I love good music of almost all genres. Some of my favorites are (in no particular order)...Medicine Songs, The Beatles, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Gnarles Barkley, Bhagavan Das, Shimshai, Dada Nabhaniilananda, Shyam Das, Krishna Das, Durga Das (David Newman), Jai Uttal, Laraaji, Maharaji, Anjali, Ragani, Donna DeLory, Kamaniya, Dezarie, Midnite, Tina Malia, India Arie, Erykah Badu, Soulflower, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Karen Howland, Jenna Joy Smith, The Univeral Love Band, Djam Vivie, Danielle Gasparro, Phish, Medeski Martin &; Wood, Blind Melon, Sublime, Nirvana, RHCP, The Black Crowes, The Darkness, The Pixies, Iron &; Wine, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Damian Marley, 10 Ft Ganja Plant, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaugn, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens, James Brown, Bill Withers, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, D.J. Shadown, Modest Mouse, Portishead, Joss Stone, Simon and Garfunkel, Dezarie, Groundation, Mana, Juanes, Manu Chau, La Oreja de VanGogh, Estopa, Melendi, Zero 7, Doveman, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Alicia Keys, Tori Amos, Lauryn Hill, Sarah McLachlan, Janis Joplin, Morcheeba, Susan Tedeschi, The Beastie Boys, Outkast, Wyclef, Jurrasic 5, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Joseph Michael Levry (Gurunam), Ferenz Kallos....and lots more...I do not care for radio pop, country, or Christian rock, however.
I am traveling this summer with my sweet & loving beloved, Apollo Gott. We will be playing music and enjoying traveling through Colorado, Oregon, and California.
Most recently I have been living in Fairfield, Iowa, studying Communications & Media at Maharishi University of Management. www.mum.edu. Living in Fairfield was a mindblowingly amazingly sweet experience. About 5,000 people in Fairfield meditate everyday, some of them for extended periods of time. I know that I will always return to visit this sweet and very supportive place.
I studied Pre-Med and earned a B.A. in Spanish at the U. of St. Thomas in MN. During this time, I spent a year studying in Madrid, where I immersed myself in the beautiful Spanish language and culture. After college, I embarked on a 4-month solo backpacking adventure through Central America, to practice Spanish and to clear my mind after so many years of education. I love to travel—I flourish in ever-changing surroundings and love the magic and spontaneity of life in motion. I also love networking. I love to meet new people and stay in contact with the many people that have crossed my path throughout the years. I find singing to be a most joyful way to express myself–you can watch me sing on YouTube. Writing is another way in which I love to express myself. I write often and well, and sometimes the most beautiful poetry flows through me and onto the paper. And life continues to unfold...I have worked as both a personal assistant and a yoga instructor in NYC, a K - 8 Spanish teacher in NM, the CEO of a holistic health center in WI...
I am a Truth seeker.
I am grateful for my life and all life. I am grateful for my human family. I am grateful for the four-leggeds, the winged ones, the plant people, and the rock people. And for our beautiful Mother Earth who pulls us to her body in each moment of our lives through a force we call gravity.
I am enjoying each step on this beautiful path called life and my purpose on this Earth becomes clearer everyday. I lay down my life on the sacred altar and surrender my life to Spirit in service to the Highest Good of All.
I facilitate healing through Music, Storytelling, Yoga, Poetry, Photography, and Love. My deepest desire is to realize God and directly experience Oneness with the Universe. My Path is Divine Truth, Joy, Love, Peace, and Light.
I am a web weaver and a storyteller. I love to network and connect people, weaving the web of humanity with their tales as the thread.
At one point I thought that the best way to help people heal was to become an MD, so I completed a pre-medical program of study in college. I began to awaken from a deep Midwestern sleep while I studied abroad for a year in Madrid, Spain during college. I realized there are better ways for me to facilitate healing.
I completed my college degree, becoming fluent in Spanish in the process, and returned to the US where I experienced extreme culture shock, having expanded my consciousness to realize the truth of the role of the U.S. in the world.
So I bought a plane ticket and a backpack and I went on a 4-month solo backpacking adventure through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. A beautiful journey, within and without, as I discovered the sea of truth within my very own heart!
Then back to the US for another round of culture shock. “Where could I go where people were more conscious,” I asked myself? So I drove from Minneapolis to the East Coast to visit friends, and decided to move to New York City. I drove back to Minneapolis, loaded up my possessions in a U-Haul, and moved to "The City."
Shortly after arriving, my path led me to the Dharma Yoga Center, where I found my beloved teacher Dharma Mittra--a patient, humble, pure-hearted yogi who has been teaching yoga in New York City for over forty years. At the Dharma Yoga Center I also found an important part of my spiritual family, and powerful, ancient teachings that transformed my life in a profoundly beautiful way.
Dharma encouraged us to "eat raw" which led me to Jubb's Longevity, where I learned about health and nutrition and underwent another amazing transformation by eating primarily raw vegan organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. This diet became unsustainable for me, but I do appreciate its high intentions. And I appreciate the cleansing of my body and social conditioning that it facilitated.
In December I left my beloved home in the East Village of Manhattan to live in my beautiful hometown on Lake Michigan called Sheboygan for awhile. It's very sacred land, with the healing waters of Lake Michigan lapping at the shore and the woodland faeries dancing in the forests. I enjoyed spending some beautiful days with my family there, especially my dear 87-year-old Grandma Elly.
I moved to Socorro, New Mexico, substitute teaching in the high school. I enjoyed the vastness of the desert and endless blue skies, the warm cheerful sunshine and people, and the magnificent and oh so humbling mountains and canyons.
And am grateful for this journey and I pray for guidance for the next step and the next step and the next step that I take on my path…
