February 2017 closes an era with a beautiful sunset.
I am so wonderfully fortunate to have been able to travel with my Reiki Master, Arvick Bhagramian, all the way from Barcelona, Spain, back to my home in Zambia to receive the Mastership Initiation. I felt strongly that i wanted to celebrate this Initiation on the continent of my birth, and, with my family.
My Dad's garden was vibrant with color, rich in foliage and singing with bugs and birds. This same garden carries the footprints of my mother. She attended to it with patience and love, and it played a significant part in her own spiritual path. At 3 o'clock every afternoon she would have tea on the verandah and look out onto layers of foliage ending in the massive gum trees that stand in a straight line so formidably at the far end of the garden. A pair of binoculars and The Southern African book of birds beside her, my mother's 3 o'clock ritual was something that we all looked forward to.
Arvick sited the ceremony beside the garden's ancient and busy ant hill, underneath the acacia trees and surrounded by the colorful Flame trees that remind me of my youth in Kenya.
So at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the 14th February 2017 when the farm was at its quietest, my dad, Simon my brother, Adrienne my sister in law and the family dogs sat in a semi circle around me with their eyes closed, as i was initiated into Mastership. In the african "stillness", also with my eyes closed, i experienced the initiation to the afternoon call of a barbet, the burble of the Oriole, birds that i love, to the caress of the summer breeze on my legs and face, the buzz of an insect and the distant chatter of farm employees working in the Stevia nursery.
I am truly very grateful to Arvick for making the journey with me, she united my life in Barcelona with my African heritage a moment very special and significant for me. I am grateful to my family for hosting us both and for being so open hearted, generous and welcoming. I am grateful to my mother for her unconditional love and to my dad for his very, very kind heart.
Feb 2017 also set the stage for a new dawn.
I am so wonderfully fortunate to have been able to travel with my Reiki Master, Arvick Bhagramian, all the way from Barcelona, Spain, back to my home in Zambia to receive the Mastership Initiation. I felt strongly that i wanted to celebrate this Initiation on the continent of my birth, and, with my family.
My Dad's garden was vibrant with color, rich in foliage and singing with bugs and birds. This same garden carries the footprints of my mother. She attended to it with patience and love, and it played a significant part in her own spiritual path. At 3 o'clock every afternoon she would have tea on the verandah and look out onto layers of foliage ending in the massive gum trees that stand in a straight line so formidably at the far end of the garden. A pair of binoculars and The Southern African book of birds beside her, my mother's 3 o'clock ritual was something that we all looked forward to.
Arvick sited the ceremony beside the garden's ancient and busy ant hill, underneath the acacia trees and surrounded by the colorful Flame trees that remind me of my youth in Kenya.
So at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the 14th February 2017 when the farm was at its quietest, my dad, Simon my brother, Adrienne my sister in law and the family dogs sat in a semi circle around me with their eyes closed, as i was initiated into Mastership. In the african "stillness", also with my eyes closed, i experienced the initiation to the afternoon call of a barbet, the burble of the Oriole, birds that i love, to the caress of the summer breeze on my legs and face, the buzz of an insect and the distant chatter of farm employees working in the Stevia nursery.
I am truly very grateful to Arvick for making the journey with me, she united my life in Barcelona with my African heritage a moment very special and significant for me. I am grateful to my family for hosting us both and for being so open hearted, generous and welcoming. I am grateful to my mother for her unconditional love and to my dad for his very, very kind heart.
Feb 2017 also set the stage for a new dawn.
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