Maya Angelou: Finding My Voice What the Cage Bird Feels

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2010

Born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, Renowned poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, producer, and director http://www.visionaryproject.org/angel...

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And Still I Rise

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video Professor Angelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

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"Still I Rise" by D-Mac (Google Play • iTunes)

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Judy Piazza - Butterfly Song of Transformation

Judy Piazza - Butterfly Song of Transformation

Uploaded on Jun 8, 2010

Judy Piazza playing an original composition, The Butterfly Song of Transformation. A favorite piece from her concert in Endicott NY. Close your eyes..listen..and be with butterflies!

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The Goddess is Rising - Judy Piazza

Published on Oct 1, 2014

Goddess Spirit Rising 2013 Concert - Judy Piazza Goddess Spirit Rising QuickTime H 264

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The GREAT QUILT • by Wahkeena Sitka

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LYRICS BELOW:::::: 

The Great Quilt

Our souls are the fabric of woven memory

Weaving dreams into the hemlines

of the stories

that skirt our ankles

Where our feet tip-toe through meadows

where once a flock of thunder buffalo

laid waste to an ocean of sweetgrass standing

beneath the grey sky looming

over the warp and weft

of a tribe and its land

Burying their hearts in ashes 

& smoke of a mass grave

Stinking and rotting

like two thousand corpses

Spread out like pick up sticks

that once picked up their villages; 

tipi poles, blankets & horses - 

moving yet again

to another barren land

where children die of starvation, 

typhoid or forced Christian education - 

to become what we are now.. 

A people without memories - 

walking amnesiacs - 

a plague of zombie locusts.

Without a land our ancestors cherished

Without stories of myth & meaning

Without dreams because we can't sleep - 

a million zombie insomniacs

Who never take responsibility

for the hordes of lives stripped short

of purpose, community, myth & ancestral land. 

We are the souls enslaved by four walls

four walls per person

enthroned in our solitude

Forgetting our wounded knees

and crippled wrists..

Buying the myth of greed

Seduced by unquenchable thirst of more,

enslaved by accumulation.. 

Entombed in acculturated myths of self-glorification,

ego-pampering, intoxicated snacking..

Lacking who we are... 

Lacking who we are,

Lacking wholeness

We need more distractions

to remind us of what we don't own:

our Power

Our Power to Love

Our Power to Care for Community

Our Power to CHERISH THE LAND

like our ancestors once did..

To cherish the Life Force Land

The blood that runs in our veins land

the water and earth in our hearts land, 

that entire tribal nations fought to cherish

Because they worshipped that which nourished them. 

The Life Force Spirit

That which Nourished them..

The Life Force Spirit

That which Unites all things, 

Binds all things in reality

in a webwork of woven threads..

Filaments of stars, sinews of sunlight, 

Yarn of Stone, Hair of Water, 

Dyes of Cedar and Oak. 

Song of You & I & Every Friend

The magic maker sits looming 

over time & space

weaving memories, stories & songs

into the essence of every soul

and We are a Patchwork Quilt

Sewn together by Pachamama's breath...

And each patch in the Great Quilt

is our Heart Song

Dyed with the colour of our essence

Sharing the Splendor of our Dancing Thread

Sewn into the edges of our neighbors

Our Heart spills over

into the perimeter of our community

We are the Tribe Renewed by OUR LOVE

Walking the Pilgrimage route

Back to the Land

Where our children will cherish

The ecosystem quilt

We are all wrapped up in;

Sharing Pachamama

Why Our Girls Need The Red Tent

Best selling author, Tanishka speaks about the difference the Red Tent makes to tween, teen & 20-something girls. To find out more about her online Red Tent course for women of all ages visit: http://redtentfacilitatoronlinecourse...
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TOTAL PERMISSION TO SAY YES TO LIFE • by Wahkeena Sitka

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PLEASE SHARE & SUBSCRIBE! SONG & WORDS BY WAHKEENA SITKA. Photography Credits Below...

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I give myself TOTAL PERMISSION TO FOLLOW MY HEART
to listen to my desires
to love myself completely
to make myself happy & joyful
to be deeply fulfilled
and live in purposeful ecstasy.

My body is an Open & Receptive temple for Divinity, Joy, Bliss, Fulfillment & Soulful Purpose to embody within.

I give myself COMPLETE PERMISSION to turn myself on
to bathe in love
& to embody the grace & wisdom of feminine divinity.

I am an activated Goddess overflowing with an abundance of Love, Joy, Bliss, Self-Love, Wisdom, Life Force Energy & Soulful Healing Creativity.

I say YES to Fulfillment
I say YES to Heart Wisdom
I say YES to Authentic Desire
I say YES to Joy
I say YES to Creativity
I say YES to Sensuality
I say YES to My Soul's Purpose
I say YES to Sexuality
I say YES to Abundance
I say YES to Freedom & Liberation
I say YES to LIFE.

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