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This peace offering on this Memorial day is in honor of our brave and courageous troops doing the job assigned them by our country, a country of "we the people" holding the candle of possibility, holding the space for a world where there is no war, where we take care of each others hearts and souls and bodies in a practice of humanity. Today and everyday we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice toward justice and peace and service. Today... We honor the pursuit of peace on earth with this affirmation. PEACE Peace comes from knowing peace Love comes from being Loving Gifts come from wholly giving In this light Peace becomes My deepest brilliance Glowing brightly Step not timidly on the path Flow forward Fully Alive And Alight Peace is mine My calling card Falling with me Radiating through me Blossoming all around me Witnessing what I have done Peace realized I wake Hearing the bluebirds of the Angels Joining in the dance of Love Free I own my state of peace In grace Love...

The miracle of the naked expression of a dancing heart in flight is one of the most beautiful expressions we have in the arts.  When you combine this with the choreography of the soul you get Critical Mass Dance Company’s AMA TERRA , a modern dance work sharing a story of a young Mother Earth protecting the Mexican forest home of the migrating Monarch Butterflies. Critical Mass Dance Company (CMDC) describes its production of AMA TERRA as a work of backlight Dance Theater combining dance, aerial, circus/flow arts to relax the mind and spark the imagination.  This fusion of elements is all at once striking, beautiful and ultimately a healing celebration of all a night of theater is meant to be. AMA TERRA (danced by aerialist Sioux ZQ) soars in magical flight high amongst the trees of the Valle del Bravo Forest to open the show.  The elegant, simple set direction by Cecilia Sanchez glows with quiet strength into the darkness of the theater immediately co-creating a re...

Gabrielle Roth's Five Rhythms is a deep practice of movement and connection.  When life throws you a challenge you can move with it inviting all that is into this moment and the next.  The intuitive nature of this practice revives the somatic inner healer.   Words to remember. The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body. Ge t out there and dance. Dance from the Heart Class fundraising event at Lorna Jane.

Stone Soup (an old folk tale) Once upon a time, somewhere in post-war Eastern Europe, there was a great famine in which people jealously hoarded whatever food they could find, hiding it even from their friends and neighbors. One day a wandering soldier came into a village and began asking questions as if he planned to stay for the night. "There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "Better keep moving on.” "Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water, and built a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a velvet bag and dropped it into the water. By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come to the square or watched from their windows. As the soldier sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to ov...

Faith in the unseen, in that which is always present and available as a shift in perception is love as an energy remembering we are ever connected.   In every way that we experience this in the grace of our days, life is in balance. We are present to all that is and in communion with the glory and beauty of inspiration. For me in creating Mels Love Land, that space beyond any map, into the truest space of our heart, I had to cultivate a field of possibility that understood how to dance through whatever flowed. A simple tiny prayer for Balance. Bring me the guidance I need to see this a different way, to begin again, to learn a new way of being, to be balanced in my mind body and heart. Right now. Everyone’s internal guidance system is designed to provide the answer appropriate to your individual circumstance. No one has or holds the answers for you. It is everyone’s job to listen. It is not my job to wake people up. It took me ten years to get I could leave.  It took...

Synergy as Presence on the road to Harmonic Convergence of purpose. ONE You celebrate the beauty you see in everyone. TWO  You listen and act from your intuition. THREE You show up for yourself and your commitments. FOUR  You take loving action in pursuit of the unseen and inner peace. FIVE  You remember the truth in every situation. No matter what Love is always available. SIX You understand why you are here and how that supports the planet. SEVEN You remain in service to all you meet. EIGHT You are open to new possibilities and that yes of the heart. NINE You fully stand in the center of your being and radiate joy. TEN You accept and love who you are with total self loving compassion. Love, to all of you. M E L S   L O V E   L A N D   # M I N I M A G   I S S U E   6   |   B A L A N C E    

Right now. In this breath. Love yourself with wild abandon and cherish the moods and rhythms of your sacred sounds. There is only one of you. Complete and healed and whole and in full possession of unending joy, peace, love and presence of self. The greatest power we have in the world is to change our mind about a circumstance, to stand in the field of possibilities, and consider the possibility there is another way to look at any situation we find ourselves in. When we disconnect from the stories we have told ourselves that disempower us we are set free from the past and allow the miracle of the present to flourish.. Each breath then represents the fullness of all that you are, every cell of your being alive and awake to who and what makes your heart beat down to the cellular level ingrained in the codes of your DNA. Experience all of you and say Thank God for who you are. Exactly as you are. Celebrate each step, each encounter and each expression of your truest self, fully revealed a...

