Moondancer

 In our prayers we put forth our intentions. We ask to be excused for the mistakes we make unknowingly and that no harm will come to anyone in the process of arriving where we need to be.
In this way I pray. I respectfully am apart of the Kalpulli Teokalli Teoyolotl.

To say I am beginning my preparations would be mis leading, better I say I am continuing my preparations to enter the Moondance circle, the womb, for my second year. My formal preparations began when I made my commitment with my Tobacco offering to my Madrina. I, Xicahuamazatl, with her permission, would make my commitment to dance the year following. I would accompany her to Mexico later that year to support her and learn while she danced her ninth year.

Since joining her circle, walking the red road with her as a navigator, it has been 8 years now. These years and more have been the start of my preparation.

Less then two weeks until one step in front of the other, one woman in front of the next, one fire in front of the next, one heartbeat.

8 days of ceremony, four nights of dancing, open, giving, receiving, praying. together. Tlazokamati

Re-membered (Dervish home)

Cracked open
again & again
polishing the dust off of
the mirror
to have
the opportunity to
refine

 Wedding walk

linked arms we meditate in step

the ground blanket

of colored leaves, sound

as we share this intimacy

of existence

of the beloved

Accompanied, seen, guided

embodied in this gentleman

of time before

a fixed gaze

on his centered turn

abandonment in light

In the night of our wedding

our re-memebering

we dressed for our presentation

our re union

the music

the circle of  light

my mother

in the center

still. in motion. grace.

A tear rolls

in experiencing the abundance 

overpowering

love

pushing out 

in witness of her radiance

unabashed love

sharing and receiving

oneness

We fly

soaring circularly

centripetal force

into the heart center

home

Photographs I made in Konya, Turkey during our Dervish trip in 2010
words written in front of the fireplace….a gift of many at our dervish retreat this weekend at Body Mind Restoration Retreat Center