Ravine Park
Memorial for Carl Hart
Vancouver, British Columbia
March 12th, 2015

For 8 months I couldn't really speak about you.
I didn't really know how to
Here in Seattle...

7 weeks ago I visited Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Honoured you
on your Grave...
The sun kept Shinning on You.
Yellow Roses, Cedar weaved Roses, Strawberries 
Growing all over you.

Rosemary asked me to share Carl Hart Legacy Fund at Modo Yoga Seattle.
Fundraising for the Youth and Rediscovery Camp.
Keep on Flying-Blue-Eyed-Haida-Raven.

We can Feel your Spirit...

​Rest In Peace Carl

​Love, Rose 
​

Big Haaw'a to Brittanie Firth for Holding my Hand on this day.

This warms my heArt so much...

my Visions back in 2012
i started this journey 
when I was with Carl

Coco by Rose
was inspired by my Lolas/Grandmothers in the Philippines
for healing
love, courage, strength, peace, happiness, resilience, truth

i created and blended
my fave essential oils with the healing energies of Coconut Oil
because i wanted to share the healing vibrations 
passed down to me by my ancestors.
this is quite unique because,
i grew up absorbing my grandmothers and the healing wisdom of the healers.
i was born and raised in the Philippines.
i was thirteen years old when my family moved to Canada.
i bow to my parents, grandparents and elders for teaching me these lessons...
to honour the council of the elders
i watched my Lolas and Lolos vibrant eyes,
through my curious and creative mind.
i bloom creating what i hear, see, smell and touch.
i listened to the councils of the elders through prayers, laughter and crying
at family gatherings, funerals and celebrations.

​So...
Coco By Rose...
she was one of those many ideas I've always 
dreamed of creating someday very soon again...

I shared these beautiful creations with
Moksha/Modo Yoga 
in 2012...
in Vancouver I often shared these vibes with my friends and families...

my Favourite combinations right now 
are inspired by the land of Haida Gwaii
Coconut Oil with Spruce and Cedar.

Coco by Rose will forever live on...
the beautiful picture below is
my vision version
created by 
Arc and Co
in Toronto, Canada 
http://www.arcandco.ca/

Message me if you ever want some of these hOMemade healing through heArt Vibes...

Blue-Skies-Coffee- Blink in Seattle, Washington 

8 months since Carl passed away.
​8 months since I've been here in Seattle teaching at Moksha/Modo Yoga. 
8 is a number they say that means abundance in the Chinese tradition.

Oh the Journey...the many many many changes that come with it!
It is so beautiful to start something and free fall.
Dive forward and let the present be present and let the past be past.
It is not so easy...
Even though I may seem to share that my move is all about smiles and yoga...
It is very hard to walk thy wisdom.
But it is always a workable relationship with myself.
It is always a workable relationship with new friends and families.
It is a mindfulness practice and I am willing with all my heArt and soul to be present with every step of this unfolding process.

Most of the time...
I cry out of nowhere talking about the sun.
I laugh out loud seeing a stellar jay fly by.
I am a fireball in my truth.
And I'm also a quiet energy in my yin vibes...one of the many lessons Carl shared with me in this lifetime.

​For some people my real life experiences are just stories...
For some my real life experiences are crazy wisdom...
For some my real life experiences are inspiring...
For me they are all equally beautiful and chaotic movements
that makes real life my many truths.

Moving is just one of those moments that you can wash the old and say see you later and leave.
But the thing is... you can never just say see you later and leave.
I can keep on washing and cleansing the old ways...
But my many pasts have shaped me for who I am today.
I am my beautiful and chaotic self because of the many paths I've taken over the years.
I am grounding myself in many avenues now so that I can share my many truths I've found along the way.

In times like today...where we don't really know what's in store for us - you know with Mother Nature's constant changes of moods - you just gotta do what you dream to do.
You gotta live the life you most wanted.
And most of the time, there's a lot of sacrifices and lots of lessons ahead.
I mean real hard life truths and facts.
And every movement and move is a different journey for each and one of us.
For some it will require a lot of will power and energy and for some it's like walking across the street...or is it?

Kapwa
tacit knowledge
is a gift
i invite you to be still
i cannot know who i am being in the world without the other...
and when i am in relationship to you, i know my truest self...
 - by Letecia Layson
​
my Filipino Canadian Roots
and Babaylan journey

"Philippine indigenous communities recognize a woman (or man) as a Babaylan, someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her own spirit guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight. She may also have knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot, arbularyo. She is a ritualist, a chanter, diviner. She has the gift of traveling to the spirit world or non-ordinary states of reality in order to mediate with the spirits. Babaylans are called by other names in the other languages of Philippine indigenous communities: Mombaki, Dawac, Balyan or Balian, Katalonan, Ma-Aram, Mangngallag, Mumbaki, Mambunong."

http://www.babaylan.net/

This began 11 years ago with Carlos Bulosan Theatre Company
in Toronto, Canada
i co-wrote 2 plays and performed with
Leon Aureus, Nadine Villasin, Christine Mangosing and Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
with
People Power
and
In the Shadows of Elephants

i kept this journey alive
with Moksha/Modo Yoga 
for 6 years
i've been creating collective collaborations
heated with infrared yoga journeys
with my Moksha/Modo/Flow/Yin/Yogassage classes
from Trinidad and Tobago, Vancouver, Toronto, Mississauga, Milton, Brampton
and now landing in Seattle vibes
Healing Times 
heArt warming
humbling
strengthening 
my Fire to yours
and
Fearlessly inked Resilient Mountain Eyes...
by the 96 year old
Shaman/Babaylan/
Mambabatok
Master Bamboo Hand Tap
Apo Whang Od.

​Maraming Salamat
Jr. Guerrero of Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society in Vancouver, BC.
See you next year for the Babaylan Studies Conference 2016.
 Salamat for posting this on Facebook!

The Video Below is 
exactly 
what I needed to hear and listen to tonight.
Maraming Salamat
​Letecia Layson

Soar up High Blue-Eyed-Raven
for Carl Hart Legacy Fund

This is 'The Scream Too' monumental Dance Screen destined for the Michael Audain Museum opening in Whistler, BC. that Carl was working on with his Dad, John and Brandon.

I/We Miss you Carl.
Your Spirit will forever live on...
​
Keep flying and soaring up wherever you are Blue-Eyed-Raven...

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Thank you Oriah Mountain Dreamer! Thank you for writing this... This past weekend, I had the honour to share this beautiful poem at our amazing Yin Yogassage class at Modo Yoga Seattle. Thank you Super Rebbl http://www.rebbltonic.com/product/reishi-chocolate/ for sharing your Coconut Milk Elixirs with us. I just adore and love this awesome Adaptogenic goodness for healing and strengthening. One Love vibes to Becky and Fremont Freeway Community Gardens for sharing your Organic Root Dandelion. Cheers to #warriorlove #altareyes #pathwaypoetryinspiration #tribecalledyear #myscommunity #myslove #mysvibes #seattle #workforchange #mokshayoga #modoyoga #babaylanwoman #yoginimedicine #loverose