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Traditional Amazonian healers or curanderos, claim the spirits of the plants communicate with them through lullabies, called Icaros. Every being in the rainforest has an Icaro and its melody alone is believed to possess curative powers. These songs have been described as the "quintessence of shamanic power."
An Icaro's primary function is to call upon the spirit of a particular being. For example, a curandero will sing a plant's song while preparing and administering it as a medicine to invoke the spirit of the plant as an ally in healing.
While there has been little research conducted on Icaros, we do know that the songs are used to call defenders (arkana icaros), cure specific illnesses, reinforce the effect of medicinal plants, attract the love of another (huarmi icaros), call the spirits of the deceased, cause rain, wind or thunder, for bewitching, for hunting or fishing certain animals, and for curing snake bites.
We are grateful to the Boras of Pevas, Peru and all of the healers who shared their songs to make this possible.
Learn how to support, "Icaros: Spirit Songs of the Amazon,"
at:
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Relational Shifts is a new book that provides families with an intimate portrait of the realities of divorce while offering a potentially positive alternative. Divorce affects all aspects of every family members physical, mental, emotional, social, sexual, and spiritual self. This book asks: Does a family have to end just because a marriage does?
Co-written by Julie Rappaport and former husband Lee Liberman, with their teenage daughter Tasha Liberman, Relational Shifts offers three unique perspectives on divorce voiced personally by each family member.
In their respective, distinct voices, Julie, Lee, and Tasha reveal their emotions while voicing their perspectives as they recollect their individual experiences about specific events and issues in this familys true story about divorce. Each chapter is followed by a provocative discussion of the preceding chapter, along with Evocations, which readers can personally utilize to evoke thoughtful consideration of the presented themes. The books covers many of the different facets of very difficult subjects regarding divorcemoney, sexuality, traditions, custody, remarriage, and more.
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SMOKIN YOGI VISIONS is a Minneapolis-based Production Company dedicated to creating high-quality, unique, and forward-thinking Film, Literature, and Communications. Balancing a love of art with a passion for supporting women in commerce, SMOKIN YOGI provides products that are as meaningful as they are entertaining.
SMOKIN YOGI focuses on projects that offer the public an avenue to thoughtfully consider subjects that are prevalent everywhere, and yet remain taboo for manye.g., divorce, mental illness, sexuality, money, etc. Co-authored by Smokin Yogi founder, Julie Rappaport, along with her former husband of seventeen years and their teenage daughter, their newly published book, 'RELATIONAL SHIFTS, A Family Doesn't Have To End Just Because A Marriage Does,' details one such story--their own family's personal story of their journey through divorce to the other side of their 'relational shift.' (See BOOKS for more information and to order your copy today.)
As SMOKIN YOGI values projects that develop themes that have been unmentionable, SMOKIN YOGI also values the ability to create an open dialogue for discussion of these difficult subjects. As such, SMOKIN YOGI provides peer-to-peer social therapy as well as related links of interest to all through EZINE, where individuals can find important social, spiritual, and emotional resources.
In addition, SMOKIN YOGI is building a library of short films for distribution via the net, ipods, and cell phones. Please see FILM for more information regarding the upcoming Abnormally Normal, a series that parallels and highlights many of the issues discussed in the book, Relational Shifts. The demo-pilot for Abnormally Normal, Just Breathe, Part I, She Says... has been awarded a Fiscal Sponsorship by the IFP MN, as an Independent Feature Project. Abnormally Normal had its premiere screening at the Swansea Bay Film Festival, Wales, UK, June, 2007.
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Charles Overby is not optimistic about his future. The bearded American works in a so-called smart-shop, selling hallucinogenic mushrooms in Amsterdam's touristy Rembrantsplein area. When he first arrived in the Netherlands in 1998, paddos, as they are locally known, were legal, and the country seemed like an enlightened sanctuary of mind expansion.Charles Overby is not optimistic about his future. The bearded American works in a... more
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Abnormally Normal is a life-affirming episodic dra-medy that cleverly captures the exhilarating highs, the desperate lows, and all of the moments in between that describe the ever-evolving journey of family life, even when its flow changes course with a divorce. The production's theme is: "A Family Doesn't Have to End Just Because a Marriage Does." Abnormally Normal offers a range of characters with whom audience members can readily identify. Every viewer can see themselves and their own feelings reflected in the compelling, comedic, and sympathetic dialogue of Abnormally Normal. Comedic relief is found not only during the Head Trips, spiraling into the constantly bickering archetypes within themselves, where internal, emotional conflicts are exposed as the characters wonder what will become of themselves and their family. These scenes reveal what the choices they make are based upon. In the 2005 U.S. Census Report, almost as many divorces were filed as marriages, and research shows over 40 million living Americans have been divorced. In 2006, there were more women single than ever before. Abnormally Normal is a life-affirming episodic dra-medy that cleverly captures the... more
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Abnormally Normal is a life-affirming episodic dra-medy that cleverly captures the exhilarating highs, the desperate lows, and all of the moments in between that describe the ever-evolving journey of family life, even when its flow changes course with a divorce. The production's theme is: "A Family Doesn't Have to End Just Because a Marriage Does."
Abnormally Normal offers a range of characters with whom audience members can readily identify. Every viewer can see themselves and their own feelings reflected in the compelling, comedic, and sympathetic dialogue of Abnormally Normal.
Comedic relief is found not only during the Head Trips, spiraling into the constantly bickering archetypes within themselves, where internal, emotional conflicts are exposed as the characters wonder what will become of themselves and their family. These scenes reveal what the choices they make are based upon.
In the 2005 U.S. Census Report, almost as many divorces were filed as marriages, and research shows over 40 million living Americans have been divorced. In 2006, there were more women single than ever before.
Abnormally Normal is a life-affirming episodic dra-medy that cleverly captures the... more
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On a trip to Iquitos, Peru to see Macchu Picchu, Kristen Doyle comes across a retreat center in the middle of the Amazon jungle. She decides to take part in a hallucinogenic Shaman ritual, uncovering past lives and getting back to the true essence of humanity.On a trip to Iquitos, Peru to see Macchu Picchu, Kristen Doyle comes across a retreat... more
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