indeedā¦ thank you for sharing - the video cannot be seen in Portugal but I searched it on youtube to find this:
this was five years ago, hopefully at the moment itās much better
Also LOVED the video about cows and our connection with themā¦ they are huge āPrimordial Mothersāā¦ the hostess is totally AMAZING!
Yesterday, I was delighted to confirm that the Lu Jong movements are inspired in animalsā¦ I indeed feel like a wild animal in deep bliss when I do them.
Found one video with one of the movements, dedicated to the Space element - āAs the Tibetan goose drinks waterā:
I hope so too. At the time the video said every day, 20 American veterans kill themselves, that is 120 people a week. One of the guys said in the video, if Every Sunday, a plane filled with 120 people crashed, Congress would act fast to prevent any further loss of life. Very sad.
The dog in the beginning made me laugh, looked like he wanted to join in. That is such a good pose for the back and legs.
indeed! it is done with a breathing technique that helps harmonizing the Space Element! Iām in LOVE with Lu Jong which is connected with Tibetan Astrology, Cosmology and Medicineā¦ Itās so simple, assertive and fascinating! Today, with the blessings of the New Moon, I started doing this movement together with others (they should be done all together, representing the 5 elements) with the intention of keep doing it every morning together with my daily Energetic Medicine practice (learned this with Donna Eden).
@NightHawk999 I am so grateful for your prayersā¦ the ducklings are growing FAST and they look gorgeousā¦ hereās the first picture of Luz (light) and Sol (sun):
I am also so delighted to share with you my tobacco plantation that is now in FULL blooming:
I use these for the sacred saunasā¦ did you know that in the Lakota tradition, the tobacco leave is ālike a paperā as a message to God? We have it in our hands, and we do our prayers to the four direction + the skies + the earth + the heart. After that, we send it to the fire that āreceives the letterā. We do this before and after the sacred sauna.
itās really wonderful to have these friends aroundā¦ tobacco is a natural disinfectant keeping unwanted animals away. We use them in the vision questsā¦ we do prayer bags and inside we put the tobacco
wonderfulā¦ good to know. added his chant to my bookmarks!
those dreams are AMAZING synchronicities indeed! Very aligned with my sharing! We are SO blessedā¦ and so lightful I apreciate our friendship SO much and all the gifts I receive from youā¦
very good idea!
The friend who was eating for me, and purifying/supporting me on my last vision quest (April 2023), offered it to me some months after she cultivates it for some years now. She gave me the tobacco already a little bit grown, not the seeds.
The species I received is āTobacco Mapachoā. Do not know if this is the original oneā¦ but I guess itās related to each area where the ceremonies take place, where it naturally grows, I think.
Perhaps @fenwizard knows something about thisā¦
@BlessingsDeers Mapacho is a South American strong tobacco that is used in ayahuasca ceremonies. The ayahuasca shaman will blow the mapacho smoke over you to smudge or cleanse your energy. Usually itās rolled into little cigarettes but Iāve heard of some ayahuasqueros who use pipes.
Tobacco is used in various kinds of shamanic ceremonies throughout North and South America for cleansing and protection. In the beginning of peyote ceremonies corn husks and tobacco are passed around and everyone rolls a cigar with the tobacco and smokes. The whole lodge fills up with thick smoke which is viewed as protective. Using it in ceremonial ways is very different than habitual addictive use. Itās a powerful plant and very addictive, so be careful how you use it!
I only use it in ceremonies and as a prayer - in my hands and on my belly for protection. Donāt smoke at all!
Also the recommnedation from my friend is that this tobacco is not to be smoked! She sometimes has some little tiny bits in a mapacho paste she produces at home, for medicine purposes.
LOVED the videoā¦
Amazing that her grandmother would blow this kind of tobacco for light dreams and good sleep! Also beautiful precious musicā¦
thank you for sharing
@BlessingsDeers Iāve never heard of it being used as a paste on the body, but whatever works for you. And yes, tobacco is a protector spirit. Even when smoked, itās traditionally not inhaled, but just little puffs taken and then blown on the body or on things that you wish to purify. This is what the Shipibo woman in the video is doing.
Also the Sacred Pipe Ceremony is a central ceremony of the Lakota and other tribes of the American Great Plains. Here is a short documentary about the history and practice of it. Tobacco or other herbs are smoked and smoke is blown to the 4 directions as a way to carry prayers to the Spirit World.
Also keep in mind that most Native American Indians believe that non-natives should not try to conduct such ceremonies unless you have the proper training and permission to do so.
@BlessingDeers. OK great. Were these initiations and trainings authorized by Lakota teachers? No judgement on my part but Iām very curious. My wife is a friend of Marilyn Black Elk, the daughter of the Lakota Medicine Man Wallace Black Elk. I know that she has given teachings in Europe.
@BlessingsDeers I was curious about your friend taking mapacho internally because nicotine can be a very toxic and even deadly substance if taken internally in the wrong amount. I heard of a case several years ago in which an ayahuasca shaman from South America was giving ayahuasca ceremonies at a Native First Nations Reserve in Ontario and he had added tobacco to the ayahuasca brew. There was one elderly woman who died by taking a bit too much of the medicine! So if you take any form of tobacco through ingestion you have to really know what youāre doing! I googled oral ingestion of tobacco in Amazonian medicine and found this paper:
So yes, it is a thing but you have to really know what youāre doing! There was one ayahuasca ceremony where we snorted a tobacco water called rapeā (pronounced āhapayā) prior to the ceremony. It made our noses run and cleared out the sinuses. Traditional Amazonian medicine is one of the more sophisticated medical traditions on the planet. One of the ayahuasca ceremony leaders that I worked with had trained in both traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Amazonian medicine, and he felt that the Amazonian medicine was just as complex and sophisticated as the Chinese medicine.
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They have the spray but they also have a bug balm that comes in a can that is thicker. My experience is with the balm. But if the bugs are bad use them both!
the hostess is totally AMAZING!
I apreciate our friendship SO much and all the gifts I receive from youā¦ 
