A Wedding Brings Guests

My sojourn to Vermont this past May to Biff Mitthoefer’s Yin Yoga weekend was apparently not meant just as a play date for me with one I consider a mentor nor a little needed excuse to play with my college roommates. Biff always has a live musician support us in our practice and this is where I met Eric Archer. Eric lulled us into bliss and awakenings while Biff recited poetry and we were bathed in the healing power of our circle. In the closing exercise of sharing, I was fascinated by a drawing done by one of the participants and asked if I could take a picture of it with me. In our partings, I gave Eric my card and invited him to come visit if he ever found himself in my neck of the woods. Thank goodness he kept that card and arranged to stay with me while he was attending and performing at a wedding in Palm Springs.

Eric arrived with his delightful companion Diana and another Omega Institute comrade, Majalehn, along with a wicked cold. We dosed him up with rest, Maruka honey, and Diana’s patient care so he was able to enjoy all the wedding proceedings. I was the happy recipient of one of the magnificent flower arrangements from the wedding and came to find out that Diana was actually the one who had made the drawing I was so fascinated by. In showing them my beginnings of making the medicine wheel and memorial wall, she shared with me her artistic project inspired by a similar wish to imagine healing these wounds we have inflicted on ourselves and our earth. Her’s is way more beautiful and skillful than mine but once again I connected with her heart through art.

Ric’s dream was happening that weekend. These are the people he sought to support with the small bounty we have been graced with. Overflowing with talent, deeply valuing life, and dedicated to building a better world for all through community; Eric and Diana’s visit reminded me that we make our own realities. Action is the key word and action at the local level is the best base. Politicians know this, faith based initiatives know this, and our souls know this. Creating a circle of like-minded people builds a base that empowers and lifts everyone up the scale of human vibration. As Dr Martin Luther King said, ““Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

So Eric and Diana brought their healing energies to The Number Nine and proved to be exceptional guests, the kind that you want to have come back! They left me with the warmth of their brilliant creative flames, a few books to read, and the eternal power of music.  You can click their pictures to check out their amazing lives and the circles that sustain them or check these out:

• Eric Archer  – Eric’s website
• Diana Seiler – Diana’s website
• Master of Alaska – Diana’s father wrote this.
• The Next American Revolution – Grace Bogg’s book and website
• Engaging Lectures w/ everyday experts – Eric and Diana are both participants in this venture in their home town. Abeautiful model for building and supporting a community.