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We are finishing the year and starting 2022 in sac

We are finishing the year and starting 2022 in sacred ceremony. We are so deeply grateful for each of you who offered love and support during the struggles of this year. How beautiful to have you in our lives. We love you, comunidad. 😘

I’m not gonna lie. Returning “home” from wh

I’m not gonna lie.
Returning “home” from what feels like “home” makes you question what is home.
Where do I belong?
It’s an important question that we should all ask ourselves.
Where do I belong?
Belonging is essential for us humans! And for me personally, from a narrow perspective of belonging, it would be so easy to say that I belong in the South, with the sun ☀️ and the warmth (and the family!!!)
You see it in my pictures!
You see it in that JOY! But the birds here up north would disagree;
the birds here (even in the winter) sing a beautiful tune of belonging, for which I’m so deeply grateful, because I truly feel like I belong here too.
I’m grateful to belong to the earth, to find belonging in her everywhere I go. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Gracias Madre Tierra, Pachamama. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Anyhow, I’m writing a new year’s sermon on BELONGING. Congregations, let me know if you want to hear it!

today was the most perfect day around here, and ea

today was the most perfect day around here, and each of our hearts is full. 💕

Dean, Lucia, and I wish you a beautiful holiday se

Dean, Lucia, and I wish you a beautiful holiday season! 😘

I think beach life suits me. What do you think?

I think beach life suits me. What do you think?

I know how to party, and Ive learned how to rest!

I know how to party, and Ive learned how to rest! Over the last year, listening to my body, I’ve learned that my body wants to be filled with joy (like dancing last night) and it also wants/needs/demands the complete serenity of a sunrise sky. How about that as a Xmas gift to the nervous system? 😘

Feliz noche buena de nuestra familia a la de usted

Feliz noche buena de nuestra familia a la de ustedes. Aquí bailando con mis hermanas.

I’ve been in Florida for 5 days, and I’ve real

I’ve been in Florida for 5 days, and I’ve realized in that short time how much I’ve missed my culture. 😢 This week I met a new young friend, Sami, from Puerto Rico, and we were talking about how for decades in this country we went without color and how that impacted us; we spoke of how we are now being intentional about surrounding ourselves with colors, because color make us come alive! Our brains interpret color as a sign of LIFE, and we choose ALIVENESS! And then I was thinking about how so many of us, regardless of our culture of origin, have experienced a slow withering from within over the last several years; it’s as if the colors (and the joy!) inside have faded and life has gradually lost its beauty. Prolonged stress, fear, and isolation will do that to any human being. The speed of the modern world leads to the fragmentation of the self and the loss of soul; I know this from my own experience and from working with individuals who are experiencing the same. Millions and millions of people are living with chronic anxiety, various degrees of depression, and fragmentation/disassociation… The actual number is shocking to me! This culture does not value rest, healing and wholeness, slow living, being gentle with the nervous system, color, beauty, the night sky, nature, and all the things that bring nourishment to the human soul. I used to consume a lot, but I’m now savoring more and consuming less. I’m choosing slow gentle living because my health comes first. Anyhow, a year after seminary I had to go back to school to learn about the nervous system and the latest embodied/somatic healing modalities to restore myself back to health. I’m so grateful to be back to full health now, but I cannot live with myself knowing the level of human suffering in our communities. So, I’m doing something about it; I’m dedicating my days to healing and wholeness, because there are not enough resources in my opinion to deal with the crisis we find ourselves in. (Continued in the comments)

Birthday boy! 😍

Birthday boy! 😍

My love is having such an amazing birthday week! W

My love is having such an amazing birthday week! We are SO grateful for health, joy, and connection, things that were not there for years and we’ve recovered intentionally! Grateful! Grateful! Grateful! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Portrait of me by one of the loves of my life, mi

Portrait of me by one of the loves of my life, mi hijo adorado @elstrawfedora What talent, what beauty he is and brings into this world.

a little winter/solstice magic #wintersolstice

a little winter/solstice magic #wintersolstice

Happy Solstice, friends! Greetings from Florida, w

Happy Solstice, friends! Greetings from Florida, where I feel closer to my ancestral lands/vegetation. Today, as I was outside, rejoicing in the darkness on the longest day of the year, I realized that I don’t talk enough about the beauty of darkness.
Yes, I’m a sun worshipper and all, but it is in the darkness where I give birth to myself time and time again; it is in the darkness that I discover the truths I need to bring to the light; it is in the darkness that I restore myself..
I ADORE the delicious slowness of the dark, the depth of the dark, the life-giving nature of the dark, the mystery of the dark… I believe that many of the issues in our society today are due to our fear of darkness. It’s a deep-rooted fear, but it doesn’t have to be.
In the new myth/ the new story we are trying to write for the future of this planet, we must come to love the darkness, to embrace it, to see its necessity as well as its LUMINOSITY, because yes, there’s much brilliance in the shadows we fear. Only those brave enough to face the dark can discover its magnificent beauty. I’m not just a sun worshipper, I’m a worshipper of LIFE, and life has taught me to LOVE the darkness, and so today I rejoice and celebrate! We all come from the womb of darkness and to that same darkness we shall return. May we come to appreciate its life-giving qualities. Thank you Great Mystery for the gift of darkness. 🙏🏾 #wintersolstice

Grateful for a peaceful afternoon connecting to th

Grateful for a peaceful afternoon connecting to the sun, the waters, and of course, Pachamama. 🙏🏾

El sol de la Florida 😍🌞🥰

El sol de la Florida 😍🌞🥰

Holiday party time with the love 🎊

Holiday party time with the love 🎊

Art therapy today for me by me. 🖼 😍💃🏻🥰 A day of creativity is a happy day for me! 🌊

Honoring the waters 🙏🏾🌊

Honoring the waters 🙏🏾🌊

When you live in Michigan, sometimes you have to b

When you live in Michigan, sometimes you have to bring your own sunshine ☀️ 🌞 😘#sunworshipper #aestheticofjoy #colors #colorful

I love the sun so much I could cry. I’m serious!

I love the sun so much I could cry. I’m serious! Perhaps because I’m a Cubana living in Michigan where the sun 🌞 doesn’t come out as much; perhaps it’s because my body and soul crave it; perhaps it’s because the sun is the giver of life and energy to us all and I can’t understand how we take it for granted; perhaps it’s because i know that exposure to sunlight increases production of serotonin and endorphins to improve our mood and gives us Vitamin D which helps our body in countless ways. There are so many reasons to love the sun, and I’m a proud sun worshipper. 🙏🏾🙌🏾☀️#sunworshipper

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