forest

here in FB group

New Lambs ...

here in FB group

Now there’s a big dance coming, a dance to heal the earth. If you’re reading this, you’re probably part of it.

You take part whenever you do whatever you do to help heal the earth. When you recycle. When you choose to show love, to fight for justice, to bring healing, to bring out what is good in others.

We Came to Dance

Stef 19Ago17

we started dancing on the patio at sunset again ... and it's soooo lovely :)

Found this mini-video which we put on tonight during our dance session:

... & it is now part of the dance page in our 8thLife private wiki -

Everything we need is already inside us, just waiting to be moved.

What is 5 Rhythms?

When you avoid cruelty and dishonesty and waste. When you are outraged. When you speak out. When you give. When you consider the generations to come. When you protest to the oppressors and encourage those who feel the cutting edge of injustice. And, of course, when you dance. There is a tree that all the prophets see, and whenever you let your love show, you make the flowers grow.

Soon this dance will be done in a big way, in the old way, on sacred ground. All living things will take part. If you want to, you can take part. No one is twisting your arm. You can stop any time you need to, and start up again whenever you’re ready. If you’ve read this far, you probably know what I’m talking about. You’ve probably been doing it in one way or another for a good while. Soon will be the time to make no bones about it! Cut loose!

¿Que son los 5 Ritmos?

These are great sequences for dancing with - get moving !

(you won't understand what am talking about by just sitting & reading)

this is a PARTICIPATORY newsletter ...

or truly multimedia one that includes YOU dancing a bit ok

... anyone has 3 minutes!

& do more if you feel like it :))

Anytime you dance, anywhere, whether at a party or in church, dance to heal the earth! Let your feet beat a healing rhythm into the earth. Let your feet beat a strengthening rhythm for those who struggle the hardest. Let your feet beat a life-giving rhythm for all peoples, regardless of race or national boundary, regardless of whether we’re human or whether we’re the trees, the air, the fish, the birds, the buffalo, the bear, the crow. We come out of hiding, we come back from the dead, and we dance, and our dance is a prayer, and our songs and our rhythms and our breath give life.

3 Mins Wave

5 Mins 5 Rhythms Wave

5mins

Is the music they’re playing some mindless jingle? Never mind, as long as it’s not bad music, and you can dance to the beat! Make your own words, and make the words a prayer. A prayer for the end of exploitation, a prayer for the end of lies, a prayer for healing, for justice, for life. Remember your prayer-song, feed it and let it get strong and pass it along. Dance and pray, whenever you dance, dance to heal the earth.

Some people do this dance while fasting, and dance for several days straight. But even a few minutes of dancing helps, and joins with all the other dancing going on, everywhere on Earth. Not everyone can fast these days. Besides, you never know when you’re going to dance, and you have to eat sometimes! But if you plan to dance, hold off eating till later, or just have a little. It’s easier to dance if you don’t have a hotdog weighing you down.

Some people say, do not do sacred things where people are drinking and partying. But all the universe is a sacred place. It really doesn’t matter what others are doing, you can make a place sacred wherever you are, with your intention and your prayers. Some people use smoke to make a place sacred; a cigarette or incense stick will do fine. You can dance to heal the earth anywhere, even a party or a bar! The earth is everywhere, so you can dance anywhere to heal her. Only one thing. Please hold off drinking or using any other intoxicants till you’re done. It works better that way.

10mins Moon Wave

10mins

11mins Wave

The Lie has gone far enough. It spreads and makes everyone sick. Now is the time for this dance to begin. It, too, will spread, and it will bring healing to all. In the beginning, they say, God put a rainbow in the sky, to let us know that Spirit never forgets. Now is the time for us to put a rainbow across the earth, to let God know that we, too, remember.

Dance to heal the earth. Not just when you’re dancing, but always. Live the dance, whenever you move, in all you do, dance to heal the earth.~~

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more here ...

http://www.dancetohealtheearth.org/message-from-earth-mother-by-mare-cromwell/

Desert Rhythms ... nice playlist here

10mins with Tutorial

(if you haven't done it before)