celebrating.momentum

the adventures, creations and discoveries of an enchantment instigator

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you will find your way its in the same place as your [self] love

nayyirah waheed

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the yearly memories are arriving, and still, theres an element of me that feels like im only just landing this flight. 

my heart just landed.     last week. 

pendulum swings and salty water.

now is when i flash in from freedom.

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so people have had all kinds of wild guesses as to 'where I'm from' .. I tend to find it amusing when people acknowledge the language that I use. 'very well spoken for an australian' has been thrown in my direction ha! this link made moi laugh! I've gotta say though there are a few words in here that I didn't even realise is an australian thing to say, let alone slang! .. pikelet!? ha who knew!

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I love the motion..the momentum. it seems that it's often in the stillness that I begin to glitch. even if I'm moving slowly, the flow state kicks in, and I feel like that's where my practice truly deepens. buses, trains, boats, walking, tuk tuks..it's irrelevant. perhaps it's got something to do with the heat, and the refreshing nature of the breeze helps me move through things energetically. my playlists keep me company as I feel the movement. wisdom being sung to me, just for me, in this moment. placing memories in songs, and recalling memories previously embedded in these rhythms and melodies..such a connected feeling to listen to such sweet tunage. specific lyrics jump through the spaces that I hadn't noticed before. I'm growing. things are shifting.

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walking up the main and only street of mong ngoi with my bare feet in the fresh mud, and inspiring beats dancing into me..as blessed water falls from the heavens above. I move with the sounds of contentment..the leaves move with me while the trees act as antennae to the spirit that effortlessly fills my cells. I take each step with gratitude and bless myself with the love of flowers. I feel my heart overflow and dance in the space between.. celebration and trust. I cant fuck it up….just show up n dance !

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the thirteen billion year old atoms that make up the seas, are the same that run through the bodies of you and me.. our bodies were made to house oceans of galaxies, and our souls are rivers that have flowed through centuries..

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flashing in from #freedom ✨ the abundant availability of the all. my thoughts in the shape of free will fuel my bountyfull freeness..I am responding.

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I walked hard and I found majesty.. I climbed the most amount of the steepest stairs on the richest of red soil, amongst an incredible array of trees and animals in 100% humidity…and made it to the top of the world! an incredible view..to go with the breath catching sunset, there was also a note, ‘some things beautyfull, nice and good we have to work for. too easy is boring’

..panoramas don’t do this even close to justice! turns out you gotta walk the path to fully receive the rewards x

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dear australia, I love you and I'm thinking of you.. I am constantly shown your beauty as I traverse new pieces of land..I recall your majesty with such enchantment and wonder..thank you for being my home..thank you for accommodating so many of my nows..thank you for continuing to exist in all your vast beauty! I know you're going to have grown just as much as I have in these moments apart..cause you are such a spectacular reflection..and I don't require anything of you! I look forward to seeing you from high up as the sun rises, I look forward to our cuddle in the sand..I look forward to your scent..I look forward to all the beautyfull people who inhabit your majesty..and so much more..but right now, I will fully embrace my now. embrace that home is where the now is..embrace my home for now. and know that that can change the moment I want it to.. thank you for already welcoming me back to you...💜

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buses that may or may not come..atms that don’t work..people with hundreds of answers to the same question..what else to do but laugh!? welcome to asia! after crazy torrential rain, I caught a local bus that ended up being a tuk tuk for an hour with three lovely french canadian girls. we zoomed through potholes the size of lakes and got wet even when it was no longer raining..then to the ‘vip sleeper bus’ that was actually a minibus. no sleep for me! or the girls. the locals seemed to have no problem resting as we drove around possibly the windiest road in laos. complete with road works and truck loads of pigs..the fireflies kept me enchanted as the stars felt so far away. my practice can only deepen in these spaces. uncomfortable seats, no sign of leg room anywhere, sitting beside chickens in baskets and my bag is once again on the roof, getting completely wet. I am all I have. the refinement of myself shows me the small and infinite nature of this statement. I don’t need much, and I have everything! even when I pretend to think I don’t. a filter has only been something inside what I’m smoking as I let my truth express honestly…people respond. I am leaving an impact. from the fellow foreigners to the locals who ask me not to do handstands in customs. my richness overflows. the more I have, the more I have to give. I embrace this humble unfurling. what a trip!

I was told I had a bus direct from chiang khong to chiang mai..alas, it has a three hour stop over in chiang rai..as if two chiang places are too many..it’s also the name of the water and beer! I ventured beyond the bounds of the boring bus station and found fields of flowers, mountain scapes and half built houses..what a better way to celebrate life than climb to the fourth storey, pretend it’s 4:20 and sing to myself in the echoey concrete structure. the breeze danced with me and my own voice encapsulated me. I am noticing my push to leave laos. if I had stayed a few more days I think things would have possibly flowed a bit more..however, there are no wrong decisions, each one sparks a response from the universe..and I am always in the right place at the right time..so it’s actually a no brainer - full feeler : everything always works out for me. thank you great spirit ✨ I love our team x all for one and one for all !

side note : when I was allowing myself to get lost in chiang khong this morning, I saw a single playing card, laying face down in the grass..I walked past it without thinking much and then 'seven of hearts!’ came out of me..I was so doubtful that this card was going to be red within a moment of saying the sweet heart shaped, date of my bearthday..I picked the card up free from attachment…a seven of hearts ! I said thank you..put it in my bag and continued walking 🍃 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ wow now

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favourite past-(now)-times in new mystical places..I floated on my back in the turquoise waters amongst lush wet forests and watched the raindrops manifest in front of me before they kissed me on the face. limestone and white clay create a chemical reaction of calcium carbonate in the water making it this outrageously beautyfull colour..no filter needed! who knew these eyes could see so much magick? – normalising miracle ✨ – fish nibble at my body, helping me remove anything that no longer serves me..a synergistic relationship with this land at its most simple..the giving:receiving, push:pull, cause:effect nature of this life continues to offer its delicious presence to me, and as my awareness grows, so do these examples .. i am able to notice the effects my presence has on this land and also how much of this land imprints on my presence. and it applies in relations of all sorts..and it’s being shown to me in a language I can acknowledge and understand! 💜 I can feel the development of my practice. the manifestation of what I am calling in. the cellular integration of core truth ! and I can witness it in others as well..truly celebrating life! mine, friends, strangers, the earth..the all! there is so much available opportunity to dance each moment in full appreciation of what it is..my dance varies, and I’m loving watching which parts of me show up, without using my mind too much to impact the organic flow of who I am now. therefore, giving myself permission to be a new version of myself in every moment, whilst allways being the fullest expression of myself. this is the innerstanding of knowing that I can’t fuck it up! …and it all continues to be perfect! I conclude with gratitude ✨

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