Alyshakti
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist/Environmental Awareness |
| Location | Ashland, OR, United States |
| Introduction | I grew up in Aurora OR. on a Gurdjieff community called Two Rivers Farm. Growing up there, I was very sheltered and protected from outer influences. My family left "The Farm" when I was 12 where I was rocked by the harshness of public school at the rural Oregon Coast. I found solace in the wildness of Mother Nature...surfing and exploring the forest. At 18 I traveled to New York to study at the Rochester Folk Art Guild, also a Gurdjieff community. Where I focused on Pottery, basketmaking and community sustainablity. I than returned to Oregon to study art, dance and environmental education/recreation at University of Oregon. I left school after two years to travel abroad, where I found my gypsy artist self in New Zealand and Fiji. After 8 months of traveling I moved to the "Big" city of Portland to strive to be an appreciated artist. Finished my BA at Portland State University focusing on Dance and Painting. I now live in Ashland OR. and am still focusing on Dance, Painting, Environmental Education/Recreation and Music Production/Sound Healing with vocal performance. Bless this Earth Gaiama that blesses us! |
| Interests | Painting, Singing, Dancing, Communing with Nature, Yoga, Herbalism, Plant Spirit Medecine, Balance, drumming, dijderidooin, healing, hot springs, strong body, radiant heart, designing my own clothes, painting faces, Hena body art, cuddling with my babe, celebrating life with community, meeting new friends, loving my family, learning about my truth ever unfolding, Loving the Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Ether! |
| Favorite movies | Gods must be crazy II, Dances of Ecstacy, One Giant Leap, The Matrix, I'm sure there's more. |
| Favorite music | Desert Dwellers, Tripswitch, Solar Fields, Blue Tech, Tina Malia, Shulman, Kinoko, Zap Mama |
| Favorite books | The Fifth Sacred Thing, Vision Seeker, Initiation, Ishmeal, Story of B, Daughters of Copper Woman, Bushman Shaman, Autobiography of a Yogi, Sacred Woman Sacred Dance, The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, Healing Mantras, 13 indigenous grandmothers, Mrs. Rumphius |