Mastery of fear, like everything on the emotional spectrum, is another tool in the tool chest, another sensation to exploit to your benefit. Mastery of fear, isn’t fearlessness it is fear embraced and understood for its deep purpose. It is fear ensconced and evaluated and played for its essence and sustenance and energy to arrive at a new unfolding destination of truth into Love. Being someone who daydreams, imagines and explores different realms of time and space for a living, life is always an active contemplation of discovery baring witness to my endless curiosity.  My daily practice of love has brought me vision and wisdom in so many unexpected ways.  In this Loving ecosystem of my days, I wonder and wonder, and then magically wonder what would this situation look like through the eyes and heartways of love.  These explorations have led me into worlds and worlds and worlds and new worlds, yet again, each one, revealing something I never would have imagined. Knowing th...

When there is nothing left to do Take a seat on the side of the road Melt into the terrain of tomorrow Wait for the Unicorn to appear When it arrives Jump on #MelsLoveLand #MiniMag Issue 6 | Balance

I am Cecilia and Thelma’s Grand Daughter I am Louise’s Daughter I am what I am Because of these Women.  

GOOD FOOD FOR ALL In the heart of the City of Angels there is an organization committed to the wellness of all, by providing local, healthy, sustainable choices  to nourish and expand the conversation into the question,' What would the world be like if we brought light to a puzzling, and at times confusing, area of our economies, How, in a highly profitable world, are we not able to care for our communities and contribute to our collective overall health and wellness? Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC) synergizes the varied connections in building a sustainable and equitable regional food system for all Angelenos.  They are a voice for justice in local economies, standing for clarity in the Los Angeles community.  Los Angeles is a unique collection of counties and communities with different constituents that require mature, wise and sacred respect for everyone's point of view. Through its tireless efforts The LA Food Policy brings light, tools, systems thin...

It is a wonderful world filled with beautiful people and I invite you to enjoy the experience of yourself in all your loving glory.  To join the Love Land team, become a love blogger, contribute to Mels Love Land #MiniMag or learn more about becoming an Ambassador of Love please email  info@melanielutz.com .   Mels Love Land Doc The Soul Knows Where It Belongs Promo 2 from Melanie Lutz on Vimeo .

William Wordsworth wrote 'There is a harmony in music' of the "dark invisible workmanship - that reconciles discordant elements - and makes them move in one society” in his work The Prelude. These words to me are the beginning and ending of every adventure and represents this deep river, ever flowing that connects all things. We are all in concert with this natural flow of what lies beneath that which allows the earth to spin around the sun and the stars to illuminate and the microcosm of the macrocosm to flow in endless patterns and works of collaboration. Never forget the power that fuels your movements and actions to divine loving possibilities for your soul. This imagery of a river that runs through all of it, a body of water that creates space for flow and life and love is the recognition that everything has its place and space to be of service to the whole.  Embrace each day as the dawn of something amazing and wonderful and powerful that will grace all that is. Find...

Every time I heard Dr. Maya Angelou speak or read her words, the voices of history reverberated through my system. When she talked of her "Sister Friends" my soul stirred at the reminder of a deep truth and I finally understood, we, as women, are indeed a sisterhood, past and present, made up of all the women of the world in harmony and peace.  We are a sisterhood, all of us, in each others lives to celebrate each other and answer each other's calls with all the grace and power and joy that our divine hearts afford. There's a part of me that is always in touch with the whispers of our female ancestors whose voices were oppressed, bodies enslaved and vision narrowed who paved the way to full and equal human rights and whose spirits carry us forward to global equality. Those women of courage and heartitude and wisdom who have allowed us the privilege of speaking our minds, sharing our gifts and growing into the women we are. I didn't have a sister growing up but ove...