Mid-Year Update, 2012

Although I planned to attend the Kapwa3 Conference with my family...

http://www.kapwahan.wix.com/kapwahan#!KAPWA%203/c1669

         

....it turns out my family needs me more on Turtle Island than back home in the Philippines... so I am postponing my travels for a time until the Travel Gods hand me a pass with a, "GO HOME," emblazoned on it.  Weaving and studying herbal medicine has been my passion this year & I am happy to announce my official ACTA Apprenticeship blog at:

http://www.actaonline.org/blog/55

My adventure into herbal medicine is a roundtrip ticket back to my youth! MABUHAY to the Oakland Hills, Twin Peaks, Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Tuyshtak, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mt. Shasta, the Cordilleras in the Philippines and the Sierra Nevadas, whose green forests and healing powers have soothed my soul. There are many people who have brought me back to my love of plants, especially my family, but I am ever so grateful that I am at this place in my life once again.

I am ecstatic that I am able to dance again!!! Whoo Hoo!! Dancing with Rara Tou Limen, under the theme of "Love, Life & Transformation," and the guidance of Urzulie Freda, was truly heartfelt... I have been seeing and feeling love from every direction!!!! Even Aja is letting me wear her turquoise heart ~ loving it!

http://www.raratoulimen.com/index.html

Another exciting update is that Leng Leng and I are truly on the path to our future of Water Dreams ~ we've been gifted a log for a canoe & you can read about that on her blog at:

http://bit.ly/bangkajourney

A special thanks to the Manang Diane Vendiola, her daughter Shelly and the entire Vendiola family, for embracing us when we went to Swinomish to assist with protecting Mother Earth during the "Paddle to Swinomish" Journey in 2011. Check them out at:

  http://paddletoswinomish.com/

And I am ever so grateful to assist Grampa Babe (Daryll Babe Wilson), Pit River Indian, in planting the seeds of the Dream of Danza Ye'ja into being for the healing of Mother Earth.

http://www.haydutsila.com/

May we all remember how to respect all beings ~ may our memories from our ancient path bring us to the beauty of creation that creation may continue in a positive good way ~ may all embrace their divinity and walk in a good way ~ a special thank you to my mom, my father, my grandparents and all my ancestors. Another thank you to my children, my grandchildren and all those generations into the future that depend on us for a good way of being that we will respect and love our Mother Earth for all that follow. To all my relations ~ I am thankful to be in this world with you ~ Obrigado! Arigato! Gracia! Salamat! Agyamanak! Meci! Mahalo! & finally, as I remember the Manongs always shouting, "MABUHAY!!!"