Stress Less:  
1. Dance it out
2. Go for a walk
3. Talk about it
4. Take a deep breath
5. Go to bed earlier
6. Focus on what you can control
7. Reminisce about good times
8. Ask for a hug
9. Look for opportunities in life's challenges
10. Smile

~anonymous 

Video here.  

Published on May 8, 2012
(all text below is from the video's creator)

Help "7 Billion" go viral by Tweeting and reposting on FB and with a message about how a woman in your life has inspired you. 

"7 Billion" reflects not only a message of global unity for environmental and social justice, but also acknowledges the struggle and everyday commitment their very own mothers and mothers around the world make to improve the lives of others. 

The "7 Billion" video was made by Green For All for the winners of The Dream Reborn Song Contest, designed to encourage artists to submit original music reflecting Dr. King's commitment to social justice. The contest winners Silent C and Invest inspired us all with a very powerful song entitled "7 Billion", which was produced by M.A of Scoop Life Productions, and were able to get the most 'likes' on Facebook for their song. 

Green For All is honored to give these two dynamic artists a platform to be heard (www.greenforall.org) and their message is clear...WE ARE 7 BILLION STRONG!!!!

 *Silvio Mazzarese of Ornament Studio in Jeffersonville flying for the first time (see above).

At the Cambridge Music Festival I met many community members in mid-air.  Here is a favorite photo as Silvio's daughter looks on (she went next).  I flew over 20 people that day.   What a great day!

Bee-Boy dance crew.  Video here.  

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.

~Antonio Machado
(Thank you for sharing this poem Emily Kniffin.)

To be clear and honest, I do not believe in war.  I believe in peace.  I believe we are capable of peace.  And, there is much more to be said.  For now...this video.   

This video helps me begin to share why I choose VT.  

Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening

1. Increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
2. Frequent attacks of smiling.
3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature.
4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experience.
6. An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
7. A loss of ability to worry.
8. A loss of interest in conflict.
9. A loss if interest in interpreting the actions of others.
10. A loss of interest in judging others.
11. A loss of interest in judging self.
12. Gaining the ability to love without expecting anything.  

*author unknown

Leap of Faith with Chelsey and Jason.  Movement and marriage, beautiful.  

Occupy AcroYoga, I am available to do this any time!  

YogaSlackers and FlightSchool NEW Acroyoga performance rehearsal.  Video here.  

* Images from Acroyogavermont.com at the Burlington VT Indoors Farmer's Market, Nov 2012

Getting ready to be in the 2012 Montpelier July 4th Parade.  =)

"I believe I will never quite know. Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving, which is the way I walked on, softly, through the pale-pink morning light." 
~Mary Oliver

"O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer, Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance? "
 ~Yeats

"Now go, [the Universe] said
Into the country of love

Change it with your experiments
Don't be intimidated. Enjoy your skin

Impress me
Make something grow

For your bravery merely in undertaking 
This impossible task

I make you a special loan called Time
No, don't bother to thank me now--

You can pay me back as you go"
~Tony Hoagland

"If not now, when? If not me, who? If I am only for myself, who am I?" ~Rabbi Hillel 30 BCE

"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." 
~The Talmud

"Dharma is not about credentials. It’s not about how many practices you’ve done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It’s not about being in a community where you feel safe or enjoying the cachet of being a 'Buddhist.' It’s not even about accumulating teachings, empowerments, or 'spiritual accomplishments.' It’s about how naked you’re willing to be with your own life, and how much you’re willing to let go of your masks and your armor and live as a completely exposed, undefended, and open human person."
—Reginald Ray

Scene in a graveyard:
"Do you hear the dead people talking?" He answers, "Dead people don't talk." 
"Sure they do," she says. "Chatter away like birds ... All they can say is one word. That word is 'live.'
Live!
Live!
Live!
Live!
Live!
It's all they know. It's the only advice they can give. Simple. It's a very simple instruction." 
~an exchange between Marlon Brando and Joanne Woodward in 'The Fugitive Kind'

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” 
~Rumi

"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." 
~Buckminster Fuller

"Misery is comfortable. Happiness takes effort."

"It is better to live your dreams then dream your life."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive."  ~Anais Nin

Notes on freedom: "Let yourself express feelings. If you hate what you are doing in the moment, let it show. If you care for the people around you, let it be seen. As your feelings change, allow your body to express the change."

"Learn to listen and respond to what your body tells you. Don't worry about whether or not you're doing it right. Let go of your need to be marvelous and just do it. Slowly, so you can feel it." ~Kay Carney

"Other people's love can awaken our love, but it is our own love that makes us happy. That love is our own truth. It is our freedom. That love will transform the old dream into the new dream. [...] 


Surrender. Whatever happens will happen because it must. Our task is to enjoy our life more and to express what is inside us to bring about a new humanity. If we have sadness, we share sadness. We can only share happiness when we are happy. We cannot share love unless we love ourselves first. [...] 


Action is what makes the difference. The power is in the action, not in the dream. Through your actions, you have the power to change everything. You can claim the freedom to act on behalf of transformation and express your personal dream by creating a life filled with beauty and love. I encourage you to be the supreme artist of your personal dream and the dream of the planet. Make them as beautiful as possible. You are light. You are love. Express your beauty with love." 

~Don Miguel Ruiz, Toltec Prophecies

"[Love] breaks the heart
again and again
and again
until it stays
open." 
~Rilke

"Let your love be disgraceful, crazy and wild. 
If you're too holy and careful, God will escape you." 
~ Rumi

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment." 
~Eckhart Tolle