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9-11 Reflections, 2012 and the Integration of our Shadow Self

Eight years ago today I was a freshmen in College. Eight years ago I walked into my friends dorm room to watch the second plane hit the towers. Four and a half hours away from my home in Staten Island I watched with the same horror that every New Yorker was experiencing. In those moments I had no idea what was awaiting me and my family.

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A message for the New Renaissance

Look back at your life thus far.
What do you see. In all that change, what has remained?

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Self Revealing

Calling out to that awe
the well within
filling

What was once a small drop
eroding soil into a bowl to fill
has become an underground river
Flowing

The ocean waits
with a presence and patience

More and more surfaces
Jewels revealed
They burst open like diamonds from coal
All that has covered my soul
Is being torn off me
like the garments of a man drowning in a frozen lake

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Clarity, Lasting Peace and the play of conclusions

When we think ourselves to clarity or peace we cheat ourselves out of true inspiration and wisdom.

It is like a hit... a trip that you will inevitably come down from. A crash so to speak.

Clarity, lasting peace needs to come from a deeper place than mind. This is a tricky thing.

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Alokananda 's Group Discussions

"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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About Me

Bio

I am learning and growing as I hold space for others. Sharing instead of teaching. Integrating instead of disciplining. I am learning to enjoy this whole trip we're on as a celebration instead of a problem to be solved.

Work and life have become one.

I am a yoga & qi gong instructor; ayurvedic and holistic lifestyle coach. I also offer energy healing work, thai massage, intuitive healings/readings, bio-energetic therapies and EFT.

I am a vegan/vegetarian chef;
Poet, Musician and Artist.

Over the years I have traveled a good deal (outward and inward). I have recently decided to grow roots again in NY. I am not here for myself but to share what I have gained on my journeys. I feel driven to balance the esoteric sciences with grounding psychological work. I feel the urge to find the bridge between healing systems.

Skills and talents
See Bio. Sometimes l feel like a burdened renaissance man. I was always good at many things and still feel divided amongst many healing modalities and also creative outlets. I don't like filling these things out... I don't know what qualifies as talents. I am grateful that I have always had strong emotional intelligence. It helps me be a good teacher and a good student. A good friend and a good lover. It helps me grow as a musician, artist, and healer. I have had a lot of powerful experiences that I try not to talk about too much but just imbibe from moment to moment : )
Interests
Alternative History, art, Ayurveda, biking, body work, chanting, chess, co-creation, Didjareedoing, Different Healing Modalities, hiking, Journeying... Eating Good Food, kirtan, learning, Martial Arts, Meditation, Music, Opening, Permaculture, Poetry, Qi Gong, Shamanism, Spreading Love, Sustainable Tech., Tantra, teaching, Traveling, Vegan World Fusions, Yoga
What I'm Reading
Keys to the Living Library. No water No Moon -Osho. Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism. The Book of Secrets -Osho . The Unbearable Lightness of Being -Kundera
What I'm Listening To
All Music! I LOVE IT ALL! Especially when it fuses. Most fond of: Ambient, Electronic, Reggae, Classical Indian, Conscious Hip-Hop, Classic Rock, Jazz, Funk, World, Some Favorites: (Incubus, Radiohead, theivery corp, velvet revolver, bluetech, ),
Movies I've Seen Recently
Bruno. I heart Huckabees. Coyboy Beebop.

Education

High school
Curtis HS
College
SUNY CORTLAND (UNFORTUNATELY )
Graduate school
NA
Additional study
Sivananda International Vedanta Institute. American Institute of Vedic Studies. ETC. ETC. ETC.

Work

Employer
Self Employed
Position
see Bio